Side betting in golf
The player with the low score on a hole gets five points. The player with the second-lowest score gets three. And the worst score on a hole gets one. If there are ties, you simply divide the points by the number of players tied.
For example, two players tie for the best score on a hole. Want to win more money on the course? You have to hit more consistent shots. Try our video lesson series How to Play Consistent Golf. If the front, back and 18 are equal in the amount wagered, that means a golfer or team could conceivably win the first 10 holes, and halve all but two of the remaining and win only a third of the amount wagered.
Hardly fair. With a closeout, the hole match is worth a set amount and once it's decided, a second match on the remaining holes begins for half the original amount. It reduces the odds of a lackluster payout for really solid play. But the real beauty of this game is that it's simple to keep track of the match. Typical scoring for a mid-handicap group would be 1 point for a bogey, 2 points for a par, 4 for a birdie and 8 for an eagle points can be adjusted in any way.
The player with the most points above their quota wins a predetermined pot. If no one finishes above their quota, you can roll the pot into the next round or decide it by some kind of tiebreaker. I've always liked this game because pars and birdies are worth so much more to average golfers than just being one shot better than a bogey. This is a great game for mid-to-high handicappers because it keeps everyone involved much deeper into the round, especially if a player or two had a couple of "blow-up" holes along the way.
You have to putt them out. And any time a player three-putts or worse the ball has to be on the green for the first putt , a specific amount is added to a pot. That money keeps accruing during the round and the last person to three-putt has to pay the other players the amount in the pot. There are many variations of this game including a progressive version where the pot amount starts at a dime and doubles each time someone three-putts.
Another version makes the person with the most three-putts pay. It's recommended to play this game when the course isn't crowded because it can slow things down. However, it's a great game to learn how to make short putts and not take other putts for granted. Essentially, any time a player follows up a double bogey or worse with a par or better on the next hole, they win a point dollar value determined in advance by your group.
Any time a player makes back-to-back double bogeys or worse, they lose a point. A typical point distribution would be 5 for a bogey, 15 for a par, 30 for a birdie and 60 for an eagle better groups can start with par as the first point-eligible score. After earning points on a hole, the player has the option of banking the amount or "letting it ride," meaning the point total can still grow on subsequent holes.
The point totals double for every hole that they aren't banked. The teeing order -- regardless of who has the honor -- rotates on every hole so that each player becomes the Wolf once every four holes. If not, the Wolf plays the hole as the 'Lone Wolf' -- in which case the objective is to beat the three other players with the lowest net score on the hole. Every hole is played as a net best ball with only the best score of each team being used.
If the Wolf chose a partner and they win the hole, they each receive two points If the non-Wolf partners win the hole, they get three points apiece If the Lone Wolf beats all the other players, he or she receives four points If the Lone Wolf gets beat by any player in the group, everyone in the group except the Lone Wolf receives one point. There are variations to this game. For instance, you can be "Blind Wolf," like a poker player going all in without even looking at his or her cards before the flop declaring before the hole that you're going to play the hole alone without a partner before the tee shots are even hit.
All in all a great game, but one that takes a lot of concentration. Oh how I hate to play that. It keeps things interesting. You might get slaughtered for six holes, but then you have 12 holes to make that all up. Here's how it's played: In a foursome, you rotate a playing partner every six holes. At the end of 18 holes, the other three players in your group will have been your partner for six holes.
You can use any scoring format in sixes and each six-hole stretch is a separate bet. Basically, you could lose one of your six-hole matches, but if you win the other two, you come out ahead at the end of 18 holes. Facebook fan quotes: ", where your partner changes every six holes. Gets everybody in foursome to play as partners and opponents. Each hole is worth 2 points. One for the low net ball, and one for the other team having the high net score.
Switch partners every 6 holes. This is particularly fun right around Ryder Cup time and will give you an incredible appreciation for just how difficult a format this is, even for the world's best players. Alternate shot is just as it sounds.
Prior to the round, you and a partner decide who will tee off on the odd-numbered holes and who will tee off on the even-numbered holes. After that person tees off, you alternate shots until the ball is in the hole. Want to improve your game? Find a PGA Professional here. Alternate shot can be played as stroke play or as match play.
The upside to alternate shot is you can play quickly, as there are only ever two balls in play amongst your foursome. It might be a better game for those of you who have a golf club membership. Rabbit The first player to have the low score on a hole captures the Rabbit no ties.
If on the next hole someone other than the holder of the Rabbit is the low scorer, the Rabbit is set free. Then the Rabbit can be won by the next player to earn the lowest score again, no ties on a hole. Before another player can be "holder of the Rabbit" it must first be set free. There are also side bets, which pays the holder of the Rabbit after the ninth and 18th hole.
For bigger payouts, you can skip the "set the Rabbit free" step and simply make the person with the lowest score no ties on a given hole the immediate holder of the Rabbit. Vegas This one can get ugly in a hurry if you aren't careful. Actually, it can get ugly even if you are careful. Two teams, two players each. You play for a team score on each hole. But here's the twist, rather than adding the two team scores -- for example, Player A makes a 4 and Player B makes a 5 -- the scores are paired lowest score in front.
So, instead of the team in the example used making a for a combined nine, they instead make a " The points are tracked throughout the round and at the end, the differential is paid off. You can set any value you want on points For the average Joe, that might be a nickel per point. For instance The paired score for Team A on one hole is 45 and the paired score for Team B is a Just so things don't get ridiculously out of hand, there is a safeguard in Vegas.
So, if a team has a 7 and a 10 rather than " points" for the hole, it's " Best ball or Fourball This is one of the most popular games to play on the golf course. Typically, two-person teams are in place. Each player plays out his or her own golf ball. At the end of the hole, the lowest score recorded by the team is used toward the team tally, while the higher score is thrown out.
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That puts a lot of pressure on that player to perform - and also gives him the chance to choke. Hence, the name of the format. Let's say our tournament is a 4-man Choker. The players are A, B, C and D. On the first hole, Player A is the choker - he plays alone. The other three - B, C, and D - play as a team. At the conclusion of the hole, Player A's solo score and B-C-D's score are added together to create the team score.
The three members on each hole who are playing the team ball might be playing any number of formats; they might each play their own ball and count the one low score; they might be playing a scramble. If it's a 3-man Choker, then the two players teaming on each hole might play alternate shot.
There are options, in other words. Perhaps the most common variety of Choker is this: All team members tee off on each hole. The best drive is selected, and the golfer who hit it becomes the choker. He completes the hole solo.
The other team members play a scramble into the hole, with their scramble score combining with the choker's score. Have a course handicap of 14? You get 14 mulligans to use during the round. The game can be played with full handicaps, as just cited, but it is most common to use only three-fourths or two-thirds of handicaps. That forces the player to be judicious in using his replay strokes.
Two other conditions usually apply: The first tee shot of the day may not be replayed, and no shot can be replayed twice. Criss Cross This can be a tournament format or a betting game among friends. In Cross Cross, the front nine and back nine holes are paired up - No. Following the round, compare the scores you recorded on No. Compare No. Then add up the 9 holes you've circled. That's your Criss Cross score. As a tournament, Criss Cross is usually played in flights using gross scores; handicaps can be used to determine flights.
Daytona Daytona is a variation on the Las Vegas betting game: A 2-vs. In Las Vegas, they are paired with the low number going first. Player A makes 5, Player B makes 6, that combines to form In Daytona, which number goes first depends on whether either player made par or better. If one of the partners makes par or better, you combine the scores to form the lowest number. But if both golfers on a side make bogey or worse, their scores are combined to form the highest number.
If on a par-4, the partners make a 5 and 7, that becomes not 57 but See Las Vegas for more about the basic structure. Derby - Another name for Shoot Out. Disaster or Trouble The format the goes by the names Disaster or Trouble is a points game in which the winner at the end of the round is the player or team that has collected the fewest number of points. That's because points are "awarded" for bad shots. Hit a ball out of bounds, for example, and that's a point.
Your group can come up with its own list point-earners and value for each. But one common point system is this: Water ball - 1 point Out of bounds - 1 point In a bunker - 1 point Failing to get the ball out of the bunker - 1 point 3-putt - 1 point Hitting from one bunker into another - 2 points Whiff - 4 points Eliminator Tournament format for 4-person teams, or a betting game for several groups of four. Also known as In the Bucket, is a best-ball format with a twist: As a player's score is used for the team score, he is "eliminated" from counting as the team score on ensuing holes, until only one player is left whose score is eligible to be used then the process starts over.
Player A is the low-ball on the first hole. On the second hole, Player B is the low-ball. All players move on to Hole 3, but the scores of A and B are now ineligible; only C and D have a chance to provide the team score.
On No. And that leaves Player D as the lone survivor - his or her score must be used on the fourth hole as the team score. On Hole 5, the rotation starts over. The object is, of course, to hit fairways and greens. The catch is that you have to be the only player in your group to hit the fairway off the tee to win the bet or the only player in your group to hit the green in regulation to win the bet. Determine before the round the value of each fairway and each green. Each hole excluding par-3s has two bets - one for the fairway and one for the green.
If two or more players find the fairway or two or more players are on the green in regulation, then that bet carries over to the following hole ala skins. Each golfer in a group tracks his points earned through the round.
At the end of the round, high points wins an overall bet the amount of which is set before the round. Favorite Holes Before the round, each golfer in your groups ponies up the agreed-upon amount of money for the Favorite Holes pot. Next, each golfer circles three holes on his or her scorecard - her favorite holes, the ones where she typically scores great. At the end of the round, each golfer tallies up his or her total on those three favorite holes, and low score wins the pot. Fish A side game for a group of golfers that includes bets on three separate achievements relating to birdies: The golfer who makes the first birdie in the round wins one bet; The golfer who makes the longest birdie putt during the round wins a bet; And the golfer who makes the most birdies during the round wins a third bet.
Just remember first-longest-most. Five of Clubs A tournament format in which each golfer has to choose only five of his or her clubs to use during the tournament. Variations in the format revolve around how the putter is treated.
Sometimes the putter doesn't count as one of your five clubs; however, in most cases when Five of Clubs is played, the putter does count as one of your five. Fort Lauderdale While there may be some regional variations in the specifics, when a tournament is using the Fort Lauderdale name it is usually just a typical scramble format.
In other words, Fort Lauderdale is usually just a synonym for a scramble. Greenies A "greenie" is a side bet that automatically pays off for any golfer who records a green in regulation. Greenies are commonly included in the game known as Garbage or Dots. A group using greenies only has to agree before the round starts that a greenies are in effect, and b how much - in monetary value or in points - each greenie is worth.
The group then tees off, and every time during the round a greenie is recorded by a golfer, the golfer marks it down. At the end of the round, golfers compare how many greenies each recorded, tally up the points or money, and pay out the differences. Gruesomes or Yellowsomes Gruesomes is a 2-person team game that is more common as a betting game but is also sometimes used as a golf tournament format.
In Gruesomes, both members of Team A hit drives. Then the members of the opposing side Team B select which drive Team A has to play. When Team B's golfers tee off, Team A selects which drive they have to play. Needless to say, when you're choosing which of two drives your opponents have to play, you're going to make them play the worse - or most gruesome - of the two drives.
Following selection of the tee balls, the teams play out the hole in alternate shot fashion, except that the player who hit the "gruesome" tee ball also plays the second shot for his or her side. Hog Hog is very similar to Defender and Wolf. On each hole, one player in a group of four golfers is designated as the Hog, and the order rotates through the round A on No. In Hog, all members of the group tee off, then the "Hog" has two options: "hog" the hole by playing against the other three players; or pick one of the other three players as a partner for the hole, making it 2-on The one low ball wins the hole.
If the "Hog" plays 1-vs. If the "Hog" chooses a partner and wins, both players get 1 point; if they lose, the other two players get 1 point each. Hollywood - See Round Robin. Honey Pot Just a slang term for a golf tournament's bonus payout or prize pool. Contributing to a honey pot is usually optional; only those that pay in are eligible to win anything at the end. Honest John Before the round starts, members of your group each put an agreed-upon dollar amount into the pot.
Each player predicts the score they will shoot for the round, and writes it down. At the end of the round, they compare their actual score to their predicted score. Who came closest to shooting his or her predicted score? The golfer who did wins the Honest John pot. Horse Race - See Shoot-Out. In the Bucket Another name for Eliminator. It's a best-ball tournament in which every fourth hole one golfer is "in the bucket" - his or her score must count as the team score on that hole.
That's because on each of the three preceding holes, the player whose low-ball score counted as the team score is "eliminated" he still plays, but his score can't be used. After the fourth hole, the rotation starts over again with all players eligible. Jack and Jill When a tournament is called a "Jack and Jill," it means that it is a team event in which men and women are paired together to form the teams.
Joker's Wild A tournament format for 4-person teams that involves the use of suited playing cards. Start by drawing cards so that each team member is designated by a different playing suit heart, diamond, spade, club. What next? Version 1: Once on the green, golfers find a playing card in the bottom of the cup. The suit of that card determines which team member's score counts on that hole. Is it a heart?
Then the golfer who is the heart must provide the team score on that hole. Version 2: All golfers complete a hole and then, on the next tee, see the playing card that tells then which suit applied on the previous hole. A joker means that the lowest score among the team members is used. Some tournament organizers will use two suits per hole, combining the scores of two team members.
Last Man Standing - Another name for Flags. Lone Wolf - See Wolf. Long and Short A format for 2-person teams. The name explains the game: One member of the team plays the long shots drives and approaches , while the other member of the team plays the short shots pitches, chips, and putts.
Long and Short can be played as team vs. In order to avoid potential disagreements between teams over which player should play certain shots, it's advisable for the Long and Short tournament organizers to set specific yardage that delineates the "long" and "short. If you have the low score on a hole that is, for example, yards long, then you win points.
Win a yard hole, and you get points. No points are awards on holes without an outright winner. Set the point value carefully, because their might be 7, points total at stake, depending on yardages. Low Putts Can be a tournament format or a side game. Low Putts tournament: In a Low Putts tournament, you throw out all your other strokes and only count putts. And the golfer or team with the fewest putts is the Low Putts winner. Low Putts side game: Before the round, agree on the value of the bet each member of your group puts in an equal amount , and after the round count putts.
The golfer with the Low Putts wins the pot. Luck of the Draw Betting game for a group of golf buddies that combines golf and poker. Start with a full deck of playing cards per participating foursome, and with each participating golfer ponying up his or her share of the pot. In this side golf game, whoever has the first 3-putt gets the snake , and it stays with them through the round until someone else 3-putts, in which case, it gets passed over to them.
This process of passing continues until the conclusion of the round where the latest person to be passed over the snake owes the rest of the players the agreed-upon bet amount. To keep track of the side bet easier, many golfers may bring an actual rubber snake to pass along between them during the game session. Rather, each time the snake gets passed, the amount doubles, further increasing the stakes and intensifying the competition.
In this snake format, it is highly advised to take extreme care with setting the initial amount. Through the round progress, it could potentially balloon to a significant sum. Thus, this modified snake format is not recommended for groups composed of high handicappers.
Just imagine the loss to the player in a game where the snake gets passed a total of 12 times! Unless, of course, real money has instead been replaced by a point system, steer clear of including this modified version if your obviously not a skilled golf player. Rather, it relates to the trait associated with the real animal — quickness.
After all, the side bet is all about having the lowest score and, thus, trying to keep way ahead of the rest of the pack — figuratively sprinting your way towards victory. You might know it by other names, but it simply refers to any area of the golf course that may provide a significant obstacle to playing the ball. Special rules may apply while playing your ball within a hazard. For example, you are typically not allowed to touch the ground with your club before playing the ball, and any ball lying here can be played without incurring a penalty.
Usually, golf course hazards are of two types — water and bunkers. A water hazard can include lakes, rivers, and ponds. It can be further divided into two types — lateral adjacent to the fairway and intersected crossing through the fairway. Meanwhile, a bunker hazard includes sandpits, and any depressed landscape formation from which driving a ball could be quite challenging.
Concluding Note Saying that golf is like a mere game is no different than saying than an astronaut is a pilot. Sure, both an astronaut and a pilot lift a craft off the ground and into the air, but an astronaut takes theirs far further, beyond the blue into deep space. Similarly, while both golf and another game may similarly serve the purpose of recreation, the spectrum of experiences that you take home with you after a day of golfing is un-comparable.
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