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Stack a pile of bets on one scorecard

Real golf bets never come one at a time. Picture the first tee: John and Jack vs Lee and Coleman. Here’s how a whole stack of side action rides on a single scorecard, and settles itself while you play.

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    Start with the main event: a $30 Nassau

    Set the teams (John + Jack vs Lee + Coleman) and add a Nassau: $10 front, $10 back, $10 total, best ball. Because it’s per player, a $10 leg between two-player teams moves $20: the way it actually plays at the tee.

    The matches on one round in Swilkin. You're up $16; net skins at $5 a skin and a net Nassau against Webb & Nora, each with its scorecard, who paid what, and a way to flag something that looks off
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    Add $5 team birdies

    Tap “Add a match” and drop in birdies at $5: kept as a team pot, so your side splits what you make against theirs. Eagles count double automatically; you don’t do the math.

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    Give two players their own grudge match

    Jack and Lee want their own thing going. Add a straight-up head-to-head between just the two of them: a $20 match inside the round. It settles on its own, separate from the team money.

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    Make greenies a singles pot

    Closest on the par 3s is every player for themselves, so add greenies as singles, not teams. Now four players chase one pot, while the Nassau and birdies stay team bets. One card, mixed sides, no confusion.

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    Watch it settle honestly, as you play

    Each bet only shows money once it’s actually won: the front nine pays out when you finish nine, the match shows “2 up thru 12” until it’s decided, and greenies and birdies bank as they happen. At the end you get one receipt: every bet broken out, every dollar reconciled to the penny.

    Settle up after a round. You're up $16: collect $20 from Nora and $8 from Webb with a Request button, pay Webb & Nora $10 (either one) and Tony $2 with a Pay button, and every game on the round itemised underneath
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    Do all of it inside a club event, too

    The exact same stack works underneath a club championship or a member-guest: side games riding on the tournament scorecards, even across different groups on the course. The event runs the leaderboard; the bets settle themselves.