Favorite golf format when playing with friends
I refuse to play wolf with my friends since they all conspire to play bad if they're on a team with me so I never win.
DG_1234
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It does not matter if the format is match play, medal play, individual, or team game, golf is always player against the golf course.
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I play a lot of 1, 2 or 5 dollar Nassaus with friends and of course that requires a bunch of negotiations on strokes given. A lot of my golf friends don't have handicaps but negotiating is half the fun.
SunnyWalker
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We usually play $5 pigeon(6-6-6 better ball) matches if its just a foursome.
We play all sorts of variants of team matches if its multiple groups and the game depends on the handicaps and how "fair" we can get it
1 ball gross, 1 ball net, combined out of 4 $5 a side and $5 or $10 skins
sometimes it's 1 gross, 2 net combined or 2 gross 1 net......very very rarely its 3 gross out of 4
we've played individual points total before and just have side matches within foursomes if desired
We play all sorts of variants of team matches if its multiple groups and the game depends on the handicaps and how "fair" we can get it
1 ball gross, 1 ball net, combined out of 4 $5 a side and $5 or $10 skins
sometimes it's 1 gross, 2 net combined or 2 gross 1 net......very very rarely its 3 gross out of 4
we've played individual points total before and just have side matches within foursomes if desired
My preference is stroke play, but we usually end up playing a 2 on 2 best ball. I'm not a huge fan of scrambles unless they're 2-man scrambles. If it's a 3- or 4-man scramble, I think it should require that each player on the team must contribute at a minimum 1 drive, 1 approach shot, and 1 putt per side.
Homeyjoe99
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In my normal foursome we've recently started playing Scotch and switch partners every 3 holes. One guy scores the round and another guy keeps track of the side game. Usually $.50/point. 1 point for closest in regulation, 1 for low score, 1 for low team total, 1 for a birdie, and if 1 team gets all of those then they get a bonus point. If I'm putting for birdie (rare), the other team never seems to read the break the same way I do! 
GenErr
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Nothing special.
EXCEPT, the one thing unusual at the course I play is that almost everyone I play with keeps score using the Stableford method. I think its a carryover from some of the leagues that have been around for a long time, and used that method - and a lot of golfers carried it on.
So, a decent score for the guys in my group would be anything over 24 points (24 points would relate to 84, 26 = 82, 30 = 78, etc.).
EXCEPT, the one thing unusual at the course I play is that almost everyone I play with keeps score using the Stableford method. I think its a carryover from some of the leagues that have been around for a long time, and used that method - and a lot of golfers carried it on.
So, a decent score for the guys in my group would be anything over 24 points (24 points would relate to 84, 26 = 82, 30 = 78, etc.).
Popeye
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Three club challenge.
Nine holes.
Music
Beer
Heckling
Hit whenever you want and are incouraged to tee off at the same time.
Only three clubs of your choice.
Its an absolute blast.
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Nine holes.
Music
Beer
Heckling
Hit whenever you want and are incouraged to tee off at the same time.
Only three clubs of your choice.
Its an absolute blast.
Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk
What 3 clubs do you choose?
CanaryKid
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A slight deviation from the topic, but still relevant. I played a round with two friends a couple of years ago and we played stableford. When we finished, we discovered that each of us would have won depending solely on the scoring method; stableford, stroke play or match play.
OneFootShort
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We play a net dot game. Essentially skins but with proximity on par 3s. A hole-win is a dot, a closest to the hole on par 3s is a dot. We don't give strokes on par 3s. If you make birdie and have the closest to the hole and your birdie doesn't get capped, it's a 3 dot win. Eagle (natural) worth 4 dots. $2 per dot entry for everyone (so after all the dots are calculated, the buy in is twice the amount of dots). Last week, we had 24 dots in the game so the buy in was $48. That's on the high end that I've seen.
On the side, we'll play the flip game. Where everyone flips a coin on the tee box. Teams are determined by what you flip (heads/tails), #1 and #18 are everybody on their own. $2 per win. So if it's 2 vs 2, one team wins 4, the other loses 4. Not 4 each, it's split between the losing team. Cap at 3 hole carryover. A more fun version of wolf (in my opinion).
Other side games are just straight up $5 front-$5 back-$5 total's with auto-press after 2 down.
On the side, we'll play the flip game. Where everyone flips a coin on the tee box. Teams are determined by what you flip (heads/tails), #1 and #18 are everybody on their own. $2 per win. So if it's 2 vs 2, one team wins 4, the other loses 4. Not 4 each, it's split between the losing team. Cap at 3 hole carryover. A more fun version of wolf (in my opinion).
Other side games are just straight up $5 front-$5 back-$5 total's with auto-press after 2 down.
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