The skins game in golf has been around for some time. It started out as a type of friendly competition game amongst amateurs but has now reached national popularity. Skins is a type of game in golf where golfers play for money on each hole. They can also compete for anything other than money but it has to be a competition on every hole.
The prize money that’s added to the pot is called the “skin”.
Skins is played in either fourballs or threeballs. The value for each hole is decided before the game and the stakes increase with each hole (or after a certain number of holes).
If a player wins a hole, then he immediately also wins the money for this hole. If no player wins the skin on this hole outright, then the money for this hole gets added to the next one.
Even if a player loses a hole, he can still compete in the next hole as the money at stake isn’t won until the end.
The end in a skins game in golf is not on the 18th green but it’s a sudden death competition. This means that only when a player wins outright, he can win the prize pot.