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Games, bets & better golf
Plain-English explainers for the bets and games golfers actually play — plus tips for running a round and a club event.
How to Run a Weekly Golf League (Points or Match Play)
A practical guide to starting and running a weekly golf league — choosing points vs match play, handicaps, standings that stay fair when guys miss weeks, and crowning a champion.
July 10, 2026Golf Handicaps, Explained for Weekend Golfers
What a handicap index actually is, how it becomes course handicap and strokes on holes, why your buddy "gets a shot" on the 4th — explained in plain English for regular golfers.
July 8, 2026Wolf Strategy: When to Go Lone Wolf (and When to Take the Partner)
How to actually win at Wolf — reading drives, picking partners by hole not by handicap, when the lone wolf math works, and why blind wolf on 17 is either genius or a donation.
July 5, 2026The Buddies-Trip Scoreboard: Teams, Tee Sheets, and a Snake Draft
How to organize a golf trip that feels like an event — snake-drafting teams, building the tee sheet, picking formats for each round, and keeping one scoreboard all weekend.
July 1, 2026The Best Golf Betting Games for Your Group Size (2, 3, 4, 5 and More)
What to play with 2, 3, 4, 5 or more golfers — the right betting game for every group size, from a simple match to wolf, nines, vegas and skins.
June 28, 2026Member-Guest Formats That Actually Work
How to format a member-guest golfers rave about — team signup, A/B pairing draws, better-ball vs aggregate scoring, flights, and the little rituals that make it feel big.
June 24, 2026Club Championship Formats: Flights, Gross vs. Net, and Brackets
How to structure a club championship — stroke play vs match-play brackets, flighting the field, why gross crowns the champion and net runs per flight, and multi-round logistics.
June 19, 2026How Much Should Your Golf Group Bet? Setting Stakes That Keep It Fun
A practical guide to picking golf betting stakes — the $1/$5/$20 tiers, how a Nassau with presses really adds up, per-man vs pot math, and the house rules that keep money from ruining a good group.
June 16, 2026Press Bet Etiquette: When to Press, When to Take It, and the Unwritten Rules
The etiquette of pressing in golf — when a press is offered and when it must be taken, the 2-down convention, auto-presses, pressing the press, and the moves that mark you as a shark.
June 11, 2026The Nassau Bet, Explained (Match Play vs. Stroke Play)
What a Nassau is, how the front-nine, back-nine and total bets work, the difference between match-play and stroke-play Nassau, and how presses fit in.
June 6, 2026Skins Game Rules: How to Play and Settle Up
The simple rules of a skins game in golf — how skins are won, how ties carry over (push), how to handle net skins with handicaps, and how to settle at the end.
June 2, 2026How to Run a Club Golf Tournament (Without Expensive Software)
A simple step-by-step for running a member-guest, club championship or charity scramble — formats, pairings, scoring, the leaderboard, and prizes — without paying for big tournament software.
May 28, 2026