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A New Backyard Underhand Tossing Game

Everyone is familiar with horseshoes and bocce. There was also the backyard health-hazard of the 80's known as Jarts. But this past weekend I had the opportunity, not once, but twice, to play a new underhand-tossing-things-in-the-backyard-type game called Ladder Golf.

That, at least, is the version of the game as patented by Ladder Golf LLC. There is also a version being sold under the name of BoloToss, or, if you are the do-it-yourself type, you can easily create your own home-made version of the game.

This is what my buddy Mike did, and I can report that the game is great fun. Concentration and consistency are key, and the twirling golf ball "bolos" impart just a hint of danger vital to any backyard tossing game (although not nearly as extreme as the craziness of Jarts).

Most importantly, however, you can throw the bolo with one hand, while holding a beer in the other.