In article <imihgfdq75s.fsf@cbncp30.cb.lucent.com>,  <thor@lucent.com> wrote:
>
>We played a form of alternate shot called 'Chapman' at Hershey last
>weekend.
>
>I think average golfers will like it MUCH better than plain alternate
>shot.
>
>I lost the writeup we had (Dave?), but here is my effort:

Thor,
I think you described it just fine.

>Both players tee off, then the players hit each others drives,
>switching until the regulation strokes to the green have taken place,
>not counting any penalty strokes.  Then the team chooses one ball and
>plays alternate shot for the rest of the hole.  The person who
>did not hit the ball to that position has to hit first for the
>alternate shot portion.
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>It was great fun - you get to hit the ball a lot more than in AS, just
>not putting and chipping as much.

I'm sure it's vastly superior to straight AS, but it was enough to convince
me I don't enjoy alternate-shot of any stripe.  Ted was a wonderful partner;
he certainly wasn't the problem.  But if I wanted my mistakes to become a
colleague's problem, I'd still be a manager in my job.  I'd rather play my
own mistakes.

On the positive side, I had the opportunity to play second shots from the
fairway -- novel concept.  And Ted got to explore parts of the course he'd
normally never visit.  :-)

>The BIG question left unanswered...

I agree that's a big question, but there was another one.  If a ball suffers
stroke-and-distance or a water-hazard drop, who hits it next?  I have heard
reasonable arguments on both sides of that one.

(Since I'm answering THOR here, I'd better be ready for a third -- and
simpler -- solution.  The ball is history.  Only the "dry" ball is still
in play.)

Cheers!
Dave