All game formats Team · Points or strokes
Yellow Ball / Lone Ranger
Also called Lone Ranger, Money ball, Pink ball
Everyone takes a turn carrying the team. A yellow ball passes round the group, and its score always counts.
- Players
- Teams of 4
- Scoring
- Points or strokes
- Allowance
- Set by the organiser
- Winner
- Best team score
How it works
- 1Players take turns with the yellow ball — one hole each, in rotation.
- 2On each hole the team score is the yellow ball's score plus the best of the other three.
- 3Lose the yellow ball and, in most versions, the team loses that part of the score — or the whole bonus.
Good to know
Many societies give a separate prize for the team that brings the yellow ball home.
Close relations
Allowances follow the World Handicap System recommendations used by Golf Ireland. Your club or society may set its own — the entry sheet wins.