Ways to Play

Choose the golf competition your group will enjoy.

Make three decisions: how many tournaments to play, how members select golfers, and how results count. A six-golfer tier pool and a one-and-done season ask very different things of your group.

Start with your group’s commitment

One weekend or a whole season?

A pool is the contest for one tournament. A league connects event pools through a shared membership, schedule and season competition. Choose the schedule first; choose how members pick golfers second.

One tournament

A self-contained pool for one event. A useful first choice for a group that wants four days of competition without a season commitment.

See the setup steps

The four majors

A league linking the Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open. Keep the group together and carry results into one season table.

Plan a Golf Majors Pool

Your own season

Choose from available events and set season rules. Run cumulative standings or choose a one-and-done or elimination competition.

Explore league rules

Next, choose how your group picks golfers.

For a standard event pool, tier draft gives members a choice from each group of golfers; salary cap lets them build a roster within a budget. Both allow members to select the same golfer. Compare tier draft and salary cap with roster examples.

Scoring is a separate decision: lower adjusted totals win in stroke play, while higher earnings win in prize-money scoring. Explore counting scores, cut penalties and worked calculations.

Season rules are a separate choice.

Keep everyone in cumulative standings

A standard league adds event results across your schedule. Decide how missed events, dropped events and any position bonuses should affect the season before members join. Explore league settings.

Make each event a different kind of decision

One-and-done uses exactly one golfer per event with no reuse during the season. Cut Survivor uses a one-golfer survival threshold; Cutline eliminates one active entrant after each official event. These are alternatives to standard league competition, not extra drafting options. Read the one-and-done guide.

Not sure where to start?

For a first group, start with one available tournament, six tiers with one pick each, and best-four stroke scoring. Those are recommended settings you can review—not a guarantee of a fair or winning strategy. Check the cut penalty, tie rule and pick visibility before sending invitations.

Set up a tournament pool

Single pools and Season Passes have separate software pricing. League creation is free; inviting league members requires a Season Pass. Compare current plans.