Ten Percent: A New Golf Game
Ralph came up with a new lake/pasture golf game--it's called 10 percent. It can be played with any number of people and here are the rules: One person hits a shot to anywhere he wants, and that becomes the target ball. Each other player then tries to hit to within 10% of the target ball. For example, if the target is 50 paces away, you have to hit to within 5 paces. If no one makes 10% on the first round, then the ball that is farthest away becomes the new target ball and repeat. It's a lot harder than it sounds. - Michael, 5/24/04

Subject: Winter Golf Rules
How do we set up a course to play winter golf on the lake? Also are there special rules? Thanks for your help. - From Minnesota

Lake Golf Rules
As played by the locals here in the foothills of the Talkeetna mountains, the rules of lake golf vary depending on course conditions, size of lake, and lake usage (watch out for the ice fisherman). Basically, this is a game for irons, usually pitching wedge and nine. The biggest issue is snow cover. Although an ice auger can be used to set holes, generally this is a game in which the target can be virtually anything set on the ice or simply a 4 to 5 ft in diameter ring drawn in the snow. Interestingly lake golf is at its best when played wearing ice skates.

Mike, his buddy Hal and I golfed on Long Lake (a 1 mile long and narrow lake) near my parents' house on Saturday. Mike and Hal played wearing ice skates and we set up 7 par 5 holes. Today we golfed over at Hulberts lake (about 10 acres) a short course of two par 4 holes. I have attached a couple of images from this weekend's play. - Chuck (Jan. 20, 2002)