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The Scramble Tournament Rules

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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
  - 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