The 3-putt cleanup bet. Whoever 3-putts first picks up the snake. Each new 3-putt passes it along. Whoever's stuck holding it at 18 pays everyone else. The cure for casual putting, and the reason your 4-footers tighten up at the end of a round.
One holder at a time. The 3-putt is the trigger that hands the snake to whoever just did it. Whoever ends the round with it pays.
Pick a number, like $5. That's what the holder at 18 pays to each other player. With three opponents at $5, the holder pays $15 total. The pot is whatever the per-player stake adds up to.
The first player in the round to need three or more putts from the green is now the snake holder. The hole, the player, and a small marker get logged.
Anyone in the group who 3-putts after that takes the snake from the current holder. It moves around the group as the round plays out. The order doesn't matter; only the final holder pays.
End of round: the holder pays the per-player stake to every other player. If no one 3-putted the entire round, no one holds the snake and no one pays. Clean reset for next round.
FLOG ships with the standard rule: last-to-3-putt pays a flat per-player amount at 18. The variations below are common agreements groups apply at the first tee, not configurable toggles in the app today.
One rolling penalty across the round. Whoever holds it at 18 pays the per-player stake to every other player. Simple, no compounding.
If you 4-putt (or worse), you automatically pick up the snake AND the stake doubles for the rest of the round. Encourages a clean putting stroke after disaster.
If the same player picks up the snake twice in the same round, the stake doubles. Three times triples it. Penalizes the player who keeps 3-putting.
If no one 3-putts the entire round, the unawarded snake rolls over to next week's round at double stakes. Common in regular weekly groups. FLOG does not auto-rollover today.
On every hole, each player has a 🐍 3-putt? button. Tap whoever just 3-putted; they're the new snake holder. The current holder shows in red on the Summary tab.
The Snake row. One button per player. Tap to hand off the snake on this hole. The Summary tab logs the history and shows who's stuck if the round ends now.
Most 3-putts come from a soft lag that leaves a 5-footer the player then misses. The discipline: hit your lag past the hole if you have to, then read the comeback putt like it matters. Late in the round, when the snake's been sitting on someone for a few holes, every comeback gets tighter.
FLOG's snake button is one tap per player per hole. The Summary tab logs the history and shows you exactly who's stuck holding it as the round plays out.
The other quick per-round side bet. Three points per hole.
Read the rules →Sandies, greenies, barkies. The bigger side-bet family.
Read the rules →Closest to the pin on the par 3s. The simplest side bet.
Read the rules →The full FLOG rulebook in one place.
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