Make a net par and you’ve got 15 points. Bank them and they’re safe. Let them ride, and a birdie on the next hole turns them into 45, while a double bogey turns them into nothing. Every hole is a decision.
Every net bogey or better scores points. After each hole you choose: bank the points, where nothing can touch them, or let them ride into the next hole for more. A net double bogey wipes out everything riding. Banked points are settled at the end at an agreed value per point.
Let It Ride is a push-your-luck points game played on net scores, with every player on full handicap. It runs alongside whatever else the group is playing, using the same hole scores. The fun is the decision after every hole: take the points now, or risk them for more.
The catch that keeps it honest: once you bank, you have to make a net par before you can score again. A string of net bogeys after a bank earns nothing.
Worked example. Dana’s first five holes.
Zero-point surcharge. A player who finishes with no points at all pays an extra set amount, such as $5, to each of the others.
Double-par poison pill. Some groups, often low handicappers, add a harsher rule: a net double par (6 on a par 3, 8 on a par 4, 10 on a par 5) wipes out riding and banked points.
Point values. The 5-15-30-50-100 scale is the common one; groups change it to taste. Agree it, and any house rules, before the first tee.
Let It Ride isn’t one of the formats Duck Hook Golf scores yet. The free app scores 32 others — skins, Nassau, Wolf, Vegas, Stableford, Snake and the rest — and does the arithmetic and the settle-up for you.
Get the free app Browse all 52 gamesEvery net bogey or better scores points: 5 for a bogey, 15 for a par, 30 for a birdie, 50 for an eagle and 100 for a double eagle. After each hole you bank your points or let them ride. A net double bogey wipes out everything riding, and banked points are settled at the end.
They’re safe, but you have to make a net par before you can score points again. Net bogeys after a bank earn nothing until that par.
Net, with every player on full handicap, so the points are on equal terms.
Everyone totals their points at the end of the round and the differences are paid at the agreed value per point. Some groups also charge a surcharge to anyone who finishes with zero.
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