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06-27-2012, 06:34 PM
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Skins really isn't supposed to be played with handicaps. If you have one really high handicapper in the group maybe you can give him some stokes on the longer holes, but the whole point of skins -- assuming you are carrying over holes that are tied -- is that you can cash in by winning just 1 or 2 holes out of the entire round. I think Skins is a great game when you have widely variable handicaps in your group, or if you are playing with guys who you rarely play with and you don't know if their handicaps are legit or not.
Wolf is a good alternative, if your group doesn't want to play skins, but I think your higher handcappers might complain the first few times you go lone wolf and win a big hole with a birdie (especially if you play where birdies double the payout). I think Wolf works a little better with players of equal ability, and therefore it is actually a good game to play WITH handicaps, but it works either way.
Oh, and I just read your response that your group is actually bigger than 1 foursome. In that case, play some version of Chicago, where everyone has a points quota based on their handicap, and then you try to win points over your quota. I think that format favors the better golfers, and the sandbaggers.
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