Bisque golf

[Humpy]

Anyone on here familiar with the bisque method of giving shots as opposed to giving 90% when playing a game (if a fourball)?

I was first told about this method some years ago by a Scotsman who explained that your opponents would get less bisques than shots but then they could use these whenever they liked after the hole has been completed. But I can't remember the method of calculating how many bisques each players gets. I'm pretty sure that it is a lot less that 90%. 50% maybe.

As the nights are drawing in and getting a full 18 after work is not always possible I find that playing with bisques is a good alternative.

 

[Orikoru]

Never heard of it. I Googled bisque and apparently it's a lobster soup.

Also found this though: https://www.liveabout.com/play-the-bisque-golf-game-1564016

 

[robinthehood]

Never heard of it. I Googled bisque and apparently it's a lobster soup.

Also found this though: https://www.liveabout.com/play-the-bisque-golf-game-1564016

Yeah that's the only Bisque I know.

 

[Humpy]

Interesting that this says that people have to nominate their bisque before they tee off and in which case I can see them being able to take their full allowance (i.e. 90% if a fourball).

 

[Orikoru]

Interesting that this says that people have to nominate their bisque before they tee off and in which case I can see them being able to take their full allowance (i.e. 90% if a fourball).

Yeah to be honest your version where you say it afterwards seems a bit ridiculous. I wouldn't be keen to play any form of golf where you can revise your score after you've played a hole.

 

[Humpy]

I don't make the rules!!

I know what you mean but the fact that you are giving less bisques than shots means that the person has to think about whether he takes all his bisques early doors thus leaving none for the latter holes (although that would also apply to if you nominate taking one before the playing of a hole).

 

[Robster59]

It's used in our Council v Ladies match and is used if a team goes more than 3 holes down. TBH it's a pretty flexible rule and I never heard of it till I played in my first of these matches. In our instance it's to stop either side getting too embarassed with their score.

 

[TreeSeeker]

We play a men vs ladies match where the ladies get 3 bisques, generally this has been decided after the score.... after something like 10 defeats in a row it was changed to before teeing off... less successful for the ladies as they lost this time, fun format but not one i would try to play again.

 

[Newnsy]

We play it in one fun comp (cross country golf) and you can take the bisques after you complete the hole. Made a 1 on the par 4 last, last year as I forgot to use mine and had 4 left for the last hole ?‍

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I’ve heard of it - but never played it.