Golf Betting Games

Official Rules for Cribbage Golf:

Ones hand consists of:

Holes Handicap
Individual Score
Individual Score
Team Score

 Cut card will be discovered at the end of the hole played, and before teeing off on the next hole, by cutting from a deck of cards.

 Anything after 13 will begin again at 1

Pegging will be done by:

Pegging +1 for ones own team

 Fairway
GIR
Sandy for Par
Up and Down
Polie
Closest to the pin

Winning teams combined score is 2 for 31

Pegging +1 for opponents team:

 Lost Ball
Ball in Hazard
Ball out of Bounds

(these are not combinable offenses)

The tee off order will be established before the first hole by lagging to a predetermined spot. All other holes will be played by lowest score teeing off 1^st and highest last, in the event of a tie then one goes back in the scoring until the tie has been broken.

The importance of this comes into play when pegging, if player one hits his shot into the fairway or, on the green in the case of a par 3, he would then peg one point. If on the ensuing shot the second player does the same he would Pair the 1^st player and score 2 points. If then the 3^rd player matched the previous skill he would score a run which would be 3 points and lastly the 4^th player would get 4 points if he too matched the previous efforts.

This is valid only from the teebox

Criers and Whiners

Criers and Whiners is a game of do-overs, or mulligans that can be used from any point on the course. In Criers and Whiners, Each player will be given 4 shots per round.

Example:Hit a bad shot off the second tee? Hit it again. Now you've got 3 left.
Or, if your opponent hits a REALLY good shot you can assign one of your Mulligans by dropping a ball where the shot originated and say “do it again”!! (Hole in ones are exempt)

Two other conditions usually apply: The first tee shot of the day may not be replayed, only one shot per hole.

Gruesomes

Gruesomes is a 2-person team game that both members of the team tee off - and then the opposing team selects which drive they have to play. Needless to say, the opposing team is likely to select the worst - or most gruesome - of the two drives.

Following selection of the tee ball, the teams play out the hole in alternate shot fashion. The player who hit the "gruesome" tee ball also plays the second shot

Bag Raid

 Bag Raid is a match play game between two players. It's pretty simple: Every time a player wins a hole, his opponent gets to choose one club from his bag and remove that club from play.

Example: After A wins the first hole, B removes A's pitching wedge from play. For the rest of the round, A cannot use that pitching wedge.

Each Player will start with 9 Clubs and will be matched with someone of similar range handicap

The strategy - well, aside from the strategy of not losing holes - is to first remove from your opponent's bag the clubs which he's most comfortable and best with.

Bag Raid can be a good game for learning creative shots and practicing draws, fades, punch shots and the like. Because by the turn - unless you're winning every hole - you'll be playing shots for which you may no longer have the appropriate club.

Bingo, Bango, Bongo: 
    A good game for all skill levels. The foursome decides the order of tee off (usually a lag) . An amount is set before play begins for first on (Bingo), closest to the pin without going over the green (Bango) and longest putt (Bongo). Furthest from the green has honors. Lowest score tees off on the next hole.

Slapshot:
    This is a fun game for those days that the course is moving very slow. A wager is placed and 1 club is chosen by a player. Another player chooses a "course" through the Tee Markers. A third chooses a starting point and the 4th starts.
Example: Player 1 chooses a 3 wood. Player 2 lays out left white marker first then the right. Player 3 chooses to begin on the front of the tee box. Player 4 begins. After you hit both markers you begin to go after each others ball. If on your turn you hit your target than you continue on until you miss or get everyone out. If you miss then the next player follows. This order is usually chosen by a lag.  Last one alive wins the pot.

Cry Wolf:
    Another game invented by Gregg Gross This is a game played best by 4 people of fairly equal talent. After a lag to determine tee off order player 1 tees off. He then must decide who his partner is by virtue of there tee shot. So if player 2 has a nice drive he may chose him as his partner or he can wait and see how player 3 hits. If he passes on player 3 also than player 4 automatically becomes his partner. You can not choose a player that you have already passed on. The 2 "teams" then play out that hole, the lowest combined team score wins the hole. In the event of a tie the teams would remain intact for the next hole. If a winner is decided then the team choosing will begin fresh on the next hole with the person scoring the lowest individual score teeing off in as Player 1 and so on.

Skins:
    I'm sure you know those rules

Straight out Obnoxious Betting:
Bet on anything "$50.00 says you make this putt." "$20.00 says you shank this drive" "$5.00 says your divot goes farther than your ball"  Get creative! This is great game for getting into a close opponents head!!!!

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Golf Game Basics 

Stroke Play:            Every stroke counts. Lowest score wins. 

Match Play:            Each hole is scored on a hole-by hole-basis. Lowest score wins the hole. Most holes ‘won’ wins the match. 

Nassau:            A Nassau is three games in one. One point is awarded for winning the first nine holes, one point for the second nine holes and one (or two) point for winning the entire 18 holes. A Nassau game can be played for either stroke play or match play or in combination with other games simultaneously. 

Press:                        A Press is a way to get back in the game. When a player is at least one point (or hole) down in a game he can ‘press’. Pressing doubles the point value of the on-going bet. 

Sledgehammer:   A player may call or ‘hit’ his opponent with a sledgehammer at any time during a hole, doubling the bet for that hole. Opponents must accept and continue playing or surrender the hole to the player calling the Sledgehammer. The Sledgehammer can be called many times during a hole as long as it is not called consecutively by the same player. 

The Games

Garbage

For this game, simply select as many pieces of ‘garbage’ you wish to include in the game. Each player can earn points on a hole-by-hole basis.

Scoring is as follows:

Hole-in-One               or Double Eagle                                  100

Eagle:                         2 under par                                            50

Chippee:                    Anything holed from off the green          3

Birdie:                         1 under par                                              5

Up and down:            1 putt for par or better                             1

Fairway:                     Longest drive                                           1

Sandie:                       Up and down from bunker                      1

Greenie:                     On green in regulation                             3

Proxie:                        Closest to the pin                                     3

Pinnie:                        Making a putt longer than the flagstick  1

Hogie:                         Fairway hit, green hit, 2 putt for par       5

Barkie:                        Hitting a tree and bouncing back onto

                                    the fairway                                                 2

Ladie:                         Not getting a drive past the front tee-off -1

Snakie:                       Three-putt (bad)                                        -1

Double Snakie:            Four-putt (double bad)                           -2                                            

Bingo Bango Bongo

A great game allowing players with wide handicap differences to play a close game. 

Players score points as follows

• First ball on the green:             1 pt
• Closest to the pin:                    1 pt
• First ball to hole out:                 1pt

Players must play according to golf etiquette.

Double point value if a player wins all three points.

Beat the Worst 

• Randomly select the order in which players will be on the ‘spot’. Players alternate being on the ‘spot’ after each hole.
• The player on the ‘spot’ must beat the player with the worst score for that hole.
• As an example, the player on the ‘spot’ scores a four while the other players in the foursome shoot a 3, 4 and 5. The player on the ‘spot’ earns 1 point because he beat the worst score (being a 5).

The Defender 

• The objective is to defend (win or tie) a group of holes determined randomly. The defending ‘order’ is best kept in the same order as the tee-off order on the first hole.
• Each player gets a turn at defending a hole. Points are earned based on the following:
  • Defenders wins hole – 2 pts
  • Defender ties hole – 1 pt
  • Defender loses hole – 1 pt to each opponent

Low Ball – Low Total

• Points are earned, for each hole, based on the following:
  • Low ball            1 point
  • Low total          1 point
  • If under par, double points
  • If tie, carry over the hole

Round Robin

• Each player plays with each other player as a team during the round
• The round is divided into 3 segments of six holes, each referred to as a match
• At the end of every match, players switch partners, until everybody has played with each other
• Objective is to win the most 6-hole matches

Wolf (A Joe Duffer favourite)

 On each hole the the Wolf will be

• The player with the longest drive on the fairway, or, closest to the pin on a Par 3; or,
• Each player will take turns being the wolf, rotation determined at the outset of the game
• The Wolf chooses his strategy after:
  • On Par 3 before anybody shoots
  • On Par 4 after everybody has played their tee shot
  • On Par 5 after every body has hit their second shot
  • After this the Wolf can decide between:
    • Choosing which partner to play the hole with or,
    • Playing the hole alone against all other players as the ‘Lone’ Wolf
• The winners of the hole are low ball or low total

  Points are earned based on:

  •  Two teams of two players
    • Wolf’s team wins the hole – 2 points for each player
    • Opposing team wins the hole – 3 points earned for each player on the winning team
  • Lone Wolf playing against all other players:
    • Wolf beats other players – Wolf earns 4 points
    • Wolf is beaten by any player – all players earn 5 points each

• Ties are carried over to next hole. Point values are doubled.

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