Rules & Scoring

Weekend 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

Scoring Notes

• Scoring is for rounds 3 and 4 only.
• Playoff Holes will not count towards scoring.
• Golfers must complete two 18 hole rounds to be eligible for the all 2 rounds under 70 strokes bonus. If a round is shortened to less than 18 holes, no golfers will be eligible for the bonus.
• Golfers will receive fantasy points for all completed holes that we receive statistics for. If a golfer withdraws or is disqualified before completing a round, the golfer will receive fantasy points for all holes completed in that round that we receive statistics for.
• Golfers must complete 18 holes to be eligible for a Bogey Free Round bonus. If a round is shortened to less than 18 holes, no golfers will be eligible for the bonus in that round. If a golfer is disqualified after a round, that golfer is still eligible for the Bogey Free Round bonus.

Lineup Requirements

Lineups will consist of 6 Golfers.

Player Pool

The Player Pool will consist of all golfers expected to participate in the upcoming week’s tournament. Occasionally a golfer may be missing from the Player Pool due to late qualification or unforeseen circumstances.

In most circumstances, the Player Pool will be posted the Tuesday before the tournament, 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.

Because the player pool is usually posted the Tuesday before the tournament, it may contain golfers who end up missing the cut and not competing over the weekend. These golfers will be marked with a missed cut icon when possible.

Lineup Edits

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

Weekend Golf contest start times are subject to change based on the earliest round 3 tee time. When possible, DraftKings will set contests to start at the earliest round 3 tee time. When round 3 tee times are unknown, DraftKings will set the contest start time using its best guess based on all available information. This may result in contests starting before round 2 has been completed. DraftKings reserves the right to update the contest start time at any time if more information becomes available.

In the rare case that round 3 starts before the contest start time, all golfers will become locked as soon as our feed reflects that the contest has begun. Additionally, any swaps that were made after the real-life start time of the contest will result in those lineups being disqualified and refunded.

Tournament Cancellations and Postponements

In the event that a tournament 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 a tournament is shortened and rounds 3 and 4 are not played, DraftKings will cancel and refund all contest entries.

If a tournament is shortened and round 4 is not played, Weekend Golf contests will be finalized and paid out based on the statistics from round 3.

Team Stroke Play Events

In team stroke play events (i.e. the Zurich Classic), golfers compete with a partner.  Every golfer expected to play in the event will be included in the player pool, but you cannot draft both partners from the same team to the same lineup.

Golfers who are partners will receive the same statistics and fantasy points in each contest.  This is true for all rounds of the event, including those that use alternate shot and better ball formats.

If a golfer doesn't play at all in a contest, they will not be eligible to receive fantasy points for that contest.