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Hidden Links
An ITL original. 18 bounty holes hidden across a trip. Best score wins.
Players
Any group size (2+ players, trip-length)
Best for
Buddies trips where the group wants a running game without another leaderboard to babysit.
The game
Hidden Links assembles a virtual 18-hole scorecard from random holes scattered across your trip's rounds — but nobody knows which holes are bounties until after each round ends. Can't sandbag what you can't see. Lowest cumulative score on the 18 bounty holes at the end of the trip wins the pot.
How to play
- 118 bounty holes are distributed randomly across the eligible rounds of the trip.
- 2Bounty holes are hidden during play — you see a card that says "3 holes are in play this round" but not which ones.
- 3Bounty holes are revealed after the round finishes. Then you see your bounty score.
- 4Lowest cumulative bounty score across all rounds wins.
- 5Optional: play net — bounty scores adjust for handicap strokes hole-by-hole.
- 6Pickup / blowup cap: any hole above net double bogey is capped at net double bogey.
Variations
- Course selection — the organizer picks which courses count toward Hidden Links at game creation. Skip the boring stops.
- Net vs. gross toggle at setup.
In the app
Hidden Links is native to ITL Links — it doesn't exist as a scoreable game anywhere else. Set it up when you create the trip, pick which courses count, and the app handles the bounty distribution, reveals, and pot math for you.