Betting Suggestions

[badbeatj]

My bro and I are looking to start making things a little more interesting by playing for money. (Nothing Big, just very small amounts but enough to put a little pressure on each other) We are similar skill levels. We have similar handicaps but I find that throughout 18 holes I would make more birdies and pars but blow up on a few holes whereas he is much more consistent and consists mainly of bogeys and pars.

We thought of match play like a skins type where we bet a dollar per hole with tied holes carrying over to the next hole and so on. I find that I would have an advantage here because I usually score better on the majority of holes.

If we do strke play it would be anybody's game and we can do something like betting $10 a round.

Are there any other interesting ways to play/bet when its just heads up?

[PiKapp23]

An interesting game to play is Bingo-Bango-Bongo (or some such name). The 3 names refer to the 3 'money' events on each hole - First on the green; closest to the hole; and first to hole out. In most playings of this game the score doesn't matter - just those three parameters. First on could be one players 2nd shot if the other player hits a longer drive and the others work the same way. The closest to the pin is determine once all (or in your case 'both') players are on the green. First In is interesting because the person furthest from hole has the first opportunity. It's a fun game to play with 2-4 players.

Of course, you can easily make it 4 'games' per hole if best score also counts. If you made each game worth .25 then each hole is worth $1.

[David in FL]

My personal favorite is a match play nassau. Make it $5 or $10 each way to keep it interesting, but no one will ever get hurt.

Classic.

[badbeatj]

  David in FL said:

My personal favorite is a match play nassau. Make it $5 or $10 each way to keep it interesting, but no one will ever get hurt.

I looked up how to play Nassau and it looks very fun

Is this pretty much the rules? http://www.golflink.com/how_402_play-nassau.html I dont quite understand the meaning of "pressing" like double or nothing so say we bet $2 for front 9 and $2 for back nine. And we bet another $2 for overall score. Do you usually limit the number of presses or is it open for anyone thats trailing? Also can you lay 2 presses at once? Say you are trailing by 2 after 6 holes. Can you put a press on holes 7-9 as well as the overall score of holes 7-18 OR do most people wait to press the overall score until much later?

[denver_nuggs_15]

  badbeatj said:

I dont quite understand the meaning of "pressing" like double or nothing

Whenever a team or player goes down by 2 holes, he/they have the option to press. It just makes another match out of the remaining holes. Some people play automatic presses, so if you go down 2 after 3 holes, then you have to press and we start this new match along with our other one. If you go down 2 on that match, then you'd have to press again. If someone is playing very badly and there are automatic presses, he could lose a lot of money.