This a challenge that has traditionally been used for the golfing majors and on some occasions for the TPC at Sawgrass.
General rules
- Five pounds entry fee
- Each participant has to pick a team of golfers for the tournament
- Of these players, the score of your best three players count as your score
- The player with the lowest total scores wins the prize fund
- In the event of the tie, please see below
- Winner takes all
Player selection
Team selection is as follows:
- Numbered ping pong balls were used, one for each of the participants
- Each participant draws a ball out of the bag – that number then represents his turn in selecting a player in that round
- It is traditional that the previous winner is last to select, so the person to his left should pick first
- Once all balls are selected, participants pick their player in turn for that round
- Note that an alternative method such as pre-selected random numbers can be used to pick the order when there are too many players to make the above option practicable
- No participant may pick the same player
- The draw number for each player must be noted
- This continues for five rounds until everybody has a full team
- It is usual practice to use the odds from Paddypower for the team selection
- In the event of a participant taking part, but not being present at the draw, they would take the player with the lowest available odds in the list, unless they provide a list of preferred players
Ties
- In the event of a tie the player with the highest average draw from the player selection stage is deemed the winner
- If this is also tied, then the prize shall be split equally
Injury
- In the event of a player pulling out of the event prior to it starting, participants are not able to select another player – tough shit
History
- The golf challenge was started by Darren Morgan, Mike Jones, Mark Smith and Steve Drew, and was started around 2003. Previous results and records will be added periodically.