Spreadsheet: 810943d1672187514-golf-best-ball-scores-for-2-or-3-man-teams-skins-problem-possible-answers-plus-2-and-3-man-best-ball-bycol-lambda-answer
Sheet: Sheet1

 | Team | Player | Hole  1 | Hole  2 | Hole  3 | Hole  4 | Hole  5 | Hole  6 | Hole  7 | Hole  8 | Hole  9 | Hole  10 | Hole  11 | Hole  12 | Hole  13 | Hole  14 | Hole  15 | Hole  16 | Hole  17 | Hole  18 | Front | Back | Total | Front      6 | Middle 6 | Back      6 | Skins |  | Fluff Formula | [NAME] | Best Answer? | Best Score of 2 | Best Score of 3 | Best 2 of 3 | Best 1 of 2 | Best 1 of 3 | Best 2 of 3
 |  | a | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 90 | 81 | 178 |  |  |  |  | Need a formula in AB3 down to AB28
 |  | b | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 90 | 81 | 178 |  |  |  |  | Showing how many skins each player received.
 |  | c | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 85 | 81 | 178 |  |  |  |  | I've manually put in the correct answers
 |  | d | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 85 |  | 177
 |  | e | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 88 |  | 177 |  |  |  |  | I'd like a formula that doesn't need helper columns.
 |  | f | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88 |  | 177
 |  | g | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | See Conditional Formatting formula that seems to work, BUT with helper rows 30 and 31
 |  | h | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | =IF(AND(D$31=1,D3=MIN(D$3:D$28)),TRUE,FALSE)
 |  | i | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6
 |  | J | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | In MarvAnswer1  Column it uses a helper row (32) again but I'd like without a helper which Fluff and [NAME] still do!!
 |  | k | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6
 |  | l | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7
 |  | m | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | To test all possible solutions change some scores in the sheet and see what happens.
 |  | n | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5
 |  | o | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5
 |  | p | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | I keep going back to the CF formula and use it for an answer.
 |  | q | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4
 |  | r | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The above is the old problem with answers in AD,AE,AF
 |  | s | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7
 |  | t | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The new problem is in AG, AH and AI
 |  | u | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
 |  | v | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | In AG = Sum of the best scores for Players a and B
 |  | w | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | In AH = Sum of the best single Scores for Players a, b, c
 |  | x | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | In AI = Sum of the best two scores from a,b,c
 |  | y | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | I've mentally added a few of the above for a check (no guarantees of my addition)
 |  | z | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6