The Ultimate Price is Right Strategy Guide: Hole in One (or Two)

Hole in One (or Two)

Rules

A prize is shown (usually a car, though occasionally a large amount of cash.) Six grocery items are then shown as is a putting green with six lines on it, starting far away from the hole and getting closer. The contestant orders the grocery items from cheapest to most expensive. The prices are revealed one by one. For each price, if it is greater than the price of the item before it, the contestant can putt one line closer to the hole. If the contestant gets the order of all 6 grocery items correct, they win an additional $500. The contestant then gets two tries to sink a putt; if they do, they win the main prize.

Random Fact

Bob or Drew usually attempts an inspiration putt before the contestant tries their putt(s), but sometimes they let others take the putt. Here's one instance where Janice had a rather unbelievable result:

Win-loss record (seasons 29-46): 96-51 (65.31%)

Record by which line the contestant putted from (seasons 32-46):

• Line #1 (farthest from the hole): 12-16 (42.86%)
• Line #2: 16-14 (53.33%)
• Line #3: 12-10 (54.55%)
• Line #4: 18-2 (90%)
• Line #5: 7-0 (100%)
• Line #6 (closest to the hole): 8-0 (100%)

Strategy

Most importantly: practice your mini-golf before you go to the studio! Even the line the farthest away from the hole really isn't that far away if you can control your nerves. No matter what time of year it is, there are plenty of places in LA to play a round and you've got a good excuse to find one :). Otherwise, the strategy is to know the prices of the grocery items. That said, if there are one or two you're not sure of, skip those until the end. It's much better to have five right and put a $1.99 item at the end than it is to have nothing right because you weren't sure of the ordering of the first two items.