Fantasy Golf Rules and Regulations

1.
 Anywhere from 2-100 players can make up the RGA Tour.
 
2.
 Each Person will put up 100 Credits at the beginning of the season.
 
3.
 Credits will be tracked during the season and final tallies will be posted at the end of the season after the final tournament is played. All Credits will be settled at that point.
 
4.
 There will be no draft held for golfers, all golfers are open to any of the players.
 
5.
 The year will be divided into 3 sections as described in Table 1 below and the Pay-outs for each section as well as the overall season winner is also shown.
  Note: Pay-outs are listed for a 5 person league. The pay-outs would have to be adjusted for a different number.
 
 
Table 1
Section
Dates
Pay-out
1
January 1st - April 24th
90 Credits
2
April 25th - July 24th
90 Credits
3
July 25th - November 6th
90 Credits
Overall
Full Season
230 Credits
 
6.
 The tournaments will be divided into 3 tiers. The Majors will be Tier 1, The World Golf Championships and selected other notable tournaments will be Tier 2, and the other tournaments will be Tier 3. A complete calendar listing the tournaments we will be using and the tier that each belongs to can be found within the site under the 'Tournaments' tab.
 
7.
 Players can choose any golfer for any tournament but they cannot repeat a golfer within a Tier. However, you CAN choose the same golfer in different tiers. (Note: If you want to repeat a golfer in the same tier but in a different section, there are waiver rules to cover that in Rule 11 and 12 below.
 
8.
 Points will be awarded based on how much money a selected player earns for a given tournament. That number will then be multiplied by a weighting factor that will be based on when the tournament is played and what Tier the tournament is in as is shown in Table 2 below.
 
 
Table 2
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Section 1
0.8
0.6
0.4
Section 2
0.9
0.7
0.5
Section 3
1.0
0.8
0.6
 
9.

There will be no trades allowed at any point in the season.

 
10.

The European Tournaments will be calibrated so they will be equivalent dollars to a $5 Million total purse tournament in the US.

 
11.
 Players will have an opportunity to pick-up golfers they have already played but it will cost them a waiver fee with the fee amount shown below in Table 3. Also, a player can only be used once in a particular section for a particular tier. (Note: You cannot have any waiver pick-ups in Section 1 because you cannot repeat golfers in a section. The first opportunity to repeat a player would be in Section 2 and then you would be picking up a golfer that you already used from Section 1)
 
Table 3
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Section 1
-
-
-
Section 2
20
15
10
Section 3
35
25
15
 
12.

The waiver credits from a particular section will be split between that section pay-out and the overall winner pay-out 50-50.
 
13.

The RGA Tier 3 Auto-Bet Clause
  If all participants select different golfers for a Tier 3 Tournament, then there is an Auto-Bet that goes into effect. Payouts would be the following if there are 5 Participants:Credits will be tracked through out the season and settled at the end of the year.
 
  • 5th Place owes 1st Place 10 credits
  • 4th Place owes 2nd Place 5 credit
  • 3rd Place is even
(Note: If there are a different number of participants, then the credit amounts will be agreed upon at that time)
   
  Tie Breakers will be in the following order:
    1. Better Final Round score
    2. Better Final 9 hole score
    3. Better Final 6 hole score
    4. Better Final 3 hole score
    5. Better Final hole score