Golf betting games explained

2 to 5 players. Match play is a head-to-head game where every hole is its own contest: the lower score wins the hole and equal scores halve it.

2 to 5 players. A Nassau is three bets in one round: the front nine, the back nine and the full eighteen, each with its own stake.

2 to 5 players. In skins, each hole is worth a skin and the lowest score wins it only if nobody ties it.

2 to 144 players. Stableford scores points on each hole against par instead of counting every stroke, and the highest total wins.

3 or 4 players. Las Vegas is a team game for four where two partners' scores on a hole are put side by side to make one two-digit number, low score first.

3 to 5 players. In Banker, one player is the banker on each hole and every other player has a separate bet against them.

3 to 5 players. In Wolf, one player is the wolf on each hole and decides, after seeing the others tee off, whether to take a partner or play alone against everyone.

2 or 4 players. Hammer is a game where the stake on any hole can double mid-hole.

2 to 5 players. Bingo Bango Bongo gives out three points on every hole: one for the first ball on the green, one for the ball closest to the pin once everyone is on, and one for the first to hole out.

3 players. Nines is a three-player game where nine points are split on every hole: five for the low score, three for the middle and one for the high.

4 players. Sixes is a game for four players where the round is split into three six-hole matches and the partners change each time.

2 to 5 players. In Quota each player has a points target of 36 minus their Playing Handicap and earns points for bogeys, pars, birdies and eagles.

2 to 5 players. Rabbit is a game where one player holds the rabbit at a time, and whoever holds it when the nine ends collects from everyone else.

2 to 5 players. In Snake the player who last three-putts holds the snake, and whoever is still holding it when the round ends pays everyone else.

2 to 5 players. Junk, also called dots or trash, is a set of small side bonuses such as greenies, sandies and birdies that run alongside your main game.