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Golf Scoring Guides

Learn how to play and calculate popular social golf formats. Choose a game below to read rules, score breakdowns, and handicap adjustments.

Nassau

The most popular social golf game. Splits the round into Front 9, Back 9, and Overall 18-hole matches.

Skins

Hole-by-hole battle. Win holes outright to claim skins, with ties carrying over to expand the stakes.

Las Vegas

Foursome points format where partner scores are paired into two-digit numbers, with birdies flipping digits.

Group Best Ball

Classic team formats (2v2, 1v2, 2v3) matching the lowest individual net or gross scores on each hole.

Match Play

Traditional head-to-head competition scored by holes won rather than total strokes.

Sixes (Hollywood)

Foursome round where pairings rotate every six holes, letting everyone partner up throughout the round.

Nines (9-Point)

The ultimate 3-player game. Distributes 9 points on every hole using a 5-3-1 split for clear standings.

Quota (Chicago)

Individual handicap game competing against a point quota target using a custom Stableford scale.

Junk (Dots / Side Prizes)

Inject side bets into any round. Award points for Greenies, Sandies, and penalize for the putting Snake.