subject: Need A Golf Fix During The Winter? Try Fantasy Golf [print this page] For many people in the northern U.SFor many people in the northern U.S. and Canada, golfing during the late fall and winter months is not an option. Your choices: either practice your putting at home and work on your swing at an indoor driving range (assuming there is one in your community) or indulge in fantasy golf.
In some cases, fantasy golf is not just a way to pass some idle hours during the Dark Half of the year, however you can actually win prizes. It's similar to other fantasy sports you pick out your own personal lineup from the PGA roster, and every time your players win, you do too. Sometimes the prizes consist of cash other times, it may be a free round of golf at your local country club. In any event, it's not hard to get started, and with PGA events happening somewhere in the country every month, you can usually win something very quickly.
Getting Started in Fantasy Golf
If you are playing fantasy golf through an online golfing community, you'll first have to sign up as a member. The best sites will allow you to use your membership information in order to sign up for a specific PGA fantasy golf tournament, so that part of the process should be reasonably simple.
You'll generally find some handy online tools that will allow you to look over the tournament schedule as well as research players' records (it's a bit like betting on horses in that respect). Players then form fantasy golf leagues by picking out seven players for the tournament and determine a low score as well as a low total in the event of a tie.
Once your fantasy golf league is in place, it's important to be registered in time. Usually, the deadline is the morning of the event, and some websites allow players to register up to three days ahead of time.
Advance Planning
It's possible to plan a PGA fantasy golf schedule for the entire year starting in January, picking out fantasy golf leagues for each tournament. There is at least one tournament and month, and sometimes there are two or even three which offer several chances to win. The best part is that you won't have to pay anything to enter your fantasy golf league.
Go ahead and sign up for a fantasy golf game on the fantasy golf section of your favorite golfing website!
