The best buddies trips have great golf and a competition that makes the rounds add up. Ours is the Order of Play: a week-long, handicapped points race borrowed from the game's great events, and the difference between a good trip and a great one.

The right games are half of what makes a buddies trip a great one. Here's the whole menu, organized the way groups actually choose: by group size, by appetite, and by how much drama you want on the 18th green.