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Do you have any tips or strategy advice you can offer a first time participant?
Absolutely! Be sure you check out our
Strategy & Tips page.
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What's the difference between a season and a segment?
A season is composed of all 33 weeks. A segment consists of
11
consecutive weeks within the season. Each season has
3 segments.
Think of each segment as a mini-season in which prizes are also awarded to top performers. Segments add to
the overall strategy and provide additional opportunities to win prizes throughout the season; especially for
those who fall out of season prize contention. See the league
Schedule
for a breakdown of tournaments by segment. See the
Prizes page for a breakdown of prizes.
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Can I have more than one team in a league?
Yes, as long as you pay the $275 league entry fee for each
team. For convenience, you can manage all your teams under a single account (e-mail address). To set your
lineup for a particular team, simply select that team in the drop-down box on the Lineup page.
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Can I have your league emails go to a second email address?
Yes! You can 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. This makes it possible to share a team in one league,
but not another.
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When are the weekly results posted?
The results are posted shortly after the golfer earnings are made available for each tournament. This is
usually late Sunday evening. Participants can elect to be notified by e-mail once their league results have
been posted. Projected earnings for each team is also posted shortly after rounds 1-3 are completed.
Participants can also be notified via email when those results too.
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What happens if I can't login or access the site due a problem at my end?
If you are unable to submit your lineup via the site for whatever reason (can't access site, forgot password,
etc.), you may submit your lineup via e-mail. However, any lineup submitted via e-mail must have a timestamp
prior to the lineup deadline or it will not be accepted. Any lineups received via e-mail will be entered in
the system by the commissioner as soon possible.
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How do I know the system has received my lineup?
There are three ways you can confirm the system received your lineup:
1. Check the Results page which you should be forwarded to upon submitting your lineup, or
2. Check for a confirmation e-mail, or
3. Return to the Lineup page.
On the Results page, you can always see your lineup but no one else's until the lineup deadline passes. You
can determine if someone else has submitted their starting lineup because you'll see
-- XXXXXXXXX -- for each starting golfer. However, you don't get this indication for Sat / Sun
subs as it is considered strategically revealing.
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Can I change my golfer selections after I submit them?
Yes, you can change your pick(s) as many times as you'd like as long as it's before the lineup deadline.
Each time you submit a lineup, you'll get an e-mail confirming your selection(s).
Once the lineup deadline passes, then you'll only be able change your lineup
for the next upcoming deadline (e.g. Saturday sub).
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Can I change my Saturday / Sunday sub after I submit it?
Yes, just like your starting lineup, you can change your sub choice as many times as you'd like as long as
it's before the lineup deadline. If you want to undo your sub choice and keep your original lineup, just
change both sub drop-downs to "--- Choose ---" and submit your lineup again.
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Is there anything I can do to see the lineup deadline times in my own time zone?
Yes, you can configure your preferred time zone by clicking on the "My Profile" link at the bottom of each
page (after you login). Selecting your time zone will cause the lineup deadline times to be displayed in your
local time on the Lineup page as well as in the weekly lineup e-mail reminders.
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Why are the Saturday / Sunday lineup deadlines after some golfers have teed off?
The Sat/Sun deadlines are always at 9 AM Central time except for a tournaments such as
the British Open which is on a totally different schedule since it takes place in the United Kingdom.
We do this for consistency and convenience. We don't want the Sat/Sun times to be a moving target.
Plus, it's nice to have Saturday morning to get your sub in if you forget or don't have time on Friday
night. The golfers who are already on the course by 9 AM are at the bottom of the leaderboard and their
winnings are almost always insignificant. The leaders don't usually tee off until much later than 9 AM
so the additional time provides no real advantage.
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I'm not receiving lineup confirmation e-mails or any other league e-mails.
Make sure you haven’t disabled Email Reminders in your My Profile settings at the bottom of any page.
Next, check your spam folder to confirm our emails aren’t being filtered out. Also think back to whether you may
have clicked Unsubscribe on a previous message. If so, you’ll need to contact the PTFG Admin through the
Contact Us
page to have your address removed from our email provider’s blacklist. As a general tip, using a personal
email as your primary address works best — some work or corporate servers may block our mailings.
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I'm not going to have access to the Internet this weekend. How can I pick my Saturday sub?
You should consider submitting an auto-sub policy. This feature is available from the Lineups page
(Saturday Sub) and allows you substitute your worst golfer with a golfer atop the leader board based on
several rule choices made by you. In general, auto-subbing is not recommended, but is better than not subbing
at all.
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How come the lineup drop-downs include all golfers instead of just those playing in the upcoming tournament?
We don't have the ability to get real-time updates on who is and who isn't playing a tournament. Plus,
golfers withdraw and get added to tournaments at the very last minute. Therefore, we've put this onus on each
participant and suggest they always check various Internet sources to determine who's playing each week
(e.g. tournament website, golfer news, Vegas odds, etc.) We've actually made this very easy by providing you
with links to many of the best sites on our Resources page.
There is also a "Check Field" button on the Lineup page which will take you straight to the player field listing
for the upcoming tournament. For some reason, if you don't see a golfer's name in the lineup drop-down, just
click on the contact us link on the lineup page and we'll get him added as soon as possible. If
it's close to the lineup deadline time, just pick any golfer as a proxy and send us a follow-up an email
indicating the new golfer you wanted to use. We must receive your e-mail prior to the lineup deadline time.
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How come the alternate golfer pick is not applied to golfers who withdraw after completing the first round?
The alternate pick feature exists primarily for three reasons:
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To help users who accidentally select a golfer who isn’t playing in the tournament. This forgiveness
is
necessary because the drop-downs on the Lineup page list all golfers in the system, regardless of whether
they
are actually in that week’s field (see the prior FAQ for why the site is structured this way).
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To cover rare last-minute withdrawals before the tournament begins. Occasionally a golfer withdraws
right before the start due to illness or injury (for example, when Dustin Johnson slipped on the stairs the
morning of the 2017 Masters).
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To account for situations involving appearance fees. Some high-profile golfers receive appearance
fees for certain events. In some cases they may be dealing with an injury but still tee it up, play a few
holes on Thursday, and then withdraw. They still collect their appearance fee, while fantasy teams that
selected them are left with a non-starter.
In addition, reviewing every team’s lineup across all leagues to identify golfers who did not start, withdrew,
or were disqualified—and then updating those lineups with alternate picks—is a complex and time-consuming
process. Fortunately, the system handles most of that work automatically. However, another complication is
that some golfers wait until Friday morning to withdraw. Because of this, a clear cutoff is necessary.
Our cutoff is whether the golfer completes round 1. This rule is straightforward and allows all
impacted lineups to be updated quickly and consistently.
Another reason alternates are not applied after round 1 is that golfers who withdraw in round 2
or later are typically playing poorly and are already near the bottom of the leaderboard. Granting an
alternate pick at that point would provide an unfair advantage compared to other teams in the league.
We realize this is a lengthy explanation, but the question has come up many times in the past, so we wanted to
provide the full reasoning. While our fantasy golf platform is not perfect, many other sites don’t even offer
the option to select an alternate golfer, so we hope this feature strikes a reasonable balance.
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How do I change my password?
Simply click on the My Profile link at the bottom of each page after logging in. You can also click
on your username in the upper right-hand corner to access your profile settings. From there, click on the
Change Password link below the Schedule tab.
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Where can I find the answers to other questions?
Be sure to check our
Rules and
Terms & Conditions pages.
That's where the answers to many more questions can be found. If you don't see your answer there,
you can contact s via the website and we'll be sure to get
back to you.