Tiers built from the Masters field and odds, picks that close about 5:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, a top 50 and ties cut, and live scores every 10 minutes. How to set one up and which settings matter at Augusta.
Thursday of Masters week, before the first group tees off. The lock is computed from the course longitude, which puts Augusta at 09:30 UTC, or 5:30 a.m. Eastern. Picks can be changed as often as you like until then. Season Long lineups lock at Thursday 12:00 UTC instead.
During Masters week, even though the invitation list is known earlier. The field feed moves to the Masters once the previous week's event finishes, so golfers first load Sunday night UTC and refresh Monday to Wednesday. Tiers follow win odds once posted, world ranking before that. Create the pool and send the link whenever you like; the golfers fill in on their own.
If DataGolf drops him from the field before the lock, he disappears from the pick sheet and anyone who already picked him can re-pick until the lock. If he is missing from the ESPN field once play starts, the pick is removed from the standings with no penalty and that team plays a golfer short. The commissioner can swap any pick for another golfer in the same tier at any time.
Yes. Every golfer in the field is on the pick sheet and scores the same way. Amateurs and past champions who no longer contend usually carry long odds, so they tend to sit in the bottom tier, where any golfer the odds feed cannot match is placed as well.
Scores sync on their own every 10 minutes from Thursday to Sunday, UTC. If play runs into Monday, tap Refresh on the standings to pull the latest scores.