Let's just Play Nine

Although we usually prefer to go the full 18, we'll make an exception for Play Nine: The Card Game of Golf, which combines elements from traditional card contests--like Gin Rummy and Go Fish--with the actual game on the links. The objective, just like in real golf, is to card the lowest score. Each hand is a hole and each turn is a shot. After nine rounds, the player with the lowest tally wins. The game offers card values ranging from a hole-in-one to an out-of-bounds penalty while encompassing all the facets of golf, including teeing off, advancing down the fairway, avoiding hazards, and lining up a putt.

Play Nine ($14.95), from Bonfit America, Inc., Culver City, Calif.--makers of Brush-T, the bristle brush plastic golf tee--comes packaged in the same size box as a dozen golf balls and contains two decks of cards, instructions, a golf pencil, and scorecards.

Visit www.playnine.com or www.bonfit.com to order.

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