O.K. so it’s the Scottish Open this week and I’m setting up a DK competition that George and I will take part in. Entry fee is going to be $20 and it’s Winner Takes All format.
A lot of the US players come over the week before The Open to take part in the European Tour and get some practice in. This should make it an interesting tournament and it’s a good opportunity to see how it all works/runs before The Open competition that Gordon and I are setting up for next week.
Just ping me your DK username if you’re interested and I’ll add you to the competition.
I’ll be sending out the invite tomorrow morning, as I have to know how many want to take part when creating the contest. If it doesn’t get filled up, it will be cancelled. Also, I don’t get the option to add on extra participants, so that’s a bit annoying.
The downside to the way DK leagues are set up means once the invite is sent you can’t add anyone else in. On top of that, if all places aren’t filled the game gets cancelled. Bit crap but that’s the way they have it set up.
Have read Fan Duel are launching this summer over here so will have to see if their private leagues are set up a little better before the NFL season when we’ll likely have bigger games.
You are absolutely right. This is something Anders raised today. I have created a simple excel workbook which in theory gives players the ability to formulate a game plan without actually having them be in the league on DK. This in turn means we can leave the creation of the league until later without affecting the players planning rituals. I have just sent the workbook to Anders for his seal of approval.
Yes absolutely, right now I have put Tuesday night at 9pm as close of casual entries. Followed by Tuesday night DK invites being sent out… Giving the players 24/34 hours to get their lineups in and entry paid.
Well I’ve had a go, not entirely sure of the right approach to take. I guess you really need all your guys to make the cut if possible, so maybe better to get 6 decent players rather than a couple of stars and then have to economise of the rest of your team…? Not holding out much hope, but ideally I can at least use this week to figure out a tactic that I can use in The Open next week.
This exercise has confirmed I definitely know more NFL players than golfers!!
Best of luck all - at a wedding Saturday but hopefully able to chat a bit as we approach the grand finale on Sunday
Absolutely right Jon, it’s crucial to get as many players through the cut as possible. That said, it’s important to not underestimate the value of having someone challenging at the top of the leaderboard.
