Golf trip side bets

How it works: The group first has to determine on all the side bets to track. Each player that achieves a side bet, gets one point. When. ROLL. Roll the dice on each tee box to create a random pair of teams and games. · BET. Use your poker chips to golf trip side bets down big side bets against other players. Two players form a team and hit alternate shots at each hole until they hole out. One player tees off at the even holes and one on the odd holes. Handicap. The $2 or $5 Nassau is probably one of the most fun and easiest way to golf when betting with friends. But the original Nassau had nothing to do.

Side Games

Not that kind of Daytona. We started the Trip playing a Daytona or Las Vegas during the first round. On each hole, two golfers pair their scores as opposed to add the scores together. Teams rotated every hole, so it over 18 holes there were basically three six-hole matches. Perhaps most importantly, the hole gross scores were foundational scores upon which we could start calculating handicaps for the rest of the trip.

The beauty of simultaneously having a gross and net game is that there basically two competitions going on: a gross skins game, basically for the Players, and a net skins game for the larger handicaps, so everyone has something to play for beyond camaraderie.

Plus, it gave the group another 18 holes of individual scores upon which to further refine the handicaps. On a personal note, I may only play Skins Games going forward, because I won 19 of the 36 total skins. Though, there was a lot of pure luck and fortuitous timing on my behalf.

Going into Day Two, we had a pretty good handle on how guys were playing and what were appropriate handicaps for our 3-inning Baseball game at the Brickyard. This game shared similar scoring to a traditional Wolf game, except that partners were predetermined and rotated every 3 holes.

Adding a net component meant more complicated math when it came time to tally up the winners and losers, but it also made for a more interesting result where really good play was rewarded. For the final leg of the golf trip, we decided to set aside our egos and take pity on our weary bodies by playing a two-versus-two rotating Shamble, meaning partners shared their best drive and played their own ball in from there.

Given that our drivers were getting more inaccurate as time went on instead of less wayward, this was definitely a strategic victory. For an added twist during the final round, I unleashed the 3-Putt Challenge: if you 3-putted on a hole, you had to putt left-handed on the subsequent hole s until you no longer 3-putted.

Deservedly, my mad genius bit me right in the hind-end, as I was the only one who 3-putted with Billy Barroo, which meant I got to repeat the experience on the next hole, too. To set this game up properly, I borrowed an old Northwestern J. Snead double-sided putter, which we aptly named Billy Baroo for the trip, to allow truly painful left-handed putting.

The gimmick, which was designed to keep the guys interested and focused at the end of two long days, was definitely a hit with the guys. It's easy. Already have an account. Sign in here. Golf trip side bets By Zeph , July 25, in Member Swings. By iacas , January 6, in The Grill Room. By collegefbfan , 22 hours ago in Instruction and Playing Tips.

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If not, please start a new topic. Thank you. Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2. Recommended Posts. Rounders April 8, April 8, Hey fellas, our big golf trip is coming up in May and the organizer asked me to help out with the gambling side of it. I'm really just brainstorming ideas here. We are not talking large dollar amounts here, just a little extra to keep some interest.

We play 5 rounds of golf, over 3 days. The handicaps range from 5 to We have 16 golfers. Last year we had a skins game during one of the rounds, closet to the pin and long drives for another, and a 4 man scramble winner take all. Any ideas for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Iowa Hawkeye April 8, MiniMoe April 9, April 9, You can do a blind draw two man best ball, or combined score.

You can make your groups and blind draw for teams when you get finished. Another idea is make fair teams and play 3 balls for each group, and skins. Quota is also a good game. The quota starts at 36 and you try to make your points. Scoring is as follows. Eagle 5 points, birdie 3 points, par two points, bogey, 1 point, double bogey or worse 0 points.

You subtract your handicap from 36 to find how many points you have to make. If you are a 10, then you have to make 26 points. The winner is the person that scored the most points over their quota. Have fun. Rounders April 9, Quota is a good game, I will have to look into that one. Any others. DavidFehertysBike April 9, The group of 15 or so guys i play off and on with took a trip together in february.

We do this thing we call "the junk" where everyone throws in 10 bucks or whatever amount you want before the start of the round. We then play what amounts to a 15 man skins game. Only pars or better can stand. The pot is evenly divided amoung all of the skins won. We had an entire pot go to one skin and one guy last year like bucks i think last year, so you can get a really big payoff if you have one great hole.

Titleist D2 9. Jay-Bird April 9, Player with most points wins. Flag Tournament - with handicaps in force, players play golf until they've exceeded the number over par per their handicap. The player who plays the most holes wins. Individual with most points wins, Team with most points wins.

Handicapped Blind 9-hole Tournament - Play all 18, then take the scores from only 9 of those holes - use the same 9 for all players. Any nine, doesn't have to be in order. Mini golf beta Two winners -Low net wins, Low gross wins. Low net wins. RC April 9, For a foursome that wants to play two against two for each hole, the game called Dayton is hard to beat for tension.

First decide on a point value. Here's why: Dayton takes each hole as a bet. You hit your drive and the two to the left play the two to the right. Every hole determines the 2 man teams for that hole. You use the flag stick to sight which two are playing the other two. If it gets difficult to determine left and right sight from the flag stick back to the tee box.

You play the hole medal, counting individual strokes. Then you use the formula of putting the two person team's score together so that the low score comes first if you are par or better, but if you don't have a par, the high score goes first. Example: Par is 4. One team scores a 4 and a 6, the other team has a 5 and a 6.

Concatenating the scores gives a 46 and a 65 remember the low score comes first if you have a par or better. You substract the difference and that is the points for each member of the team. So each member of the 46 team gets 19 points and each member of the 65 team gets points. You play all eighteen holes and add the point totals for each person, and because you wind up being paired with a different person on any given hole, the totals are all different but should add to zero.

Dayton adds great pressure on those 3 foot putts that could make a 65 turn into a 46 if you make it. Some play where the maximum high score is limited to a double bogey -- to keep it a bit more friendly. Thus, every hole can have different partners. The player teeing off first is the Wolf. He then watches as each of the other players hit their tee shots.

The Wolf has the option to pick one of them as his partner on the hole — but he must choose the player immediately after that player has hit i. If the Wolf decides that none of the other 3 shots were to his liking, he may play the hole alone, against the other three. If so, then both the Wolf and his partner score 1 point each If they lose, then the Hunters get 1 point each.

Ties may be carried over, or erased. Golf trip side bets A Wolf playing alone receives double the points if he wins, or loses double points to each of the other three players if he loses. In Lone Wolf, the winnings are worth triple but so are losses. For those truly adventurous or foolhardy , the Lone Wolf may declare his intentions to go it alone before his own tee shot.

In this case, all bets are quadrupled. Note: The player in last place after the 16 th hole is usually given the courtesy of being the Wolf on the 17 th and 18 th holes. This game can be played by any number of players, and is based on points. The beauty of this game is that it puts hackers on an equal footing with scratch players — without handicaps being needed.

To Play: There are three points available on each hole. The first player to get his ball on the green gets a point Bingo. Once all balls are on the green, the player whose ball is closest to the pin gets a point Bango. And the player who is first to hole out gets a point Bongo. Example : Our foursome tees off on a par-4, and everyone outdrives Dan. Angus and Ben both hit their approach shots safely onto the green, but Charlie leaves it just short, on the fringe.

Now that all 4 balls are on the green, the closest to the pin Charlie gets the Bango point. He is the first to hole out, and earns the Bongo point. The payout: At the end of 18, the player with the most points wins. Note that this game requires strict etiquette to be enforced.