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Pairing Games
Flip Wolf
Wolf with the luck of the draw: instead of picking partners, every player flips a coin and heads play tails on each hole.
- Players: 4 or 5 players
- Best for: Groups who want Wolf with a little luck mixed in
How it works
- Nobody picks partners. On every hole, each player flips a coin.
- Golf Bet Whisperer flips the coins for you and announces the partners for the hole.
- Everyone who flips heads plays against everyone who flips tails, so a hole can be 2 against 2 or 3 against 1.
- Everything else is standard Wolf: each hole is worth 2 points; low and total. When it is one against many, the one players score is doubled for the total point.
A worked example
Hole 1: Alex and Chris flip heads, Ben and Dan flip tails. It's Alex and Chris against Ben and Dan.
Alex and Chris make a best ball of 4 against Ben and Dan's 5, so Alex and Chris win the hole.
Hole 2: Ben is the only player to flip heads, so it's Ben alone against the best ball of the other three.
In regular Wolf, Ben would have chosen to go it alone. In Flip Wolf, the coins chose for him.
Common house rules
- Play for points per hole, or for dollars per hole
- Gross or net
Let the app keep score
- Flips every player's coin and announces the partners each hole
- Scores each hole as a best ball between heads and tails
- Totals points and converts them to dollars
Games your group might also like
- Wolf: A rotating game where the Wolf picks a partner after each drive, or goes it alone.
- Hammer Wolf: Wolf with a doubling weapon: either side can throw the hammer mid-hole to double the stakes, and the other side must accept or concede on the spot.