Golf games for 5 players

Each hole is worth a skin; outright low score wins it, ties carry the value forward.

Rotating Wolf watches drives, then picks a partner or goes it alone against everyone for bigger points.

Low score on the hole collects from everyone; high score pays everyone.

A rotating banker tees off last and plays a separate cash match against each other player.

Win a hole outright to catch the rabbit; hold it at 9 and 18 to get paid.

Three points a hole: first on the green, closest to the pin, first in the hole.

Score points per hole against net par; highest total wins.

Stableford-style points chased against a personal quota of 39 minus your handicap.

Beat your personal point quota (36 minus handicap) by the widest margin.

Stableford with negative points for bogeys, rewarding aggressive play.

Collect penalty points for every mishap; fewest points wins.

Only your best 11 net holes count, but you must commit each hole right after playing it.

Earn points per hole and choose to bank them or let them ride for double next hole.

Partners play their own balls; the lower score on each hole counts.

Everyone hits, team picks the best shot, everyone plays from there until holed.

Both drive, swap balls for the second shot, pick one ball, then alternate.

Two partners share one ball and alternate every stroke.

Pick the best drive, then everyone plays their own ball into the hole.

Two teams of two play best ball while the fifth player floats between them every three holes.

The two lowest handicaps take on the three highest in best ball.

Greensomes where your opponents choose which of your drives you must play.

Scramble where whoever hit the chosen shot sits out the next stroke.

An imaginary scratch partner who pars every hole turns three players into a 2v2 match.

Both partners tee off, choose one ball, then alternate shots to the hole.

Rotate pairings every three or six holes so everyone plays with and against everyone.

Scramble where a set number of each player's tee shots must be used.

Australian scramble played with a formula team handicap.

A die roll decides whose drive the scramble team must play.

One partner hits every long shot, the other every short shot.

Scramble where the player whose drive is chosen sits out until the green.

Team format where hole number decides whose ball or how many balls count.

A scramble where the team must play from the worst shot every time.

Umbrella game that bundles many achievement bets into points ('dots') settled at the end.

Hit the green in regulation (usually closest on a par 3) and keep it with a two-putt.

Make par or better on a hole where you were in a bunker.

Make par on a par 4 or par 5 without ever touching the fairway.

Hit a tree during the hole and still make par or better.

Every three-putt passes the snake; whoever holds it after 18 pays the pot.

Every birdie earns a dot; eagles earn double.

Hole a shot from off the green.

Ferret: hole out from off the green with a non-putter; Golden Ferret: hole out from a bunker.

Reward for hitting the fairway and the green in regulation on the same hole.

Call your up-and-down before you chip; make it and collect, miss and pay.

Longest drive on the hole, but it must be in the fairway.

Hole a putt longer than the flagstick (or stick an approach inside flagstick length).

Penalty game: each bad shot earns an animal you hold until someone else commits it.

Get paid for following a bad hole with a par or better.

Three bets on birdies: first birdie, longest birdie putt, most birdies.

Earn playing cards for on-course feats and show the best five-card hand at the end.

Penalty animal for going out of bounds; passes to the next offender.

Penalty bet: leave your ball in the bunker after a swing and you owe a mole.

Par-3 bet: closest to the pin wins an oozle, but a three-putt costs a foozle.

Only the par 3s count; lowest total on them wins.

After a terrible drive, bet you'll still make par.

Make par without ever being in the fairway (an Arnie by another name).

Hit into water and still make par or better.

Five players, two carts, four seats: the high scorer on each hole walks to the next tee.

Named for Tom Watson: commonly a holed chip from off the green (partially verified).

Pick three clubs (putter usually free) and play the whole round with them.

Your handicap becomes a supply of mulligans to spend anywhere in the round.

Each player gets par plus handicap strokes; plant your flag where your last stroke ends.

Pick the three holes you hate before the round and take an automatic par on them.

Move your ball by hand as far as your piece of string allows, cutting off what you use.

Play made-up holes from one tee to a different hole's green across the property.

Drop your three worst holes and compare 15-hole totals.

Count every stroke; lowest 18-hole total wins.

Two captained teams play sessions of foursomes, four-ball and singles for points.

The course is your match-play opponent and it makes par (or bogey) on every hole.

Over many rounds, keep your best score on each hole to build one dream round.

Big group plays together; the worst score is eliminated on every hole.

Every round of the trip or league feeds one leaderboard of Stableford or quota points.

Everyone plays net against the club pro's gross score; beat it by the most to win.

A season-long ranking where you climb by challenging and beating players above you.

Hit two balls from every spot, play the better one, and find out how low you can go.

Run the course with a few clubs; your score is strokes plus minutes.