Las Vegas
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. The lower number wins, and the difference between the two numbers is the number of points that change hands.
How to play
- Make two teams of two. With three players, the lone player's score is used twice against both others.
- Each player plays their own ball. On each hole put the two scores together, lowest first: a 4 and a 5 make 45.
- The team with the lower number wins the difference. 45 against 56 is 11 points.
- Apply your birdie rule. In the usual version a birdie flips the other team's number so the highest score comes first, which can turn a small win into a big one.
- Settle the points at the value agreed per point.
Example
Ann and Bo against Cy and Di, 25 cents a point. Ann makes a birdie 3 and Bo makes 5, so their number is 35. Cy makes 4 and Di makes 5, so theirs is 45. Without a flip Ann and Bo win 10 points.
The most you can lose
Las Vegas, default settings, 4 golfers: Most you can lose: $8190
Agree on the first tee
- Value per point: 0.25
- Gross or net: net individual
- Stroke method: off the low
- Handicap allowance (%): 100
- A score of 10 or more: high first
- Flip the bird: on