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I need to know how to make a score board for
my ladder golf.
Have the ladders made but can't find size for the score board.

All supplies 3/4" PVC, schedule 40 for strength
6 x 24" rails (12 ft total)
8 x 12" rails (8 ft total)
6 x t's
4 x elbows

This makes one rack, double the whole thing for two racks.

Glue everything except the two joints attaching the uprights to the bottom support. You can then pull them apart to lay flat for transport.

you can e-mail me for a photo of this design, easy peasy

Thanks so much for the ladder golf dimensions! I am going to make a set for my son-in-law in Iraq. He is on his second tour of duty with the Marines. Thanks again and God Bless Our Troops!

Last Year I saw them at the Toronto Exhibition

You can purchase in Canada from 2 places.

Could someone please let me know where a person can buy this game in Canada?? Thanks

Do you have plans for this set up it seems like the extra rail is great. I would love to whip one of these up for a party I am going to. seems like it will be fairly in expensive to make yourself. How long is the rope the balls are attached to? Let me know

How far away should one stand to throw the balls?

can anybody plaese send me the dimensions so i can make my own?

Our family has fallen in love with this game! It is our new favorite ultimate camping game! We follow the rules that the bottom is worth 1 pt, middle is worth 2 pts, and top is worth 3pts. We also have added that if you wrap the bolo around one of the side support posts (all above bottom rung) it is worth 4 pts! We have painted all of ours with plastic spray paint, everything from hot pink, to cammo. Once you play you will be addicted!

We play the person with the higest scoring points cancels the others out & if there is a tie, no points are rewared. Is this correct?

where can i purchase one of these games in canada.

can you send me how to put it together

So, how exactly would I make one of these. Can you give me detailed instructions?
Thanks in advance.

I made this game myself also, but the way we play it is that the top is 1pt middle is 3pts, and bottom is 2pts. But the length of the rope is crucial in how we adjusted scoring. If the balls wrap around the middle, and top it is worth 4 pts, and the middle and bottom is worth 5 pts. makes it real interesting. Everyone who plays becomes addicted to this game!!!

I love this game. We call it "How's it Hangin'" though.

Using rubber balls instead of golf balls is probably better for another reason: It won't crack and/or shatter the PVC pipes like golf balls do.

I guess you could use ABS pipe instead of PVC to avoid cracking if you were dead set on using golf balls, but the smallest generally-available size of ABS is 1.5" nominal (1.9" outside diameter).

our game came with rules saying the top rung is worth 1 point and bottom worth 3 points.

i have a scenario:
score 18
1st bola on 1 pt rung
2nd bola on 1 pt rung
-player only needs 1 more pt but cant get it b/c if he lands on the 1pt rung he gets the extra pt.
**can the player just stop and not throw the last bala to keep thier pts or do they have to "accidently" miss the rung?

Yeah, we have seen it played alot of ways too. We bought ours at bolotoss.com and they had rules with the game.3 points for the top rung.

Erik, I was working in Campenas Brasil and gave one to some Seminary students. They played it 18 hours a day. I came home to Texas and have built 40 of the games for friends, family, and neighbors. Any one who has played it gets hooked and wants one.

We added a fourth rail two feet behind the ladder. Our rungs are 1 foot apart, the back rail is 1 1/2 feet off the ground. Being mostly blocked by the rungs, it is hard to hit -- seems to get hit once or twice in a game. We painted it yellow and call it "The Golden Rail." It is worth five points in our games, which can be EITHER added to your score or subtracted from an opponent's score. If you are not using cancelation scoring, it allows you to attempt some defense if your opponent is within striking rangs of winning and you are way behind.

We call it Testicle Toss. It truly did not sound like a lot of fun when first introduced to me by that name. We have also named some of the more common throws (kinda like the major leaguers name their pitches): The "MLR" aka Mary Lou Retton - The bola spins around the bar a few (seemingly a hundred or so) times and then "sticks the perfect dismount" (points awarded: 0). The Greg Louganis - The bola caroms off the top bar and bounces end for end off the bottom two bars to the ground (points awarded: 0). The Evel Knievel - Self-explanatory - the bola is nowhere remotely close to the ladder - clears everything including the neighbors' fence occasionally (points awarded: 0). The "OEV" aka Older Evel Knievel aka Ringer aka Bouncer - The bola bounces up from the ground (may incur more than one bounce) to the bottom rung (points awarded: 5). The Klacker aka Boomerang aka INCOMING!!! - The center of the bola rope hits a rung cleanly causing the balls to strike, bounce and boomerang the bola back to the thrower. The top rung provides the best spring, and therefore the best return velocity (points awarded: 0/comedic value: priceless). The Dawn - Affectionately named for my loving wife who was the first I saw accomplish it - The bola swings around a lower rung and catches on an upper rung (points awarded: the value of the rung on which the bola ultimately hangs, unless cancelled). The FedEx - The bola is wrapped so tightly around the rung, it appears to be neatly tied. Unless somebody pulls a Castaway, it is usually good for points (points awarded: the value of the rung on which the bola hangs, unless cancelled). The Castaway - someone cancels your FedEx by Crashing My Crib (i.e. FedEx couldn't deliver). Crashing My Crib - An opponent's bola(s) cancel(s) your point(s) by occupying your rung(s). Last but not least, the Ninja - The bola is thrown with enough velocity to remain parallel to the ground in flight. If a rung is actually hit, this throw is quite effective in producing a FedEx, or conversely a Klacker - also effective at wearing out your partner in team play chasing bolas when the ladder is totally missed (show your mother-in-law how much you care and have her partner up).
My homemade PVC pipe version tapers to the top with the top rung (3 pts) being 10" shorter than the bottom rung (1 pt). Great game!! If you haven't yet played, I strongly recommend it.

We call the game donkeyballs, opposite of horse shoes. We drilled holes through our bolo's and tied a knot then dipped the knot in gorilla glue and have never had one come off.

Everyone I played with in Minnesota called the game Slap-Nuts. I like that better than ladder ball or blongo ball.

Go to www.bolotoss.com they have alot on this game.

hey i have played a version i was wondering if any one else has and had the prints to build it it is a simmilar set up except it is on an angle with 3 rungs in front and 1 in back and a little 4 point hook on one side if anyone has any info on it please email me at dragonmike80@sbcglobal.net

I used super bounce rubber balls instead of golf balls. They may be slightly larger in diameter but they have the weight and won't knock somebody out (or are less likely to) if they're not apying attention.

Also if the bounce doesn't count the lower rung is definately the harder rung to wrap. Three points on the bottom rung.

How amazing every different site has different rules. Two guys I played with the other day both agreed that the BOTTOM rung was three points and so on. They argued whether the bounce counted or not. Just made my own set according to one of the many sites online. The real kicker is that it called for 18" to 20" of rope between the balls and others are calling for 13". The 18" I made for mine are great because in one of every 10 or so games played, you can get a wrapper on two rungs so we just add up the points according to which two rungs have been wrapped and add an extra point for getting a "two in one." I haven't seen any rules on that, but for those of you who do use the longer bolos, it's a cool strategy to try!

We call it " Loopty Loo ".

When I saw this game my first thought was "TEABAG!" and I laughed until I ached. It goes well with the CORNHOLE set!

Thanks, everyone, really.

How about checking out http://www.TossingGames.com They have A LOT of great stuff and discussions on this game!!!

i absolutely love this game, we had a tournement of it at our family reunion, we are making one now,

the way we played is that the top was one and the middle was 3, but i think the top should be 3, middle 2, and bottom one, cuz u could bounce the balls if they land short and that is a pretty easy way to score, so i agree with the way you have it

so i don't understand why the top rung is worth 3 pts because its the easiest one to get and the buttom rung is worth 1 when its the hardest. i think it really needs to be switched!!!

kool

Some notes and yet another method of attaching the ball to the rope.

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Start with 3/16" nylon rope as mentioned above. *Do* *not* attempt to cut the rope to length before placing the balls on the rope! Melt the end of the rope (you can use your fingers to smooth it to a point, it's not *that* hot) and slide on two balls (pre-drilled with a 1/4" hole) onto the rope. Pull the rope through the second ball, appox 5/16" to 3/8" out of the end of the ball. Holding the rope below the end ball on the end, use a regular Bic butane lighter to melt the exposed end of the rope. When all sides of the exposed rope are melted to a gloss (5 seconds?), smash the melted mass into the ball with the side of the lighter, rocking back and forth as not to attach the lighter to the melted nylon. If done correctly, this gives a really nice, smooth finish.

Slide the first ball way down the rope, and measure 13" from the completed one. Mark the rope with a grease pencil or other non-liquid marking device. Markers are bad because they will bleed through the fibers in the rope giving you an inaccurate measurement. Again, slide the ball into place (as marked) and cut the rope approx 5/16" - 3/8" longer than the length of the ball. It may help to use a pocket knife instead of siscors or a utility knife, as it will fray the ends a little. BTW, I'm sure it's implied already, but no tape on the rope! Repeat as above for the first ball.

HTH

I love this game. I built my own set so I can show it to my friends down south.

I recently played Ladder golf this Easter, and LOVED it... but decided that it needed a bit more of a twist, so I made my own ladder, but angled the vertical arms in at 30 degree angles so that the bars are narrower the higher you go up, so now we play "points pyramid" (My creative children renamed it) The top, 3 point, bar is only about 12 inches long, and the bottom, 1 point, bar is the same width as in ladder golf. I really like how interchangeable this game is with just a little imagination.

hey guys i am doing a piece in my school newspaper on sports that are not known or real popular with students at our school. If anyone can give me more information on the game like where it originated or how many countries it is played in now please email me back at ronburgandyjr@yahoo.com please and thank you

The answers to all of your Ladder Golf questions can be found here on this forum:

http://www.LadderGolfGame.com

If you are using two ladders, so you
can throw back and forth, how far apart
are they supposed to be?

I have made up a variation, that everyone seems to like. I use a 7' 3 1/2" PVC pipe for a vertical post. It breaks down into three sections. I made seven lateral pairs of holes, approx. 18" apart. Two of the pairs are at 30 degree angles from the straight line of the other holes. Then,using five 1 " PVC pipes at 3 -2 and 1 1/2 feet length, I made cross arms. I used T-ends that can be removed for th ends, and put 5-3-2-2-and 1 point on five of the ends.This way, not only can you customize the placements of the arms put the point values. The bolos are then tossed at what looks like a coat rack on steroids. Two of my nephews have asked for sets for Christmas. The vertical post has tent stakes attached on the bottom, to hold the post steady. I added some short lines with stakes to provide addtional support. The "Rack" stays put all day, and then dissassembles to fit in a small duffle bag for storage. Let me know if you would like more info. I Call the game "The Rack." For lack of a better sounding name.