US Open Pool Format Suggestions?

[UCBananaboy]

Trying to run a pool with some friends and I thought it would be fun to start a thread because I imagine I'm not the only one who does this.

 

This year three of us are doing a snake draft style pool. 2nd keeps his money and 3rd pays 1st with a free round of golf.

 

Here's the format we're doing this year:

 

5 Man Teams

 

Rounds 1 and 2:

• (1) 2-man Single Best Ball
  
• (1) 3-man team where 1 ball on Par 5, 2 on Par 4s, 3 on Par 3s
  

After Cut is made, players can make player swaps. A made cut player can be swapped out for a 2 shot penalty per player and a missed cut player must be swapped out for a 4 shot penalty per player.

 

Rounds 3 and 4:

• (2) 2-Man Single Best Ball + Combined Score
  

Our format is a little intense since we track hole-by-hole scores, but it's a great deal of fun and can keep your players who are out of contention relevant, since they may rattle off a few birdies to help your team.

 

 

I'd love to hear if any of you do anything fun or have some fun twists on ways to handle pools beyond the standard (aggregate scoring, total prize money won, etc).

[larrybud]

Are you figuring this out all by hand? I think it's best to keep it simple.

 

I now use 4majors.com

 

Used to play the ESPN Best Ball fantasy til they stopped it 2 years ago. Man, that was a fun format.

[UCBananaboy]

Yeah we do it for all the majors and just start a Google Spreadsheet and whoever is around will do the bookkeeping. It obviously takes a bit more time but it is way more interesting as you can sweat hole-by-hole on Sat/Sun especially.