Snake is the name of a golf bet/side game whose objective is to avoid three-putting. More specifically, you do not want to be the last person in your group to have a three-putt in Snake, because that is the person who has to pay off the wager. These are the basics of Snake: When a golfer in your group three-putts, he "has the snake" or "holds the snake." When the next 3-putt happens, the Snake| Golf Compendium
"One on One" is the name of a points game that is usually played by two golfers who are competing, well, one vs. one. This game awards points based on the length of your drive, the length of the approach shot that gets you onto the green, and the length of the putt with which you hole-out. The name of the game is borrowed from basketball, where the free throw is worth one point, closer-in| Golf Compendium
There are many golf games that include, or are all about, winning points for hitting the fairway. And in the Aim Game, you earn points for hitting the fairway off the tee. But you earn more the closer your drive stops to the center of the fairway, and you lose points the farther off the fairway you are. The Aim Game is a good game to play to work on driving accuracy (and you can also play it on| Golf Compendium
The golf format known as Second Ball is a variation on a standard four-ball match that typically results in many fewer tied holes. The variation is that when the two teams' low ball results a tie on a hole, their second balls are used to (often) break that tie. Let's start by reminding how a four-ball (aka best ball) match works: Two teams of two are playing (2-vs.-2). Each team's score is its| Golf Compendium
To win the golf side bet known as Froggies, you need some luck. But that's all you need: Winning this bet does not require making par or pos...| www.golfcompendium.com
A "Maxwell tournament" is a format for 5-golfer teams. And the key factor for this format is pretty simple: On each hole, the worst score am...| www.golfcompendium.com
Russian Stableford is the name of a golf format for 2-person teams using, obviously, Stableford scoring. But the team score on each hole is ...| www.golfcompendium.com