Golf Survivor Pools

Run a golf pool where making the cut counts.

Start with one golfer per event, no repeat picks, and a requirement to make the cut. A missed cut ends the entry in a one-life pool. You can add lives or require a top-25 finish instead, with the same survival rule for everyone at that event.

Pick a golfer who must make the cut or reach a stated finishing position. Start with no repeat picks and one life, or use the survival rules your group prefers.

One selection, with a place in the pool at stake.

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Choose the survival rule

Choose what it takes to advance.

Pick the result a golfer must achieve, then check that every tournament on the schedule can be graded that way.

Make the cut.

Members advance when their selected golfer makes the tournament’s cut. A no-cut event provides no ordinary cut-based elimination, so leave it out or announce a different requirement for it.

Finish in the top 25.

Use a final-position threshold, such as top 25 or top 10. Specify whether golfers tied at the threshold qualify, and how withdrawals or disqualifications are treated.

Plan the last event and a wipeout.

Decide how several surviving entries finish the pool and what happens if everyone fails at once. Any revival should say who returns and whether used golfers stay used.

Your pool’s rules

Set what survival means at each event.

Choose the qualifying result, golfer-use rules, and what happens when the schedule or an entry’s pick changes.

Events and survival

Event schedule: Use a chosen series and identify the event to pick when tournaments overlap.
Qualifying result: Require making the cut or a stated finishing position. If requirements vary by event, publish each one with the schedule.
Ties at the threshold: For top-position survival, specify whether everyone tied at the last qualifying position advances.
No-cut tournaments: Omit them from a make-cut pool, select another event with a cut, or use a declared finishing-position rule.
Lives and pick counts: One pick and one life is a starting setup. Additional lives or multiple required picks change how a failed selection affects the entry.

Golfer use and exceptions

Reusing golfers: Use a no-repeat rule across the series, allow reuse, or set a specific limit or reset.
Withdrawals and disqualifications: Define whether the entry loses a life, may use an eligible backup, or is judged by an already completed cut result.
Alternates: If allowed, collect the backup by the deadline and state exactly when it replaces the primary pick.
Missed picks: Apply the declared lost-life or fallback rule. Include what happens if the entry has no eligible golfer left.
Cancelled or shortened events: Set whether an official result is enough to grade survival, and whether a voided pick consumes a golfer’s use.

Deadlines and finish

Pick deadline: Lock each event’s selections at a stated time before tournament play begins.
Last survivor: Choose whether the pool ends when one entry remains or that entry must also complete the last event.
Multiple final survivors: Establish the final tiebreaker or shared finish, including any prize-splitting rule.
Total wipeout: End under the pool’s tie rule or revive the entries alive before that event if another event remains.
Byes or mulligans: If offered, define when each can be used, how often, and what happens to the entry’s golfer-use history.

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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People

Your pool.
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Before the field tees off.

The schedule can change how a survival rule works.

What happens at a tournament with no cut?

A make-cut rule gives the field no ordinary cut hurdle. Exclude that event, choose another tournament with a cut, or announce a different finishing requirement before picks lock.

Does tied for 25th count in a top-25 pool?

It does if your rule includes ties. State that explicitly so members know whether every golfer tied at the threshold qualifies.

What if my golfer makes the cut and then withdraws?

A cut-based pool can grade the completed cut result, while a rule requiring tournament completion can treat the withdrawal differently. Specify which result decides survival.

How is this different from One and Done?

Survivor requires a qualifying result to stay alive. Classic One and Done adds earnings across events and keeps entries in the pool after a missed cut. Explore Golf One and Done.

For your group

Let’s set up your golf survivor pool.

Send your event list and survival rules. We’ll help you work through no-cut events, golfer reuse, and the ending scenarios.

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