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Every golf bet, format, and side game — the rules, the strategy, and how to actually win them. From the classics to the ones your buddies always set up wrong.

12 games and counting
Betting Game

Nassau

Three bets in one round: the front nine, the back nine, and the overall. The timeless classic every group should know.

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Betting Game

Skins

Win the hole outright or the pot carries over. Simple rules, big swings, and a huge payoff waiting on the last green.

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Betting Game

Vegas

Pair up and combine your scores into one brutal two-digit number. The team game that punishes a blow-up hard.

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Side Bet

Bingo Bango Bongo

Three points on every hole — first on, closest, first in. The rare game a high-handicapper can win against a scratch.

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Side Bet

Snake

Three-putt and you're holding the snake. Whoever's stuck with it on 18 pays out. A cheap, cruel little side game.

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Side Bet

Dots (Junk / Garbage)

Greenies, sandies, barkies, and more — the pile of little bonus bets you stack on top of any game.

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Format

Match Play

Hole-by-hole combat instead of total score. How strategy flips when every hole is its own little battle.

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Format

Sixes (Round Robin)

Switch partners every six holes so everyone teams with everyone. The fairest way to play a foursome for money.

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Format

Best Ball vs. Scramble

The two team formats everyone mixes up — what's different, and which one to pick for your group.

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Scoring

Stableford

Points per hole instead of strokes — the scoring system that stops one blow-up from wrecking your whole day.

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Scoring

Quota

Play against your own number instead of each other. The great equalizer for groups of wildly mixed handicaps.

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