Golf Betting Card GameTurn their bad shots into your wins.
Menagerie Golf is the app that keeps score for your golf group’s side bets — automatically. Commit an infraction, get handed an animal-themed card, and let the app settle who owes who at the 19th hole. Whether or not you let them forget it is up to you.
Currently in testing and heading to the App Store soon — check back for the download link.
A scorecard for your side bets, not your strokes
One player starts a game and sets a dollar value per card, then shares a 6-character code with the group. Every time someone three-putts, finds the water, or shanks one into the trees, the matching animal card gets passed to them in real time — no pen, no paper, no arguments about who owes what at the end of the round. The judgement is always free.
Everything the group text used to argue about
Live Group Sync
Every card sent updates instantly for all players in the game — no refreshing, no lag.
Animal Infraction Cards
Each golf mishap (three-putt, water ball, shank, lost ball…) is paired with an animal that “owns” it.
Instant Notifications
Everyone in the game is notified the moment a card changes hands, and who sent it.
Birdie or Better Rule
Sink a birdie or better while holding a card, and you can return it to the deck.
Automatic Settlement
End the round and the app calculates exactly who pays whom, and how much.
Customizable Packs
Hosts choose which card packs are in play before the round even starts. Choose a more traditional play or upgrade your pack to drop the formality for more off color fun.
How to play
Six simple steps take a group from the first tee to a settled bar tab.
Start or Join a Game
One player creates a game and sets the dollar value per card, then shares the 6-character game code. Everyone else taps “Join a Game” and enters it.
The Cards
Each card pairs a golf infraction with an animal — Snake for a three-putt, Fish for a water ball. The host picks which cards are in play.
Sending Cards
When a player commits an infraction, any player can send a card or they can take it themselves. Once a player controls a card, only they can pass it on.
Notifications
Every card sent triggers a notification to all players, showing who received it and from whom.
Birdie or Better Rule
Score a birdie or better while holding a card and you can return it to the deck — no need to wait for someone else to commit the same infraction.
Settlement
When the host ends the game, the app calculates who owes whom. Players with zero cards only collect — they never pay.
Every infraction shows it’s animal nature
Full-color illustrated cards turn every bad break into something to laugh about — each one keeps a running history of who’s held it and when.
Snake
Fish
Camel
Gorilla
Bulldog
Hippo
Chameleon
Bear
Ostrich
Rooster
YetiThree packs, one menagerie
Every game includes The Base Pack. Hosts can add expansion packs to bring in edgier, more situational (and occasionally off-color) infractions.
🐾 Base Pack
IncludedThe essentials — 15 cards every golf game needs.
🎲 The Wild Card Pack
$1.99Situational, edgy, and social infractions.
🍻 The Shenanigans Pack
$1.99Etiquette violations and shenanigans.
The math is automatic
You are probably hot and sweaty. Don’t worry, we will do the math, comparing the number of cards each player holds and we figuring out who owes who. Zero cards means you only collect.
Example at $1 per card:
| Player | Cards Held | Result |
|---|---|---|
| A-Aron | 2 | Owes Belakay $1, owes Doug $2 |
| Belakay | 1 | Owes Doug $1 |
| Chet | 5 | Owes A-Aron $3, Belakay $4, Doug $5 |
| and Doug | 0 | Collects from everyone |
From the home screen to the last putt
The app makes it so easy that players can relax, enjoy the game, and raid the beverage cart with abandon.
Start a Game
Set the card value, choose your packs, and share the 6-character code with your group.
Join a Game
Enter the code and your name to jump straight into a round already in progress.
How to Play
A guide walks new players through cards, transfers, and settlement.
No deposits. No payouts. No transactions. Just golf.
Menagerie Golf is a private, social scorekeeping tool for a golf group to assign stakes to a round and calculate the outcome. No money is deposited, pooled, held, or transferred through the app — settlement happens between players, outside the platform. Card values can also be set to $0 to play for laughs only.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available 24/7 from the National Council on Problem Gambling: 1-800-522-4700.
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