Daily Scoring & Betting

Each golfer has a handicap index. For every course we convert that index into a Course Handicap — the number of strokes you get on that specific course — using the standard formula:

Course Handicap = Index × (Slope ÷ 113) + (Rating − Par), rounded to the nearest whole number

Example: a 12.2 index on a course with slope 129, rating 72.8, par 72 → 12.2 × (129 ÷ 113) + (72.8 − 72) ≈ 14 strokes.

Your course handicap is spread across the holes by stroke index (the official difficulty ranking, 1 = hardest). You get one stroke on each of the hardest holes, working down the list until your strokes run out.

If your course handicap is over 18, you get a stroke on every hole, plus a second stroke on the hardest holes for whatever is left over.

Example: a course handicap of 14 means you get one stroke on the holes ranked stroke index 1–14, and no stroke on the four easiest holes (stroke index 15–18). A handicap of 22 gives a stroke on all 18 holes plus a second stroke on stroke index 1–4.

Net score = gross score − strokes received on that hole. The daily games below are decided on net results:

Net par — your net score equals par — for example, a bogey on a hole where you got a stroke counts as a par.

Birdie — either a natural birdie (gross one under par) or a net birdie (net one under par, e.g. a par on a stroke hole). A natural birdie always counts as a birdie — even on a hole where the handicap stroke would otherwise net it to an eagle.

Net eagle — two or more under par net.

Note: Most Pars counts exact net pars only. For Most Birdies, a hole counts if it's a natural birdie or a net birdie; a net eagle that came from a stroke (not a natural birdie) does not count as a birdie, and natural eagles are scored separately in the eagle kitty.

Gross 6 → net 5 → net bogey
Gross 5 → net 4 → net par   (a bogey that nets to par)
Gross 4 → net 3 → net birdie
Gross 3 → net 2 → natural birdie — still a birdie
                  (even though net would be an eagle)
Gross 2 → natural eagle — counts in the Eagle Kitty

Every day there are five separate games. Each golfer antes $5 per game — with 8 players that's a $40 pot per game.

Natural Eagles works differently. A natural eagle is two-or-better on the actual (gross) score — no handicap strokes applied.

Each day that's played adds one pot to the eagle kitty, which rolls over day after day until somebody makes a natural eagle. The first golfer(s) to do it win the entire kitty, and then it resets to $0.

Ties — when two or more golfers tie for a game, the pot is split evenly.

Low Net Total — the golfer with the lowest total net score across the entire trip wins $200.

Overall Champion — the season/trip champion and any miscellaneous payouts are entered manually and shown on the Money page.

All of the above is calculated automatically as scores are entered, so the Leaderboard, Scorecards, and Money pages always stay in sync.