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How to play Low Ball, Low Total.

Low Ball, Low Total is a two against two game where both partners matter on every hole: one point for the best single score and one for the lower team total.

Players
4 players, in two teams of two
Scored in
Points
Good for
Two teams of two, where both partners count on every hole.

The rules

  1. Each hole has two points.
  2. Low ball: the team with the best single score takes a point.
  3. Low total: the team whose two scores add up to less takes the other point.
  4. A tied point goes to nobody.

An example hole

Ann and Cal make 4 and 6, a total of 10. Ben and Dan make 5 and 5, also 10. Ann and Cal take the low ball point with the 4, and the totals tie.

Who wins

Most points wins.

Handicaps

Off the low man by default.

Ways to set it up in YipLinks

  • Handicap strokes: Off the low man or Full handicaps. Off the low man is usual for a match: the lowest handicap plays off 0.

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