The CzarHow does the 9-point golf game work?
For three players. Nine points on every hole, split by finishing order, with a margin sweep that is not in the usual 5/3/1 table. Worked examples below.
9-Point
For three players. Every hole is worth nine points, split by finishing order — and these are house rules, not the usual 5/3/1 table.
The margin sweep comes first. If one player has the lowest score on the hole and beats the next-best score by two strokes or more, they take all nine: 9 / 0 / 0. It only applies to the low player; a two-stroke gap between second and third changes nothing. Otherwise the points split by rank, with ties averaged:
| Hole | Split |
|---|---|
| Solo low by exactly one, all three different | 5 / 3 / 1 |
| Two tie for low | 4 / 4 / 1 |
| Two tie for high | 5 / 2 / 2 |
| All three tie | 3 / 3 / 3 |
Worked examples, scores in play order:
| Scores | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 3, 5, 6 | 9 / 0 / 0 | Solo low by two: sweep |
| 3, 4, 5 | 5 / 3 / 1 | Solo low by one |
| 3, 3, 5 | 4 / 4 / 1 | Two tie for low |
| 3, 5, 5 | 9 / 0 / 0 | Sweep beats the two-tie-high split |
| 3, 4, 4 | 5 / 2 / 2 | Two tie for high |
| 3, 4, 7 | 5 / 3 / 1 | Low only by one, so no sweep |
| 4, 4, 4 | 3 / 3 / 3 | All square |
In the app
A group of three picks 9-Point and posts scores as normal; the card shows each player’s points and settles the three pairs, so it says who owes whom and not only who leads. The Czar is on the App Store.