Golf Games for 6-person trip

[Baby Fade]

Anyone have any ideas for a 6-person golf trip for games to play?  Playing 3 rounds in 2 days,  all fairly close in skill level.

[Aguirre]

Yes. I once planned a trip with six golfers.

Have three two-man teams. One player from each team plays in each group so the teams are split. The game is a 3 player (or in this case 3 team) match play format called 6's.

I would suggest best net ball of each team. There are six points awarded per hole. This is because six points can be divided perfectly between three teams.

If all three teams tie the hole, they each receive 2 points.

If one team wins the hole, and the other two teams tie for 2nd, the winning team receives 4 points, the others receive 1 point.

If two teams tie to win the hole, they each receive 3 points, while the last place team receives 0 points.

If all three finish separately, the winning teams receives 4 points, 2nd place 2 points, and last place 0 points.

Play it nassau style for front, back, and total. Third place team pays the first place team your selected dollar amount, while the second place team breaks even. Pick a dollar amount that can be divided well so that if two teams finish tied for first or last, their winnings/losings get split in half. Or use hole handicap as a tie-breaker.

If you keep the same teams for all three rounds I'd also have a 54-hole and a 27-hole bet.

I'd also play greenies and birdie skins, double skins for eagle.

Another suggestion would be to do a three man scramble match play event for the second 18 on the 36 hole day, just in case some guys get fatigued playing that much. Text your scores back-and-forth so each team can track the match as it's played.

Edited September 20, 2018 by Aguirre

[ScottyT]

I play in two groups each week and we play a variety of games based on a point system:  1pt for bogie, 2 for par, 3 for birdie, 4 for eagle and zip for double bogies.  Just add the points, rather than stroke totals. 

1.  Traditional scramble/best ball 

2. "Shamble".  Everyone hits a drive, then everyone plays own ball from location of the best drive to finish the hole.

3.  Total Team points:  using the above point system, add up total team points for 18 holes.

3.  Not sure what to call this but everyone plays own ball for 18 holes:  Add up scores for best NINE  individual holes using the above point formula   We use this format for both individual and team scores (we play 3-man teams, normally).  Example:  one par, one birdie, one bogie equals 6 pts on that hole for the team.   Keeps everyone in the game all the way through and allows for bad holes.  You simply choose the best team point totals for nine of the holes.

4.  Using same scoring format, we also play best individual 9 holes (front or back nine) in the team format.  So, for example, you have 12 points for the front 9 and 16 for the back 9, you would use the 16 point total.  Simply add up the points for the best 9 (front or back) for each person on the team and that's the team total.  Gives a chance for a comeback if your first 9 is crappy and may make you aggressive and try to do better on the back if you have a good front.  It's a fun format.  Differs from #3 in that you chose either the best front or back 9.  In #3, you chose the best 9  individual holes from the total 18.

5.  Red/White/Blue:  Can be fun.  Start at the regular (usually the white) tees.  If you get a par or bogie, you stay on those tees.  If you get a double, you move up a set; if you birdie you move back a set. So. for example..if you birdie the first hole, you move back a set of tees (on our course, that's the blues).  If, then on the second hole, you bogie or par, you stay put; but if you double bogie, you move back to the whites.  If you are having a bad day and double bogie the third hole, you move up as set of tees (red on our course).  Again, we use the point system, rather than strokes.  But you may find yourself hitting from tees and distances which aren't familiar !! 

Besides bragging rights, we play for beer or a pot (everyone throws in a few bucks and winner take all).  Enjoy ur trip !!