2020 Majors Competition

9.7.20 – IMPORTANT NOTE: Following the rearrangement of the Major Championships due to the impact of Covid-19, this year’s Majors Competition will now start with the US PGA Championship and will encompass the 3 remaining Majors only. For the competition to run, AT LEAST 2 of the remaining Majors must be completed. Entries received prior to this announcement will still stand for the remaining 3 Majors, however you can still amend your entries at any point prior to the start of the US PGA Championship on August 6th if you prefer.

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2020 Golf Majors Competition – A total of £250 in prizes up for grabs!

Following on from the success of the last 8 annual GBS Majors competitions, bet365 have kindly offered to sponsor the 2020 edition with a massive £250 CASH prize fund! Our 2020 winner will receive £150 (or currency equivalent) in cash with additional £75 and £25 prizes for 2nd and 3rd place finishers.

Format

Basically we want you to pick a single player for each of the 3 Majors any time before the start of the 2020 US PGA Championship and get those 3 names entered into the competition by one of the methods detailed below. As per the 2019 competition, following extensive feedback on our facebook group, once again this year you can only pick a player once – so each of your three entries must be different for each Major Championship.

In order to make this ‘one and done’ format work better from a scoring perspective, your selections accrue points based on the $ earnings achieved from the Major Championship for which they are selected by you. So, put simply, nominate a different player for each Major and you score whatever they earn in prize money. The overall winner will be the person who achieves the highest $ prize money from their 3 selections in total.

Entry

Entries are open from Monday 30th December 2019 through to the first tee time at the US PGA Championship on the 6th August 2020. Any entries after the first tee time won’t be counted. Entries are being accepted through the following methods:

A typical entry might be as follows:

Facebook/Email:

  • US PGA: Jon Rahm
  • US Open: Dustin Johnson
  • Masters: Jordan Spieth

Twitter: @golfbetting US PGA: Jon Rahm; US Open: Dustin Johnson; Masters: Jordan Spieth; #gbscomp

General Point:

Please ensure that you list the Major next to the player you’re selecting otherwise we’ll assume that the entries are in chronological order, US PGA Championship – US Open – US Masters. PLEASE NOTE: the order of Majors has changed due to Covid-19

Rules

1.    Entrants must be 18 or over.

2.    The winner will be the entrant with the highest cumulative score over the 3 events. In the event of a tie then the prize will be split equally between the winners.

3.    First prize will be £150 (or currency equivalent) in cash, payable by Paypal/BACS or similar. No alternative prize will be offered.

4.   The second placed finisher will win £75; the 3rd place finisher will win £25. No alternative prize will be offered.

5.    If a winner cannot claim the prize for any reason or chooses not to claim the prize, then the winner will be the next highest scorer in the final standings.

6.    Entries can be amended any time prior to the start of the 2020 US PGA Championship on the 6th August 2020. No amendments can be made after the start of the US PGA Championship and any non-runners in all events will score zero points. No substitutes can be nominated either before or after the deadline for entries.

7.    Any ambiguous entries (ie ‘Johnson’ or ‘Molinari’ or ‘Lawrie’) where it’s unclear which player has been selected, the player with the shortest odds on the start of that event will be counted. For instance, if someone selects ‘Johnson’ for the Masters: if Dustin Johnson is 20/1 & Zach Johnson is 100/1 then we’ll assume that the entrant meant Dustin and score accordingly.

8.    Any entries where the tournament to which the player is being selected isn’t clear, the selections will be allocated in chronological order, US PGA Championship – US Open – The Masters.

9.    Entries must contain 3 different players to count towards scoring. In the event that an entry contains duplicate players, only the first instance of that player will count towards scoring and subsequent duplicates will automatically score zero.

10.    One entry per person only. Multiple entries won’t be counted.

11.    A minimum 2 of the remaining 3 Major Championships need to be successfully completed for the competition to run. In the event that only 1 of the Majors is successfully completed in 2020 then the competition will be deemed null and void.

12.    The competition will close when the first tee shot is struck at the 2020 US PGA Championship on 6th August 2020.

13.    The winner will be announced shortly after the conclusion of The Masters on 15th November 2020.