Bingo Bango Bongo

Three taps a hole — the great equalizer

The basics

Three points on every hole: 🟢 Bingo — first ball on the green. 📍 Bango — once every ball is on, closest to the pin. ⛳ Bongo — first ball in the cup.

Most points at the end wins. No handicaps needed — the short hitter playing first has the inside track on Bingo, and lag putts win Bongos.

The one rule that matters

Play strictly in turn — farthest from the hole plays first. That etiquette IS the game; break it and the point is forfeit.

It's the great equalizer: a 30-handicap can beat a scratch player all day without a single stroke given.

⚡How to actually win it

Play in turn. Genuinely. The whole game rests on honour of play — furthest from the hole goes first. Hitting out of turn to grab a Bingo is the one unforgivable sin here, and it's why the game only works with a group that plays fair.

Short hitters: the Bingo is yours. First on the green is a point, and if you're away, you're hitting first. A player who can't reach in two on a par 5 can still take the first-on point by laying up smartly and hitting a good third.

Long hitters: forget Bingo, hunt Bango. You'll rarely be first on because you're never away. Closest-to-the-pin once everyone's on is your point — so club selection into greens matters more for you than distance off the tee.

Bongo is putting. First in the hole is a full third of every hole's value, and it goes to whoever is closest after the approach — which means lag putting to tap-in range is worth more here than it looks.

🔥Why everybody has a chance

Bingo Bango Bongo is the great equalizer, and it does it without handicaps at all. The order-of-play rule means the worst player in the group gets the first crack at two of the three points on every hole. A 25-handicap can genuinely win, and it won't feel like charity.

It's also a pure tap game — no score-derived math, no arguing about strokes. Three points, three taps, everyone can see who got them.

And it makes the whole group watch each other's golf. You can't zone out, because you need to know who's away and who's on. It's the most attentive, sociable round on the list.

💰The wager

Three points a hole, 54 in play across 18, settled at whatever a point is worth.

Friendly · $0.25 / ptStandard · $0.50 / ptGrown folks · $1 / pt

Spreads are usually 10–20 points, which makes it a gentle, steady game rather than a wild one. The appeal isn't the size of the swing — it's that the money genuinely moves toward whoever played the smartest, not the longest.

No handicaps needed.This is the one game on the board that doesn't want net scoring at all — the order of play is the handicap. Because the player furthest away always hits first, the weaker golfer gets first shot at Bingo on every single hole. Battle Tees keeps net standings available if you want them, but the game is already fair without a single stroke changing hands.

Battle Tees never touches the money. The app scores it, applies your handicaps, and shows exactly who owes whom at the end — one clean list, no arguing on the tailgate. You settle it in the parking lot, the way golfers always have.

In Battle Tees

Your group, your point structure.Every group has its own house rules, and the app bends to them instead of the other way round. In Bingo Bango Bongo that means how many players are in, from two to four. The three points themselves are the game, so they stay fixed — but who's playing for them is yours. Change any of it in setup before the round — the scoring, the standings and the settle math all follow automatically, and the numbers ride along to every phone in the group.

Three taps per hole on the score screen, synced across every phone in the group. Scores still go in normally, so stroke play and the what-if tabs ride along.

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