The Masters · April 9-12, 2026 · Augusta National Stroke Play Tiers · Lowest Total Score Wins Set your own entry fee · You control the prize pool Pick one golfer from each tier · All 4 rounds count Picks lock at first tee time · Thursday morning Live leaderboard · Round by round The Masters · April 9-12, 2026 · Augusta National Stroke Play Tiers · Lowest Total Score Wins Set your own entry fee · You control the prize pool Pick one golfer from each tier · All 4 rounds count Picks lock at first tee time · Thursday morning Live leaderboard · Round by round
Masters 2026 · 13 days until picks lock

Be the One Who
Runs the Masters
Pool This Year

Your group watches The Masters anyway. Put something on the line. Set up a private paid contest in minutes - Splash handles the money, the scoring, and the payouts. You just send the link.

💰 Earn 5% back on every entry - Commissioner Rewards
Start Your Contest →
How does it work? ↓
✓ No gambling license needed
✓ Picks lock Thursday
✓ Live leaderboard included
✓ Setup takes ~5 minutes
$ You earn 5% back as commissioner
The Masters 2026 · Round 3
Office Masters Pool
LIVE
Your picks
S. Scheffler (Elite) -14
R. McIlroy (Stars) -9
C. Morikawa (Contenders) -5
A. Rai (Sleepers) +2
T. Kim (Dark Horses) -3
Total (3 rounds) -29
#PlayerScore
1 Sarah M. -31
2 You ● me -29
3 Dave K. -24
4 Tina R. -22
Prize Pool $480 Picks locked
<5 min Avg. Setup Time
100% Entries Into Prizes
24K+ Contests Created
Free To Be Commissioner
Commissioner Rewards

You Don't Just Run the Contest.
You Earn Rewards for It.

Commissioners bring everyone together for the big moments. Splash rewards you for it. The more entries you drive, the bigger your earnings. Splash deducts 7.5% from your contest to cover payment processing and admin fees, plus 5% paid back to you as commissioner rewards.

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Earn on every entry your contest attracts. When you create your contest, toggle the Commissioner Rewards option to participate.
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Bigger group, bigger rewards. Share your link with your office, your league, your neighborhood. Every entry counts toward your earnings.
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Run it every year. From the Masters to NFL season, run a contest for every big moment and keep your crew coming back.
How Commissioner Rewards Work
1 Create Enable Commissioner Rewards when setting up your contest
2 Invite Share your link. Every entry that joins counts toward your rewards
3 Earn Splash splits the platform fee with you after the contest concludes
Splash deducts 7.5% for payment processing and admin, plus 5% paid to you as Commissioner Rewards.
The Format

What is Stroke Play Tiers?

It's fantasy golf the way it should be. Each player in your contest drafts one golfer from each tier : Elite, Stars, Contenders, Sleepers, Dark Horses. Their combined stroke total over all four rounds determines the winner. Lowest score wins.

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Every player picks one golfer from each tier before Thursday's first tee time. Picks are locked. No swapping mid-tournament.
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Scores update live throughout the tournament. Your leaderboard reflects real strokes from Augusta National across all 4 rounds.
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The entrant with the lowest combined stroke total wins. Simple to explain, exciting to watch . Anyone can compete.
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Splash pays out winners automatically when the tournament ends. You don't collect money or Venmo anyone.
Example: 5 Tiers, 1 pick each
T1 Elite Top 5 ranked: Scheffler, McIlroy…
T2 Stars Ranked 6-15: Morikawa, Cantlay…
T3 Contenders Ranked 16-30: Burns, Fleetwood…
T4 Sleepers Ranked 31-50: Young, Griffin…
T5 Dark Horses Outside top 50: long shots, value picks
Tiers are built automatically from world rankings. You don't have to assign players. Splash does it when the field is set.
Who Runs These?

Perfect for Any Group

You don't need to be a golf expert. If your group watches The Masters, you have everything you need.

Office Pool
Classic Masters week tradition. Keeps the whole office talking through Sunday.
10–50 players
Friend Group
Something on the line while you watch Augusta from the couch. More fun than just watching.
5–20 players
Golf Club
Let your members compete on the same week the world watches Augusta.
20–200 players
Fantasy League
Run it alongside your other fantasy leagues as a side contest for The Masters.
8–30 players
Real Commissioners

Don't Take Our Word for It

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Best $25 I've spent on Masters week. Set it up in 10 minutes, everyone in the office was hooked through Sunday. Someone texted me on Monday asking if we're doing it again next year.
Matt D.
Office Pool Commissioner · 22 entries
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I've done Venmo pools for years - chasing people for money, manually updating a spreadsheet, doing math at midnight Sunday. Never doing it that way again.
Sarah K.
Friend Group Commissioner · 14 entries
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Had 47 entries this year. Splash handled the money, the scoring, and paid out winners automatically. I just watched the leaderboard and took credit for organizing it.
Tyler B.
Golf Club Commissioner · 47 entries
Setup Guide

Six Settings. Done in 5 Minutes.

Here's what you're deciding when you create a contest. Most groups use the defaults and never look back.

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Contest Format
Golf Single-Tournament Tiers
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Number of Tiers
5 tiers - sweet spot
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Drop Worst Golfer
Drop 1 - keeps it fun through Sunday
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Entry Fee
$20-$50 - your call
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Payout Structure
Top 3 at 50/30/20 for most groups
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Contest Size
Set higher than you expect - auto-resizes
Ready? Setup takes 5 minutes.
Picks lock April 9. Don't be the person who was gonna set one up.
Create Your Contest →
How It Works

You Run It. We Handle the Rest.

Commissioner is the fun job. Splash Sports handles everything that's actually complicated.

You Handle
The creative direction & hype machine
  • Name and brand your contest. Set the entry fee, prize structure, and how many entries per person.
  • Invite your group. Share the link however you communicate: text, Slack, email, group chat.
  • Trash talk. Your most important and underrated commissioner duty throughout Masters week.
  • Celebrate the winner. Splash handles the payout. You take the credit.
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Splash Handles
All the hard stuff, automated
  • Collects all entry fees. No Venmo requests, no IOUs, no awkward money conversations.
  • Assigns golfers to tiers automatically from the Masters field using world rankings.
  • Tracks every pick in real time. Automatically graded against live scores throughout all four rounds.
  • Sends daily pick reminders. Players get notified before each deadline. No one forgets to make their pick.
  • Distributes prizes automatically when your contest concludes. Zero manual work.
Built For This

Everything Your Contest Needs

✓ Included
Live Scoring
Real stroke data from Augusta National updates continuously. Your leaderboard reflects exactly what's happening on the course, round by round.
✓ Included
Automatic Pick Lock
Picks lock at Thursday's first tee time. No one can change their lineup mid-tournament. No commissioner intervention needed.
✓ Included
Secure Entry & Payout
Splash handles all money movement. Entrants pay securely at entry. Winners are paid automatically when the tournament ends. Zero manual work.
✓ Included
Mobile-First Picks UI
Your entrants pick on their phone in minutes. Clean tier cards, golfer details, and a smooth entry flow . No app download required.
✓ Included
Private Invite Link
Your contest is private by default. Share a direct link and only the people you invite can enter. No randoms showing up in your pool.
✓ Included
Commissioner Dashboard
See who's entered, who hasn't, manage max entries, and monitor your contest all from one clean panel , before and during the tournament.
Questions

Commissioner FAQ

No. Splash Sports is a fantasy sports platform, which is legal in most US states under skill-based competition exemptions. You don't need any special license or permit. Check Splash's eligibility page for the handful of states with specific restrictions.
Nothing. Being a commissioner is free. Splash deducts 7.5% for payment processing and admin fees. If you opt in to Commissioner Rewards, 5% comes back to you - so winners receive 87.5% of the prize pool. On a $500 pool: $437.50 to winners, $37.50 to you as commissioner, $37.50 to Splash. No hidden charges.
Splash collects payment at entry. No one can join without paying. There's no "pay later" option. You'll never be stuck chasing anyone for money. Entry is complete only when payment clears.
Splash does. Once the Masters field is set, golfers are automatically assigned to tiers based on their Official World Golf Ranking. The Elite tier gets the highest-ranked players, Dark Horses get the long shots. You don't have to do any of this manually.
Golfers who withdraw or miss the cut score as though they played at par (or using the tournament's standard handling). This is why the Drop Worst Golfer setting is so valuable , which protects entrants from a bad luck withdrawal ruining their whole contest.
Splash is designed for paid contests. That's where it shines. For a free pool with a commissioner-funded prize, you'd need to set up a Free Roll contest (admin-created, requires pre-funding the prize pool). Most commissioner groups set a small entry fee ($5–$20) to keep it simple.
Automatically, once the Masters ends on Sunday. Splash calculates the final standings, applies the Drop Worst rule if set, confirms winners, and initiates payouts. Winners receive their money directly . No commissioner action needed.
As many as you want. You set the max entries cap. Most commissioners set it a bit higher than they expect, since Resizable mode will adjust the prize pool to actual entries. If you think 25 people will join, cap it at 40 so you have room to grow without pressure.

Ready to Run Your
Masters Pool?

Setup takes 5 minutes. Your group picks before Thursday. You watch the tournament. Splash handles the rest.

Create Your Contest Questions? Visit Splash.com

Free to set up · Splash deducts 7.5% processing + 5% back to you as commissioner · Payouts automatic