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Golf Salary Cap Pools
Build your golf pool around a budget.
Give each golfer a price and each entry the same roster budget. Members choose their team without exceeding the cap, then follow its tournament results. Set the roster size, counting golfers, and scoring for one event or a series.
Give each golfer a price and every entry the same budget. Members build a roster within the cap, then score its results using strokes or tournament earnings.
One tournament or fresh rosters for a series.
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Choose the roster, budget, and scoring.
Start with six golfers under one cap, or choose another roster size. The budget decides which golfers fit; the scoring decides which team wins.
Six golfers under one cap.
Give each entry six roster spots and the same budget. Members can spend more on favorites and fill the remaining spots with lower-priced golfers. The cap needs to fit the price list; there is no standard amount.
Count the best four scores.
For a six-golfer roster, add the four best tournament scores relative to par. The lowest total wins. You can count all six instead, with the pool’s missed-cut penalties applied either way.
Score by tournament earnings.
Add the counting golfers’ eligible official earnings instead of their strokes. The highest total wins. A series can open a fresh roster and price list for each event.
Your pool’s rules
Set the cap and the rules for each roster.
Use the budget and scoring your group knows, with clear treatment of changes to the tournament field.
Events and entries
- Included tournaments
- Run one tournament, all four majors, or a selected series. Use the events your group wants to follow.
- Roster changes
- Open fresh picks for each event, or keep a roster for a defined stretch. State when members can change their golfers.
- Reuse across events
- Allow golfers to return at the next event, or limit their use across the series.
- Entries per person
- Allow one team per member or a chosen number of separate entries.
Budget and roster
- Salary cap
- Give every entry the same total budget. There is no universal dollar amount or unit scale for a golf pool.
- Golfer prices
- Use the published price list for that event, based on your chosen pricing method. Freeze prices before entries lock.
- Roster size
- Require a fixed number of golfers or set a maximum with a clear minimum. Explain whether unused budget has any scoring effect.
- Shared golfers
- Allow the same golfer on several entries. An exclusive draft is a separate selection format.
- Custom prices
- Use a supplied price sheet if your group has its own values. Apply it consistently to every entry.
- Field changes
- Define how late additions, withdrawals, or a replacement golfer affect roster eligibility and the cap.
Scoring and the finish
- Strokes scoring
- Add the counting golfers’ tournament scores relative to par. The lowest total wins; define how incomplete rounds are scored.
- Earnings scoring
- Add eligible official tournament earnings. The highest total wins. Tour bonuses and other money outside the selected tournament need a separate rule.
- Counting golfers
- Count the whole roster or its best results, such as four of six. Use the same counting rule for every entry.
- Tournament totals or daily bests
- Choose counting golfers by their full tournament results, or count the best scores separately each round. Daily-best scoring can use different golfers on different days.
- Amateurs and earnings
- An amateur can contribute a stroke score but does not earn professional prize money. For earnings pools, state any house rule that awards a substitute value.
- Missed cuts
- For strokes, assign a score or penalty for unplayed rounds before selecting the counting golfers. For earnings, use the eligible official money awarded, which may be zero.
- Withdrawals and disqualifications
- Define how an incomplete result scores and whether it can be dropped. A golfer who stops playing cannot gain an advantage from having fewer recorded strokes.
- Playoff holes
- Use regulation scores for stroke totals unless your rules say otherwise. The playoff still decides the official finishing order and tournament earnings.
- Series totals
- Combine event results using your scoring method. Optional event multipliers or dropped events should be listed with the schedule.
- Tiebreakers
- A predicted winning score can separate tied entries in a single tournament. Specify the score being predicted, how equally close guesses rank, and what settles any remaining tie.
Deadlines and replacements
- Entry and pick deadlines
- Choose when joining closes and when each event’s picks lock, before tournament play begins.
- Missed selections
- Set the score or penalty for an incomplete lineup or a missed event. Include any automatic-pick rule in the pool rules.
- Alternates
- Allow a preselected backup if your pool uses one. Define the trigger, such as a golfer withdrawing before starting, and the alternate’s eligibility.
- Withdrawals after play starts
- Use the announced scoring or replacement rule. Permission to replace a pre-start withdrawal does not automatically allow a substitution during the tournament.
- Shortened or cancelled events
- Decide whether an official shortened result counts and what happens when there is no official result.
Commissioner controls
- Seeing other picks
- Reveal selections when the event’s pick deadline arrives.
- Commissioner picks
- Enter and fix picks for a member, or turn that off
- Rules text
- A rules page generated from your settings, plus a note in your own words
- Audit markers
- Commissioner-entered picks remain marked for members to see.
- Entry management
- Keep track of who has joined, how many entries they have, and who still owes their dues.
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Is there a standard salary cap?
No. The budget needs to work with the roster size and golfer price list. A pool using abstract units can play the same way as one using larger dollar-style figures.
Can everyone pick the same golfer?
Yes, in ordinary non-exclusive salary cap play. The budget limits each roster; it does not assign ownership of a golfer to just one member.
Does salary cap mean fantasy-stat scoring?
No. A golf salary cap pool can use tournament strokes or eligible earnings. The budget describes roster selection, not how scores are calculated.
How does salary cap differ from tiers?
Salary cap limits the total price of the roster. Tiers asks members to pick from specified groups of golfers. Both can use strokes or earnings scoring. Explore Golf Tiers.
For your group
Bring your salary cap pool rules.
Send your budget, roster size, and scoring rules. If you already have a golfer price sheet, we can start there.