Points

At 18Birdies, we love GameBets. Of course, there are many different variations to the way people play side games, so we’ve provided a flexible framework that allows you to play whichever way you like - Points!

Choose the number of betting units that correspond to each point, and then as you play, manually add points to each player’s total to reflect the on-course performance.

Points is always free for all 18Birdies golfers.

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Start a Points game

1. Once you have started a round and your playing partners are added to the round, tap the Group button near the bottom left corner of the GPS screen.
2. Tap Add Side Games.
3. Use the scroll/ image carousel or tap All Games to find the Points game; tap Play.
4. Choose between Individual or Team Play.

Individual Play

1. Tap the grey '+' icon next to each player's name to turn the '+' blue and enter that player into the points game.
2. Tap Starting/ending holes to edit the holes that will be used in the Points game.
3. Tap Next.
4. Tap Betting units per point to edit the amount of points awarded to the winner.
5. Tap Start this game.
6. Tap Back to round to return to the hole scoring screen.

Pro Tip: Tap Save my preferences to save these settings for future Points games.

Team Play

This game requires 2 - 5 players.

1. Tap the grey + icon next to each players name to turn the + blue and enter that player into the points game.
2. Tap Starting/ending holes to edit the holes that will be used in the Points game.
3. Tap Next.
4. Tap Betting units per point to edit the amount of points awarded to the winner.
5. Tap Start this game.
6. Tap Back to round to return to the hole scoring screen.

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Assign Points

1. Once a hole has been completed and scores have been entered, tap the Group button on the bottom left side of the screen.
2. Tap 'Assign Points'.
3. Tap the blue pencil in the Points column to open the Points number pad; enter the points won for each team or individual.
4. Tap the Add link in the Description column to add a note for the hole. Use these notes to help reconcile any point discrepancies at the end of the game.
5. When you return to the Hole Scoring screen, you should see a Bets column appear with a +# in green for the leaders and a -# in red for the other players

A green number indicates how many betting units that player or team is ahead. A red number indicates how many betting units that player or team is behind.

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Damage Report

1. At any point during the round and Points game, tap the Group button near the bottom right corner of the GPS screen.
2. Tap Game Details.
3. You will be taken to the Game Details screen that will have the recorded score for each player (hole and total), the points assigned to that player (hole and total), and the betting units won for each player.
4. Tap the left direction arrow in the upper left corner to return to the GPS screen

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