Umbrella

Get your calculators out! Umbrella is a progressive points game, played with a partner, where holes become more valuable the deeper into the match you are.

Rules & Scoring

Playing Rules

Every hole has five points allocated, one for each of the following scoring metrics:

  • Low net individual score
  • Low net combined score of all team players
  • Green in regulation for teammate 1
  • Green in regulation for teammate 2
  • Any golfer on team makes a net birdie

Points for each scoring metric are equal to the hole number being played

  • For example, on the 1st hole, all scoring metrics are worth 1 point
  • On the 15th hole, all scoring metrics are worth 15 points

Ties on any scoring metrics result in 0 points for both teams

  • For example, if on the 7th hole both teams record the same low net score, rather than both teams receiving 7 points, both teams receive 0 points

Umbrella - if any team sweeps all five scoring metrics on a hole, the total points double on that hole

  • For example, if on the 5th hole one team wins all 25 points, the total points won for that hole doubles to 50

Feel free to add, remove or modify the scoring metrics

  • For example, receive points for getting up and down for par from off the green in regulation

Scoring

Each team records the number of points won on every hole

  • Front 9: Team with the most points, wins
  • Back 9: Team with the most points, wins
  • Overall 18: Team with the most points, wins

Match Setup

2v2 Match Composition

  • Number of Teams:
  • Players per Team: 2 from the same team

Handicap Application

Played with standard handicap strokes