The $3.5 Million Fantasy Masters
Poker, sports betting and golf have always been closely linked (especially in Las Vegas) so we thought you would love this new Daily Fantasy Sports tournament from DraftKings.
It costs $33 to enter and has payouts just like a poker tournament, with $1 million going to the winner and thousands of players making the money.
You are given a fictional $50,000 salary budget to pick your team of six golfers and are awarded points for how they perform in the Masters next month. You get points for everything from finishing positions, Eagles, hole in ones, streaks and more.
Spend wisely
The temptation for newbies is to just pick the most famous golfers they know like Jordan Speith and Rory McIroy, but they have high wages meaning you have very little budget for the rest of your team. The skill comes in knowing who some of the best golfers who are flying under the radar are as well as knowing who is in form.
PokerStrategy.com editor Barry Carter picked the following team with the help of former professional golfer Jared Tendler. He assures us it is a good mix of cheaper guys who are likely to still figure in the event towards the end of the tournament, with Phil Mickleson thrown in as a fun wildcard.
There will also be an additional PokerStrategy.com prize pool where the five best performing PokerStrategists will win additional prizes, including cash and Status Upgrades.
If that wasn't reason enough to join DraftKings, new players can also enjoy:
- 100% match bonus
- Free $3 Ticket to any sport contest
- Free entry to $100,000 Fantasy Golf Contest
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Scoring - How to gather points in Golf contests!
Spoiler
Golfers on each team will accumulate points as follows:
→ Per Hole Scoring
• Double Eagle or Better (DBe): +20 PTs
• Eagle (EAG): +8 PTs
• Birdie (BIR): +3 PTs
• Par (PAR): +0.5 PTs
• Bogey (BOG): -0.5 PTs
• Double Bogey (DBB): -1 PT
• Worse than Double Bogey (DBW): -1 PT
→ Tournament Finish Scoring
• 1st: 30 PTs
• 2nd: 20 PTs
• 3rd: 18 PTs
• 4th: 16 PTs
• 5th: 14 PTs
• 6th: 12 PTs
• 7th: 10 PTs
• 8th: 9 PTs
• 9th: 8 PTs
• 10th: 7 PTs
• 11th–15th: 6 PTs
• 16th–20th: 5 PTs
• 21st–25th: 4 PTs
• 26th–30th: 3 PTs
• 31st–40th: 2 PTs
• 41st-50th: 1 PTs
→ Streaks and Bonuses
• Streak of 3 Birdies of Better (MAX 1 Per Round) (BIR3+): +3 PTs
• Bogey Free Round (BOFR): +3 PTs
• All 4 Rounds Under 70 Strokes (A4U70): +5 PTs
• Hole in One (ACE): +10 PTs