How to play Sixes (Hollywood) in golf
Sixes, also known as Round Robin or Hollywood, is a four-player game where partners change every six holes. Everyone partners everyone once, so it’s a great way to mix up a four-ball.
- Players
- Exactly 4
- Scoring
- Three six-hole matches
- Best for
- Four-balls who want to mix up the teams
The rotation
- Holes 1–6: players 1 & 2 against 3 & 4.
- Holes 7–12: players 1 & 3 against 2 & 4.
- Holes 13–18: players 1 & 4 against 2 & 3.
Each six is a mini match
Each set of six holes is a best ball match between the two pairs: the better net score in each pair counts on every hole. Win more holes and you win that mini match. It can finish early, say three up with two to play.
The points
The winning pair get 1 point each, and a halved mini match is ½ point each. After all three, the most points wins: the best possible score is 3.
Handicaps
Strokes are given off the low: the lowest handicap of the four plays off scratch and the others get the difference.
Men and women on cards with different pars? Whoever’s on the higher-par card gets the difference as extra strokes (the World Handicap System rule), and LiveBirdies does it for you once the pars are in.
Concede a hole by tapping Pick up: it goes to the other side straight away, without them entering a score (if both sides pick up, it’s halved).
Why groups like it
Nobody has to pick teams: the rotation does it, and everyone plays with everyone. Handy when the group can’t agree on fair pairs.
Scoring Sixes (Hollywood) with LiveBirdies
LiveBirdies sets up the pairs from your player order, runs each six-hole match and shows the current match and the overall points live.