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Games, bets & better golf
Plain-English explainers for the bets and games golfers actually play, plus tips for running a round and a club event.
How to Run a Golf Team Qualifier
How school golf coaches run qualifying: how many rounds, which courses, spots by score and coach picks, and telling each player where they stand.
October 25, 2026 coachingeventsWhat to Do Between Golf Lessons
A lesson changes one thing. The week after decides if it sticks: write it down, turn it into a drill with a score, film a swing, and bring the results back.
October 24, 2026 coachingpracticeHow to Pick Fair Teams for a Golf Game
Fair sides for a four-ball, a scramble or a cup: pair low with high, snake the order in bigger groups, draw A-B-C-D for scrambles, give each game its own teams.
October 23, 2026 formatsbettingHow to Build a Golf Practice Plan
Start from where your rounds lose shots, split your time to match, pick drills that end in a number, put them on set days, and check it against your rounds.
October 22, 2026 practicerecordsSplit Teammates Up or Keep Them Together?
How to put a team golf event into playing groups: why some events split teammates, the usual shapes for teams of two, three and four, and when not to.
October 18, 2026 eventsformatsSandbagging: the Argument Every League Has
What sandbagging is, why most accusations are wrong, what the handicap system already does about it, and the five things a league can actually change.
September 12, 2026 handicapsleaguesHow to Run a Charity Golf Tournament
A full playbook for a charity golf tournament: the format, the sponsor math that actually funds it, registration, the day-of run sheet, and the banquet board.
September 10, 2026 eventsformatsYour Group Already Has a Season
Your Saturday game is already a season: a standing group, a running ledger, and a head-to-head record. The only thing missing is that nobody is writing it down.
September 7, 2026 recordsleaguesGreensomes vs Shamble: One Ball or Two
Greensomes, shamble, scramble, and foursomes explained: which formats play one ball, which play your own, and the handicap allowance each one takes.
September 3, 2026 formatshandicapsWho Owes Who: Settling Five Bets Between Four Golfers
A worked example of settling a golf round: a team Nassau, a press, skins, dots, and a side match between four players, from 57 obligations to three payments.
August 31, 2026 settlingbettingGolf Handicap Allowances: The Full Chart
The WHS allowance for every format in one chart: 95% stroke play, 90% four-ball match, 85% four-ball stroke, greensomes 60/40, scramble 25/20/15/10.
August 27, 2026 handicapsformatsHow to Run an Order of Merit Season
How to build a golf order of merit: points by finish, best-N scoring, which events count, and the tiebreak rules that stop an argument in November.
August 24, 2026 leaguesrecordsVegas Golf: The Rules and the Birdie Flip
How to play Vegas in golf: pairing two scores into one number, the birdie flip, the double-digit rule, and why one blow-up hole costs more than the round.
August 20, 2026 bettingformatsThe Golf League Spreadsheet: What Works and Where It Breaks
How to build a golf league standings spreadsheet that holds up: the four sheets, the formulas that matter, and the five places every one of them breaks.
August 17, 2026 leagueseventsPrintable Golf Scorecards: What Goes on One
What a printable golf scorecard actually needs (par, stroke index, strokes marked per player, tee times) plus when paper still beats a phone at an outing.
August 13, 2026 scoringeventsWhen Half the Field Won't Make an Account
How to score a golf event when most of the field will never install an app: scorekeeper links, one phone per group, paper at the turn, and claiming records.
August 10, 2026 scoringeventsGolf Junk Bets: Greenies, Sandies, and Barkies
Every golf junk bet explained. Greenies, sandies, barkies, snakes, Arnies: the rule, the stake, how each one settles, and the argument it always causes.
August 6, 2026 bettingsettlingShotgun, Split Tee, or One Tee?
How to pick a start for your golf event (shotgun, split tee, or one tee) with the field-size arithmetic, the pace trade-offs, and the mistakes that wreck a day.
August 3, 2026 eventsscoringWhen the Scorecard Is Wrong: Fixing Scores Without a Fight
Wrong scores happen at every golf event. How good tournaments handle corrections: locked cards, organizer approval, and the paper card as evidence.
July 31, 2026 scoringeventsScoring a Tournament When Half the Field Won't Download an App
How to live-score a golf event when plenty of players refuse to install anything: one no-login scoring link per tee group, and a live board anyway.
July 28, 2026 scoringeventsHow to Run a Calcutta (and Publish the Payout Board)
A plain-English guide to running a golf Calcutta: how the auction works, setting payout places, added money, and why you publish the payout board.
July 24, 2026 eventssettlingGreen Jackets and Pink Bikinis: Making Your Tournament's Traditions Permanent
Every great tournament runs on traditions: the jacket, the ugly trophy, the last-place punishment. How to make awards attach to the golfer for life.
July 21, 2026 recordseventsGive Your Club a Real Home Page (in Five Minutes)
Most clubs live in a PDF and a group email. What a real club home page needs (what's on, results, champions, sign-ups) and how to have one today.
July 17, 2026 club sitesQuota Golf: How the Target Really Works
The quota game explained: how your target is worked out, why 36 minus your handicap only works on one points scale, and why it beats net stroke play.
July 14, 2026 formatshandicapsHow to Run a Weekly Golf League (Points or Match Play)
How to start and run a weekly golf league: points vs match play, handicaps, standings that stay fair when people miss weeks, and crowning a champion.
July 10, 2026 leaguesGolf Handicaps, Explained for Weekend Golfers
What a handicap index actually is, how it becomes course handicap and strokes on holes, and why your buddy gets a shot on the 4th. In plain English.
July 8, 2026 handicapsWolf Strategy: When to Go Lone Wolf (and When to Take the Partner)
How to actually win at Wolf: reading drives, picking partners by hole rather than by handicap, and when the lone wolf math genuinely works.
July 5, 2026 bettingThe Buddies-Trip Scoreboard: Teams, Tee Sheets, and a Snake Draft
How to organise a golf trip that feels like an event: snake-drafting teams, the tee sheet, a format per round, and one scoreboard all weekend.
July 1, 2026 tripsformatseventsThe Best Golf Betting Games for Your Group Size (2, 3, 4, 5, and More)
What to play with 2, 3, 4, 5, or more golfers: the right betting game for every group size, from a simple match to wolf, nines, vegas, and skins.
June 28, 2026 bettingMember-Guest Formats That Actually Work
How to format a member-guest golfers rave about: team signup, A/B pairing draws, better ball vs counting both balls, flights, and the rituals that sell it.
June 24, 2026 eventsformatsClub Championship Formats: Flights, Gross vs. Net, and Brackets
How to structure a club championship: stroke play vs match-play brackets, flighting the field, and why gross crowns the champion and net runs flights.
June 19, 2026 eventsformatsHow Much Should Your Golf Group Bet? Setting Stakes That Keep It Fun
How to pick golf betting stakes: the $1/$5/$20 tiers, how a Nassau with presses really adds up, and the house rules that keep money from ruining it.
June 16, 2026 bettingsettlingStableford Points, Explained (and Modified)
How Stableford scoring works: the points per hole, why 36 is playing to your handicap, the modified scale used on tour, and what most points tables get wrong.
June 14, 2026 formatshandicapsPress Bet Etiquette: When to Press, When to Take It, and the Unwritten Rules
The etiquette of pressing in golf: when a press is offered and when it must be taken, the 2-down convention, and the moves that mark you as a shark.
June 11, 2026 bettingThe Nassau Bet, Explained (Match Play vs. Stroke Play)
What a Nassau is, how the front-nine, back-nine, and total bets work, the difference between match-play and stroke-play Nassau, and where presses fit.
June 6, 2026 bettingsettlingSkins Game Rules: How to Play and Settle Up
The rules of a skins game in golf: how skins are won, how ties carry over, how to handle net skins with handicaps, and how to settle at the end.
June 2, 2026 bettingsettlingHow to Run a Club Golf Tournament (Without Expensive Software)
A step-by-step for running a member-guest, club championship or charity scramble (formats, pairings, scoring, prizes) without expensive software.
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