What's New at Pro Tour Fantasy Golf
November 25, 2023
- New tournament type of Signature Event added to the Schedule page. Signature Events are new to the PGA Tour for 2024 and consist of a limited field featuring top players with no cut and increased prize money.
September 17, 2023
- League commissioners can now send an email to league prize winners only. If the season is still in-progress, then only those who have won a prize for a completed contest will be included in the email (e.g. session or weekly prize winners)
February 1, 2023
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Added a new optional Commissioner's Cup contest feature where the league commissioner can choose a set of
tournaments for a separate side competition. This is similar to the optional majors contest, except the
tournaments do not have to the majors. For example, you could choose all signature events for a season. Or you
could combine some or all of the signature events with the FedEx Cup playoff tournaments. Either way, the
tournaments are totally up to your league commissioner. Hence, the reason reason it's called the
Commissioner's Cup.
Up to 5 prizes can awarded for the Commissioner's Cup. Just like other contests, virtual trophies are awarded for teams coming in first and last place in the Commissioner's Cup:
- First place
- Last place
December 1, 2022
- The majors contest now supports awarding prizes to the top 5 teams instead of just the top 3 teams.
March 26, 2022
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The Country Flag setting was renamed to User Flag. The flag choices have been extended from
just countries, to now include U.S. States as well as various cities through out the world. There are
over 50 different cities to choose from. So now participants can fly their flag!
- Country (e.g. United States)
- State (e.g. Arizona)
- City (e.g. Atlanta)
February 06, 2022
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Added Dead Freaking Last (DFL) trophies for teams that finish in solo last place for:
- Overall season
- Each segment, if configured
- Majors Contest, if configured
January 31, 2022
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Add a new optional Weekly Top 10 Finishes season long contest is now available. A first place prize can be
awarded to the team with the most weekly top 10 finishes for the entire season. If this prize is enabled, there is
Weekly Top 10 link on the Standings page to track what place each team is in. If there is a tie,
the tie-breaker is overall season earnings. The winning team will get a
next to their team name on the Standings and Hall of Fame pages.
July 12, 2021
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Added new columns to the Weekly Results page showing the
current place of each team for the following side contests when enabled for your league:
- Start of Season Streak Place (SOSP)
- Anytime Streak Place (ASP)
- No Winner Picked Place (NWPP)
- Cuts Made Place (CMP)
Don't forget you can click on the column heading for easy sorting!
September 30, 2020
- Added a new league format called Two & Thru. Same rules as the One & Done format where you start one golfer each week. However, with this format, you're not done using that golfer as you can start him a second time. Let's be honest, it's fun to pick your favorite golfers more than once per year. So this format still offers the simplicity of One & Done while giving you that option. In fact, this format is configurable from 2-10 usages per year. So you could play Ten & Done if you really wanted to, but most leagues playing this format choose 2-4 golfer usages.
March 5, 2020
- Updated Weekly Results tab to forward to Projected Results page when a tournament is in-progress and and projected results have been calculated for the latest round.
January, 10 2020
- Updated the projected results functionality to only calculate projected results for the top 65 players instead of the top 70. For the 2019-2020 season, the PGA Tour replaced the previous system of top 70 plus ties with top 65 plus ties. The Tour is also did away with the MDF status (Made Cut, Did Not Finish). A secondary cut implemented after Round 3 when 78 or more players made the cut. An example of the new distribution formula can be found here.
Nov 1, 2019
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Add two new options for NO SHOW golfers where a team's alternate pick can substituted:
- Withdrawn (WD)
- Disqualified (DQ)
Oct 1, 2019
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Added option to end season with TOUR Championship. However, results won't be the actual results, but will
instead be calculated using the Standard PGA Tour Payout Structure (1st=18%, 2nd=10.8%, 3rd=6.8%) and the
same tournament purse used with the prior two FedEx Cup tournaments. We are delighted to have this new option
available which certainly adds a bit of twist for wrapping up the season. Things to consider before enabling for
your league:
- There is a staggered start to the TOUR Championship utilizing a concept called Starting Strokes where the FedExCup leaders will begin the event with a head-start on the competition. The player who finishes the four rounds at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club with the lowest score in relation to par will win the tournament. The staggered start is explained here.
- There are only 30 golfers in the field, so leagues, depending on format and number of tournaments, may have limited golfers to choose from. With it being the 34th tournament of the year, there should not be too many concerns about having a golfer(s) to choose from, they just may not be the top golfers starting at -10, -8, -7, -6, or -5 under par.
Jan 27, 2019
- Added must pick tournament winner option for Skins contest. In addition to solo high score, you must also have the tournament winning golfer in your lineup. This is strictly optional and will reduce the overall number skins awarded for the season compared to if picking the winner is not required.
Jan 10, 2019
- The Remember Me checkbox is now checked by default. You can uncheck it if you don't want to your device to be remembered. That means you'll need login each time you visit your league website with a new browser session.
December 2, 2018
- New Earnings By Round chart added to the Weekly Results page. This new line chart allows you to graphically compare your earnings by round against other teams. Earnings for rounds 1-3 are based on projected earnings while earnings for round 4 are the final (actual) earnings. This chart is available after the second round is completed since at least 2 rounds of data is required.
November 11, 2018
- Projected weekly results now available after each round based on your selected golfers. This is a best guess estimate based on the PGA Tour purse payout percentages and distribution formula. You will see a new Projected drop-down on the Weekly Results page that can be used to access this new feature. If you would like to get an email notification when the projected result have been updated (after rounds 1-3), you can enable it via the My Profile Link at the bottom of the screen (Projected Results Email). It is disabled by default so the system is not spamming anyone who is not interested in these updates. Please note that there are a few situations where the PGA Tour doesn't follow its standard purse payout formula and the website does not account for this. Projected results are not available for the Match Play and Two Man Team (Zurich) tournaments due to their unique format. Tip: you can mouse over the golfer's name to see what place they were in at the end of the round.
April 22, 2018
- Added link to League Settings page accessible from Home page. You must be logged in to access.
January 20, 2018
- Added ability for league commissioners to email all users who have not paid their league entry fee.
January 18, 2018
- For the Pick 3 Classic and Let It Ride formats, there is now the option to increase the number of times a golfer can be picked from four times per season to up 10 times per season. For the Pick 3 Classic format, with the mulligan feature, makes the maximum usages 11. Existing leagues can leave this setting as is or increase it based on what their league members prefer. This change does not apply to leagues playing the One & Done format.
December 15, 2017
- All 2018 leagues have been updated to use secure pages (SSL) meaning all pages start with https:// rather than http:// and offer greater security to site users. For example, you'll no longer see a security warning from your browser when logging in. This upgrade was done as part of the growing Google Secure Web initiative and benefit from the small boost in Google rankings as a result of going secure. Please edit any bookmarks you may have to point to the new URL (just add an "s" after http). Note that you will be automatically redirected to the secure URL if you continue to use the non-secure version.
September 1, 2017
- Added new feature to help league commissioners get the upcoming season up and running as quick as possible with minimal effort). League commissioners can now pre-load all teams from the prior season. On the Commish tab, when the Pre-Load Teams button is clicked, each user from the prior year will get a new team created (with the same name as before). This option is only available while there are no teams setup for the upcoming season, so it must done as a first step. Once the first team is created, the Pre-Load Teams button will be disabled. Teams created via the process can be easily deleted the league commissioner for any users choosing to opt out of the new season.
June 1, 2017
- The tables on the Season Summary and Career Winnings pages were updated with new columns for Entry Fees and Net earnings.
May 1, 2017
- A new Past Results button to the PGA Tour website with prior year results for the corresponding tournament. This button is available on both the Lineup and Results pages. It can be useful before the tournament starts to see who did well the prior year. It can be useful after the tournament is over to verify the golfer earnings.
May 1, 2017
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A new Hot Team icon
now appears next to team name in standings for teams with
strong finishes over the past two consecutive weeks.
April 30, 2017
- Added new Prizes Trend Chart to the Prizes page. This chart displays the changes in the number of teams and prizes from the outset of the league. The chart data will only be available starting in year two of a league since two or more seasons are required for comparison purposes.
March 15, 2017
- Weekly prizes can now be awarded for just the majors tournaments. This is a nice option for leagues that don't want to award a prize to the top team each week, but still want to spice it up for the majors. Alternatively, another great weekly prize option is the weekly skins contests. Weekly prizes are not recommended for the One & Done contests due to the large number of ties that occur when picking only one golfer each week.
Feb 14, 2017
- Private league commissioners can include their Venmo Id in addition to their PayPal Id in the Entry Fee Instructions section.
- Added new name referrer field to the sign-up page for those leagues who want to track referrals. Some leagues provide a credit (e.g. $25) for each new league member recruited. It's a great way to grow the league, if desired. This feature is turned off by default.
Nov 26, 2016
- For private leagues, in their second year or later, there is option to pre-load your new season with last year's teams. Just reach out to the PTFG Administrator to have them run a script to automatically do this. Any users marked unsubscribe will get a new team. Otherwise, league commissioners can delete any teams not be playing in the new season. Commissioners can also change the name of any new teams, if desired.
Nov 18, 2016
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Optional Skins Pool contest now available for all league formats. Here's how it works:
Your league designates an overall skin pool prize amount for the season. Any team that wins high score for a week, wins one skin. They do not have to pick the winning golfer. They simply need to have solo high score for the week (i.e. no ties). At the end of the season, the Skins Pool prize amount is divided by the number of skins won. The fewer number of Skins winners, the more each skin is worth. This is reflected on the Prizes page throughout the season. Each team winning a skin will have a
next to their team name on the Standings page. The great thing about this optional prize is that it gives
everyone something to play for each week -- regardless of what place they're in -- up through the very last
week of the season.
Nov 15, 2016
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For One & Done leagues, the In The Money (ITM) side contests can be individually enabled or
disabled for a season. Specifically:
- Cuts Made
- Start of Season Streak
- Anytime Streak
- No Winner Picked
Aug 28, 2016
- Update Lineup page to be more user friendly for those using mobile devices.
Feb 1, 2016
- For private leagues which choose to include the 4 majors as a separate prize, there is now an option to include the THE PLAYERS Championship as a 5th major. Only the 4 majors will be used by default. If this is something you want enabled for your league, just reach out and let us know.
Feb 15, 2015
- Added a new weekly prizes format (optional). Now you can award a weekly cash prize to each team that finishes in first place. If multiple teams tie for with high score, the first place prize is evenly distributed among the tying teams. For example, if the weekly prize is $100 and 4 teams tie with high score, each owner will get $25.The existing weekly prize option allows you to award prizes for 1st, 2nd, and up through 3rd place. But any ties must be resolved by your private league commissioner based on whatever rules your league has come up with. For example, awarding the weekly prizes to the tying teams based on which team has the highest score in the following week's tournament. This existing format also allows your prizes to be non-cash prizes whereas the new format requires the prize to always be a cash prize since you can't split a golf shirt prize among 4 people! There are obviously a lot more weekly ties under the One & Done format versus the twoPick 3 formats. So your league format and the number of participants in your should be taken into account when deciding on whether to award a weekly prize. As league commissioner, weekly prizes mean more prizes that you have to payout. The good news is that the PTFG website tracks all of this for you, so you just have to write the checks and distribute them!
Feb 15, 2015
- Added new Season Winnings Summary page accessible from the Prizes tab. This new page is a great way to see a cumulative list all prizes won by each owner for a specified season.
Feb 1, 2015
- For One & Done leagues, added Swap Golfers arrows button to the Lineup page. This allows you to easily swap your starting golfer with your alternate pick when you change your mind between the two. Afterwards, don't forget to click on the "Submit Lineup" button at the bottom of the page.
April 1, 2014
- New For Private Leagues: The Prizes tab now contains a form to claim your prize with your private league commissioner. A Claim Your Prize link will appear in the submenu section (if logged in) once your season completes. The prizes you won throughout the season will appear on this form which can be submitted to your private league commissioner Dale Potyczka. A confirmation email with your supplied mailing address and other information will be sent to both of you. It is not required that you use this functionality. It is up to each league as it's strictly for convenience.
March 15, 2014
- Users can now enter a secondary email address for all communications from the website including weekly lineup reminders, weekly results, missing lineup reminders, and other emails sent by the league commissioner. This setting is called the "CC Email" and is great option for participants who share a team or simply want all website emails sent to a second email address (e.g. work and home). It is important to note that only the primary email address can be used as the login Id and users CANNOT login within the secondary "CC Email" address. You can add a "CC Email" address to your profile by clicking on the My Profile link at the bottom of each page. If you are playing in multiple PTFG leagues, your "CC Email" can be different for each league. As a result, it must set it in each league.
Dec 1, 2013
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You can now select an alternate golfer when submitting your lineup.
If your starting golfer is a NO SHOW (i.e. does not hit one shot as per the contest
rules), then your selected alternate golfer will be used in place of
your starting pick.
Alternate picks will be automatically processed by the system between the 1st and 2nd rounds.
Therefore, you do not need to contact the PTFG Commissioner to update your lineup.
You will receive an automated email from the system if your lineup gets updated with your alternate pick.
In the unlikely event that your alternate pick is also a NO SHOW, your alternate pick will not
be used. Instead, your starting lineup will simply be updated with NO SHOW like prior years.
The list of each team's alternate pick and whether it was used can be viewed on the Alternate Picks
page
available via the submenu link on the Weekly Results page.
NOTE: Submitting an alternate is always recommended even though it is optional. If you do not make an alternate pick and then find out after the tournament has started that one of your picks is a NO SHOW, it's too late -- and too bad for you.
August 10, 2013
- Created new Prize History page which shows your prize history for all teams played in this league. This page is accessible via the My Prize History link on the Prizes tab once you're logged in. You can see the prize history for individual teams by click on the Teams Played column on the Career Winnings page.
June 12, 2013
June 12, 2013
- The Weekly Lineup page now shows your team's position for all standings. Before, only the season and segment standing positions were displayed. If your team is in the Top 10, then it has a color highlighting.
April 4, 2013
- The trophies on the Standings page are now for the specified season ONLY and not for all seasons (i.e. career). To see an owner's career trophies, go to the Hall Of Fame page and view the Trophy Case column.
March 31, 2013
- Add new Total Golfer Usages page ranking the most popular golfer picks across all teams for the current season. This new page is available from the submenu links on the Golfers Used page.
Feb 28, 2013
- Added new missing lineup email reminder that is automatically sent out the morning of the tournament if you forgot to set your lineup. This feature is enabled by default but can be turned off via the My Profile settings at the bottom each page.
Dec 19, 2012
- Added new percent column for each prize on Prizes page. This is the percent of the total prize pool for each cash prize.
Nov 22, 2012
- Added new Career Winnings page accessible from the Prizes tab. This page ranks the top prize money winners in this league based on all years played.
Oct 10, 2012
- Updated charts to use Google's Visualization chart technology. As a result, you will notice a slight changes to the Golfers Picked & Dropped charts as well as the Weekly Earnings chart. Be sure to check out the "Cumulative" checkbox on the Weekly Earnings chart used to display cumulative weekly earnings.
Aug 31, 2012
- Added new "All Tournaments" screen, which allows you to enter your golfer picks for all tournaments on a single page. This screen is available on the Weekly Lineup page. Just click on the "All Tournaments" submenu link.
April 15, 2012
- Added new Golfer Earnings page which shows the final tournament earnings and place for each golfer selected by one or more teams. This new page is accessible from the Weekly Results tab.
March 21, 2012
- Now offering a 3rd fantasy format known as Let It Ride. Under this format, you simply pick 3 starting golfers each week and "let them ride". There is no weekend sub. The other two existing game formats are "Pick 3 Classic (with Weekend Sub) and "One & Done".
February 16, 2012
- Added "In-Progress" indicator to the Prizes page to indicate when a season or segment is still in-progress.
January 4, 2012
- A "No Cut" indicator has been added to the Schedule and Weekly Lineup pages for the select few tournaments which don't have a cut after the 2nd round. In other words, all golfers in the field should win some money.
August 18, 2011
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Add new In The Money (ITM) Standings to the
page
accessible from the main Standings page. There are now standings to make to make easier to see where you stand
for the 4 different ITM competitions:
- Cuts Made
- Start of Season Streak
- Anytime Streak
- No Winner Picked
August 10, 2011
- Users now have the option to receive an email notification immediately after the weekly results have been posted on Sunday night. By default, you will receive this email notification unless you choose to disable it. This option is available via your Profile page, which is accessible at the bottom of each page after logging in.
May 27, 2011
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Two new user settings available via the My Profile link on the the bottom of each page:
- Users now have the option to only receive the Wednesday morning set lineup reminder email if they have not entered a lineup. If a lineup has been entered, then you will not receive an email reminder.
- Users may now elect to receive a weekly summary of clubhouse message posts via email instead of just daily. The weekly summary is sent every Monday.
May 1, 2011
- For leagues which include the 4 Majors tournaments, a new Majors Contest standings link was added to the Standings page which displays the standings for just those 4 tournaments.
March 5, 2011
January 23, 2011
- Added new League Career Stats page allowing you to see the stats for all teams played by a selected user for all seasons. Just click on the LC link in the far right-hand corner of the stats page.
January 22, 2011
- Added new Hall Of Fame (HOF) standings which ranks the top DPFG performers of all time. HOF standings are for historical and entertainment purposes only. There are no prizes awarded for HOF results.
December 27, 2010
- Trophies won by each team are now displayed on the Stats page. Trophies won by each user (for their entire career in this league) are already displayed on the Standings page next to their name.
May 27, 2010
- Added new Prize Claim page for users to claim their prizes at the end of the season.
December 20, 2009
- Added new Best Ball Contest functionality. An optional side contest where multiple teams can be paired up for highest weekly team score.
November 19, 2009
- Added Show Password checkbox to login page which allows you to see your password as you type it.
November 1, 2009
- Added option to receive an email once a day containing all Clubhouse messages posted within the last 24 hours. This option is disabled by default but can be enabled via your user profile page (use the My Profile link at the bottom of each page after logging in).