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Nassau has exploded as a standard golf betting game played among many men on golf courses all around the United States. It's a very easy game to learn and makes the round of golf not only competitive, but also makes you try harder so you don't lose your money to your friend. Nassau consists of three bets (or tournaments): The front 9, the back 9, and the full 18 are all counted as seperate bets.

In a Nassau tournament the player (or team) who wins the front nine wins a prize, the player (or team) who wins the back nine wins a prize, and the final prize goes to the player (or team) who wins the combined 18 holes.

Scoring is up to the individulas. Best ball or alternate shot? Stroke play or match play? Handicaps or no handicaps? whatever the group decides before tee-off will be the format of play.

The traditional Nassau game is played with $2 bets, $2 is awarded to the winner of each of the three tournaments. So the winner of the front 9 would win $2, the winner of the back 9 would win $2, and last the team winning the full 18 holes wins $2. So a player or team sweeping all three would win an amount of $6.

WOW! I can only lose six dollars big deal. This part of the game where bets can start to pile up by making a higher initial bet, or if a lot of "pressing" is done.

In Nassau a player (or team) that is trailing his opponent can "press" a bet by adding the starting amount to the original amount of the bet. If the lead changes hands then the trailing team can re-press adding the original bet to the amount that is at steak for the current nine. A Nassau game that has been pressed and re-pressed and then double pressed and pressed after that can cost a player a lot of money in the end.


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