History of the Golf Majors Pool
History of Majors Golf Pools
The Beginning
Tesoro and team
Circa 2003, Michael Tesoro and some of his buddies put together a Masters pool where you pick 10 golfers.
Your score is the sum of your 10 golfers; anyone who misses the cut gets the score of the
worst finishing golfer. The entry fee is not fixed; rather, you pay in dollars, the
difference between your score and the winner's score. If you lose by a stroke, you
only owe $1; if you lose by 50 strokes, you owe $50.
The Early Years
Revolving Hurley's
Levaraging the same Excel files, various Hurleys ran the pool; generally
whoever happended to have more free time was drafted to organize, run, and
score the pool.
Transition
CPH
Christopher Hurley took over the pools around 2009 and reorganized the Excel files
to simplify the scoring process.
New Scoreboards
CPH
Through the early 2010s, Hurley continued to refine the Excel sheets for ease of input, tracking of payment
but focused on implementing higher quality scoresheets so that participants
would be able to see their current score and rank but also each participants
roster of golfers so they would know who to root for / against.
Today
CPH
Starting with the the 2017 Masters, this website was up and running. The
website allows people to create an account, select their golfers, check
scoring during the tournament, and see the historical results.
