Methods of playing and scoring a golf putting game

A method of scoring a golf putting game, comprising:

• providing a plurality of putting greens with each putting green defining a putting surface;
• providing a plurality of putting cups on each putting green with each putting cup positioned at a different location on the putting surface of the putting green and disposed within the putting surface of the putting green;
• providing each putting cup with an interior core that is removable from the putting cup with the putting cup disposed within the putting surface of the putting green and has at least one source of visible light for illuminating the putting cup with a preselected color of the visible light;
• providing each putting cup with an exterior housing having a cylindrical sleeve and a lower end cap;
• providing the lower end cap of the exterior housing and the interior core with corresponding threads for removably engaging the interior core with the lower end cap of the exterior housing;
• providing each putting cup with a cylindrical upper ring that is removably attached to the cylindrical sleeve of the exterior housing and has a color matching the preselected color;
• assigning each putting cup a predetermined number of base points for scoring the golf putting game that corresponds to the preselected color of the putting cup;
• having a player of the golf putting game make at least one putting stroke to putt a putting ball into a selected one of the plurality of putting cups;
• and
• determining a player score for the player for each putting green based on the predetermined number of base points assigned to the selected putting cup and a total number of the at least one putting stroke;
• wherein each putting cup is illuminated with a different preselected color and each putting cup is assigned a different predetermined number of base points.