Golf scores (scoring an "even" in stroke play will always give a Stableford score of 36), discouraging the tendency to abandon the entire game after playing a particularly bad hole (a novice playing by strict rules may score as high as an 8 or 10 on a single difficult hole; their Stableford score for the hole would be zero, which puts them only two points behind par no matter how badly they played), and the ability to simply pick up one's ball once it is impossible to score any points for the hole, which speeds play. The USGA and R&A sanction
Variations of golf two modest losers, and one big loser on each hole. A game for groups of four, the low scorer on each hole wins a certain amount from each of the other three players; while the high scorer on each hole owes each of the other three. The Nassau is three bets in one: low score on the front nine, low score on the back nine and low score over the full 18. The $2 Nassau is perhaps the most common bet among golfers. Round Robin, also known as Hollywood or Sixes, is a betting game for groups of four that