Nine Point
Three players, nine points a hole: five for low net, three for the middle, one for the caboose.
How it works
Built for the threesome. Every hole is worth nine points, handed out by net score: low net takes 5, the middle score 3, the high score 1. Ties share the places they tie for: two tied for low go 4-4-1, two tied for high go 5-2-2, and a three-way tie is 3-3-3. A hole pays once all three have a score in, and a pickup counts as net double bogey.
The money is points against the average. Nine points split three ways is 3 a hole, so par over 18 is 54. Finish on 60 and you’re up 6 points; at $1 a point that’s +$6, paid by whoever came in under 54. Every point one player gains, somebody else gave up, so it always settles to zero.
Strokes come off the low handicap: the best player in the group plays off scratch and the other two get the difference, at 90% by default. The card dots every hole where a player gets one, the summary shows points and money as you go, and the detail grid lays out every hole’s split, front and back.
Defaults
- Handicap
- 90% handicap
- Scopes
- This round · Every round
- Players
- 3 players
Options
$ per point
What a point is worth. Your result is (your points − the field average) × this. $0 is allowed: play for the shirt and the game still keeps score.
Handicap
90% by default, taken off the low handicap. Choose 100, 95, 90, 75, 50 or gross.
Match holes
All 18, front 9 or back 9. Somebody leaving at the turn? Score just the nine all three of you play; strokes still fall on their usual holes.
Every round
Set it up for one round, or once for every round of the trip.
FAQ
What’s one hole worth?+
Against the average, winning a hole outright is +2 points (5 versus 3), the middle score is even, and the high score is −2. At $5 a point, an outright win is +$10 on that hole.
How do ties work?+
Tied players split the places they share: two tied for low get 4 each and the third gets 1; two tied for high get 2 each behind the 5; all three tied get 3 apiece.
We have four. Can we play?+
Nine Point is strictly a three-player game; the setup has you pick exactly three. With a foursome, look at Sixes or Wolf.
What if someone picks up?+
A pickup scores as net double bogey, so the hole still splits its nine points and nobody’s left waiting.