OT: Players Championship Golf Contest 2026 (12th to 15th March)
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2026 3:31 pm
Gentlemen. For fun, here is our first Golf Contest of 2026 - the Players Championship.
FORMAT:
You have $100 to build a 6-player squad.
THE RULES:
1. Pick 6 players from the list below.
2. Total spend cannot exceed $100.
3. Scoring: Your best 3 scores from your 6 players count.
4. The Cut: Failure to get 3 players through to the weekend means you are eliminated.
5. Deadline: Post your team before the first tee time on Thursday, March 12th.
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THE PRICE LIST
$90: Scottie Scheffler
$85: Rory McIlroy
$80: Xander Schauffele
$75: Tommy Fleetwood
$70: Collin Morikawa
$60: Hideki Matsuyama, Si Woo Kim
$50: Ludvig Åberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Chris Gotterup, Russell Henley
$40: Viktor Hovland, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young
$30 TIER:
Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day, Harris English, Robert MacIntyre, Sahith Theegala.
$20 TIER:
Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Nicolai Højgaard, Rasmus Højgaard, Kurt Kitayama, Brooks Koepka, Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowry, Matthew McCarty, Maverick McNealy, Aaron Rai, J.J. Spaun, Sepp Straka.
$10 TIER:
Byeong Hun An, Daniel Berger, Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Gerard, Ben Griffin, Jake Knapp, Denny McCarthy, Patrick Reed - ineligible, Jordan Spieth, Nick Taylor.
$8 TIER:
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Jacob Bridgeman, Tony Finau, Tom Hoge, Sungjae Im, Chris Kirk, Thorbjørn Olesen, Taylor Pendrith, J.T. Poston, Adam Scott, Sam Stevens, Michael Thorbjornsen.
$6 TIER:
Eric Cole, Thomas Detry, Austin Eckroat, Lucas Glover, Harry Hall, Garrick Higgo, Rico Hoey, Mackenzie Hughes, Stephan Jaeger, Keith Mitchell, Patrick Rodgers, Davis Thompson, Kevin Yu.
$4 TIER:
Bud Cauley, Nicolas Echavarria, Doug Ghim, Ryo Hisatsune, Beau Hossler, Michael Kim, Max McGreevy, Andrew Novak, Sami Valimaki, Jhonattan Vegas.
$2 TIER:
Zachary Bauchou, Michael Brennan, Daniel Brown, Brian Campbell, Cameron Davis, Ze-Cheng Dou, Steven Fisk, David Ford, Ryan Fox, Max Greyserman, Emiliano Grillo, Joe Highsmith, Lee Hodges, Mark Hubbard, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Takumi Kanaya, John Keefer, Seung-Hyuk Kim, Tom Kim, Haotong Li, Mac Meissner, William Mouw, John Parry, Matthieu Pavon, Marco Penge, Chandler Phillips, Aldrich Potgieter, Andrew Putnam, Chad Ramey, Kristoffer Reitan, Davis Riley, Kevin Roy, Jayden Schaper, Adam Schenk, Matti Schmid, Alex Smalley, Austin Smotherman, Erik van Rooyen, Karl Vilips, Danny Walker, Vince Whaley, Gary Woodland, Sudarshan Yellamaraju.
$1 TIER:
The "Bargain Bin" – Any other player officially in the field not listed above. I will get the list of remaining entries closer to the tournament
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ALPHABETICAL LOOKUP
(this list is A.I. generated, so in the event of an error, the price in the list above takes precedent.)
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THE REST OF THE SEASON:
If you are all happy, I will also run the following contests during the season:
1. The Masters: April 9–12 (Traditional format remains = Pick 3, replace missed cuts)
2. PGA Championship: May 14–17 (Pick 6, best 3 count - results decide US Open draft order)
3. U.S. Open: June 18–21 (Draft Contest)
4. The Open Championship: July 16–19 (Pick 6, best 3 count)
5. Tour Championship: August 27–30 (Draft Contest based on season performances)
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TOTAL SPENT: $ (max $100)
FORMAT:
You have $100 to build a 6-player squad.
THE RULES:
1. Pick 6 players from the list below.
2. Total spend cannot exceed $100.
3. Scoring: Your best 3 scores from your 6 players count.
4. The Cut: Failure to get 3 players through to the weekend means you are eliminated.
5. Deadline: Post your team before the first tee time on Thursday, March 12th.
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THE PRICE LIST
$90: Scottie Scheffler
$85: Rory McIlroy
$80: Xander Schauffele
$75: Tommy Fleetwood
$70: Collin Morikawa
$60: Hideki Matsuyama, Si Woo Kim
$50: Ludvig Åberg, Matt Fitzpatrick, Chris Gotterup, Russell Henley
$40: Viktor Hovland, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Cameron Young
$30 TIER:
Akshay Bhatia, Keegan Bradley, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day, Harris English, Robert MacIntyre, Sahith Theegala.
$20 TIER:
Corey Conners, Brian Harman, Nicolai Højgaard, Rasmus Højgaard, Kurt Kitayama, Brooks Koepka, Min Woo Lee, Shane Lowry, Matthew McCarty, Maverick McNealy, Aaron Rai, J.J. Spaun, Sepp Straka.
$10 TIER:
Byeong Hun An, Daniel Berger, Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler, Ryan Gerard, Ben Griffin, Jake Knapp, Denny McCarthy, Patrick Reed - ineligible, Jordan Spieth, Nick Taylor.
$8 TIER:
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Jacob Bridgeman, Tony Finau, Tom Hoge, Sungjae Im, Chris Kirk, Thorbjørn Olesen, Taylor Pendrith, J.T. Poston, Adam Scott, Sam Stevens, Michael Thorbjornsen.
$6 TIER:
Eric Cole, Thomas Detry, Austin Eckroat, Lucas Glover, Harry Hall, Garrick Higgo, Rico Hoey, Mackenzie Hughes, Stephan Jaeger, Keith Mitchell, Patrick Rodgers, Davis Thompson, Kevin Yu.
$4 TIER:
Bud Cauley, Nicolas Echavarria, Doug Ghim, Ryo Hisatsune, Beau Hossler, Michael Kim, Max McGreevy, Andrew Novak, Sami Valimaki, Jhonattan Vegas.
$2 TIER:
Zachary Bauchou, Michael Brennan, Daniel Brown, Brian Campbell, Cameron Davis, Ze-Cheng Dou, Steven Fisk, David Ford, Ryan Fox, Max Greyserman, Emiliano Grillo, Joe Highsmith, Lee Hodges, Mark Hubbard, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Takumi Kanaya, John Keefer, Seung-Hyuk Kim, Tom Kim, Haotong Li, Mac Meissner, William Mouw, John Parry, Matthieu Pavon, Marco Penge, Chandler Phillips, Aldrich Potgieter, Andrew Putnam, Chad Ramey, Kristoffer Reitan, Davis Riley, Kevin Roy, Jayden Schaper, Adam Schenk, Matti Schmid, Alex Smalley, Austin Smotherman, Erik van Rooyen, Karl Vilips, Danny Walker, Vince Whaley, Gary Woodland, Sudarshan Yellamaraju.
$1 TIER:
The "Bargain Bin" – Any other player officially in the field not listed above. I will get the list of remaining entries closer to the tournament
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ALPHABETICAL LOOKUP
(this list is A.I. generated, so in the event of an error, the price in the list above takes precedent.)
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Åberg, Ludvig $50
An, Byeong Hun $10
Bhatia, Akshay $30
Bauchou, Zachary $2
Berger, Daniel $10
Bezuidenhout, Christiaan $8
Bradley, Keegan $30
Brennan, Michael $2
Bridgeman, Jacob $8
Brown, Daniel $2
Burns, Sam $30
Campbell, Brian $2
Cantlay, Patrick $30
Cauley, Bud $4
Clark, Wyndham $10
Cole, Eric $6
Conners, Corey $20
Davis, Cameron $2
Day, Jason $30
Detry, Thomas $6
Dou, Ze-Cheng $2
Echavarria, Nicolas $4
Eckroat, Austin $6
English, Harris $30
Finau, Tony $8
Fisk, Steven $2
Fitzpatrick, Matt $50
Fleetwood, Tommy $75
Ford, David $2
Fowler, Rickie $10
Fox, Ryan $2
Gerard, Ryan $10
Ghim, Doug $4
Glover, Lucas $6
Gotterup, Chris $50
Greyserman, Max $2
Griffin, Ben $10
Grillo, Emiliano $2
Hall, Harry $6
Harman, Brian $20
Henley, Russell $50
Higgo, Garrick $6
Highsmith, Joe $2
Hisatsune, Ryo $4
Hodges, Lee $2
Hoey, Rico $6
Hoge, Tom $8
Højgaard, Nicolai $20
Højgaard, Rasmus $20
Hossler, Beau $4
Hovland, Viktor $40
Hubbard, Mark $2
Hughes, Mackenzie $6
Im, Sungjae $8
Jaeger, Stephan $6
Jimenez, Miguel Angel $2
Kanaya, Takumi $2
Keefer, John $2
Kim, Michael $4
Kim, Seung-Hyuk $2
Kim, Si Woo $60
Kim, Tom $2
Kirk, Chris $8
Kitayama, Kurt $20
Knapp, Jake $10
Koepka, Brooks $20
Lee, Min Woo $20
Li, Haotong $2
Lowry, Shane $20
MacIntyre, Robert $30
Matsuyama, Hideki $60
McCarty, Matthew $20
McCarthy, Denny $10
McGreevy, Max $4
McIlroy, Rory $85
McNealy, Maverick $20
Meissner, Mac $2
Mitchell, Keith $6
Morikawa, Collin $70
Mouw, William $2
Novak, Andrew $4
Olesen, Thorbjørn $8
Parry, John $2
Pavon, Matthieu $2
Pendrith, Taylor $8
Penge, Marco $2
Phillips, Chandler $2
Poston, J.T. $8
Potgieter, Aldrich $2
Putnam, Andrew $2
Rai, Aaron $20
Ramey, Chad $2
Reed, Patrick $10
Reitan, Kristoffer $2
Riley, Davis $2
Rodgers, Patrick $6
Rose, Justin $40
Roy, Kevin $2
Schauffele, Xander $80
Schaper, Jayden $2
Scheffler, Scottie $90
Schenk, Adam $2
Schmid, Matti $2
Scott, Adam $8
Smalley, Alex $2
Smotherman, Austin $2
Spaun, J.J. $20
Spieth, Jordan $10
Stevens, Sam $8
Straka, Sepp $20
Taylor, Nick $10
Theegala, Sahith $30
Thomas, Justin $40
Thompson, Davis $6
Thorbjornsen, Michael $8
Valimaki, Sami $4
Van Rooyen, Erik $2
Vegas, Jhonattan $4
Vilips, Karl $2
Walker, Danny $2
Whaley, Vince $2
Woodland, Gary $2
Yellamaraju, Sudarshan $2
Young, Cameron $40
Yu, Kevin $6
THE REST OF THE SEASON:
If you are all happy, I will also run the following contests during the season:
1. The Masters: April 9–12 (Traditional format remains = Pick 3, replace missed cuts)
2. PGA Championship: May 14–17 (Pick 6, best 3 count - results decide US Open draft order)
3. U.S. Open: June 18–21 (Draft Contest)
4. The Open Championship: July 16–19 (Pick 6, best 3 count)
5. Tour Championship: August 27–30 (Draft Contest based on season performances)
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Entry Template (Copy & Paste):
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TOTAL SPENT: $ (max $100)