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Subject: Daily Blurb - August 9, 2011


  Posted by: Guru - [330592710] Tue, Aug 09, 2011, 11:41

Quote of the day
"He heard the big elephant coming." -- Boston DH David Ortiz, who scored from third when catcher Joe Mauer muffed the throw to the plate

Daily blurb
DraftStreet is launching a new PGA contest format this week. For those of you unfamiliar with DraftStreet, it offers daily and weekly contests for all of the major sports, which can be head-to-head contests or multiple player contests. Typical contests cost $5 to enter, although there is a range of price/prize structures, including free contests.

For golf, you have a bankroll of $100,000 to assemble a team of 6 golfers. Points are awarded based on individual hole scores and also tournament finish:

Albatross: 4.5 pts
Eagle: 2
Birdie: 1
Par: 0.2
Bogey: -0.6
Dbl bogey & worse: -1.6

1st place finish: 8 pts
2nd: 5
3rd: 4
4-10: 3
11-25: 2
26-50: 1

Note that each golfer is scored independently. This is not a best ball format.

I printed out a listing of player prices for the PGA Championship in the Golf Forum. Rory McIlroy is the most expensive at $28,430. Rocco Mediate is the cheapest at $6,338.

If you are interested and haven't registered at the DraftStreet site, please use this link to do so: Register at DraftStreet