Like a professional golf tournament, Saturday was moving day in downtown Frederick.
Participating downtown businesses created a citywide "course" with different golf-themed challenges and photo opportunities.
The Golf of Frederick scavenger hunt included a scorecard, so visitors could keep track of it all.
Stops included Perfect Truffle, where visitors had to say "Arnold Palmer" five times fast, and Frederick Social, where they had to make a beer pong shot.
Each point earned translated to raffle tickets in a big giveaway at 7th Sister.
Miranda Mossburg, co-owner of the shop Frederick MADE, said the event took a lot of planning among the downtown businesses to pull off.
Visitors started their "round" at Frederick MADE by picking up a scorecard and earning points for creative golf attire.
Mossburg complimented Henry Hopley, 9, and Jack Hopley, 4, on their outfits as she walked the brothers through different stops.
Jack wore a polo shirt with images of golf carts and Bigfoot. Both brothers had golf hats.
Jennifer Hopley, their mother, said that they were looking for "good family fun" to take advantage of the weather.
Mossburg said 40 people picked up scorecards.
She said the event was meant to build on First Saturday, which was started by the Downtown Frederick Partnership.
Golf of Frederick was partially an effort to get more traction with other organized First Saturday events, Mossburg said.
She said it was fun to get fellow business owners "united and excited" about the new golf idea.
"It feels good to be doing something that's downtown-wide," Mossburg said.
While gathering her scorecard, Michelle Dvorak said that she felt like there were not as many citywide events in the summer compared to wintertime ones, like Fire and Ice or Sailing Through The Winter Solstice.
Dvorak said she was excited to get out and check off as many items as she could.
Businesses tailored the golf theme to their individual offerings.
Crystal Williams-Palmer, owner of Crash & Catharsis Rage Factory, said picking a theme of "Happy Gilmore" — an Adam Sandler golf movie — was a natural fit for her specific business.
Crash & Catharsis provides rage rooms that allow people to break stuff with their hands or by hitting it with a baseball bat, golf club or other implement.
"It's a blast," Williams-Palmer said. "You're helping people relieve stress, so you can feel good about that."
As such, she said that Happy's temper and pension for breaking things were a natural fit for her business.
She added that some visitors had a tough time adjusting to putting a golf ball with a hockey stick like Happy Gilmore does in the movie.
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