Golf outing and golf games guides
Long-form, practical guides for the people who organize the golf: the outing, the trip and the Saturday game.
Outings
Plan, price and run the annual event.
A practical 10 step plan for organizing a golf outing: budget, format, flights, scorecards, day-of checklist, tallying, awards and settling up.
Read more How to set fair flightsHow to split a golf outing field into flights: by handicap, by team handicap or by score, how many flights, caps, ties and a worked example.
Read more Golf outing budget and prize pool: how to plan the moneyPlan a golf outing budget: what to count, how to set the entry fee, how to split a prize pool, and a worked example for 72 players.
Read more How to run a Ryder Cup-style buddies tripRun a Ryder Cup-style golf trip for friends: teams, captains, four-ball and foursomes sessions, singles, handicap strokes, scoring and trophies.
Read moreGames
Choose a game and understand the formats.
Pick the right golf game for your group size, skill spread and patience for arithmetic. A plain comparison of match play, skins, Nassau, Vegas, wolf and more.
Read more Scramble vs shamble vs best ballScramble, shamble and best ball compared: how each is played, how handicaps work, pace of play and which one suits your mix of golfers.
Read moreHandicaps
Where strokes come from and who gets them.
From Handicap Index to Course Handicap to Playing Handicap, then strokes on each hole and strokes off the low. A plain guide with worked numbers.
Read more How handicap strokes work in match playHow handicap strokes work in match play: Course Handicap, Playing Handicap, playing off the low, stroke index, four-ball and foursomes allowances.
Read moreSettling up
Tally the day and pay as few times as possible.
Net the balances, cut the number of payments and avoid the arguments: how to settle up after skins, Nassau, Vegas and side games on one round.
Read more How to settle a golf trip without a spreadsheetSettle up after a golf trip the easy way: record every game result, net the balances, find the fewest payments and avoid disputes.
Read more The 19th hole: tallying a day of golf gamesThe 19th hole is where the day gets tallied. How to keep skins, Nassau, points and prizes straight so you are at the bar, not the spreadsheet.
Read moreScore it in Hole19Tally
Hole19Tally is a scorekeeper. It records scores, works out strokes and shows who owes whom, but it never holds, moves or takes a share of money, and it is not a gambling service. Players settle up directly with each other.