LAWN GAMES AT EDGE - RULES
CORNHOLE
Start
- Coin toss winner goes first
Play
- Players alternate turns tossing all four bags
- Bags must be thrown underhand and thrower cannot step beyond their own board
- After each team has pitched four bags, teams take score - that completes an “inning”
- Team that wins the inning starts the next one
- Teams switch ends between innings
Scoring
- The team with the higher score earns the difference in points between the two teams
- Example: Team A scores 5 points and Team B scores 2 points. Team A is awarded 3. Team B is awarded 0 points
- First to 21 or more wins; no need to win by 2
Points
- 3pt - Bag in the hole
- 1pt - Bag on the board
- 1pt - Hanging bags (over hole or edge)
- 0pt - Bags touching ground
BOCCE
Start
- Coin toss winner throws Pallino
- If Pallino doesn’t reach halfway, other team throws
- The same team that throws the Pallino throws the first bocce ball
Play
- Throw from behind the fault line, underhand
- Balls must travel halfway down the court or are removed
- Hitting the opponent’s balls is allowed
- Team closest to Pallino is “In” - the other is “Out”
- “Out” team throws until they’re “In” or run out of balls
- All balls must be thrown by both teams
Scoring
- Award points after all balls are thrown
- If balls are equally close, the next closest breaks tie
- First to 11 wins; must win by 2
Points
- Only the team closest to Pallino scores
- 1pt - For each ball closer than the opponent’s nearest ball
- 2pt - “Kiss”: Ball is touching the Pallino
PUTTING POOL
Start
- Place cue ball one club length from rack and break
- After break, remove cue ball from play
Game Play
- Players take turns
- The first player to sink a ball becomes either stripes or solids
- One putt per turn
- Make a putt, putt again
- To win, be the first to sink six of your balls in the six different pockets
- If Player A knocks Player B’s ball into a pocket they have not yet hit into yet, the ball stays; if Player B has already hit a ball into that pocket, the ball is placed in the center of the green and Player B can play it on their next turn