Weekly Elimination Contest
Registration closes Thursday, February 15th at 7 AM EST.
The contest commences with the Genesis Open and concludes with the Valero Texas Open.
This is a contest of skill requiring contestants to select 1 golfer weekly. You can only select a player once throughout the contest and you cannot select the defending champion.
All contestant selections are dynamically displayed once the deadline has passed. They can be viewed under Contest Selections.
Your selection must meet the following results criteria in order to survive and advance otherwise you are eliminated from the contest. If your selection happens to win an event, you will receive a bye for the next subsequent event.
Results Criteria
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Event |
To Advance |
Event 1 |
Top 60 + ties |
Event 2 |
Top 50 + ties |
Event 3 |
Top 40 + ties |
Event 4 |
Top 30 + ties |
Event 5 |
Top 25 + ties |
Event 6 |
Top 20 + ties |
Event 7 |
Top 15 + ties |
Event 8 |
Top 10 + ties |
All surviving contestants after Event 8 will split the pot evenly.
The contest is also over when there are no remaining contestants who survived. The contestant who picked the player that finishes best in that event is declared the winner. If 2 or more contestants have the same best result, they split the pot evenly.
If an entry has a golfer selected that does not start the tournament for any reason whatsoever, participants who have selected such golfer will be provided with the highest ranked eligible golfer from the tournament field.
Participants who have selected a player who withdraws after having commenced play will not be provided with a substituted player and will be eliminated from the contest. Participants who fail to submit a selection by the deadline will be eliminated from the contest.
An email will be sent weekly to each contestant requesting player selections. Player selections including changes will be accepted up until the event deadline. The presence of other players or changes in the Tournament field once posted shall in no way affect the outcome of any event.
Entry Fee:
The entry fee for this contest is $50 and is payable before start of play.
The following payment options are offered:
1) Interac
The preferred method of payment is via an Interac E-Mail Money Transfer from your online bank account. Send payment to: goforthegreengolfpools@gmail.com
2) PayPal
payments are accepted. A PayPal transaction fee of $3 per entry is required when sending payment.
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Although we use PayPal as a payment service provider, upon checkout, you may pay with either a PayPal account or a major credit card. Send payment to: goforthegreengolfpools@gmail.com
Entries: There will be no limit of the number of entries to the Contest. Contestants may enter the Contest as many times as they wish, provided they pay the stated entry fee for each of their entries.
Any Contestant whose payment is returned unpaid will be subject to immediate loss of all entries from all Contests.
No responsibility will be accepted for Contestants registrations or selections which are lost, delayed, damaged, not received properly on the web site or misdirected in any other manner in the mail or any other electronic means including the Internet.
All entries become the property of the Contest Administrator and none will be returned.
There is a 15% Contest administration fee applied to the total entry fee money collected.
This Contest is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by the PGA Tour or any other organization.
The Contest Administrator reserves the right to disqualify any contestant or to withdraw or amend the contest at any time in its absolute discretion in case of error, technical problem or any matter interfering with the conduct of the Contest as contemplated by these rules.
The decisions of the Contest Administrator is final on all matters of fact, interpretation, eligibility, procedure and fulfillment. By entering this contest you acknowledge acceptance of all Contest rules and agree to be bound by them.
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