What is Nassau in golf betting games?

Question

I am an ardent follower of golf betting games, as they allow more freedom to place variety of golf bets. Can you help me know, what is Nassau in golf betting games.

Answer 1

The Nassau is really 3 bets. You're betting on the lowest "score" on the front nine, the back nine, and the total for 18 holes. If you are playing a $2 Nassau and lose all three, you're out 6 bucks. Not bad considering how badly you played! The score is kept per hole, rather than by number of strokes. So if you make a 3 and your opponent makes 8, you still get only 1 point for that hole. Once you're down by more points than holes left in the match you've lost the bet for that nine. (3 pts down with 2 holes to play for instance.)To determine the winner of the "total" score for the 18 hole portion of the match you simply add up the total points won for the 18 holes.

Where this can run into a bit more cash is when you start "pressing". When a player falls behind more than one point in any of the three matches it is usually agreed that they can call a "press". A press adds another bet from the point the press was called. It is up to the person behind to call the press, and he can do so when he is 2 or more holes down. The "old bet" is still there, and if you're not "dormi* " you can still win the original bet and the new one, but you can also lose both. It's not unusual for multiple presses to be running during a match. It pays to have someone keeping track of presses neatly on the scorecard.

*Dormi: being down as many holes as there are left in the bet. i.e. you are down 2 with 2 holes to play. The best you could do is tie.