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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:
-
League Name
- The name you have given your league.
-
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
2012 PGA Tour
season is $25,000,000.
-
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.
-
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:
-
The league
Order Number you were provided when
you signed up
-
The League
Password that you chose.
-
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 email
info@foreleagues.com.
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