Many of us are familiar with the made-for-TV “The Skins Game” that has had a run on NBC and ABC since the mid-1980’s. In that event four tour professionals play for a designated amount of money on each hole. If no single player has the low score on a hole, the money carries over to the next hole and so on until a player has a lower score than any other player.
At the amateur level skins – slang for a dollar – is played in two-, three-, or foursomes as well as in golf league or tournament events as an optional competition in which larger groups of golfers compete. In a league or a tournament, players will often put a skin – a dollar – into a pot for entry into the group golf skins game. Whereas the professionals play a gross score skins game, at the amateur level the skins game can be gross or net or both. In the case where both gross and skins competitions are going on, players usually can opt into either one, both or none. With a group skins game, to win the skin a player must beat every other player on a hole, not just those in his foursome. At the end of the round, the total money pot is divided by the total number of skins won. The resulting amount is paid for each skins won.
If your league or tournament is playing a golf skins game, it’s helpful to have golf skins software. Both our golf league software and golf tournament software provide reports for gross and net golf skins games. View a sample of Tournament Manager’s skins report and the report from League Manager.
