Scottish Open golf flags – test your math skills!

For the second straight year, the Scottish Open golf tournament will test your skills.  Both your golf abilities and your math skills!

In conjunction with the title sponsor (Aberdeen Asset Management), youngsters from Scotland have submitted their suggested math equations for use on the hole flags at this year’s Scottish Open.  Instead of the traditional 1 through 18 numbers for the flags located on the greens, the first hole may be something like “10 minus 9” or the like.  It seems like a great idea to get more kids involved with the game.

The program is called “Making Math Count”, and it definitely catches your attention while viewing on television.

Already seen today on Golf Channel during Thursday’s first round:

American golfer Patrick Reed just parred the hole whose flag number is the square root of 121 and is now playing the hole whose flag shows 48 / 4.

Aussie Adam Scott is playing his first round at the moment and is currently -2 after making an eagle at hole number ((120 / 12) / 2).

Some golfers haven’t fared very well with these new-look flags.  Former British Open champ Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) finished with a disappointing +2 on the day and was last seen leaving with another former Open winner, Paul Lawrie from Scotland, who finished with a +5 during round 1.

I presume they could be heading to a local pub known as the ((8*3) minus 5)th hole to commiserate with a few rounds of beverages in hopes that the tournament officials will change the flags back to something which won’t trigger further math anxiety during Round (6 / 3) on Friday!