Nine Points

Nine Points:

Nine Points (sometimes written as “9 points”) is a bet format for a group of three or four golfers. Each player plays their own golf ball. On each hole of the round, nine points are at stake.

The three golfers split those points as follows:

• the lowest score gets 5 points,
• middle score gets 3 points, and
• the highest score gets 1 point.

The four golfers split those points as follows:

• the lowest score gets 5 points,
• second-best score gets 3 points,
• third-best score gets 1 point, and
• the highest score gets 0 points.

In case of ties the points are added together and divided by the number of tied golfers.

At the end of the round, the golfer with the most points wins. This format can be played net or gross (with or without handicaps). If players use a net scoring, the lowest handicapper plays scratch (with no handicap), while the others get the difference between the low course handicap and their course handicaps.

Other names: Nines, Baseball, 5-3-1.