I entered Draft Kings British Open contest....

[RichardPeterJohnson]

never entered a Draft Kings contest before. $20 buck to enter. $1,000,000 first prize. There are over 171,000 entries. I'm currently in 189th place and if it ended today, I'd win $750. My line-up...Dustin Johnson, Rickey Fowler, Padraig Harrington, Ben Martin, John Senden, and Lee Westwood. The British Open has gotten more interesting.

 

[WVUBRU]

I've been thinking about doing it but didn't. I might in the future. Good luck

 

[Honkytonk Hero]

I Like Padraig. But I really like Louis.

 

[RichardPeterJohnson]

So, at one time yesterday, I was in the top 75 and the projected winnings would've been $1500. But thanks to Dustin Johnson's collapse, I'm now in 9311th place with projected winnings of $50. easy come, easy go. But still a long way to go. Pulling for a bunch of birdies from Harrington and Fowler.

 

[op2]

When I first heard that things like Draft Kings were legal I was surprised. It's basically legalized gambling but on individual player performance instead of team performance.

Dustin Johnson shot 65-69-75-75. I'm starting to think he's not mentally tough or something. He choked on the putt against Speith in the last major and he completely tanked in the British Open. He led after two rounds and he's going to finish about 50th. The last two days everybody is getting birdies left and right and Johnson shoots 75-75.

 

[op2]

171,000 entries at $20 apiece. That's $3.42 million dollars. The winner gets $1 million and all the lesser prizes add up too. I'm curious how much they give back in all. That doesn't sound like the usual 10% rake.

For those that haven't seen these sites, you basically bet on player performance. I've never seen the golf version but in football and basketball you get a fiction $60 K budget and you get to spend it on various players, with the better players costing more of course. And then you add up their stats and see who wins.

In addition to big contests like RPJ entered you can play one on one for pretty much whatever stakes you want. You want a $50 game, go on, sign up, it'll match you up with someone. You pick your players, they pick theirs, the game happen and winner gets $90 with the website taking the other $10. It's incredible how many games there are on these sites.

People must really love gambling. I personally can't get into it since the odds are against you since the website takes 10%. You have to win 55% of the time just to break even. But I guess for many people making money isn't the point.

 

[Popeer]

the British Open has gotten more interesting.

You said it there, brother. Leishman just went to -16 and currently two players tied at -15, three at -14, three at -13, and three at -12 with lots of golf to play. Even Harrington and the amateur Dunne aren't out of it at -11, Harrington has 6 to play and Dunne just made the turn. Somebody might tie or break Tiger Woods' record of -19 before this one is over.

 

[op2]

Dunno if it's true b/c it's a tweet but I just read that Jordan Speith sank a 50 foot putt in 18 to tie for the lead (with 2 other). If s, unfreakingbelievable. If he ends up winning the tournament that shot is going to do down in history, and even if he loses it might.

ETA: Okay, I can't find it again now, maybe somebody was funnin' with me. Sorry for the false alarm.

 

[Popeer]

Get the popcorn, Louis Oosthuizen birdied 18 so we have a three-way playoff with him and Zach Johnson and Marc Leishman.

 

[WVUCOOPER]

Dunno if it's true b/c it's a tweet but I just read that Jordan Speith sank a 50 foot putt in 18 to tie for the lead (with 2 other). If s, unfreakingbelievable. If he ends up winning the tournament that shot is going to do down in history, and even if he loses it might.

ETA: Okay, I can't find it again now, maybe somebody was funnin' with me. Sorry for the false alarm.

He missed by about 4 inches. Way better effort than Day.

 

[COOL MAN]

Day was not a happy camper after that lousy birdie "effort"......and frankly, he had reason to be PO'd.