Tour Bets entry point on the Home screen

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Open Tour Bets

From the Home screen or the Menu drawer, tap Tour Bets. Any active Tour Bet pools you're part of show up right on Home so you can jump straight back in.

New in v1.4.0: Tour Bets lets you bet on live PGA Tour events with the same crew you play regular rounds with.

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Pick a PGA Event

Tap + New Bet and pick a PGA Tour event from the list. The schedule is pulled live from ESPN, so upcoming events, majors, and in-progress tournaments are all there.

Tip: Events in progress show the current leaderboard right below the name so you know what you're walking into.

Round picker — R1, R2, R3, R4, or full event

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Choose a Round

Pick which round the pool covers — R1, R2, R3, R4, or the full event across all four rounds.

Single-round pools resolve fast. Full-event pools run all weekend.

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Pick Your Game Type

Apply any game type the app supports to the pool — Stroke, Skins, Nassau, Match, Sixes, and more — with your usual wager amount.

Same math: the app runs the exact same calculators it uses for your regular rounds, just against live PGA scores.

Step 5 of 8

Invite Friends

Invite your crew using their 6-character friend code or a share link. Same friend system used for rounds, tournaments, and Birdie Pools.

Anyone you've already added as a friend can be tapped in without typing a code.

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Draft Your Pro

Each friend claims a pro player from the event field — draft-style. Once a pro is taken, no one else in the pool can pick them.

Snake draft vibes: if everyone's eyeing the same guy, first to tap wins. Have your backup picked.

Live PGA leaderboard refreshing every 60 seconds

Step 7 of 8

Watch Live Scores

Scores refresh automatically every 60 seconds during the round, pulling live leaderboard data from ESPN. The Bets view updates after every refresh — no tapping needed.

See exactly where your pro stands, who's winning the pool, and what's at stake coming down the stretch.

Settle Up sheet with Venmo buttons after the round finishes

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Settle Up on Venmo

When the round finishes, the app locks in the final scores and opens the same Settle Up sheet you know from regular rounds. Tap Pay or Request to open Venmo with the amount and note pre-filled.

Same flow, different sport: no new payment setup — Tour Bets settle exactly like any round you play.

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Bet on the PGA Tour with Friends

Tour Bets turns any PGA Tour event into a private pool with your usual golf crew. Pick the tournament, pick a round, each friend drafts a pro, and the app tracks live ESPN scores so everyone knows where things stand in real time. It's the same betting engine that runs your Saturday money game — just applied to the best players on the planet.

You can run Tour Bets as a single-round pool (R1, R2, R3, or R4) for a quick Thursday-night watch party, or as a full-event pool across all four rounds for majors like the Masters or the US Open. Any game type the app supports — Skins, Nassau, Stroke, Match — works against the live leaderboard. Scores refresh every 60 seconds, so the Bets view updates hole by hole as pros move up and down.

Inviting friends uses the same friend-code system as tournaments and regular rounds. When the round wraps, the Settle Up sheet shows exactly who owes what with one-tap Venmo payments — no spreadsheets, no separate payment app, no manual math.

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