Majors Contest
is now open for participation. Registration closes Thursday, April 14th, at 7:00 AM EST.
The contest covers the following major tournaments :
Each tournament field will be divided into performance groups based on World Tour Rankings and released on the Tuesday afternoon preceeding each event. This is a contest of skill that requires contestants to select 2 different golfers from each performance group.
Total Player Earnings of contestant selections over the 5 tournament will determine winners. 75% of funds are paid out for the overall winners and 20% will be paid out for the specific tournament winners. The Prize payouts will be based on the # of participants with payouts as follows:
* First Place 40%
* Second Place 25%
* Third Place 10%
* Players Winner 5%
* Masters Winner 5%
* PGA Winner 5%
* U.S. Open Winner 5%
* The Open Winner 5%
Contestants will make selections in each event however you only can use the same player twice over the entire contest.
You may select amateur golfers from the tournament fields where applicable. While they may not receive earnings from the tournament, you will receive the equivalent earnings based on their final position in each tournament.
No default selections are provided should you fail to submit your selections on time for a specific tournament. No responsibility will be accepted for contestant 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.
If an entry has a golfer selected that does not start the tournament for any reason whatsoever, participants who have selected such golfer(s) will be provided with the highest ranked eligible golfer from the same performance group not already selected. Such selection(s) will meet the criteria of not having being selected more than 3 times previously.
Participants who have selected a player who withdraws after having commenced play will not be provided with a substituted player.
The tournament field will be published on the Tuesday preceding Tournament play. The presence of other players or changes in the tournament field after it has been published shall in no way affect the outcome of the contest.
An email is sent to each registered contestant once the selection form is posted. Selections including changes will be accepted up until the scheduled start of event play. Contestants should review their selections on the PGA Tour site at http://www.pgatour.com prior to each deadline.
Entry Fee:
The entry fee for this contest is $100 Canadian and payment must be sent before start of play to participate in this contest. Failure to send payment before start of play will result in the immediate removal of all your entries from this contest.
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.
PayPal protects your financial information with industry-leading security and fraud prevention systems. When you use PayPal, your financial information is not shared with us.
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
3) Payment by Credit Card
are now accepted. A transaction fee of $3 per entry is included when invoiced.
Send email request to pay by credit card 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.
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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