Net Skins
Own the low net on a hole and the skin is yours. Tie it and it dies, or carries if you play them.
How it works
Every hole is a skin. Post the outright low net score and you take it. Tie for low and, by default, the skin is dead and every hole is a fresh fight. Play carryovers and the tied skin rides to the next hole instead, so a run of halves builds a stack and the next outright winner takes the lot.
Play for a pot or by the skin. In a pot game everybody antes the same and the pot is split by skins won. Per skin is the old-school way: for every skin you win, each other player in the game pays you the rate, so one skin in a foursome at $10 collects $30.
The scorer puts a dot by your name on every hole where this game gives you a stroke, in the game’s own color (a number when you get two), so nobody has to ask. Open the card for the full scorecard with the winning score ringed on every hole where a skin was won.
Defaults
- Handicap
- 90% handicap
- Scopes
- This round · Every round
- Players
- 2+ players
Options
Handicap
Defaults to 90% of course handicap. Pick 100, 95, 90, 75, 50, or Gross for no strokes at all.
Payout
Fixed pot (the default, $10 a player, split by skins won) or Per skin, where each other player pays the winner the rate for every skin.
Carryovers
Off by default: a tie kills the skin. Switch to Ties carry and a tied skin rides to the next hole; the next outright winner collects every skin riding. Any still riding after the last hole go unclaimed.
Holes
All 18 by default, or just the front nine or back nine. Strokes still fall on their normal stroke holes.
Scope
Set it up for one round, or once for the whole trip so it runs every round.
FAQ
What happens on a tie?+
Your call at setup. Ties die (the default): nobody wins that hole. Ties carry: the skin rides to the next hole, and the board shows how many are riding, so three straight halves make the next outright winner a four-skin hole.
What if nobody wins a skin?+
In a pot game everybody gets their money back. No skin, no winner, nobody’s down.
Pot or per skin: what’s the difference?+
Pot: four players at $20 a player make an $80 pot, and if four skins are won each one is worth $20. Per skin: at $10 a skin, every skin you win in a foursome is +$30 and costs the other three $10 apiece.
What handicap should we play?+
The game starts at 90%. If your handicaps are spread wide, drop it to 75 or 50 so the high handicap can’t run the table. Gross is there for the purists.
What if I pick up?+
You’re out of that hole’s skin, and the rest of the group plays on for it.
Can we play skins on just one nine?+
Yes. Set Holes to Front 9 or Back 9 and only those holes pay. Your strokes stay on their usual stroke-index holes.