Dice Golf rules
Eighteen procedurally generated holes per seeded round, with a course name and a round par between 70 and 74.
The die and your lie
Every stroke rolls one six-sided die. Distance = the roll + your lie's modifier below, and the ball moves exactly that far in a straight line in one of eight directions.
| Lie | Modifier |
|---|---|
| Tee, Fairway | +1, and the shot flies over trees |
| Green, Rough | as rolled |
| Sand | −1 (minimum 1) |
Trees
From rough, sand or the green, a tree anywhere on your line blocks that direction. From the tee or fairway the ball flies over trees, but it can never land on one.
Out of bounds
The ball never leaves the map: a direction whose line would run off the grid is simply not offered. If no direction is legal for the roll, the stroke is lost.
Water
Landing in water costs a 1-stroke penalty; the ball drops on the nearest dry, tree-free cell, ties broken toward where the shot was played from. Shots fly over water freely.
Putting
The eight cells around the cup are putting range: from any of them the next stroke is an automatic putt that holes out for one stroke. From further away the ball must land exactly on the cup.
Mulligans
Six per round: after seeing a roll you don't like, take a fresh roll at no extra stroke. Every tee shot also gets one free re-roll that doesn't count against the six.
Wind
Roughly 60% of holes carry a wind direction (shown as a windsock); after the ball lands, a shot not played from the green shifts one cell further in the wind's direction if that cell is in bounds and tree-free.
Par
Each hole's par (3 to 6) is the rounded expected number of strokes under optimal aiming; the generator tunes hole length and hazards until a hole hits its target par, and a round's par lands between 70 and 74.
The round and scoring
The scorecard shows the front nine, back nine, total, and Stableford points (albatross 5, eagle 4, birdie 3, par 2, bogey 1, worse 0).
Formats
- Stroke play: total strokes vs. par, shown running in the header and on the final scorecard.
- Handicap (Settings, 0–36): the scorecard also shows your net score alongside gross.
- Match play vs. a friend: "Share" or "Copy link" after finishing a round appends your 18 holes' scores to the link; whoever opens it plays the same course with your scorecard shown alongside theirs.
- Match play vs. AI: turn on "Play vs. AI" in Settings before starting a course; the computer plays the same seed hole by hole right after you finish each hole.
Night mode
A moon/sun icon toggle switches to a dark palette. Purely visual — it changes nothing about play.
Mobile and install
On a phone or touch device, aiming works by tapping a glowing cell then tapping it again to confirm, with a "Hit" button as an easier alternative to the second tap. Dice Golf is an installable, offline-capable PWA — install it for its own icon and no browser chrome, and keep playing without a connection.
New to the game? Start with how to play.