Steemit Scramble: PGA Tour – WGC Dell Technologies Match Play, Preview and Contest

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The Weekly Steemit Scramble Contest


Tournament Information

World Golf Championships – Dell Technologies Match Play
March 22 – 26, 2017
Austin Country Club – Austin, Texas

This week, the PGA Tour will pit some of the world’s best golfers against one another in head-to-head matches. Last year’s champion was Jason Day and he’ll be looking to defend his title, starting off against Pat Perez in the first round.

Tee times begin at 8:30am ET, 9:30am local time on Wednesday, March 22nd in Austin, Texas. You can find all of the first round match-ups here: Tee Times

Please note that tee times begin tomorrow (Wednesday), so please get your selections in early!

Also, note the temporary points system specifically for the match play format.

Player Selections and Multiplier

For the weekly Steemit Scramble, select three golfers from the match play field that you believe will perform well and finish highest in the final standings. Based on the final results of the tournament, golfers will be assigned the following points:


ResultsPoints Awarded
Winner12
Semifinals & Consolation7
Round of 16 & Quarterfinals4
Pool Play, 2+ points2
Pool Play, 1+ points1


THIS WEEK’S 2x MULTIPLIER: Pick the number of golfers with 3 wins in pool play. The closest participant to the multiplier statistic will earn DOUBLE their total points for the week.

AN ADDITIONAL 5-POINT BONUS will be awarded to all unique golfer combinations. The bonus will be added to the contestants’ point totals AFTER the multiplier has been calculated. If two or more contestants choose the same golfers for the contest, then the contestant who entered their selections first will receive the bonus.


Here is the current top-20 Fed Ex Cup leaderboard. These are only the Fed Ex standings. This is not necessarily a list of golfers in the current tournament. Please choose your selections from the current match play field. For the complete Fed Ex Cup standings you can visit this link from PGATour.com.


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How to Play and Win

  1. In a comment on this post, submit your three golfers and your prediction for the weekly multiplier. ONLY ONE COMMENT SUBMISSION PER USER, PER WEEKLY CONTEST.

  2. Submissions will be confirmed at the start of the weekly tournament. ALL CONTEST SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ENTERED PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED START TIME AT THE FIRST TEE ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE TOURNAMENT. Late submissions and any edits after that time will be automatically disqualified from the weekly contest.

  3. There will be three winners each week. The winners will be the contestants with the most points gained, based on the points distribution outlined in Player Selections and Multiplier. All point totals earned from all contestants will carry over for the monthly and season-long contests.

  4. The contest is funded with a minimum pot of 30 STEEM. The total weekly pot distribution will be divided as follows:


PlaceRewards Percentage
1st50%
2nd30%
3rd20%


In the event of a tie, the pot will be split between the tying contestants. If the tie occurs for third place, then all tying contestants will split the 20% payout. If the tie occurs in first or second place, then the tying contestants will split the total payout for those places.

Example: A two-way tie for first place will split 80% of the pot (50% + 30%) and third place will receive the remaining 20%. A three-way tie for second place will split 50% of the pot (30% + 20%) and first place will receive the allotted 50%.

For additional contest and development fund details, please read this post: Announcing the 2017 Calendar Year Sports Contests and Development Funding


Please help with outreach by sharing this post outside of Steemit!

One of the goals for this contest and the fantasy sports development project is to bring users to Steemit, keep them engaged on the platform, and onboard them into the STEEM cryptocurrency ecosystem. So, please invite your friends and family to Steemit and share this with any golf fans or sports enthusiasts. Growing the active user base can benefit all users and investors, no matter their interests.

As always, please ReSteem this post and let’s grow the sports community through posting, discussing, competing, and earning!

Thank you for participating and good luck!


Special thanks to @blocktrades for supporting and sponsoring this Steemit community event!

Please show him support in return with a witness vote and by using the BlockTrades services.

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Rory Mcllroy
Dustin Johnson
Jason Day
5 Golfers

Current standings for the monthly and season long contests can be found here:

https://steemit.com/sports/@ats-david/results-steemit-scramble-and-steem-cup-series-march-17-2017

Just to prove beyond any doubt that I suck at picking golf matches...

  1. Dustin Johnson
  2. Hideki Matsuyama
  3. Webb Simpson
    Mult: 8

Rory Mcilroy
Dustin Johnson
Jordan Spieth
5 golfers

Jason Day
Hideki Matsuyama
Jon Rahm
5 golfers

Patrick Reed
Jason Day
Phil Mickelson
7 Golfers

Rory Mcllory
Jason Day
Hideki Matsuyama
7

Thanks again @ats-david!
Spieth
McIlroy
Rahm
6 players have 3-0 record in pool play

Patrick Reed
Jason Day
Phil Mickelson
6 Golfers

Rory Mcilroy
Dustin Johnson
Jordan Spieth
7 golfers