Rules & Scoring

Cup Showdown Golf

In salary cap contests, participants will create a lineup by selecting players listed in the Player Pool. Each player listed has an assigned salary and a valid lineup must not exceed the salary cap of $50,000.

Contest results will be determined by the total points accumulated by each individual lineup entry (scoring rules summarized below).

Participation in each contest must be made only as specified in the Terms of Use. Failure to comply with these Terms of Use will result in disqualification and, if applicable, prize forfeiture.

Scoring

The golfer you draft as your Captain will earn 1.5x the standard fantasy point value for each statistic, streak, and bonus.

Scoring Notes

• A Hole Won is awarded for winning the hole outright or if an opponent concedes the hole. A Hole Lost is awarded for losing the hole outright or conceding the hole.
• The Holes Not Played bonus is awarded to the winning golfer in a match for all unplayed holes.

  Example 1: A golfer wins a match by a score of 4&2. He is awarded a bonus for 2 Holes Not Played.

  Example 2: A golfer wins a match by a score of 1 Up. No bonus for Holes Not Played is awarded.

• In the event of a withdrawal, the winning golfer will receive the Holes Not Played bonus for all remaining holes in the match. For example, if a golfer withdraws when the match is Thru 9, the opponent will receive a bonus for 9 Holes Not Played. All statistics earned before the withdrawal will count for both golfers.
• A match must go through at least 10 holes for a golfer to be eligible for the No Holes Lost in Match bonus.

Lineup Requirements

Lineups will consist of 6 golfers.

The 6 roster positions are:

The player you select as your Captain will score 1.5x the standard fantasy point value for each statistic, but drafting a player in the Captain position will cost more salary than drafting them in the Golfer position.

Any player in the player pool is eligible to be selected in the Captain position. However, a player cannot be added in the Captain and Golfer position in the same lineup.

Player Pool

The Player Pool will consist of all golfers expected to participate in the final round of the tournament.

In most circumstances, the Player Pool will be posted the day before the round, and once the Player Pool is established for a Game Set, it will not be adjusted. In the rare event that there is a mistake within the Player Pool that would significantly impact game quality, DraftKings reserves the right to correct the mistake after contests for that Game Set have become available. This may result in valid lineups becoming invalid. This would most likely occur shortly after the Player Pool becomes available, far in advance of the contest start time, and participants who have entered contests for the Game Set prior to the adjustment will be notified via email.

Lineup Edits

Lineups may be edited at any time leading up to the start of the round. Each individual golfer will become "locked" at the scheduled start time of the tournament. A locked golfer cannot be added or removed from a roster spot. Locked roster spots for all entries are displayed in contest GameCenters.

Golf contest start times are subject to change based on the time of the first tee time. In the rare case that a tournament starts before the scheduled start time, all golfers will become locked as soon as our feed reflects that the tournament has begun. Additionally, any swaps that were made after the real-life start time of the tournament will result in those lineups being disqualified and refunded.

In instances when the start of a round is delayed without prior notice, contests may lock before the actual first tee time.

In instances when a rounds’ tee times are not readily available, DraftKings reserves the right to delay contest lock time until tee time information becomes available. However, if a reliable source for tee times (at DraftKings sole determination) is unavailable or there is risk of a round starting before the contest start time, contests may lock before the actual first tee time to ensure game integrity is maintained.

Round Cancellations and Postponements

In the event that a round is cancelled, DraftKings will cancel and refund all contest entries. DraftKings will consider a tournament cancelled if no tour prize money is paid out and no winner is declared, or if the tour itself declares the tournament cancelled.

A golf tournament may enter a suspended state due to weather, darkness, or some other reason. DraftKings will wait until the tournament’s officials make a ruling on the outcome of the suspension before taking any actions related to paying out or cancelling contest entries. If it becomes clear, as determined by DraftKings in its sole discretion, that the tournament will not be completed (either played in full or shortened) before the tour’s next scheduled tournament being offered by DraftKings, DraftKings will cancel and refund all contest entries.

Shortened Tournaments

If the PGA Tour or European Tour shortens an event for any reason, then the statistics that are generated for the portion of the tournament that has been completed will be used to finalize and payout contests.