Golf games for your group.
Twelve formats, each with its rules in plain words and an example hole. Pick one, start it in YipLinks, and your group keeps score on their own phones.
Stroke Play
Every shot counts. Lowest total wins.
1 to 4 players. Read the rules
Skins
Every hole is worth a skin. Win a hole outright to take it.
2 to 4 players. Read the rules
Nassau
Three matches in one: the front nine, the back nine and all 18, a point each.
2 to 4 players, in two sides. Read the rules
Wolf
Take turns as the Wolf: pick a partner each hole, or go it alone.
3 or 4 players. Read the rules
Best Ball
Two sides, match play. Your side counts its best score on each hole.
2 to 4 players, in two sides. Read the rules
Stableford
Points for every hole against par. Most points wins.
2 to 4 players. Read the rules
Vegas
Two teams of two. Your two scores make one number: a 4 and a 5 is 45. Low number wins the difference.
4 players, in two teams of two. Read the rules
Sixes
Three six-hole matches, a new partner for each. A point for each match you win.
4 players. Read the rules
Nines
Three players share 9 points a hole: 5 for the best score, 3 for the next, 1 for the last.
3 players. Read the rules
Low Ball, Low Total
Two teams of two, two points a hole: one for the best score, one for the lower team total.
4 players, in two teams of two. Read the rules
Quota
Points for every hole against a target set by your handicap. Beat your quota by the most to win.
2 to 4 players. Read the rules
Bingo Bango Bongo
Three points a hole: first on the green, closest once all are on, first in the hole.
2 to 4 players. Read the rules
Pick a game. Send the link.
Start a game in YipLinks and send your group the link. Everyone keeps score on their own phone, and the app works out the points and the handicap strokes.
Get it on the App StoreFree on iPhone. No Garmin needed to play.