Short answer. Every split is done in whole cents and always adds up to exactly the pot. Ties pool the places they span and share them equally. When a pot does not divide evenly, the leftover cent goes to the earlier-listed tied winner.
How it's calculated
Pot (Stroke), Stableford, Team Best-Ball: winner-take-all
pot = buy-in × players. Everyone tied for best shares the pot equally. Won is your share; net is won − buy-in.
Example: ten players at $10 is a $100 pot. Three tie for low net. $100 does not split three ways, so the shares are $33.34, $33.33, $33.33, with the extra cent going to the tied winner listed first. Each winner nets about $23.33; everyone else nets −$10.
In a team game every player on every team antes, and the pot is split per winning player. A Commissioner can instead set placed team payouts or a payout plan by place; if a plan's total does not equal the pot, Ringer falls back to winner-take-all.
Skins, per skin (the default)
Each skin is a direct wager: every other player owes the winner the skin value. won = skins × value × (players − 1).
Example: four players at $5 a skin, four skins won in all. Ann takes three, Ben one. Ann wins $45 and nets +$40. Ben wins $15 and nets $0. The other two net −$20 each. Carried skins nobody wins move nothing.
Skins, player-funded pot
pot = buy-in × players, split in proportion to skins won. Same four players at a $20 buy-in: $80 pot, Ann gets $60, Ben $20. If no skin is won, the pot goes where the Commissioner chose: the linked team game's winners (default), the CTP winners, or a season jackpot.
Nassau
Front, back, and total are each worth the bet; a press is another match worth the bet. Only decided matches pay; a halved match pays nothing. A nine-hole card carries one bet.
Example: $5 a side. Ann wins the front and the total, Ben wins the back. Ann nets +$5.
Match Play
The side that wins collects the bet, split evenly across its players. A halved match pays nothing.
Example: a 2v2 match at $10. The winning pair collect $5 each; the losing pair pay $5 each. $10 moves in total, never $20.
9-Point
For every pair of players, the difference in points times the point value. Rounded as a set so thirds never leak a cent.
Example: three players at $1 a point finish 60, 54, and 48. First is +6 against second and +12 against third, so +$18. Second is −6 and +6, so $0. Third is −$18.
Sixes
Three six-hole 2v2 matches with rotating partners. In a decided six each winner gets the value and each loser pays it.
Example: $5 a player a six. Ann and Ben win the first six, Ann and Cal win the second, the third is halved. Ann +$10, Ben $0, Cal $0, Dan −$10.
Trash
Dots are settled pairwise: the difference in dots between two players times the value per dot.
Example: $1 a dot. Ann has 3, Ben 1, Cal 0. Ann collects $2 from Ben and $3 from Cal; Ben collects $1 from Cal. Ann +$5, Ben −$1, Cal −$4.
Closest to the Pin and Longest Drive
pot = entry × contributors. Every player who is in antes the entry; the recorded winner collects the whole pot. No winner, nothing moves. $0 entry means it is played for pride.
Example: eight players in at $5 is a $40 pot. The winner nets +$35; the other seven net −$5.
Good to know
- A fixed purse by place must equal the pot to the cent, or Ringer refuses to settle that game rather than invent or lose money.
- Money Won on the leaderboard is the gross payout. Net is Money Won minus what you put in.