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Printable skins scorecard

A printable skins scorecard needs one thing a normal card does not: a place to track carryovers. In a skins game, a tied hole pushes its value to the next hole, and by hole 14 nobody at the table remembers whether three skins or four are riding. This page gives you the exact layout to recreate, a worked example, and the settlement table for the end.

The skins card layout

One row per hole, one column per player, then two columns that do the real work: who won the skin (or a dash for a tie) and how many skins are riding on the next hole. Appoint one person as the keeper — skins tracked by committee is how disputes start.

Full guide: What is a skins game in golf? Rules, carryovers, and examples

Worked example: how the columns behave

The rule of the game drives the card: a skin is won only by the outright lowest score on a hole. Any tie for low, and the skin carries. Here are four holes filled in correctly:

Gross vs net skins on paper

Gross skins is simple: write actual scores, lowest number wins. Net skins is fairer in a mixed-handicap group but demands prep before the round: for each player, mark stroke dots on the holes where they receive a shot, using the card's stroke index (handicap row). A 9-handicap gets a dot on the nine hardest holes, stroke index 1 through 9.

During play, write the gross score, then judge the skin on net: a gross 5 with a dot beats a gross 4 without one — it is a net 4 versus a gross 4, and remember, a tie carries. Do the dots at the first tee, in ink, before anyone hits. Reconstructing who strokes where on hole 12 is how net skins games fall apart.

The settlement table

At the end, tally skins per player and convert to money. With a pot (say $20 per player, $80 total), divide the pot by total skins won to price each skin. If the 18th is tied, common house rules: the carried skins die, or they roll into a putt-off — decide before the round and write it on the card. Add a settlement block like this at the bottom:

Or let ScrambleBoard track skins for you

Skins is a built-in side game in ScrambleBoard: as scores come in from players' phones, it awards each skin to the outright low score and carries ties forward automatically — no keeper, no carryover column, no hole-14 arguments. The running skins standings show live alongside the main leaderboard on every phone and the clubhouse TV.

Players join by scanning a QR code — no app or accounts — and the Report Center prints scorecards, cart signs, rosters, results, and QR posters with your own title and sponsor text if you still want paper in hands. Closest-to-the-pin and long drive are built in too.

Frequently asked questions

How do you keep track of skins in golf?

One row per hole, everyone's score, then two extra columns: the skin winner (outright low score only) and a running carryover count. Any tie for low means no winner and the skin rides to the next hole. Appoint one scorekeeper for the group.

How do carryovers work in a skins game?

When a hole is tied for low score, nobody wins it and its skin carries to the next hole — so the next hole is worth two skins, then three, and so on until someone wins a hole outright and collects everything riding.

What is the difference between gross and net skins?

Gross skins uses actual scores — the best raw number wins. Net skins subtracts handicap strokes on the holes where each player receives them (marked as dots against the stroke index before the round), which gives higher handicaps a real chance in a mixed group.

What happens if the last hole of a skins game is tied?

House rules vary: most commonly the carried skins simply die and the pot is divided among skins already won; some groups settle them with a putt-off. Agree on it before the round and write it on the card.