Pick a format, decide how golfers are chosen and scored, write down the missed-cut and tie rules, set the buy-in and payouts, and get every pick in before Thursday's first tee time.
Enough that one bad pick does not end an entry, few enough that people finish their picks. TourneyRun's Office Pool default is 7 golfers across 5 tiers. For a cushion, pick more and drop the worst: 6 picks with the worst 2 dropped is the classic pick 6, use 4.
No. Set the buy-in to Free and the pool runs for bragging rights. If you set one, TourneyRun never collects or holds it: members pay you, and you mark each entry paid.
In the one-tournament formats an entry with no picks ranks below every team that picked, so send the Picks due template before the lock. In Season Long, a week with no lineup scores zero.
In an Office Pool or Salary Cap pool, yes. In a Snake Draft each golfer goes to one team, and in Season Long a golfer on one roster cannot be added by anyone else.
Some settings, yes. In an Office Pool the missed-cut rule can be changed until the tournament starts and is locked after that. Tell members about any change before the lock, while they can still adjust their picks.
Scores sync automatically every 10 minutes from Thursday to Sunday (UTC). If weather or a playoff pushes the finish to Monday, open the standings and tap Refresh scores.