The fantasy golf sports market has grown a little more diverse today with the debut of Pro Tour Fantasy Golf (www.ProTourFantasyGolf.com) offering $3,000 for first place and $10,000 in total cash prizes for each league. Co-creator John Hohlen says "Pro Tour Fantasy Golf offers participants the chance to score by picking three different golfers each week and competing for a variety of cash prizes throughout the season." For the high roller, PTFG is offering a high-stakes league at (www.HighStakesFantasyGolf.com) with a $20,000 first place prize and $40,000 in other prizes.
What makes Pro Tour Fantasy Golf unique, says Hohlen, "is the ability to substitute golfers or take a mulligan to increase your chances of winning. But this is no game of chance; strategy is essential."
The object of the game is to pick 3 golfers for each week's professional golf tournament with the option to substitute 1 golfer with another after the 2nd round. However, you can only use a golfer twice throughout the 24-week season. Whatever earnings each golfer wins is how many points you get. Each starting golfer wins you double earnings while each sub wins you single earnings. Each team gets 6 mulligans. A mulligan can be used to start a golfer a third time or to enter sub after the third round (Sunday).
While this may seem daunting, Pro Tour Fantasy Golf breaks each season down into 4-week sessions. Each session is like a mini-season where the top 3 performers also win cash prizes. Don't worry about falling behind in the first two weeks -- you can catch up and win big in the next session. A bad round doesn't spoil the fun with Pro Tour Fantasy Golf.
John Hohlen and his friends created Pro Tour Fantasy Golf ten years ago, after years of playing fantasy football. "Back then, there weren't any fantasy golf games on the Internet, so we came up with our own rules and ended up with this game." Co-creator Steve Molitor says, "Keeping track of lineups, standings and statistics became tedious through email. Cutting edge web programming technology has streamlined the process allowing Pro Tour Fantasy Golf to reach out to golf fans around the world."
League sizes are limited to 200 participants giving everyone a realistic chance of winning a cash prize. Registration is now open. For complete details, log on to www.ProTourFantasyGolf.com and www.HighStakesFantasyGolf.com or contact John Hohlen at 314-650-8040
For over a decade the Fantasy Sports Trade Association has served as the unified voice of the fantasy sports industry. The FSTA hosts a biannual trade conference and research symposium. The next conference is scheduled for February 11-12, 2008 at the Inverness Hotel in Englewood, CO. For more information on the FSTA, log on to www.fsta.org.