In golf, a skins event has players compete for prize money on each individual hole.
There was an annual skins game for male professional golfers which took place in November or December each year after the end of the official PGA Tour season (1983–2008).
There is an annual skins game in Canada for male professional golfers which takes place in June or July each year.
This method, however, does not keep track of which team will have the hammer in an end (which instead must be determined based on the score markings).
These points are combined with those earned in earlier matches of mixed doubles, singles skills and traditional team games to determine the winner of the Cup.
The Skins Game was thought to have been invented by Doug Maxwell, a noted innovator in the sport.