Skins per Hole
Overview
Skins per Hole is an individual game for 2 or more players. Before play begins, each hole has a set value. Each hole is worth it's own set value, which can be pressed during the round if agreed within the group. A skin is earned when a player scores the single lowest score on a hole in the group. When two or more players tie for the lowest score on a hole, no skin is awarded. Players may win more than one skin in a round. Each participant pays the hole value amount to the hole's skin winner.
Individual Scoring
The player with the lowest score on a hole wins one skin. If two or more individuals make the same lowest score on a hole, no skin is awarded for that hole.
Payoff
Each hole is worth its own value. This value is paid by each participant to the hole's skin winner. There is no payout on holes that tie.
Carry Over Option
Skins may carry over. This option allows the value of the tied skin to add itself to the value of the next hole. The carry over can be indefinite. Many holes might combine their value to make one hole worth a large sum.
Validation Option
The validation option is an individual skin option that requires a player to validate his win before he actually earns the skin. Usually, a player validates a skin by making par or better on the hole immediately following the hole that he won. In summary, the player who scores the lowest score on a hole without being tied would “control the skin”. He would only “win” the skin after he validates on the following hole. If he fails to validate, no skin is awarded. The Eighteenth hole does not require validation to win its skin.
Three popular validation rules
1) Player in control of skin must score a net par or better on following hole
2) Player in control of skin must score a gross par or better on following hole
3) Player in control of skin must tie or beat the lowest score in the group on the following hole
Game List
Skins per Hole Participants
Skins per Hole Game Setup
Handicap Method
Validation Method
