🌴 Vegas

How Vegas works

How it works: Four players split into two teams of two. Each team's score on a hole is formed by combining both partners' scores into a two-digit number — lower digit first. So a 4 and a 5 = 45. Difference between the two teams = points won by the lower team.

Team rotation (setup option):

• Rotate every 6 holes (default): three segments — A&B vs C&D for holes 1-6, A&C vs B&D for holes 7-12, A&D vs B&C for holes 13-18. Everyone partners with everyone over the round.
• Fixed teams all 18: the first pairing (A&B vs C&D, based on player setup order) plays the entire round. Useful when you've already settled who's on what team and don't want it to shift.
• Switch teams at the turn (9 & 9): you pick the 2v2 for holes 1-9, then partners swap automatically on hole 10 — A&B vs C&D becomes A&C vs B&D. It stays one running total across all 18 (not two separate games), and the tie multiplier resets at the turn so nobody inherits a 4x carry with a brand-new partner.
• Dynamic — partners reshuffle every hole: hole 1 is a random pairing (deterministic by game code so every phone agrees); from hole 2 on, the previous hole's highest scorer partners with its lowest, the other two are the second team, and a tie for high or low keeps the previous partnerships. One running total over 18.

Birdie flip: if your team makes a birdie, the OPPONENT's score gets flipped (5+4 becomes 54 instead of 45) — makes their number bigger and increases the swing against them.

Eagle: flips the opponent AND doubles the point swing on that hole.

Tie escalation: when a hole ties, the next hole's game DOUBLES. Two ties in a row → next hole is 4x. Three in a row → 8x. Four → 16x. The first hole someone wins clears the streak and the multiplier resets to 1x. Stacks with eagle doubles (so a 4x carry hole with an eagle gives 8x). No cap.

Example: Team A scores 4 + 5 = 45. Team B scores 5 + 6 = 56. Team A wins 11 points × 0.25 = 2.75. If hole 2 ties (no points won), hole 3 becomes 2x. If hole 3 also ties, hole 4 becomes 4x. If hole 4 also ties, hole 5 becomes 8x. Whenever a hole is finally won, that hole awards at the elevated multiplier and the next hole resets to 1x.

Setup options: Units per point, net or gross, team rotation (rotate every 6 / fixed all 18 / switch at the turn / dynamic).

Requires exactly 4 players. Birdie flip, eagle doubles, and tie escalation always on in every rotation, Dynamic included.