The right golf game turns a quiet back nine into the best part of the day. Each game listed has its own page with rules and simulator so that you can see the game in action!
Games where everybody plays the card or the bank, so the group can be any size.
Games that keep the high handicap in it until the last green.
Say the name on the first tee and everybody already knows it.
Only on Big Fairways. Nobody in your group has played these anywhere else.
| Game | Players | How you win | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skins | 2 or more | Win a hole outright | Big groups, because ties carry and the pot builds |
| Nassau | 2 or more | Win the front, the back or the eighteen | Head to head matches, with presses |
| Wolf | 4 or 5 | Pick the right partner off the tee | Groups who want a decision on every tee |
| Vegas | 4 or 5 | Lower two digit team number | Two on two with big swings |
| Midnight | 2 or more | Best 11 holes plus your last one | Rounds where two bad holes should not count |
| Elevens | 2 or more | Best 10 holes plus your last one | The eleven hole game most players already know |
| Banker | 3 or more | Beat the banker one on one | One player against the field, hole by hole |
| Match Play | 2 or more | Win more holes than your opponent | Head to head, where a blow up costs one hole |
| Stableford | anybody | Most points, not fewest strokes | Any group, and the one game where picking up costs you nothing |
| Hammer | 2 or more | Double the hole while it is being played | Groups who talk, and the last three holes of a match |
| Bingo Bango Bongo | 2 to 4 | First on, closest, first in | Mixed ability groups, played gross |
| Hi/Lo | exactly 4 | Better best ball and better worst ball | A foursome with mismatched handicaps |
| Nines | exactly 3 | Most of the nine points a hole | A threeball, where the round always adds to 162 |
| TILT | 2 or more | String pars together, then cash a birdie | Mixed handicaps, no partners needed |
| Train | 2 or more | Get aboard and never bogey twice | Rewarding the player who keeps it in play |
| Gridiron Golf | 4 or more | March the ball down the field and score | Groups who want a scoreboard instead of a ledger |
| Mulligans | 2 or more | Spend your strokes as do overs, then win on gross | Mixed handicaps who would rather hit it again than do the arithmetic |
| Junk | anybody | Call sandies, woodies and greenies | Running alongside any other game |
| Snake | 2 or more | No points. Do not be holding the bag at the turn or the end | Adding pressure to short putts |
| Ghost Round | anybody | Beat the card a professional shot here | Playing on your own, or a group wanting one more opponent |
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You do not have to pick just one. Big Fairways runs several games at the same time across overlapping players and teams, and keeps every point total straight. These pairings work well together.
Wolf, Vegas, Hi/Lo and Gridiron Golf are all built for four. Wolf changes partners every hole, Vegas and Gridiron are two on two with big swings, and Hi/Lo is the fairest one when handicaps are far apart.
Match Play, Nassau and Hammer. Match Play is the simplest, Nassau gives you three matches in one with presses, and Hammer lets either player double the hole while it is still being played.
Nines is made for a threeball: nine points on every hole, split between the three of you. Banker and Skins also work well with three.
Hi/Lo, TILT, Mulligans and Bingo Bango Bongo. Bingo Bango Bongo is played gross but rewards being first on, closest and first in, so the order of play does the work a handicap would.
Yes, and most groups do. Big Fairways runs several side games at the same time across overlapping players and teams, keeps every point total, and shows one Settle Up list at the end.
Ghost Round. You play a real round that a professional shot on the same course, hole by hole, with the handicap difference between you. Stableford against the card works too.
Yes, free while we build it. Every side game, the live leaderboard, the Settle Up totals and your lifetime scorecards are all included, and there is nothing to install because it runs in any phone browser.
Set it up in four taps, send the link to the group, and let the app keep every point.
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Ghost Round
Match Play
Hammer
TILT
Nines
Banker
Hi/Lo
Gridiron GolfOnly here
Bingo Bango Bongo
Elevens
Train