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1. On the Play tab, tap Start a match and pick the course. You can choose the tees for each player in Match Setup.
2. Choose the game: Stroke Play, Match Play or Nassau. Then choose whether everyone plays their own ball or each team plays a scramble, and whether the match is scored net with handicap strokes or gross as played.
3. Add the players. Invite friends who use Wedge, or add a guest by name. A net match needs a Handicap Index for every player, guests included, and Wedge works out each course handicap from the tees.
4. Turn on Play for money. Stroke play and match play take one amount per player. A Nassau takes four amounts (front nine, back nine, overall and press), which start at $10, $10, $20 and $10, and an optional automatic press when a side falls 1 to 4 holes down (2 by default).
5. Tap Start Match and score each hole. The match card at the top of every hole shows where each bet stands, the money in play and any open presses. In a Nassau, any player in the match can tap Press.
6. Finish the round. If one player kept the card for the group, the others each approve their scores, and the match settles once the last one approves. The Settle Up card then shows one amount for each pair of players.

One phone can keep the card for the whole group, or each player can enter their own scores. Either way the bets update for everyone in the match as scores are saved.

Every game can be played gross or net. In a net match the lowest course handicap plays off zero and the other players get the difference on the hardest holes by stroke index.

Presses apply to the Nassau, and Wedge follows these rules:

• Automatic presses are off until you turn them on. With a trigger of 2, a press starts on the next hole when a bet reaches 2 down and runs to the end of that nine.
• Each bet starts one automatic press, and each press can start its own, so presses chain the way most groups play them.
• Manual presses can be added by any player in the match on any hole. They run from that hole to the end of the nine, and the player who added one can change or remove it while the match is in progress.
• The overall 18-hole bet is never pressed.
• An Aloha is offered to the side that is down in money. Wedge prices it so that winning the remaining holes of the nine would leave the money exactly square.

Skins: Wedge runs skins as a game inside a tournament, paid from that game's pot, with or without carryovers. A tournament can be a single day, so a one-round skins game for your group is a one-day tournament with Skins added.

Most of the arguments after a money game come from adding up the bets. Wedge removes that step. When a match settles, it adds up every bet between each pair of players, including each nine, the overall and every press, and records one amount. If you lost the front nine for $10, won the back nine for $10 and won a $10 press, the result is a single debt of $10 owed to you.

• Each debt starts out marked as settled, because most groups pay on the spot.
• If you were not paid, tap Mark unpaid. Wedge sends the other player a payment request, and they mark it paid once they have paid you.
• A match with an unpaid debt stays in Up next on the Play tab until it is cleared.
• Debts with a guest belong to the person who set up the match, who marks them paid with one tap.
• In a team match, each player on the winning side is paired with one player on the losing side. With uneven teams, every player on the losing side pays the stake and the winners split it evenly.

Wedge does not move money. You pay each other however your group usually does, and Wedge keeps the record. Your stats show your match record, the money you have won or lost over the rounds you filter for, and your settle rate, which drops only when a debt you owe is marked unpaid.

Wedge is free to download. Playing rounds and money games needs Wedge Pass, which costs $29.99 a year, and new subscribers get a 3-month free trial. Every player who joins a match with their own Wedge account needs a pass. Guests you add by name do not need the app or a pass. Your round history, stats and feed stay available without a pass.

The Nassau guide walks through presses and the Aloha with a full worked match, and the match play guide covers how holes and strokes are counted. To check a result by hand, use the Nassau calculator or the skins calculator. If you are choosing between apps, see the best golf betting apps, Wedge vs Beezer Golf and Wedge vs 18Birdies.