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| '''Fantasy golf''' is a game in which the participants each assemble a team of real life golfers and then score points based on those players' performance in golf tournaments, with games typically following the US ] and the ].<ref name="Bolton">Bolton, Rob. , , 21 November 2010. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.</ref> Many formats exist for players' selection of golfers and point scoring.<ref name="Bolton" /> A common variant sees a squad of golfers selected annually with a set budget based on prior performance, with weekly teams selected from the larger squads. Some fantasy golf formats focus solely on golf's ].<ref name="PGA">, . Retrieved on 2018-05-10.</ref> Participating in fantasy golf can add enjoyment to golf viewing, as well as providing competition against other participants. | '''Fantasy golf''' is a game in which the participants each assemble a team of real life golfers and then score points based on those players' performance in golf tournaments, with games typically following the US ] and the ].<ref name="Bolton">Bolton, Rob. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227081459/http://www.pgatour.com/2010/r/12/23/fantasy-primer-2011/index.html |date=2010-12-27 }}, , 21 November 2010. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.</ref> Many formats exist for players' selection of golfers and point scoring.<ref name="Bolton" /> A common variant sees a squad of golfers selected annually with a set budget based on prior performance, with weekly teams selected from the larger squads. Some fantasy golf formats focus solely on golf's ].<ref name="PGA">, . Retrieved on 2018-05-10.</ref> Participating in fantasy golf can add enjoyment to golf viewing, as well as providing competition against other participants. | ||
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Fantasy golf is a game in which the participants each assemble a team of real life golfers and then score points based on those players' performance in golf tournaments, with games typically following the US PGA Tour and the European Tour. Many formats exist for players' selection of golfers and point scoring. A common variant sees a squad of golfers selected annually with a set budget based on prior performance, with weekly teams selected from the larger squads. Some fantasy golf formats focus solely on golf's Major Championships. Participating in fantasy golf can add enjoyment to golf viewing, as well as providing competition against other participants.
History
Wilfred "Bill" Winkenbach devised fantasy golf in the latter part of the 1950s, in which each player selected a team of professional golfers and the person with the lowest combined total of strokes at the end of the tournament would win. Golf is a simple fantasy game to administer and keep tabs on, since participants are concerned only with the scores of their team members without anything else to complicate it.
See also
References
- ^ Bolton, Rob. "Fantasy primer: Time to prepare for all formats before '11 begins" Archived 2010-12-27 at the Wayback Machine, PGATOUR.com, 21 November 2010. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.
- The Majors Challenge, PGA.com. Retrieved on 2018-05-10.
- "'Wink': Wilfred 'Bill' Winkenbach invented Fantasy Football way back in 1962 with GOPPPL in Oakland". newsnet5.com. 2014-09-11. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
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