Texas scramble
This game is played by a team of 2,3 or 4 players all on the same side. The best shot of the side is selected, and all players then play from the (marked) position of this ball.
It is customary for a side to be required to take a fixed number of tee-shots from each player. This adds an additional dimension (and pressure!) to the game. The handicap allowance varies from location to location but normally is 1/10th of the combined handicaps rounded to the nearest decimal point.

Skins
Normally played as a 3 or 4-ball (sometimes more!). A single player has to win a hole outright to win a ‘skin’. Holes where there is no outright winner are normally accumulated until a hole is won. Often followed by hours of argument in the bar as to who owes how much to whom!

On the perch
A variant of the ‘skins’ theme for 3 or 4 players. A player can only win holes, once he/she is ‘on the perch’ – ie having already won a hole. That player stays on the perch until knocked off it by losing a hole to any of the other players.

American points
An excellent game for 3 players, avoiding the imbalance of 2 against 1! 6 points are played for at each hole, and shared out on the basis of 2:2:2 if all players halve the hole, 3:3 if 2 players halve through to 4:1:1 for an outright win with the other 2 halving, or 4:2:0 for an outright win and second place.

For ease of keeping the score, the lowest number is returned to zero after each hole (pro-rata for the other scores). The total points of the other 2 players should always be divisible by 3.

Flag
All players carry a marker, or Flag, with them, which is inserted in the ground at the point where the number of strokes allowed (course par + handicap allowance) expires. The furthest-placed flag (sometimes part-way round the 2nd 18 holes, depending on the format!) is the winner.

Yellow Ball
This is frequently introduced as an additional competition in open golf events and society days, in addition to the normal format/type of competition. Each player in the 3 or 4 takes strict turns to play a hole with the Yellow Ball, and a separate yellow-ball scorecard is kept. If the yellow ball is lost, the game is over at that point.
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