Putting Challenge
Play socialgolfer.com for a great putting challenge. By clicking on the site, you are shown a golf ball and a hole. You also get to see the slope of the hole designated by a number between 0.01 and 5.00, along with an arrow pointing right or left. That arrow designates which way the green slopes. You have to figure out when to hit the ball as the system's aimer moves right to left. If the slope is 2.00 and the arrow is pointing left, you need to "putt" the ball when it is to the right of the hole in order to have a good chance of making the putt.
Social golfer's putting challenge: http://www.matchpractice.com/game/
Mini Putt 2
This game gives you a chance to play a full miniature golf course. You select the aim and the firmness of the stroke on 18 holes that all present different challenges. In many ways, this is more fun than actually playing miniature golf because you don't have to wait for the group in front of you to finish and there are no unruly children to run around the course and get in your way. You can play a round in about eight minutes and then get back to school, work or other responsibilities.
Mini Putt 2: http://www.justgolfgames.com/games/mini_putt_2/
Fetch Fido Golf
This is the game for you if you want to play a nine-hole golf course. You do it all yourself, including teeing off, fairway shots, bunker shots, approach shots and putting. You have to adjust for long distance, the wind and hazards. It's a great mental challenge and it takes quite a bit of practice to get proficient.
Nine-hole golf challenge: http://www.fetchfido.co.uk/games/golf/golf.htm
About The Author
Steve Silverman is an award-winning writer, covering sports since 1980. Silverman authored The Minnesota Vikings: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Who's Better, Who's Best in Football -- The Top 60 Players of All-Time, among others, and placed in the Pro Football Writers of America awards three times. Silverman holds a Master of Science in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism.
