Golf Croquet

Synopsis of Golf Croquet

Golf Croquet is played between two sides - the blue and black balls versus the red and yellow balls. 

In singles, each player plays two balls; in doubles, each player plays the same ball throughout the game.

The object is to be the first side to score seven (7) points. A side scores a point when one of its balls is the first to pass through the next wicket in sequence, as shown by the yellow dotted lines in Figure 2a and Figure 2b below. Note that each wicket is scored by only one ball, so that both sides are always contesting the same wicket. 

If after scoring twelve points the game is tied at six points all, wicket # 3 is contested again to break the tie. 

Play is made by striking a ball with a mallet. The player who is playing a turn is called the striker, and the ball in play for that turn is the striker's ball. 

Turns are played in the following sequence: Blue, red, black, yellow. 

This sequence of colors is painted on the center court peg. Each turn consists of one, and only one, stroke.

The striker's ball may cause other balls to move and score points. However, the striker must never strike any ball other than the striker's ball. The striker must play using the mallet only, and must not play a stroke while touching any ball. The striker must strike the ball with one of the mallet's two striking faces, never with a side face or the shaft of the mallet. The striker must strike the ball cleanly and only once during the stroke.