THE HATTEN OPEN POOL 2026

Scores are each player’s 72-hole total relative to par. Add your four picks’ scores together — lowest total wins!

• 💰Entry fee is €20 per person, paid to the organiser before submitting your picks. No cash, no picks. We’ve all got that one friend who “forgot their wallet” — don’t be that person.
• 🏌️Pick exactly 4 golfers — one from each tier. No, you can’t put Scottie Scheffler in all four slots. We checked.
• 🔒Picks lock at first tee-off on Thursday 16 July. You can edit your picks any time before then — so no excuses about “not knowing the field” when you picked a 50-year-old past champion in Tier 4.
• 📊Scoring is each player’s official 72-hole total relative to par. Lowest combined score wins. Yes, negative numbers are good — unlike most things in life.
• ✊If a player misses the cut or withdraws, rounds 3 & 4 each count as 80 strokes (+20 to your total). Think of it as a penalty for bad taste in golfers. There is no escape — not even for a past champion.
• 🏆Lowest combined total score wins. The participant with the best picks — and maybe a small miracle — walks away with the big prize.
• 🤝Tiebreaker: if two or more participants finish level, the relevant prize is split equally. Sharing is caring. Especially when it’s €200.
• 🍀Open Champion Bonus: if any of your picks wins the actual tournament, you scoop an extra 25% of the pot. The Claret Jug is nice, but so is cold hard cash.
• 💡If nobody picks the champion, the bonus rolls into the overall winner’s prize. So even if the winner is a complete wildcard, someone benefits — just probably not the person who picked the rank outsider in Tier 4.
• ⚖️The organiser’s decision is final in any dispute. Don’t @ us.