How to Play Golf Darts
Golf darts is a great game to play while sitting at the bar and watching your favorite sporting event or while at home in your basement with your buddies. Darts is a game of skill and concentration, and it's great fun to play the front nine and the back nine when you are playing golf darts. Unlike the outdoor game of golf, you are not limited to a foursome. As many players as you want can play this fast-paced game.
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Instructions
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Have each player shoot for the bull's eye in the middle of the dartboard. The player who hits the bull's eye goes first and the players who come closest after that follow in order.
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Notice that the dart board has 20 different slots for the shooter to aim. In golf darts, you will start off by shooting for the No. 1 column because that is the first hole. The players get anywhere between one and three darts to throw for each round. If your dart hits the thin outer doubles ring, that counts as a hole-in-one. The thin inner triples ring counts as a two. The thin wedge inside the triples ring counts as three. The wedge inside the doubles ring counts as four. Missing the number ring completely counts as five. Five is the maximum score.
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Throw one, two or three darts. In the most common way of playing the game, the last dart thrown is the one that counts. If you hit the inside wedge between the triple ring and the bull's eye with your first shot, you can stop there or choose to go on. If you decide to shoot again and miss the board, you are now at a maximum score of five for that hole. You have another shot and if you hit the triple ring, you end up with a two for that hole.
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Use strategy when playing golf darts. If you throw your first dart in the thin outer doubles ring, that's a hole-in-one and there's obviously no need to continue to shoot because that's the best score you can get. But, if you get a three on your second shot by hitting the thin wedge inside the triples ring, you are at risk if you throw again because you can end up with a four or five if your final shot is not as good as your second shot.
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Add up your score after each hole. Shoot for the holes in number order, going from No. 1 to No. 2 to No. 3 and so on until you get up to No. 9 or No. 18. The dart thrower with the lowest score at the end of nine or 18 rounds is the winner.
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Tips & Warnings
Don't be a perfectionist. If you get a two or three by your second shot, don't risk that score by going for a difficult hole-in-one on the final shot unless you are on the final two or three holes and the match is hanging in the balance.
