The alternative playing method, where golfers are expected to hit another hole’s green, is held each year in November, as a way to get people on the golf course when it’s cold outside to play a “new” course, while promoting walking.
On November 22, golfers at Columbia (Mo.) Country Club took part in “Cross-Country Day,” where they were expected to try and hit another hole’s green, the Columbia-based KOMU 8 reported.
“It kind of promotes walking,” said assistant golf professional Tommy Thrash. “It’s a good time to be able to close it down and let people walk wherever they want and in a way play a new course. They’re going through trees and going across different fairways, just something they’re not used to.”
The special round of golf consists of 10 makeshift holes, some of which are considerably difficult. The cross-country hole 10, for example, forces golfers to hit their drives over a barn in order to reach the green of the real hole 18, KOMU reported.
“There was lots of different options that you can take, which is cool,” said Julia Bower, current golfer on the Rock Bridge High School team. “Normally when you’re playing golf, you have the mindset that you stay on the fairway and you play the hole like it should be played. Today it was different, so it’s fun.”
The Columbia Country Club only hosts cross-country golf one day a year, usually in November. Thrash said it’s a good way to get people to come out to the golf course when it’s cold outside, KOMU reported.
“It’s not normal golf,” Thrash said. “Sometimes people get complacent, so when you can get them out here, and doing something abnormal, it sparks their interest, and if you can spark their interest in November, it’s a good thing.”
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