The Academy
Learn the game.
Run the Saturday.
The Book lives inside the app — five short chapters that take you from “what is a Bridge?” to being the one everybody asks. Read them on the range, on the plane, or on the tee while somebody else looks for their ball.
The Book
Five chapters, in order.
Each one ends where the next one starts. Read them straight through and you will understand the game better than the person who taught it to you.
Intro
This Isn't Your Dad's Golf Game
The game behind the game. Why every hole carries a price, and why the group that plays Sneakies stops conceding putts around hole four.
In this chapter
- The 2-vs-2 format
- Points as pressure
- Why nothing is a dead hole
Scoring
Strokes, Nets & The Dots Under Your Name
Net scoring is what makes a 6 and a 14 a fair fight. Where your strokes fall, how Low Ball and Low Total differ, and why gross barely matters here.
In this chapter
- Stroke allocation
- Net vs gross
- Low Ball vs Low Total
- Reading the dots
Action
There's Always Action
Greenies, Prox, Sandies, Sneakies, Poleys, Birdies. The quiet ways to get paid on a hole you had no business winning.
In this chapter
- Every action point
- When Prox eats your Greenie
- Stacking sandies
The lever
The Bridge
Doubling is easy. Knowing which hole to double is the whole skill. When to press, when to answer, and when to keep your mouth shut on the tee.
In this chapter
- Calling a Bridge
- Answering with a Re-Bridge
- Which holes to press
Strategy
Possession & Strategy
Takes swing, Keeps hold. Play the possession game properly and you can win a match while losing the gross score by a mile.
In this chapter
- Playing for the swing
- Protecting a Keep
- Stroke-aware course management
Graduation
Knowing the points is the floor. Knowing when to press is the game.
Chapter five is the one your opponents hope you skip.
Cheat sheet
Everything on one card.
Screenshot this and put it in the group chat before Saturday.
Team points
- Low Ball2
- Low Total2
- Take2
- Keep1
Action points
- Greenie1
- Prox2
- Sneakie1
- Sandie1 ea.
- Poley1
- Birdie2
- Eagle4
- Albatross8
Multipliers
- Straight1×
- Bridge2×
- Re-Bridge4×