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Played a scramble at Crystal Falls in Leander this past weekend, two mulligans per team and 10 feet of string. We played great and shot a 56 (-16) and ended up in 5th. This was no easy course by any means, many tough putts. The winning team miraculously shot a 48 (-24). I guess I shouldn't expect anything less in a tournament full of sips.
This is possible, but the team would need a combo of at least 1-2 scratch-level golfers, 1 guy that could hit it over 300 yards with above-average accuracy, and 1-2 good putters (lag putting would be critical). Bagger05 said that 1.5 feet of string helped his team by 3 shots, so 10 feet would really help a team.
I just charted a scramble where my team shot -14 (no mulligans or string); we'd have shot in the -23 to -25 range with 10 feet of string. For reference, our team was a +1, 2, 10, and 30. It was a pretty tough course (Powder Horn in Sheridan, WY), but two of us were on with our drivers & also hit a few great approach shots. Hit every par-5 in two, and we were on/within 15 yards of 4 par-4s.
Assuming you played the one-ups a Crystal Falls, the par-5's are 470, 480, 490, and 535. A good team with string is probably playing the 5's around -9 or maybe -10 . Assuming a 320 drive, that's 3 chances to hit one tight from 150-170 for a 2. There's also 3 par-4's under 335, so it would be doable to play those 3 holes at -5.
I've never played string, and I don't really want to.