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Do you ever play golf for money?

Do you ever play golf for money?

  • I'm a professional all the time

    Votes: 3 3.3%

  • Minor money games like skins and dogfights

    Votes: 28 31.1%

  • Only with my friends

    Votes: 24 26.7%

  • I rarely wager on golf

    Votes: 20 22.2%

  • I have neer wagered on golf

    Votes: 15 16.7%
  • Total voters
    90
I almost never play for money. It's been over 20 years since I've played for even minor money. We usually just play for a beer. Then, we usually buy rounds anyway.
 
beer yes, never money
 
I rarely wager aside from the crazy headcover we play for. Did play a quarter a hole with some guys once. Amazing what kinda pressure $2 or $3 can apply.


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Skins and green balls all the time. Like to play teams as well. Not big money....But something to make it fun :)
 
I very rarely play for money. Only because I don't want to give it to anyone else. :)
 
We will play $1 a hole team skins. Switch every six holes and everyone takes a turn together. No one ever seems to end up +/- more than $4 or $5.

I was introduced to a game called Banker this year. That got out of hand FASSSSST. The game is a series of individual bets against "the banker"
It was very civil until the end when guys started looking to get back the $10-15 they were down.

Par 3...
$5 bet. Tripled in the air by the better. $15
$15 Tripled in the air by the Banker. $45
Birdies Double the bet.
Doubled-Triple-Triple.

2 guys took the original bet (I might have been one of them.... maybe...)
The smart guy lost like $6 on that hole.... buddy and I were out $90 each.... I'm never gambling again.
 
I play weekly money games. It keeps things interesting. Its usually quota with gross and net skins.

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We play with a wide age group of guys. A few of them are disabled, so it's hard to make it fair. For that reason, we play a scramble every Sunday, $20 per man, and teams are picked by captains. The pot is split for the front 9 and back 9. Within our teams, we usually play a "dot game", which is 5 bucks per side. If you are closest to the pin (in regulation) on the team, you get a dot. Most dots on a side wins.

On Saturdays we generally play a shamble, and your team has to count its 2 best scores from each hole. There are 4 bets. An 18 hole bet, and then press bets starting on 6, 10 and 15. Again, it's 20 bucks per man.

If we are playing our own balls instead of a shamble, we play best ball rotating partners every 3 holes (cart mates for 3 holes, drivers for 3 holes and opposites for 3 holes). To do this, we have to have our more able bodied guys playing.
 
I don't think I played any non-solo rounds last year where no money was involved. I have a very gambling heavy background and have bet on some REALLY silly things.

Golf doesn't sniff the top 100 of that list.


It's usually with a buddy who is about equal skill level or someone who is significantly better, but gives me what I feel are adequate strokes. Mostly $5 skins and $5 closest to pin on 3s (must be GIR), but certainly not uncommon to hear my buddy from across the fairway "$10 on hitting the green from here?". Gambling just adds more excitement to me.
 
I rarely wager on golf, we sometimes play skins for high stakes (quarters) but not often.
 
Rare, very rare. Maybe lunch and or a beverage after the round.
 
Option C I only play with friends and if it's for small stuff like drinks or dinner or small money


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Occasionally with friends. Nothing all that much, just to put something on the line.


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Skins and a lot of Nassau for us.
 
ive played some skins , match play for 5 dollars a hole or just for lunch. Nothings ever got to where id lose to much.
 
Golferbest said:
ive played some skins , match play for 5 dollars a hole or just for lunch. Nothings ever got to where id lose to much.
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At $5 per hole the potential is there for a really bad day. I couldn't play for those stakes. For me and the guys I usually play with, that would be big money. That would suck the fun out of the game for us - make it too serious.
 
Nope never have and don't plan on it. I already spend enough money on golf don't need to lose any more of it.
 
Fourputt said:
At $5 per hole the potential is there for a really bad day. I couldn't play for those stakes. For me and the guys I usually play with, that would be big money. That would suck the fun out of the game for us - make it too serious.
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I havnt in a long time. Honestly never really crossed my mind while playing. I played usualy with two groups of people and we all had our little side thing. Sometimes it was 5 sometimes it was 1$. Sometimes as insaid it was just for lunch..we never let anyone lose more than they had to lose that day.
 
I don't often play for money, but when I do it is always very low stakes. One of my favorites is snakes, last to 3 putt pays the group.
 
Personally, I would rather not play for money. The first round of drinks at the 19th hole is about as much as I would like. I remember the first and only time I got talked into a game called Wolf. A bud and I got paired with a couple of guys that suggested the game. Story short, some how I ended up getting about $50 and I still don't know how. but my bud had to use an ATM. The lesson learned, be sure you know what you may be getting into.
 
I don't play golf...for money...against people.
 
But in all seriousness I do play for some for skins or things like that. The guys at my country club play a game called "Vegas" that can get STUPID expensive. It's all about making birdies.
 
There is usually a little something on the line.
 
We play for quarters. End of the day, you can only loose a couple of bucks. Just enough to have fun and not hurt anyone.
 
My group usually has a few matches going on as well as a skins game . The joy of playing with people who think money grows on trees or were professional athletes


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