Introduction
In recent years the popularity of television sports programming and internet sports coverage have grown exponentially. This coverage has increased the reach and popularity of almost every major sport, including golf, and given rise to fantasy games of all shapes and sizes. In the case of golf, these games range
from simple weekly sweepstakes to season long leagues, some with prizes, some just for fun.
If you are like us, you and your friends have gotten together and formed your own league to keep the both the season and the off-season interesting. As much as we all enjoy the competition, not only on tour, but within our own leagues, each year one poor individual draws the unenviable task of keeping track of and
communicating the results. It is for that reason that we launched ForeLeagues.com - we hope it helps you to get the most from your league!!!
Getting Started
There are a number of things that you should do to get started with your fantasy golf league on ForeLeagues.com:
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Finalize the number of participants in your league. While we can add participants after your league is set up, it must be done through our Customer Service Department. This is done to prevent
late entrants who might have an advantage over other league participants.
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Collect the ForeLeagues.com Membership Fees from each of the participants and sign-up for your season. When you complete your order you will get an Order Number. This will also be your League ID to
login to the ForeLeagues.com League Administration screen.
Once you have your signed up your league, there are a few more steps to get started...
 Configure Your League Options
Once you have paid your league fees for the year (by purchasing ForeLeagues.com Memberships), you will need to set up the options for your league. To do this, login to the ForeLeagues.com League Setup page as the
League Administrator using your Order/League Number and Password. This screen will allow you set up the options that govern your fantasy league for the season, including:
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League Name - The name you have given your league.
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The number of PGA Tour Professionals that will be allowed on each team within your league. The default setting is (12).
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Salary Cap - the default Salary Cap for the 2008 PGA Tour season is $18,000,000.
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Salary Averaging Rule - each PGA players previous earnings determine their "cost" for the current season. This cost can be an average of the past 1, 2 or 3 years official PGA Tour earnings.
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Usernames - The email addresses for each "member" of your league will become each member's Username in the ForeLeagues.com system. Once this information is entered, our system will automatically send the
login information to each of the members of your league. Please note the League Administrator is also a player and must set up their own individual team.
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Maximum Number of Trades - how many trades you are going to allow each of your league's participants to make during the season. When a trade is made, the participant keeps the earnings for the player they trade away through the trade date, but not after. For the player
they pick up they only receive credit for that player's earnings from the trade date forward. The default setting is up to 1 trade per year, per league member, however each league has the option of up to 10 trades per year, per league member. There is no cost for trades at any time.
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Last Trade Date - Trades may be made at any time in the season up to the Last Trade Date. The default Last Trade Date is May 31st, however this may be set at any time through the last week of the season.
Once your league options are setup...
 League Participants Set Up Their Password and Team
Once your league is set up, each league members will be automatically sent an email with the link to our New Teams page along with the information necessary to set up their teams. This information includes:
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The league Order Number you were provided when you signed up
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The League Password that you chose.
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The Email Address that you used to set the up in our system.
Once each league member signs in using this information, they will then be prompted to select a different password for their own team, along with a team name.
Note: that if a given league member is to have more than one team in your league they can use the same email address but must have a different password. This is how the system differentiates members/teams at login.
Once their "member account" has been setup, league members will be able to select the picks for their fantasy team based upon the options/limits that you configured when you set up your league. League members will be prevented from finalizing their team if they exceed your salary
cap or number of PGA players.
Once your league members have set up their teams...
 Manage & Track Your Teams
Each week members simply login using the Member Login located at the top right of the ForeLeagues.com site. They will then be able to run a number of reports to see how their team has performed in any given tournament and YTD. They will also
be able to see how their team has performed relative to other teams in the league.
Depending upon the options chosen when the league was set up, you will also be able to make trades through the annual trade deadline.
 Enjoy the Season
Once your league is set up, we do the rest. Each week every participant in your league simply logs in to ForeLeagues.com to get the results of the week's tournament, how they did, how their fantasy team ranked in your league and more.
Questions & Comments
If you have questions or suggestions, please call Jim Boudreau at (508) 366-1783 x4.
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