I wanted to take a moment to get the word out to all my faithful readers on a new NFL Pick'em style game called PigSkinGolf. Its a cutting-edge take on the classic weekly pick'em and is loaded with opportunities to win cash prizes.
The story of PigSkinGolf began with a man named Brian Berry, who seven years ago became jaded with the same old office pick'em pool which he participated in year after year with co-workers. Being an avid golf fan, Berry came up with an idea, a method of transferring success in an NFL pick'em into a score similar to playing a traditional 72 hole game of golf. After letting a few friends in on his idea, Berry's game became popular in his circle. Word of the game continued to spread until three years ago, when Berry decided to push it into the mainstream. He set up a website and started promoting his game across the country. Today, the game holds participants from 46 states across the US, included Alaska and Hawaii and continues to grow in number each season.
As the name implies, PigSkinGolf takes on a golf-based scoring system contingent upon the correct number of NFL games picked each week, where players will pick winners for the full slate of games. What separates this from other pick'ems is that depending on the number of games available in a given week, a certain number of correct games are established to reach "par" for that week. For example, a full 16-game week establishes par at twelve correct picks, anything better would improve your score (birdie, eagle, etc) while anything worse would hinder it (bogie, double bogie, etc). During Bye weeks, par is set lower since there are fewer games to pick. At the end of every week the players' score is tallied like a golf score based on the set par for that week. Your score carries to the following week. The 18 "holes" are comprised of the 17 weeks of the regular season, with the 18th hole representing the entire post-season. It's new, its exciting and it involves the NFL people, and did I mention, there is Cash Money involved here?
Players can either sign up for the Blue Tees ($50.00 registration, higher prize money) or White Tees ($25.00 registration) prior to the start of the regular season and have several opportunities to win prizes throughout the course of the season. Prizes are awarded three different times throughout the season:, after week six, after week 12 and after the playoffs with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place payouts for both the Blue and White Tees players. In addition, players who place 1st-3rd overall at the end of the season win cash prizes with 1st place taking the Grand Prize. Finally, a $100 "bonus" is awarded to the player who earns the most "birdies" during the season.
PigSkinGolf also offers a traditional survivor game that can be played for an additional $25.00 sign up fee(with price reductions for additional entries). The premise is pretty simple: Players have to pick one game each week, while trying to survive the entire season. Once you lose you're out, and here's the kicker-you can only use each team once. Strategy really comes into play with this game (nobody wants to be stuck with only bad teams remaining by the middle of the season) so a lot of picks really must be made based on the weekly match-ups. The Grand Prize for this game is $5,000 with the winners splitting the pot in equal parts however, taking a page straight from "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," there are buyout options throughout the season as well. If you make it to week 10, you can opt to take $500 and exit the game, if you make it to week 13 you get the same offer but with a $1,000 prize. To the player or players who successfully pick all the way through the regular season, the Grand Prize is awarded.
Guys, I typically dont to promo's for my blog, but this is an up coming game that I feel has a shot to really take off over the next couple of years. Get in on the ground floor and play a round this season, while there's still time.
For more information, or to sign up and play, visit www.pigskingolf.com before 9-5-12
