Steemit Scramble: PGA Tour – Travelers Championship, Preview and Contest

[ats-david]

This is the final week for the monthly contest, so make your best selections!

Here are the results from last week’s contest for the U.S. Open.

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Steemit Scramble Results – U.S. Open

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Brooks Koepka took home the title at the U.S. Open this past weekend at Erin Hills, beating out Matsuyama by four strokes. This was Koepka’s second career PGA Tour victory and his first major championship. His win this week moved him into fifth place in the FedEx Cup ranking.

These are the results of this week’s Steemit Scramble:

Place	Contestant	Points
1st	@gregm	16
2nd	@mktprof	14
3rd	@freedomnation	13

The 2x multiplier was the number of golfers finishing under par for the tournament, which was 31. The closest contestant to that total was @hellhen, who guessed the exact number! As a result, @hellhen was able to double their score from 2 to 4, and added the five-point bonus for selecting a unique golfer combination.

The total pot for the weekly contest was 77 SBD. The 1st place contestant received 38.50 SBD, the 2nd place contestant received 23.10 SBD, and the third place contestant received 15.40 SBD. Here is the proof of payout:

Please keep in mind that all points will accumulate for the monthly and season-long contests. Here are the top-10 contestants for the Scramble through the current month’s standings. The top-5 contestants each month will receive prizes and the top-10 for the season will also receive prizes. The current monthly contest will run through the end of June.

Place	Contestant	Points
1st	@thebeesknees	112
2nd	@sharingeverybite	95
3rd	@shenanigator	77
4th	@lydon.sipe	75
5th	@sevinwilson	68
6th	@zcgolf16	67
7th	@hellhen	65
7th	@whatageek	65
9th	@buzzbeergeek	59
10th	@mirda	52

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The Weekly Steemit Scramble Contest

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Tournament Information

Travelers Championship
June 22 – 25, 2017
TPC River Highlands – Cromwell, Connecticut

The PGA Tour heads to New England this week for the Travelers Championship, hosted by TPC River Highlands. The River Highlands course is a 6841-yard par-70 course. Last year’s winner was Russell Knox and he will be in the field for this year’s tournament.

Current tee times can be found here: Travelers Championship Tee Times

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Player Selections and Multiplier

For the weekly Steemit Scramble, select three golfers from the tournament 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:

Results	Points Awarded
1st place	12
2nd – 5th	7
6th – 15th	4
16th – 30th	2
31st - final cut	1

THIS WEEK’S 2x MULTIPLIER: Pick the winning score for the tournament in relation to par. (Example: -8, E, +3) The closest participant(s) 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. Contestants that do not select a unique golfer combination will also be ineligible for the multiplier bonus.

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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 10 SBD. The total weekly pot distribution will be divided as follows:

Place	Rewards Percentage
1st	50%
2nd	30%
3rd	20%

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

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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!

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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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Comments

[billroth]

Interesting! thanks for sharing :)

[jbreezy]

Jason Day
Tiger Woods
Jordan Spieth
-12

[papascrubs]

Jason Day
Jordan Spieth
Paul Casey

-16

[buzzbeergeek]

Jordan Spieth
Rory McIlroy
Paul Casey
-13

[wetthebeak]

tony finau
bubba watson
brendan steele
-11

[gregm]

Whaaaat!!!! So cool... I did see a couple of my players placing on Sunday, but figured I was beaten. Thanks a ton ats-david!

[jznsamuel]

Jason Day
Vijay Singh
Tiger Woods
-11

[totalgyan]

Congratulations winner
And all the participants who participated in this

Thank you for sharing

[totalgyan]

Upvoted

[lichtblick]

Congrats to all.
Upvoted and resteemed :-)

[luxurylifestyle]

Hey man :) i like it !! Resteemed and followed😎

[abbeymelchizedek]

thanks for sharing

[charles1]

Congrats to all..good job.

[rival]

Very nice idea. How to participate for this week?

[nextgen622]

Haven't been too flash with my golf tips, but I'll have another go.

Jason Day
Vijay Singh
Justin Thomas
-14

[guyfawkes4-20]

Dustin Johnson
Jason Day
Tiger Woods
-5

[crisgojar]

Congratulations winners. I want to join to this how i can i play this game? @ats-david

[arckrai]

Congratulations to all the winners!

[thebeesknees]

Jordan Spieth
Rory McIlroy
Jason Day
-10

[sevinwilson]

Jason Day
Daniel Berger
Bubba Watson
-9

[liberty-minded]

Matt Kuchar
Jim Furyk
Louis Oosthuizen
-12

[zcgolf16]

Chez Reavie
Paul Casey
Jordan Spieth

-12

[tylerjp6986]

1 Paul Casey
2 Patrick Reed
3 Justin Thomas
-14

[lydon.sipe]

Rory Mcilroy
Justin Thomas
Paul Casey
-13

[resistancemedic]

Bubba Watson
Rory McIlroy
Jason Day
-8

[battleaxe]

[ats-david]

Narwhals cannot participate in golf contests. Sorry. It's for humans only.

I'll be sure to let you know if I start a fishing or swimming contest.

[battleaxe]

am def not human, bummer but great post and

[hugh-mansfield]

Justin Thomas
Patrick Reed
Jordan Spieth
-17
RIP Bagdad Jerry...without that Volvik ball you'd be first on this list

[steemfluencer]

Jason Day
Justin Thomas
Jordan Spieth
-9

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[andy23]

Chez Reavie
Paul Casey
Jordan Spieth
-10

[coolthings]

Jordan Spieth
Rory McIlroy
Jason Day
-10

[allmonitors]

Daniel Berger
Jason Day
Marc Leishman
-12

Resteemed :)

[ragnaros]

Justin Thomas
Patrick Reed
Jordan Spieth
-12

[unhorsepower777]

Justin Thomas
Paul Casey
Brendan Steele
-11

[mirda]

Jason Day
Jordan Spieth
Rory McIlroy
-10

[moonie]

Spieth
Jason day
Brendan Steele
-19

[dylanhobalart]

Brian Harman
Justin Thomas
Jordan Spieth
-14

[shenanigator]

Jordan Spieth
Rory Mcilroy
Justin Thomas
-14

[sharingeverybite]

Jason Day
Paul Casey
Brandt Snedeker
-13

[gregm]

Webb Simpson
Jason Day
Bubba
-13

[dwkehl]

Thanks for the golf fun!

Justin Thomas
Zach Johnson
Charlie Hoffman

TPC River Highlands is a par 70 course so scores might be fewer strokes under par than at some PGA tournaments. 15 under

Luck to all, Dale

[ats-david]

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[jvper]

Dustin Johnson
Jason Day
Charlie Hoffman
-12

[starline]

Jordan Spieth
Rory Mcilroy
Justin Thomas
-12

[totallysacha]

I've been promoting across my 21000 FB followers since joining and a good number of them are now starting to take notice :-)

[swgdr-pga-coach]

Looks like a cool contest! Coming in late to the thread, just joined recently. Hell of a sand shot to win the tournament huh! Glad to see a golf community here.

[exan]

Congratulations @ats-david
You took 35 place in my Top 100 of posts