Match play games

Low ball, low total

Two teams of two play for two points a hole, one for the better best ball and one for the lower team total.

How it works

Two teams of two, each playing their own ball.
Every hole has two points: one for low ball, the team with the lower best score, and one for low total, the team with the lower sum of its two scores.
A tied point goes to nobody, and nothing carries. Most points wins, and equal points are halved.

Good to know

Picking up or leaving: a player with no score on a hole leaves their partner's score as the team's low ball, but the team can't win the low total.
Presses: if the host turns them on, the team behind can start a new match from that hole to the end of the round. With Automatic, one starts by itself each time a team goes the chosen number of points down. A press scores the points from its own holes, and one that ends level scores nothing.

A worked round

Two teams of two, two points a hole, one for low ball and one for low total, net. The lowest handicap plays off zero, and the others get 90% of the difference between their handicap and the lowest.

Team A: Kasper M. and Jordan B.Team B: Sam P. and Ike D.

The momentOn 2, Kasper's 3 took low ball for Team A, but the low total tied on 8, so that point went to nobody. Team A won, 12 points to 4.

The matchTeam A, 12 pointsTeam B 4

Low ballTeam A 8, Team B 37 tied

Low totalTeam A 4, Team B 113 tied

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	5
Kasper
Jordan
Sam
Ike
Low ball	Team A	Team A	nobody	Team A	nobody	Team B	nobody	nobody	Team A	Team A	Team B	Team A	Team A	Team A	Team B	nobody	nobody	nobody
Low total	Team A	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	Team A	Team A	Team B	nobody	nobody	Team A	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody
Points	Team A 2 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 4 points up	Team A 4 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 5 points up	Team A 7 points up	Team A 5 points up	Team A 6 points up	Team A 7 points up	Team A 9 points up	Team A 8 points up	Team A 8 points up	Team A 8 points up	Team A 8 points up

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	4	5	4
Kasper
Jordan
Sam
Ike
Low ball	Team A	Team A	nobody	Team A	nobody	Team B	nobody	nobody	Team A
Low total	Team A	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody	Team A
Points	Team A 2 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 4 points up	Team A 4 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 3 points up	Team A 5 points up

Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	5
Kasper
Jordan
Sam
Ike
Low ball	Team A	Team B	Team A	Team A	Team A	Team B	nobody	nobody	nobody
Low total	Team A	Team B	nobody	nobody	Team A	nobody	nobody	nobody	nobody
Points	Team A 7 points up	Team A 5 points up	Team A 6 points up	Team A 7 points up	Team A 9 points up	Team A 8 points up	Team A 8 points up	Team A 8 points up	Team A 8 points up

Hole	Par	Low ball	Low total	Points
1	4	Team A	Team A	Team A 2 points up
2	4	Team A	nobody	Team A 3 points up
3	3	nobody	nobody	Team A 3 points up
4	5	Team A	nobody	Team A 4 points up
5	4	nobody	nobody	Team A 4 points up
6	3	Team B	nobody	Team A 3 points up
7	4	nobody	nobody	Team A 3 points up
8	5	nobody	nobody	Team A 3 points up
9	4	Team A	Team A	Team A 5 points up
10	4	Team A	Team A	Team A 7 points up
11	4	Team B	Team B	Team A 5 points up
12	3	Team A	nobody	Team A 6 points up
13	5	Team A	nobody	Team A 7 points up
14	4	Team A	Team A	Team A 9 points up
15	4	Team B	nobody	Team A 8 points up
16	3	nobody	nobody	Team A 8 points up
17	4	nobody	nobody	Team A 8 points up
18	5	nobody	nobody	Team A 8 points up

KM: Kasper
JB: Jordan
SP: Sam
ID: Ike
LB: Low ball
LT: Low total
Pts: Points

Net scores, each player's handicap strokes already off. A circle marks a birdie and a square a bogey. The Low ball and Low total rows name the team that took each point, and a dash is a tied point, which goes to nobody. The Points row is where the game stands: AS is all square, and A2 is Team A two points up.

Handicaps

Strokes are 90% of the difference from the lowest handicap. The host can play it gross or change the percentage when setting up.

Why that number? Each format has its own usual handicap allowance, set so a 20 and a 5 both have a fair shot.

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