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The Scramble Tournament Rules

Underdog contests are governed by our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and the rules listed below.

Entrants into Underdog contests compete to accumulate points based on athletes' statistical performance in sporting events. Contest results are determined by the total points accumulated by each individual lineup entry according to the relevant scoring rules.

General Contest Information

Entrants select players through a snake draft. In a snake draft, the pick order is reversed each round. In other words, the entrant with the first pick in round 1, will have the last pick in round 2 and the first pick in round 3.
Entrants are required to pay an entry fee of $10 per entry to enter The Albatross (the "Tournament").
The tournament has a total prize pool of $500,000.
Entry to the Tournament will be closed 2 hours before the 1st tee off of The Masters. This means that the Tournament closure time would move, if the timing of the first tee were to change for any reason.
Entrants are only allowed to enter a maximum of 150 entries in the Tournament.
Teams are made up of 10 total players with a starting roster of 6 players.
Entrants draft a team of players who accumulate points throughout the duration of the contest period.
Once entrants draft, their rosters are set—there are no waivers, substitutions, or trades during the contest period.
At the end of each PGA Tournament, Underdog automatically selects the entrant's highest scoring players at the designated positions to be "starters" and only those players' statistics over that tournament are counted towards the entrant's accumulated score. This means entrants do not need to set their lineups.
- Entrants compete in groups ("Groups") over the course of multiple rounds ("Rounds").
  - The Tournament will have 4 Rounds, with each round consisting of player groups as seen below:
    Round 1 - 6 person groups
    Round 2 - 6 person groups
    Round 3 - 6 person groups
    Round 4 - 261 person group
  - The Tournament will consist of 56,376 total entries in the first Round, and a total of 9,396 6-person Groups.
- At the end of Round 1, the top one (1) performing entries in each Group will advance to Round 2 and be awarded a prize (as described below). Round 2 will consist of 9,396 entries in 1,566 6-person Groups.
- At the end of Round 2, the top one (1) performing entries from each Group will advance to Round 3 and be awarded a prize (as described below). Round 3 will consist of 1,566 entries in 261 6-person Groups.
- At the end of Round 3, the top one (1) performing entry from each Group will advance to Round 4 and be awarded a prize (as described below). Round 4 will consist of 261 entries in a single 261 person group.
- At the end of Round 4, the top one (1) performing entry from the Group will be the Grand Prize winner and prizes will be awarded to all entries in Round 4 (as described below).
Rounds
- Rounds
  - Round 1 (January 2nd - February 16th)
    The Sentry
    Sony Open
    The American Express
    Farmers Insurance Open
    AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am
    WM Phoenix Open
    The Genesis Invitational
  - Round 2 (February 20th - April 6th)
    Mexico Open
    Cognizant Classic
    Arnold Palmer Invitational
    The Players Championship
    Valspar Championship
    Texas Children's Houston Open
    Valero Texas Open
  - Round 3 (April 10th - June 1st)
    The Masters
    RBC Heritage
    The CJ Cup Byron Nelson
    Truist Championship
    PGA Championship
    Charles Schwab Challenge
    The Memorial Tournament
  - Round 4 (June 5th - July 20th)
    RBC Canadian Open
    U.S. Open
    Travelers Championship
    Rocket Mortgage
    John Deere Classic
    Genesis Scottish Open
    The Open Championship

Roster makeup

The roster makeup and scoring will follow the details below.

Roster

G (Golfers) - 6
Bench - 4

Prize pool

Note that at Underdog's discretion, Underdog could pay out partial prizes upon advancement that eventually will equal the total prizes per user as seen below.

Tournament prize breakdown

1st $50,000

2nd $25,000

3rd $20,000

4th $15,000

5th $10,000

6th $8,000

7th $7,500

8th $7,000

9th $6,000

10th $5,000

11 - 15th $2,500

16 - 20th $2,240

21 - 25th $2,000

26 - 30th $1,500

31 - 40th $1,000

41 - 65th $750

66 - 140th $500

141 - 261st $250

262 - 1566th $40

1567 - 9396th $20

Maximum entries

Underdog limits the maximum number of entries that a single entrant may enter into a single contest. This Tournament will have a maximum of 150 entry per entrant.

Scoring

Underdog uses official league statistics provided by reputable partners and only includes statistics from sporting events the relevant league deems to be official.

We endeavor to promptly settle contests and distribute prizes, but it is also important to us to make sure we do so accurately. On a tournament basis, final scores will be confirmed within 72 hours after the final golfer completes the event. Following each major, entries will be advanced within 72 hours after the final golfer completes the event. Once entries are advanced, scores will be considered final and no changes will be made. Normally, any scoring changes or stat corrections provided by our partners after a contest has ended and Underdog has settled the contest will not impact the already-settled contest. However, Underdog reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise scores after they are released in the unlikely event of potential scoring error by a provider or Underdog. In those circumstances, the contest results may be altered, payments may be reversed, and redone based on the correction.

If a league declares a game "postponed" or "suspended," then the statistics generated in the sporting event before that point will count toward the contest. Any statistics generated when the sporting event takes place or resumes will count only if it occurs before the relevant contest period or Round closes.

Tournament Advancement

Ties that take place in Advancement Rounds will be broken by whichever team has the highest scoring player in that round. If entrants have the same highest scoring player or a player with equivalent high scores, then it would go to the second highest scoring player or player with equivalent high scores, then the third, and so forth, until one entrant has a higher scoring player than the other entrant. If they are still tied after that, the entrant that entered the contest first will advance.

Tournament Finals

As it relates to Tournament Finals, any entrants that tie will evenly split the combined prize allocation for the finishing spots they occupy. For example, if two entrants tie for first place, those two entrants would evenly split the combined prize for first and second. If four entrants tie for second place, they would evenly split the combined prize for second, third, fourth, and fifth place.

Round advancements

If there are not enough entries to fill the Tournament, some entries may advance to the next Round of the Tournament, even if they do not place high enough in their Group to qualify for automatic advancement, these are called "wild cards". For example, if less than the total entries for the Tournament are submitted, there may not be enough automatic advancements to fill Round 2.

Multiple entries

If an entrant enters more than one entry in the Tournament, each entry will be placed in a different Group for Round 1. Similarly, a single entrant's entries will not be in the same Group if the number of groups is greater than the entrant's remaining number of entries. However, if the entrant has more entries remaining than there are Groups, then an entrant may have multiple entries in a Group.

Slow drafts

For drafts operating at an 8 hour pick clock, the schedule for picks being sped up will be as follows:

Guaranteed contest tournament

This Tournament is a guaranteed contest and will run (with prizes unchanged) even if it does not reach capacity before the contest start time.

Eligibility

Please review the other eligibility requirements in our Terms of Use.