Golf Games - Steals

Want to really spice up your weekend skins game?  Here's the ticket: "stealies" or often called "steals." Steals is a variation to the skins game.  So first we must review what a skins game is. In a skins game the group of players, can be any group of two or more players, decides on a bet amount.  The players will throw their bet into a main pot, which is divided evenly by the number of skins won.  Otherwise the bet amount will be "per skin," meaning each time someone wins a skin the other players pay them the betting increment. To win a skin a player must make the lowest score on a hole without being tied.  For instance in a group of four, player A makes birdie on the first hole while the other three make pars or worse.  Player A wins a skin. Steals In steals the game is played the same as above but with one addition.  The hole following a skin hole is a "steal" hole.  If a player makes a skin on the steal hole, he will capture the skin won on the previous hole.  Here's an example: Player A won the skin on the first hole as described above.  On the second hole though, Player B made birdie and the rest of the players made par.  Player B wins the skin for hole #2, and since it was a steal hole, Player B steals the skin Player A won on the first hole.  This gets crazy, because then a skin on the 3rd hole means the player could steal the skins for holes one and two! Crazy Variation Want to get REAL crazy?  Play carry-over skins.  In carry-over skins, all tied holes are added together.  So if the first four holes are tied, the fifth hole is worth five skins.  Then think about steals.  A player could make a skin and win say, eight skins, then have that stolen on the next hole!