PUBGOLF
Your mates. Your route. Your ridiculous outfits.
An extremely unofficial tournament. 9 holes, par 36, about 2 km of Mooloolaba.
Tee time
Nine bars, one Green Jacket. No bookings, no kitty, no mercy. Wear golf, drink like a gentleman, finish like a legend.
- Date
- Saturday 24 October 2026
- Tee time
- 1:00pm sharp at Hole 1
- Hole 1
- Foxy Malone's, 1 Venning St, Mooloolaba (Mantra building, top end of the Esplanade)
- Finish
- 19th hole at The Dock, The Wharf, about 7:00pm
- Format
- 9 holes, par 36, a challenge at every hole. 2 cocktail holes, 7 beer, cider or wine holes
- Countdown
- --days--hrs--min--sec
Big talk. Small numbers.
Tick what applies. Your handicap is added to your final score, so negative is good. It follows you onto the leaderboard.
Scratch golfer. Bold.
The card doesn't lie
Every hole is a cocktail hole or a tap hole (beer, cider or wine, your call). Lowest net score against par at the 19th takes the Green Jacket.
R1The drinks
Cocktail holes: any cocktail on the menu. Tap holes: beer, cider or wine. Not drinking? Play every hole with a mocktail or soft drink. Same scorecard, same trophies.
R2Par and strokes
Par is the number of sips to finish the drink. Every sip is one stroke. Log it on your scorecard and your marker checks it at the 19th.
R3Hydration hazard
A glass of water between every hole is compulsory. Skip it and take +2. Nobody gets to Mulligan this one.
R4Cocktails are sipped
Hole-in-ones are only legal on tap holes. Cocktail holes have a minimum of 2 strokes. Nobody is skolling a $22 espresso martini on our watch.
R5Penalty strokes
- Drinking with your right hand (spotter yells FORE!)+1
- Talking shop: work, clients, KPIs, emails, Monday+1
- Toilet break before Hole 4 (the bunker)+1
- Spilling your drink (lost ball)+1
- Phone out at the bar, photos excepted+1
- Calling it a "pub crawl"+1
- Caught cheating+3
R6One Mulligan each
Cancel one penalty or replay one hole's score. Best dressed at Hole 1 earns a second Mulligan. Organiser's call, no appeals.
R7Local rules
Every hole has its own local rule challenge on the course page. Local rules beat general rules. Challenge results go on your scorecard, and no hole can score less than 1.
R8Flights
We play in three flights of five to seven. Each flight has a captain who orders, herds and keeps time, and flights stagger at the bar so the staff don't hate us.
R9The marshals
Bar staff are course marshals. If a venue says no, we move on, no arguing. Anyone refused service retires from the round with dignity and a lemonade, and is still welcome at the 19th.
R10Prizes
Green Jacket for the lowest net score against par. Club Sandwich for the highest, and that person organises next year. Also Best Dressed, the Out of Bounds award for most penalties, and the Happy Gilmore award for chaos.
What it'll cost
Pay as you go at each hole. No kitty, nothing upfront. Estimates per person.
| Item | Each | Subtotal |
|---|---|---|
| 2 cocktail holes | $19–25 | $38–50 |
| 7 tap holes (schooner, cider or house wine) | $10–14 | $70–98 |
| 9 glasses of water | Free | $0 |
| Drinks for the round | $108–148 | |
| 19th hole dinner (optional) | $25–40 | |
| Ride home (depends on suburb) | $15–60 |
Keep it cheap
Schooners over pints, house wine over the fancy list, cheapest cocktail on the menu. Your score doesn't care what it cost.
Typical Sunshine Coast bar prices, not checked against each venue's menu. Pavilion is card only.
All the gear
Theme is golf. At least one golf item or you start on +3. Full kit takes −2 off your handicap.