Guides

Guides

Formats, side games, and the trip-running checklist — the friend who's done 30 of these, in writing.

• Best ball explained→How best ball works — everyone plays their own ball and the side counts its lowest net each hole. Why it's not a scramble, and when to pick it.
• Bingo Bango Bongo→How Bingo Bango Bongo works — the side game where any handicap can win. The three positional points, why it equalizes the field, and the honor-order rule.
• Golf trip checklist→The checklist for running a golf trip — tee times, lodging, formats, the pot, and the part most people forget.
• Match play explained→How match play works — winning holes instead of counting strokes, reading AS / dormie / 3&2, and the concession that keeps it moving.
• Nassau scoring→How a Nassau bet works — three separate matches in one round (front nine, back nine, and the full 18), how ties halve, and the presses people add.
• Scramble explained→How a scramble works — the whole team hits, you all play the best shot, and the team posts one score. The trip format that keeps the high-handicapper in it.
• Skins & carryover→How Skins work with carryover — winning a hole outright vs ties carrying the pot to the next hole.
• Stableford explained→Stableford scoring at a glance — how points map to your score relative to par, and why it keeps blow-up holes from wrecking the round.
• Stroke play explained→How stroke play works — counting every shot and settling on net so a mixed-handicap group plays a fair game. The format every other one is measured against.
• Use Group Caddie on your phone — offline & installed→Score on the course with no signal, and add Group Caddie to your home screen so it opens like a real app — no app store needed. iOS and Android steps included.
• Vegas scoring→How Vegas works as a golf side game — combining two partners' scores into one number, the birdie flip, and the house rules to settle first.
• Wolf scoring→How Wolf works as a side game on a golf trip — picking the partner, going Lone Wolf, calling Pig, and how the points settle.

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