The Object:
The object of Defender is to score the most points while the defense attempts to block the offense from scoring.

Competition:
Defender can be played with single players or with teams. Each player or team plays with six balls each.

To Begin Play:
The winner of the lag chooses to start as either the offense or defense. The order of play will never change throughout the game. Each player or team plays four complete rounds.

Each round consists of each player or team putting once as the defense and once as the offense. The defender is the player or team who starts each round by putting up to six balls consecutively, attempting to create a wall that will hinder the offense's chances of scoring. Once the defender has putted all balls, the offense putts six consecutive balls with the object of scoring by skirting the defense’s wall.

Once both the defender and the offense have putted six balls each, the scores are tallied and roles of defender and offense are switched. The player or team who was offense becomes the defender and putts up to six balls consecutively. The player or team who was the defender becomes the offense and follows the defender in putting, trying to score as many points as possible. When each player or team has been both defender and offense, the round concludes.

Scoring:
Only the offense can score points. Once the offense putts, the scores are tallied (see The Game of Brick and Putt – Scoring for how to tally scores) and the balls are removed.

Penalties:
The defender will not be allowed to putt any additional balls if the following occurs:

1) a ball does not stop at least half way over the minimum distance line
2) a ball lands either off the course or into either hole.

1) a ball does not stop at least half way over the minimum distance line
2) the offense pushes a defensive ball into either hole
3) If any ball rolls of the course.

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