Gambling on the golf course...

stephenoleary

Having caddied in the US for a few years, I was introduced to a whole range of gambling and bets on the golf course.

Quite often they were dollar bets, so no one got rich or poor, but the craic and the slagging was priceless.

And having read LOFTS post about Boo, he mentions a game of Lefty Righty that sounds savage...

So, in honor of Boo, and in an attempt to find new ways to lose money to my friends on the course, what are the best games/bets/props etc you play/have heard of/ etc...?

I'll get the ball rolling with an explanation of Boo's Lefty Righty:

"When we got tired of playing the same old nassau, we played "lefty-righty." After everybody tees off, you see which two balls are the farthest to the left, and those two guys play against the pair who are the farthest to the right. You start all over on the next hole -- every hole's a new match.

You play for a fixed amount on every hole and keep a running total of how each guy stands. It's real interesting, a team and individual game rolled into one. "

L.O.F.T

My Dad and family when we play We play this sometimes.We adopted it from others and its called Ugly or Gruesomes and is betting game that pits 2-person teams against each other. Both team members tee off, then the other teams gets to choose which of the drives your side has to play. Obviously, they'll choose the worst - or most gruesome/ Ugly - of the two drives. Stableford/ strokes best score wins the money, done on each hole or at the end of your round.

milltown

Standard practice when playing with friends or family is a euro each on the par threes for nearest the pin (on the green obviously). If nobody hits the green the money carries over to the next par three and so on. At our level at least, hitting the green is often enough to win the money but the craic and the banter is great if there's a few balls on the green needing to be paced out to judge a winner.

I used to think this was fairly standard practice but every now and again I'll play with a golfer who seems never to have heard of it.

Myksyk

We play these 'greeners' too but you must par the hole. if you don't it's a 'Browner' and the other side win the hole (named after the guy we play with who introduced it but also as a description of the arse-clenching nature of a possible three putt when you land on the green sixty feet away from the hole!