Golf is considered a gentleman's game due to its emphasis on proper etiquette, color-coordinated outfits, and the removal of all brass knuckles and inflatable billy clubs before competition. Enjoy genteel diversion with today's Groupon to Stratton Mountain Golf Course in Stratton Mountain, Vermont. Choose between the following options:

• For $39, you get one round of golf with cart rental Monday–Thursday (up to a $79 value).
• For $39, you get a Stratton Green Card, including one free round of golf with a cart (a $79 value). The free round is valid only from Sept. 6 through Oct. 16.

Stratton Mountain Golf Course dots a scenic, Geoffrey Cornish–designed course with 27 challenging holes. With today's deals, golfers drive and putt their way through two of the three nine-hole courses, assigned upon tee-time reservation, taking in beautiful vistas of meandering streams, distant mountains, and animatronic tableau dramatizing the lonely existences of lost balls. The course's Green Card unlocks up to $30 off all future golf games for the rest of the season, sharpening ball-hitting skills more effectively than practice balls made of flint. Though not included in the Groupon, an on-site pro shop allows players to stock up on course-appropriate apparel and purchase new clubs to replace the ones they accidentally over-bedazzled.

Stratton Mountain Golf Course's rates fluctuate throughout the day and during different times of the season.