What is Golf Croquet?

What is Golf Croquet?



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Each turn consists of one stroke only: no extra turn is gained by running a hoop or hitting another ball (contrary to Association Croquet). To start the game, toss a coin. The winner of the toss plays blue and black, and blue always starts.



The side that first gets a ball through Hoop 1 scores that point and then all balls go for the next hoop in order (i.e. Hoop 2). All players contest the same hoop. A player may play towards the next hoop before the previous hoop is run. However the opponents may ask that any ball more than halfway towards the next hoop when the current hoop is actually run, is brought back to a penalty spot halfway down the east or west boundaries.



If a player plays out of sequence and it is noticed before the opponent plays, the opponent may either have the balls left where they are or replaced were they were before the erroneous stoke - the opponent then continues play with either of their balls. If more than one ball is played out of sequence before it is noticed, play continues in the sequence set by the last ball played, no balls are replaced. See the Wrong Ball rule in the detailed rules for more details.

Handicap Play

To allow evenly contested games between players of different abilities the weaker player is given a number of extra turns that can be taken at any stage of the game. However a hoop may not be scored for the player's side in an extra turn.