GOING OUT CLUBBING
by Zack Butler
Solution: CAMBRIDGE
To solve this puzzle, play through the video golf game. Making the cut on the front nine holes gives you access to the back nine.
Each hole has a name that anagrams to a famous PGA golfer. In order, the handicaps (given only in the scorecard at the end of each half of the course), par, name of each hole, and its anagrammed golfer are:
Front Nine: | |||
4 | 4 | Plain Route | Ian Poulter |
2 | 5 | Rene's Lie | Ernie Els |
5 | 3 | Rodeo Twigs | Tiger Woods |
8 | 3 | Mallard-prone | Arnold Palmer |
6 | 5 | Aroma Maker | Mark O'Meara |
7 | 4 | Commenting Oriole | Colin Montgomerie |
3 | 3 | Lie Over Ten | Lee Trevino |
9 | 4 | Ice Rigor Saga | Sergio Garcia |
1 | 4 | Lacks CIA Junk | Jack Nicklaus |
Back Nine: | |||
5 | 4 | Agrarian Pond Right | Padraig Harrington |
6 | 3 | Mile Chop Links | Phil Mickelson |
7 | 4 | Reduce Flops | Fred Couples |
3 | 3 | Damn Seas | Sam Snead |
2 | 5 | Moat Towns | Tom Watson |
9 | 4 | Mere Kiwi | Mike Weir |
4 | 5 | Table Serves Lose | Seve Ballesteros |
8 | 4 | Men Ran Grog | Greg Norman |
1 | 3 | Falcon Kid | Nick Faldo |
Using the par of the hole as an index into the name, and ordering these letters by handicap (1-9), the front nine gives you KEEP GOING. Once you make the cut and can access the back nine, the same mechanic gives you CAMBRIDGE.