Each group of four players in a scramble has a special, designated ball (if the tournament is called Pink Lady, then the ball will be pink, natch). That ball rotates among players. For example, Player A uses it on the first hole, B on the second, C on the third, D on the fourth, then back to A on the fifth and so on.
In this game, two scores per hole are added together for the team score. Here's the catch: One of those two scores must be from the player with the Pink Lady. So on each hole, the team score will be the score of the player with the designated ball, plus the lowest score of the other three players on the team.
There are a couple variations that add to the tension of the game. In one, if the player playing the money ball loses it, that player is eliminated from the game. The group would continue as a threesome with a new Pink Lady ball.
More commonly, a Pink Lady Tournament is a "bonus" competition. The 4-person teams compete using the two low scores on each hole, or the Pink Lady is used only on designated holes (par 3s and par 5s, for example, or four par 4s). The Pink Lady score is kept separately. The team with the lowest Pink Lady score wins a bonus prize.
