Side Bets & Junk
Also called Birdies (Dot), Birdie dot, Birdies bet, Eagles, N.O.S.E. (nose/birdie/eagle/albatross)
Every birdie earns a dot; eagles earn double.
The simplest junk item: make a birdie (gross or net, by agreement) and collect from each opponent or mark a dot. Eagles are worth double and a hole-in-one is often a separate, larger payout (or the maker buys the drinks, UK-style).
Birdie 1 dot, eagle 2-3, ace by group agreement; some cards instead score par 1, birdie 2, eagle 3. Birdie, Eagle and Ace can also be tracked as separate score-based dots.
The one dot every golfer already celebrates.
Each link opens every game that works for that number of players.
Also called Dots (Junk / Garbage / Trash), Trash, Dot Game
Umbrella game that bundles many achievement bets into points ('dots') settled at the end.
Also called Greeny, Closest to the Pin, KP
Hit the green in regulation (usually closest on a par 3) and keep it with a two-putt.
Also called Sandy, Sand Save, Super Sandie
Make par or better on a hole where you were in a bunker.
Also called Palmers, Seves
Make par on a par 4 or par 5 without ever touching the fairway.
Rules reflect the version most groups play, cross-checked across these sources. House rules vary; agree yours on the first tee.
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