Tournament formats
How to run the events clubs and societies care about: member-guest, scramble, best-ball, and shamble. The structure, the scoring, and the gotchas. Skins Golf runs all of them.
How to Run a Member-Guest
A member-guest pairs each club member with an invited guest to play as a two-person team, usually over two or three days. It is the marquee event on most club calendars: flighted by handicap, mixing formats day to day, with a Calcutta and plenty of side action.
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Golf Scramble Rules
In a scramble, every player on the team tees off, the team picks the single best shot, and everyone plays their next shot from that spot. Repeat until holed. It is fast, social, and forgiving, which is why charity outings love it.
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Best Ball (Four-Ball) Rules
In best ball, every player plays their own ball for the whole hole, and the team's score is the best individual score on that hole. Unlike a scramble, you always play your own ball — only the scorecard is shared.
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Golf Shamble Rules
A shamble is a hybrid: the team plays a scramble off the tee — everyone hits, you pick the best drive — then each player plays their own ball from there to the hole. The team takes its best one or two scores on the hole.
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How to Run a Stag Day
A stag day is a golf society or club outing: the whole field out for the day on one main format (often Stableford or a scramble), with a stack of side games, prizes, and bragging rights. The goal is a great day where everyone stays in contention.
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How to Run a Club Championship
The club championship crowns the best golfer at the club, usually over two or more rounds of stroke play. Most clubs run a gross champion alongside net flights, so players of every ability have something real to compete for.
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How to Run a Member-Member
A member-member pairs two club members as a team, like a member-guest but without the outside guest. Fixed teams are flighted by combined handicap and play mixed formats over a day or a weekend, with side games throughout.
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