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Where to Play Fantasy Golf – Our Top 5 Sites

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Fantasy golf sites seem to be popping up quicker than you can say Lodewicus Theodorus “Louis” Oosthuizen—OK, maybe even faster than that.  So with all these new places to play, how do you choose where to invest your time (and occasionally your money) playing fantasy golf?

To find out, we tested just about every fantasy golf site we could find to narrow down a few of our top picks.  So if you find yourself asking “where should I play fantasy golf,” here’s your answer.

#1 DraftKings – 5 out of 5 Stars

When it comes to fantasy golf DraftKings is the 10,000 pound gorilla in the room.  Since gobbling up a few of its competitors—most notably DraftStreet in 2014—DraftKings has rapidly become the biggest and best place to play weekly fantasy golf.  Other weekly fantasy golf sites such VICTIV and FantasyFeud also offer weekly cash prizes but we’ve found that their PGA league options and payouts are no where near the scale of which you can find on DraftKings.  So at least until FanDuel decides to get into the fantasy golf game, DraftKings looks like it will continue to be the leader in fantasy golf.

With thousands of weekly players, DraftKings PGA leagues have a tenancy to grow huge, and that’s a good thing if you’re looking to play fantasy golf for some big time cash.  In fact, some of their leagues have even past the $1 million mark (something we covered extensively here).

The good news is that you can enter leagues for as little as $0.25 or even play for free in one of their “free roll events.”  As a bonus, DraftKings offers the ability to create private leagues with your buddies and the prizes are all handled by the DraftKings system without any direct exchange of money between friends (no more bar fights!).

Here’s a quick walk through of how a typical DraftKings league works:

Draft Golf Team on DraftKings

http://www.fantasymoneyleagues.com/golf/ – this video covers the drafting process of a team on DraftKings.com For a full review of the top golf money leagues, visit our site.

Play Here: DraftKings.com

Pros:

  • Huge prize opportunities.
  • Ability to play competitively against your friends in a private league.
  • Can play week-to-week, or sit out and not miss anything (no season-long commitments).
  • Other major fantasy sports also available.
  • Mobile apps available for easy team selection and tracking.

Cons:

  • We haven’t found one yet…

#2 Golf Channel Fantasy Golf – 4 Out of 5 Stars

Golf Channel offers private group style leagues that allows you to play against your friends in a similar fashion to Yahoo!—but with prizes!  Overall, the interface is not much different than what you’ll find on Yahoo! but it is a bit more visually appealing.

Although the quality of their games are weaker than DraftKings, it is completely free to play, easy to navigate, and you can earn some nice cash and equipment prizes (see their full list of prizes here) but the payout is nowhere near what you would see on DraftKings either.

For a little extra fun and bragging rights you can play against some of the Golf Channel personalities like Lauren Thompson (who made our Top 15 Hottest List) through their Fantasy Challenge.  In those leagues the Top 18 on the leaderboard win a 40 inch TV while the Grand Prize Winner will get a trip for two to the PLAYERS Championship at TPC Sawgrass and the PGA Championship.

Play Here: Fantasy.GolfChannel.com

Pros: 

  • Free to play.
  • Can play competitively against your friends in a private league.
  • Real time golf news and highlights.
  • Great prizes for top finishers.

Cons:

  • Cluttered site with lots of ads.
  • You must compete in other TOURs which can get confusing if you don’t follow them (LPGA, European).

#3 Yahoo! Fantasy Golf – 3.5 Out of 5 Stars

As one of the most popular (and oldest) sites for Fantasy Football and Baseball, Yahoo! has been trying to break through on the Fantasy Golf front.  In a format similar to football and baseball, this site allows you to set up a private league to play among friends and all season long.  The site itself does not offer any prizes so you’ll have to raise the stakes on the side or simply play for bragging rights.

Although nothing flashy, overall the Yahoo! leagues are easy to operate and adequate stats are kept throughout the season.

Play Here: Golf.FantasySports.Yahoo.com/Golf

Pros: 

  • Free to play.
  • Can play competitively against your friends in a private league.
  • Real time golf news and highlights.

Cons:

  • Sometimes confusing to navigate.
  • Not as easy as straight pick’em leagues.
  • No house prizes.

#4 GolfZING  – 3 Out of 5 Stars

GolfZING offers a huge pick’em league that runs throughout the entire season.  At no cost to enter, this league is a free and easy way to play week-to-week fantasy golf with the chance to earn some nice (non-cash) prizes.

The way it works is simple: each player picks any seven players in the field and the person who earns the most fantasy cash based on their player’s earnings, wins the week.  Weekly prizes include “ZING Points” which players can redeem for free rounds of golf at courses scattered throughout the country.  Winning majors can also earn you golf gear and winning the whole thing earns you a Golf Getaway Vacation valued at $2,000.  But it’s worth mentioning that with thousands of yearly players, winning the grand prize is no easy feat, so if you’re going to go after it you might want to check out our weekly Premium Picks service.

Play Here: GolfZING.com/Fantasy-Golf

Pros: 

  • Free to play.
  • Simple to use, and accessible via mobile app.
  • Offers access to private clubs.

Cons:

  • Redeeming Zing Points is sometimes difficult with the limited number of courses they are associated with.
  • Newsfeed is a bit outdated.

#5 PGATOUR.com – 2.5 Out of 5 Stars

We’ve all seen the commercial…

Graeme McDowell – Fantasy Lineup – PGATOUR.COM

PGATOUR.COM is all new, including live scoring, live play-by-play and a live simulcast. See what Graeme McDowell thinks of the updated Fantasy line up pages. . SUBSCRIBE to PGA TOUR now: http://pgat.us/vBxcZSh Welcome to the official YouTube channel of the PGA TOUR.

But have you tried their new fantasy golf yet?

The newly revamped PGATOUR website runs an annual pick’em fantasy golf league that is free to join.  The object of this league is to pick any four players in the field, but the rub is that you can only use the same player ten times during the season.

Prizes are nothing fancy: the weekly winner earns a dozen Bridgestone Golf balls and the grand prize winner takes home a Bridgestone J40 Driver.  Overall we’re not currently very impressed with the game, but we’re sure PGA TOUR will continue to enhance the platform in the future.

Play Here: Fantasy.PGATOUR.com

Pros: 

  • Free to play
  • Accessible and easy to use on iPad/Tablets.

Cons:

  • Poor prizes (especially given the backing of the PGA TOUR)

We hope this list of our top 5 places to play fantasy golf gives you plenty of options to stay busy all season long.

If there are  any other sites you think should have made the list make sure to let us know in your comments below.  Now get out there and win some leagues!


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