4-Player Team Format
Pick one player to be the Lone Ranger each hole. Their net score doubles. Read the hole, pick the right teammate, and the team total takes care of itself. One of the best buddy-trip formats going.
Lone Ranger
Rotation
The Mechanics
Four mechanics. The Ranger pick is the whole game.
All four players are on the same team competing against par or against an opposing 4-some.
Before each hole, the team picks one player to be the Lone Ranger. Their net score doubles for that hole.
Every player's net score is added to the team total. The Ranger just contributes double.
If the Ranger picks up, their score caps at a snowman (default 8) - doubled, that's a 16. Configurable per round.
Strategy
Step by Step
Four players, one team. Choose your snowman cap (default 8) and your scoring direction - against par, against another 4-some, or as a stroke-play side bet.
Before anyone tees off, the team designates one Ranger for that hole. caddie.fun's FormatActionPanel asks you to tap which player is the Ranger.
Everyone plays their own ball as in normal stroke play. Net scores apply if handicaps are in play.
The Ranger's net score doubles for the team total. Other three players contribute their net score as normal. The team total = 3 normal scores + 1 doubled score.
Each hole gets its own Ranger pick. Save your strongest player for the par 5s? Pick your steadiest on the long par 3? That's the strategy.
Most house rules require Ranger assignments to rotate, often making each player be Ranger an equal number of times across 18 holes. caddie.fun supports both 'free pick' and 'fixed rotation' modes.
If the Ranger picks up at the snowman cap (default 8), their team contribution is 16 for that hole. The cap exists so one bad hole doesn't bust the round - but it still hurts.
Wolf is a partner-picking gambling game where one player optionally goes 'Lone Wolf' on a single hole for double or nothing. Lone Ranger is its own full-round format where there's a designated doubler every hole.
Lower handicaps tend to Ranger on par 5s (where birdie chances are higher) and par 3s (where pars are more achievable). Higher handicaps Ranger on shorter par 4s where they can score. The team optimizes across the full 18.
Yes - eight players in two 4-person teams, each picking their own Ranger per hole. caddie.fun supports the head-to-head variant when you select an opposing team in round setup.
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