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Vegas (Las Vegas):
Vegas (sometimes also called Las Vegas) is a golf betting format in which two two-player teams compete against each other. All players play their own balls.
On each hole, the team’s score is formed by combining the partners’ scores into a two-digit number. In general, the lower score forms the tens digit and the higher score forms the ones digit. Exception: when one of the scores is a two-digit number, the higher (two-digit) score forms the tens digit (e.g. scores of 6 and 10 produce 106, not 610).
On the scorecard, the difference between the two teams’ scores is recorded for each hole. The overall winner is determined by the total of these differences across all holes.
Example:
- Partners in team A score 6 and 5
- Partners in team B score 3 and 7
- Team B wins the hole by 56 − 37 = 19 points.
Optional variations (to be agreed by the players)
- Max score – limits the maximum score on a hole (e.g. 9) to avoid a disastrous hole.
- Flipping the bird – if a player makes a birdie, the opposing team’s digits are reversed. In the example above on a par-4 hole, team B wins by 65 − 37 = 28 points.
- Par penalty – if both partners on a team score worse than par on a hole, the digits of that team’s score are reversed. In the example above on a par-3 hole, team B wins by 65 − 37 = 28 points.
- Birdie bonus – if a player makes a birdie, the hole result is doubled. In the example above on a par-4 hole, team B wins by 2 × (56 − 37) = 38 points.
- Eagle bonus – if a player makes an eagle, the hole result is tripled. In the example above on a par-5 hole, team B wins by 3 × (56 − 37) = 57 points.
Related format: Daytona – a variation of Vegas with mandatory “flipping the bird” and “par penalty” rules.