Golf betting game guides
Rules, worked examples and settlement math for the side games golfers actually play. Every guide is written the way we implement it in the calculator, so what you read matches what the app pays out.
Side games are the reason a casual round stays interesting on the tenth hole. But most of them are passed down verbally, and every group ends up playing a slightly different version. These guides write the rules down: what counts as a win, what happens on a tie, how carry-overs behave, and exactly how the money moves at the end of the hole.
If you are new to golf wagering, start with handicaps — almost every game below is fairer when strokes are applied — then read Skins and Nassau. If you play in a Korean group, the Ding-Dong-Daeng, Gangster and Hussein guides cover the games you will actually be asked to join.
All guides
Skins: rules, carry-overs and payouts
Every hole is worth a skin. Ties carry the value forward — here's how the pot builds and settles.
Nassau: the classic three-bet match
Front nine, back nine and overall — the wager almost every group has played at least once.
Stroke play vs match play betting
Two ways to compare a card, two very different betting shapes. When to use each.
Hussein (bomb hole): rotation and pot rules
A rotating designated player carries the hole. Rotation to the second-best scorer, pot vs fee, worked math.
Ding-Dong-Daeng (딩동댕) explained
A three-outcome Korean side game that keeps every hole meaningful for mid-handicappers.
Gangster (조폭) explained
The hole winner takes from everyone; blow-up holes hurt. Rules, variations and etiquette.
Team match and Las Vegas re-pairing
Blue vs White teams, per-hole settlement, and the Las Vegas format that re-pairs players each hole.
Handicaps: course handicap, strokes and net score
How strokes are allocated by stroke index and why net scoring keeps mixed groups competitive.
Gallery betting and parimutuel odds
How a shared pool sets the odds, how payouts are calculated, and why odds move as bets come in.
A note on stakes
Keep stakes small enough that nobody plays differently because of them. The point of a side game is to give a meaningless par-4 in the middle of the round something riding on it, not to redistribute anyone's month. Agree the amount on the first tee, agree who settles at the end, and write it down — which is exactly what this app is for.