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Individual & Team Bets
Match Play
Head-to-head, hole by hole. Win more holes than your opponent to win the match.
- Players: 2 players, or 2 teams of 2
- Best for: Twosomes and two-person teams who want a straight-up match
How it works
- Each hole is its own contest: the lower score wins the hole, using net scores if strokes are given.
- If both sides make the same score, the hole is halved and nobody wins it.
- The match is tracked by holes won, not total strokes: 2 up, 1 down or all square.
- The match ends as soon as one side is up by more holes than are left to play, such as 3 & 2.
- The winner collects the amount the match was played for.
A worked example
You and Ben play a $10 net match.
You win holes 3, 7 and 11, Ben wins hole 14, and every other hole is halved.
After 16 holes you're 2 up with 2 to play. That's dormie: Ben has to win both remaining holes just to tie.
You halve 17 to win the match 2 and 1 and collect $10.
Common house rules
- bet front, back, total or any combination of the 3
- Gross or net
- Presses when a side falls two holes down
- Play all 18 holes even after the match is decided, with a new bet on the holes left (a bye)
- Concede short putts to keep play moving
Let the app keep score
- Tracks the match hole by hole: up, down or all square
- Applies each player's strokes on the right holes
- Closes out the match and adds it to the day's settlement