✅ Player Participation – Action Rule

A golf player prop is considered action once the player tees off on their first official hole of the round.

If a player does not begin the round, the pick is voided and marked as DNP (Did Not Play).
Once the player starts their round, all picks become active and valid.
There are no voids after the round begins—including injury withdrawal, missed cut, disqualification, or weather-related stoppages.

Stats recorded before the player exits the event remain valid and are used for grading.

🌦️ Weather Suspensions & Round Delays

Golf rounds may be delayed, suspended, or restarted due to rain, lightning, darkness, or unsafe course conditions.

If a round is suspended, play resumes from the exact spot and hole where the player stopped.
Multi-day carryovers (finishing the next morning) are common and do not affect stat validity.
All official PGA/DP/LPGA stats remain valid, and grading continues once the round resumes.

Weather delays do not impact action status or stat accumulation.

📘 Golf Scoring

Payday Fantasy follows official PGA Tour, DP World Tour, LPGA, and major championship scoring formats.

For all golf projections, playoff holes or any extra holes used to determine a tournament winner are not included in any round-based projections.

Only strokes and statistics recorded during the officially scheduled regulation rounds of the tournament (e.g., Round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4) are counted.

Any scoring, strokes, or performance that occurs during:

sudden-death playoffs, or
additional holes played to break a tie

will not be included in settlement for round-based player projections.

Stroke Play (Most Tournaments)

Players attempt to complete 18 holes in the fewest strokes. Scoring terms include:

Eagle → 2-under par
Birdie → 1-under par
Par → even
Bogey → 1-over par
Double Bogey → 2-over par

Most props reference stroke play scoring, including Round Score, Birdies, Fairways Hit, etc.

Cut Line (Multi-Round Events)

Making the Cut

A player makes the cut when their total score after the first two rounds (36 holes) is at or above the tournament’s cut threshold, allowing them to continue playing in later rounds.
Most professional tournaments cut the field after Round 2 based on score relative to par (e.g., top 65 and ties).

Missing the Cut

A player misses the cut when their total score after the first two rounds falls below the tournament’s cut threshold, which means:
- They do not advance to the remaining rounds

📊 Stat Categories & Definitions

🔹 Ball-Striking & Accuracy Stats

Fairways Hit (FIR)

The number of tee shots that land in the fairway on par-4 and par-5 holes.

Greens in Regulation (GIR)

A player hits the green in the expected number of strokes:

1 shot on a par-3
2 shots on a par-4
3 shots on a par-5

Driving Distance

Average distance (in yards) of all measured tee shots on designated holes.

🔹 Scoring Stats

Round Score

Total strokes taken for the round.

Birdies

A hole completed one stroke under par.

Pars

A hole completed at even par.

Bogeys

A hole completed one stroke over par.

Eagles

A hole completed two strokes under par.

Double Bogeys or Worse

A hole completed two or more strokes over par.

Total Birdies or Better

Total number of holes where the player records:

Birdie
Eagle
Albatross

Total Bogeys or Worse