Golf Your Way!

This App is a mobile version of Sung family's golf game. At this time, golf courses in Hawaii and Las Vegas are included in the golf course selection menu. Users are welcome to add their favorite courses under Golf Region: Your Own.

The points are preferably settled at each completed hole and therefore it can be called a Match Play. Also, strokes do count for settling points called Dog-Eat-Dog which will be explained later. Once a player starts at the next hole, all settlements on the current hole become final.  Any errors or missing claims cannot be corrected or reclaimed. This finality is called “too bad, Bro!”

Basics

Par. Each golf course determines the typical number of strokes (hits) required to put a ball into a hole. Based on distance, Par can be 3, 4, or 5 (occasionally, there are par 6 holes in some courses).

Hole handicap. Each golf course assigns a number from 1 to 18 to a given hole, where 1 represents the hardest hole to par and 18 represents the easiest hole to par. At his time, the App uses handicaps for men only.

Player handicap. Typically, a player is given a handicap (0 to 36) by the Golf Association based on the multiple scores played on golf courses with varying difficulties. In Sung family's game, handicaps are negotiated among players once at the beginning of the game. In the App, it is recommended to enter 0 for the best player and all others use the relative handicaps. For example, if you have four players with handicap 8, 12, 16, and 22, Handicaps entered for the APP are 0, 4, 8, and 14 respectably. 

These are the rules of the game:

1.       You can play the game with 2 to 6 players.

 

2.       There are up to four levels of reward points;

2.1   during holes 1 through 9 (Front Holes)

2.2   during holes 10 through 15 (Back Holes)

2.3   during Primetime holes 16 and 17

2.4   during the final Primetime 18th hole

 

Each level can have unique reward options. For an example, a skin may be 2 points for Front nine, 3 for Back holes, and 5 for Primetime holes (16, 17, and 18).

 

3.       Net score. If a player’s handicap is equal or higher than the hole handicap, his net score is adjusted by one less than his actual score. Otherwise, the net score is the same as the actual score.  For an example, if a player score was triple bogie (3) and the handicap is 13, the net score will be 2 at the hole with the hole handicap of from 1 to 13.

 

4.       Skins game. For a given hole, if there is only one player with the lowest net score, a skin for the hole is won by the player. Otherwise, the skin is carried over to the subsequent hole.

 

4.1    If a player wins a skin for a given hole, he also wins the previous carried over skins:

4.1.1           For the fun of the game, a maximum of three skins (two carried over skins plus the current skin) can be won per winning.

4.1.2          If the skin was won on 18th hole, all remaining carried over skins are rewarded.

4.1.3          If there are more than two carried over skins, carried over skin with the higher values are awarded first.  Let’s assume Front 9, Skin is 2 points, Back is 3, and the Primetime is 5. At 17th hole, I won the skin, and there were more than two carry over skins. I would take 16th as a second skin (5) if it was not claimed already from the previous hole. Then, I would take another one from Back (3) if available. Otherwise, I would take it from front 9 (2) in this order.

 

5.       Greenie. Greenie applies to Par 3 holes only. A player wins  a Greenie when:

5.1   His ball rests on the green after the first stroke from the tee box.

5.2   If more than one player hits the green (i.e., a player ball rests on the green), the player closest to the pin is only eligible to win the Greenie.

5.3   The eligible player must score a par or better.

5.4   Hole in One is also qualifies for the Greenie.

 

6.       3 Putts. This is a penalty. A player must putt out the hole with less than three strokes once the ball landed on the green. Otherwise, this penalty is accessed against the player. It does not matter when the ball goes off the green once the putting count began. For Par 3 holes, the Penalty points for 3 putts can be set to more severe than other holes (e.g., par 4 or 5 holes). The player with the penalty must pay the penalty points to every player.

 

7.       Sandie. If a player makes a par or better score for a hole after the ball fell into a green side bunker. Let’s assume your drive resulted in the ball in a bunker on par 3 hole. If you chip near the hole and make the putt, your score will be a par and you will be rewarded a Sandie.

 

8.       Chippies. If a play holes out from the outside of the green with one stroke (either chip or putt), the player is awarded with chippies. We also call this as “Shittie”.

 

9.       Two Poley . When a player holes out from at least two flag pole length with one putt on the green, the player is awarded a Two Poley.

 

10.   Birdie. When a player completes the hole with one or more strokes less than a par, a Birdie is awarded. In golf, Birdie is one under par score and Eagle is two under par. For this game, both of them are considered for a Birdie award.

 

11.   Dog-Eat-Dog. There is no carry over to the next hole on this reward.  Net scores are compared from one player against another player. If another player has a lower net score, you owe points. If you have a lower net score, you collect points. Do this for all players. All players pay and collect points from every other player in the game.