More about speed golf or you might call it golf fitness.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I came back to write a little more about speed golf, this game of golf fitness and a few golf clubs. I am interested to hear from your golfers out there about this unique approach to golf.

Apparently I am out of touch with golf to some degree on this topic. Not only was speed golf started way back in 1979, it is covered at various times by ESPN and The Golf Channel. Ok so maybe I live a little sheltered life?
Anyway, the objective of the game is to achieve the lowest golf score in the shortest period of time. So for scoring purposes you add your raw score to your time. For example if you shot 72 (ha ha) and completed your round in 30 minutes and 45 seconds your score would be 102.45. Bear in mind that the lowest score recorded is 111.55. That was a score of 72 in 39 minutes and 55 seconds (maybe not ha ha).
I’ve done a little reading on this game and a lot of golfers carry only one club and a putter to play. Others have found that there is a market for anything and there are now backpack type golf bags that are designed just for this and are ultra, ultra lightweight and allow you to carry a few more golf clubs. There are tournaments all over and many of them allow caddies. I guess you have to find a golf caddie who runs marathons in his or her spare time. By the way there is even a separate set of rules for speed golf. There was an interesting web site that included the rules at www.extremegolf.com.
I don’t know if I will take this version of golf up or even try it. I mean which would you choose when you go on a golf vacation? Does golf now become too much like work? I don’t know the answers here, but I am interested to see if any of you golfers out there do both, play both regular golf and speed golf. A lot of what I read seemed to indicate that speed golfers have become addicted to their version and that is all that they do. Let’s hear from you out there!