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Old 04-19-2025, 11:43 AM
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Just a question please.

3 teams played 9 holes today and all 3 teams ended up 1+ (over).

Team 1 bogied hole one and parred the next 8. (+1)

Team 2 parred the first 8 and bogied the ninth. (+1)

Team 3 bogied holes 1 and 2 but birdied hole 6. (+1)

Who won please?
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Old 04-19-2025, 11:48 AM
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Just a question please.

3 teams played 9 holes today and all 3 teams ended up 1+ (over).

Team 1 bogied hole one and parred the next 8. (+1)

Team 2 parred the first 8 and bogied the ninth. (+1)

Team 3 bogied holes 1 and 2 but birdied hole 6. (+1)

Who won please?
Easy. If you did not define any tie breakers, then it is a three-way tie.
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Old 04-19-2025, 11:57 AM
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Thank you. Money was involved. So there was a payout dispute on who came in first. Team 1 thought they won and team 3 thought they won. I was just happy to be out golfing !!!!!
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In this situation, I would suggest dividing the winnings 3 ways, and then clarify the rules for future play.
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Just a question please.

3 teams played 9 holes today and all 3 teams ended up 1+ (over).

Team 1 bogied hole one and parred the next 8. (+1)

Team 2 parred the first 8 and bogied the ninth. (+1)

Team 3 bogied holes 1 and 2 but birdied hole 6. (+1)

Who won please?
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Just a question please.

3 teams played 9 holes today and all 3 teams ended up 1+ (over).

Team 1 bogied hole one and parred the next 8. (+1)

Team 2 parred the first 8 and bogied the ninth. (+1)

Team 3 bogied holes 1 and 2 but birdied hole 6. (+1)

Who won please?
Team 3
The USGA has standard tie breaker rules. In a tie, the lower back nine score wins, which doesn’t apply here since it was a 9 hole contest. Then the last 6 are compared, then the last 3, then the last hole. So, team 1 was even on the last 6, team 2 was +1, and team 3 was -1, hence the winner
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Old 04-19-2025, 04:32 PM
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Were you using handicaps (that’s the only way to determine who won, the executives are rated)? Stroke play or match play?
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Old 04-19-2025, 04:41 PM
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The USGA has standard tie breaker rules. In a tie, the lower back nine score wins, which doesn’t apply here since it was a 9 hole contest. Then the last 6 are compared, then the last 3, then the last hole. So, team 1 was even on the last 6, team 2 was +1, and team 3 was -1, hence the winner
Thank you for the clarification. I didn't want that $4.00 anyway. So for "total score" at the end of 9 holes, you count "left to right". For "tie breaker" score, you count backward, right to left until you hit the sixth hole. OMG. I guess I won't be trying out for the LPGA. Thank you again.
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Thank you for the clarification. I didn't want that $4.00 anyway. So for "total score" at the end of 9 holes, you count "left to right". For "tie breaker" score, you count backward, right to left until you hit the sixth hole. OMG. I guess I won't be trying out for the LPGA. Thank you again.
The answers so far would be not be correct, unless you were playing sans handicaps.

If you were using handicaps ....

First off, you're not obligated to use the USGA Tie Breaker recommendations. If you opt to used them in a handicap event, here they are:

USGA Tie-Breaking Method (Net Scores):

1. Last Nine Holes:

Compare the net scores for the last nine holes, deducting 50% of the Course Handicap from the gross score for each player. ®

2. Last Six Holes:

If still tied, compare the net scores for the last six holes, deducting 33.33% of the Course Handicap from the gross score for each player. o

3. Last Three Holes:

If still tied, compare the net scores for the last three holes, deducting 16.66% of the Course Handicap from the gross score for each player.

IF you were playing a "Scramble" type event, you were not playing "Golf" per USGA Rules, so all bets are off.
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Leave it to golf to have a system to decide which of the equal total scores is more "equal" than the others.
I'd rather settle it on the putting green elimination rounds till only one remains.
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It all depends on the how-are-we-scoring agreement you make before you start. 🤓
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Just a question please.

3 teams played 9 holes today and all 3 teams ended up 1+ (over).

Team 1 bogied hole one and parred the next 8. (+1)

Team 2 parred the first 8 and bogied the ninth. (+1)

Team 3 bogied holes 1 and 2 but birdied hole 6. (+1)

Who won please?
In most/many cases winner is determined by the group who has the best score on the hardest hole,
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In most/many cases winner is determined by the group who has the best score on the hardest hole,
In well over 4000 rounds of golf in my life, I've never heard that.
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Old 04-19-2025, 10:13 PM
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In most/many cases winner is determined by the group who has the best score on the hardest hole,
Hardest for who? Subjective?
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Old 04-19-2025, 11:28 PM
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In most/many cases winner is determined by the group who has the best score on the hardest hole,
I have never heard of hardest (#1 hdcp?) hole method either.

The last 9,6,3,1 holes is common, but I think if there is a tie breaker it really has to be called out ahead of time. I've played in plenty of games where the scorecard playoff is started at the last hole and went backwards hole by hole until the tie was broken. With the hole-by-hole you eliminate the tied teams one by one until there is one left.

Sounds like there was no a priori agreement so its a tie.
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