Have you ever played night golf? I don’t mean twilight golf or even “oh crap, the sun went down but let’s try to finish this hole with our flashlights and cellphones” golf. I mean full blown, tee off after dark on an unlit course on purpose, using whatever means we can including glow balls, night golf! I haven’t, but I’ve been dying to try it! Now I may get my chance, and so can you!
On Friday, September 28, 2012, The Loving Heart Hospice Foundation is hosting the 2nd annual “Lights Out” No Frills 9 Hole Scramble Golf Tournament. The event will take place at Simi Hills Golf Course and is being organized by Simi Valley City Council Member Barbra Williamson.
There will be no banquet, no raffle, no awards, auction, or goodie bags. Just good ol’ golf (at night), a putting and chipping contest, and buy your own food and beer at the course. BYOS (Bring Your Own Shenanigans)! All proceeds go straight to the Loving Heart Hospice Foundation, which supports terminally ill, low income hospice patients.
Individual player entry is a flat $80, and extras go up from there including the usual different levels of sponsorship up to $350.
You can use this form to register, or just flat out donate if you’re feeling generous but can’t or don’t want to participate. Registration goes through September 21st, 2012.
I’m going to try to make it out to this event because it sounds like fun and for a great cause! Will you be there? It’s a scramble, after all, so if you get too frustrated by the darkness, you’ll have backup. Sounds like a gentle and friendly way to try night golf for the first time!
September 7, 2012 at 10:47 am
Glow ball golf can be a lot of fun! The ball doesn’t go very far, but it’s a great time. The last one I played a month ago, I was able to hit my irons off the fairway, and putt pretty well. My team (scramble) won. It helped to have a bomber as our A player. He was hitting his drives further than I can with a real ball.
September 7, 2012 at 11:07 am
Thanks for the input, Howard. I think it looks like a blast!
September 9, 2012 at 7:53 pm
I have have some fun at night on a golf course, but I wasn’t playing golf (if you know what I mean)?!?!?!?!
My eyesight is too bad to try and hit and find an actual golf ball at night. I will pass on that.
Jeremy
September 14, 2012 at 9:36 am
Sounds AWESOME! Specially the BYOS part. (~_*)
We have a flood lit course here in SWCT, where they offer night golf daily… I mean nightly… during the season. It’s so much fun, and a great option when sweltering humid weather… or unreasonably long working hours… make daytime golf impossible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc3apmvpMzE&list=UUwrGFJikxsu4r040cvNlVzw&index=1&feature=plcp
I’ve also heard about some glow ball tournaments in the area – must check those out too.
Have fun!
September 14, 2012 at 9:54 am
I learned to play golf on a night-lit par 3 and executive course in Van Nuys, CA. The problem for a beginner (well, to some extent for all :-)) is when you hit your ball to where the lights weren’t shining. Summer night-golf is pretty special, though.