⛳ Greenies (Par 3)
any numberSide gamewith Hero Tax
A greenie is the classic par-3 side game: closest to the pin on the green, but you have to make par or better to keep it. Bad Golf App includes the Hero Tax rule for three-putting a greenie away, and a birdie override for when someone else holes the putt.
How Greenies (Par 3) works
How it works: Closest to the pin on a par 3 wins from each other player — but only if they make par or better. Default 5 per other player. Bigger game values than the junk-style Greenie, lives as its own side game.
💩 Hero Tax (built-in option): if the Par 3 Greenie winner 3-putts, two things happen at once: (1) they forfeit the greenie award entirely, and (2) they give every other player a fixed amount (default 5).
On the score screen: on every par 3, you'll see a Par 3 Greenie row with chips for each player. Tap to mark the winner. If Hero Tax is on, a "did the greenie winner 3-putt?" sub-row appears whenever there's a winner — tap a name to mark them. Their greenie chip will get crossed out to show the award was canceled.
Example: 5 greenie, 5 Hero Tax, 4 players. You stick it to 3 feet on a par 3 — greenie is yours. Then you 3-putt for bogey. Result:
• Greenie: 0 (forfeited)
• Hero Tax: −5 from each other player = −15
• Net for the hole: −15. Brutal.
🐦 Birdie Override (optional): The greenie normally goes to whoever's closest to the pin. With Birdie Override on, if that player doesn't make birdie but someone else birdies on the green, you can hand the greenie to the birdie-maker — tap their bird chip on the score screen. It is always a deliberate tap: the app shows who it reads as on the green and who it reads as a chip-in, but it never moves the greenie by itself, so a chipped-in birdie can't quietly steal one. If two or more players birdie, tap whichever was closest to the hole. Closest-to-pin still wins outright whenever they birdie themselves.
Setup options: Units per other player for the greenie, Hero Tax on/off, Birdie Override on/off.
Independent from the smaller junk-style Greenie — you can run both if you want a 1 junk Greenie alongside this 5 game.
Score Greenies (Par 3) automatically
Bad Golf App keeps the Greenies (Par 3) tally for your whole group on one live scorecard. Free on iPhone and Android.