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How do I add side games to my group?

  1. After you have selected the course and created your group
    1. From the Website
  2. Click the "Golf Games" button from the "Edit this Round" screen
    1. From the mobile
  3. Click the "Next" button from the "Group Details" screen, or click the "Golf Games" button from the round summary screen.
    1. Adding a Side Game
  4. Select the "Game" that you want to play from the drop down selection
  5. Choose "Handicapping"
    1. "Gross" = No handicap is used
    2. "Net" = Every player receives their full handicap
    3. "Spin Off" = The lowest handicap players plays as a 0 or scratch and you subtract the lowest players handicap from everyone else’s handicap in the side game
  6. Enter the "Point Value" that you want to play the side game for
  7. Select the "Pot Type"
    1. Per Player" = Each player is playing for the specified point value. If a 2 person team game was being played, and "Team A" beat "Team B" by 5 points, each player would lose 5 points.
    2. "Per Team" - Each team is playing for the specified point value. If a 2 person team game was being played, and "Team A" beat "Team B" by 5 points, each player would lose 2.5 points.
    3. "Total Pot" – The pot is the amount that is entered in the "Point Value" field. If the "Point Value" field had 100 points in it, and the "Game" type was skins no carry over and there were 5 skins. Each winning player would be awarded 20 points each.
    4. "Sum Pot"" – The point value sum is determined by the number of players in the "Game" multiplied by the point value. If the "Point Value" was 5, and there were 8 players, the total pot would be 40 points. If a skins game was played, and there were 5 skins, each winning player would receive 8 points.
  8. "Start Hole" and "End Hole" specifies what hole the side games starts and ends on
  9. Specify the Teams for the side game
    1. "b>Auto Add" – Automatically adds players to the golf game you are creating.
    2. "None" – Do not add anyone automatically.
    3. "Indv" – Will automatically add EVERYONE in all groups to the game.
    4. "Team" – Will automatically add EACH TEAM in all groups to the game. Teams are determined by cart partners that is setup during the group entry. Players in Group1 that were assigned to Cart 1 will be added as a team, as well as those assigned to Cart 2 added as a team, etc.
    5. ."Group" – Automatically add each group to the golf game.
    6. ..–OR - Manually select which players are on a team using the drop down selection next to each players name.
  10. Specify any special properties for the game on the "Game Properties" screen and select "Next"
  11. Verify that the side game is setup correctly and click "Finish"

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