How much would you BET on your skills/ability?

[JustOne]

You're playing a game and the opponent offers to play for £50, £100 or £200, do you trust your ability and take the bet? would you trust your game and play for even more money? (assuming there are no bandits involved), what's your 'price'?

... and does the format of the game matter to you? (eg, would you bet on yourself for certain formats and if so how much?)

 

[stevie_r]

Pound front nine, pound back nine, pound overall is my limit. No opponent should ever concede a putt to me .

 

[JustOne]

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[Maninblack4612]

Maybe not for £50 but I prefer to play for a significant amount, more than the £1 my crowd normally plays for. I think it sharpens your game & helps cope with the pressure. I'd play anyone for £20 if I thought it would be an even match (or, of course, if I thought I would probably win!)

Match, stroke play, Stableford, wouldn't mind, by singles only, unless I could rely 100% on my partner.

 

[USER1999]

I would put a fiver on it, but would want lunch if i lost!

 

[Robobum]

I've played for the green fee before - which was £65. But will quite often play for £10 or £20. Usual pot is £5 + £1 bits, so the loser(s) are normally in for best part of a tenner.

Match play or medal. Never stablefords

 

[john0]

If I was playing a Senior then I would accept the bet every time, easy money all day long

 

[virtuocity]

The loss of £50 or £20 would be much more significant to me than winning the same amount.

A win is enough for me and whilst I'd be happy to play for a burger and a pint, I wouldn't enjoy the victory as much if I was taking money off them as well.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

How many strokes are you giving me?

 

[SocketRocket]

What ever the bet it would sharpen my game and make me hungry for the win. Normally a cup of coffee is enough

 

[stevie_r]

Does that include the Seniors that are hovering around Cat 1?

 

[Spear-Chucker]

10p skins would be my limit right now looking at my bank account after changing wedges...

Medal would be my preferred test as I think there's no where much to hide and would fancy my chances here more than other formats. Very hard to set a value however, £20 tops i guess. I'm not much of a gambler.

 

[Alex1975]

Cant do it... Its not about ability, I simply cant bet.

I do offer my brother in law £1000 a hole when I am trying to psych him out....

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

I'm quite happy playing for either a pint, or a bacon sandwich before the next round. Normally play matchplay, and the loser gains a stroke for the next round!

 

[cookelad]

We play for breakfast at the halfwayish hut on top of the £1 (+£1 for 2s) that's enough for me I reckon it evens itself out if you play every week - so far I've never paid 2 weeks on the bounce!

 

[wookie]

It varies but with regular playing partner will normally either be for a bit of food afterwards or a maximum of a tenner made up of overall, front/back 9, nearest pins etc.

I wouldnt really want to play for much more regularly as I put enough pressure on myself anyway but having said that I did have a drunken £100 bet at Christmas with a mate whose never played before and is taking the game up who said that he would beat me by the end of this year.

Trouble is after a month of hitting the range most days and a few lessons hes actually hitting it fairly well and if carries on with his current level of golf fever he could be in with a shout

 

[the smiling assassin]

one guy at my old club famously won a porsche boxter off a japanese gentleman who had suggested playing for one of the guys golf buggies (he owned 4 and rented them out at the club). shaking hands at the end of the match he graciously suggested he'd be happy for the guy to pick up his bar tab for the afternoon and he could keep his motor!

 

[titleistho]

if any ladies or high handicaps in the group I duff the first then suggest a decent wager- fish in a barrell

 

[duncan mackie]

no limits

plenty of caveats though - need to know it's a fair game and I wouldn't want to take money of a friend either :thup:

many years ago I used to play with 2 others who were fanatical about golf and, bluntly, money wasn't an issue for either. we got out about 4 times a year together at a suitable course Wentworth, Wisley - one was a founder member - and Royal Ashdown was a favorite but we had to make special arrangements to play as a 3 ball there!) and played for significant stakes on a skins type format ie you really had to play well to win much, or two of you play badly to loose much in reality but at £25 a hole you had a theoretical upside of £900 against £450 downside (and this was 25 years ago!)

most of the time it would provide an excellent shot focus - but faced with a downhill breaking 2ft putt after a few roll overs and it definitely affected capability (negatively!)

nowadays I never suggest playing for money/adding a little interest etc - but am unlikely not to agree any stakes suggested by others.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I don't play for money aside from the couple of quid in the greedy. Nothing to do with not trusting my game, more to do with not being able to afford to lose that amount of money. Losing fifty quid would hurt more than winning fifty quid would help and with golf being unpredictable, it's not a risk I'm prepared to take.

If I was going to play for that amount of money, I'd want to play off scratch, that's the only fair way.