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About Jay

Weekend golfer whose goal is to always break 80.

Yahoo Offering Fantasy Golf for 2016 season

As of a couple of weeks ago, Yahoo Fantasy Golf was not going to be offered for the 2016 season.  For some unknown reason I checked it again today and found that Yahoo had reconsidered and their fantasy golf game was active once again.

Feel free to join my 2016 Golf Pool though Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Sign up at the Yahoo Fantasy Golf front page and join the group with the ID and password.

Group ID#: 4688
Password: caddyshack

The first tournament for the Yahoo Fantasy Golf season is the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, January 7, 2016, and the pool runs through the Tour Championship.

Thanks.

Join thebestdamngolfsiteperiod’s Fantasy Golf League on PGATour.com

Join my league in PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf Driven By Avis.

League URL: http://fantasygolf.pgatour.com/api/v1/pgaroster/og/object/leagues/id/4502

League Name: thebestdamngolfsite

Description:

PGA TOUR Fantasy driven by Avis allows you to show off your knowledge of the sport by picking a team of 6 PGA TOUR Professionals (4 Starters, 2 Bench). Scoring is live and exclusive using PGA TOUR Shotlink and based on player performance on the course. Play with your friends in a private group or test your skills in one of our public groups. Whether you want to play for prizes, glory or bragging rights PGA TOUR Fantasy is the only live fantasy game where the outcome of each shot matters.

Click HERE for “How to Play”.

I am not sure if this is a great fantasy game, but since Yahoo isn’t offering fantasy golf in 2016 I will give PGATour.com’s game a try.

Jack Nicklaus Tweets His Peanuts Cameo

Jack Nicklaus sent out a tweet on the Christmas eve containing a peanuts strip where he was featured in a recital of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.

I think I like Sally’s version better than the original.

Chip-ing : Never Lose a Golf Ball Again*

( * – they’ll still be lost in the water, but you’ll know for sure they are in the water)

I found the Chip-ing when Alex Raimondi (@ChipingGolfball) followed me on twitter and I checked out what he was all about. His tagline on twitter is “neverlost the new retrievable . Just use your smartphone! Play faster – Score better – Save balls. Golf will be more fun!”

It looks like Alex has invented a golf ball that you can track/locate with your smart phone.  You can see Alex’s videos of his invention on Vimeo.

There is also an indiegogo page for supporting this new invention, although these golf balls are a little pricey at $350 a dozen.  But then again, it is Christmas and what else can you get the golfer who has everything.

Yahoo Not Offering Fantasy Golf in 2016

As 2015 is winding down I was thinking I should get a head start on setting up my Yahoo Fantasy Golf Pool for 2016.  I went to the home page for Yahoo Fantasy Golf and found the following:

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This is very disappointing, as I thought Yahoo did a great job with their Fantasy Golf.

I guess I will have to find another golf fantasy pool to play in for 2016.  Please comment if you have any suggestions.

UPDATE – Yahoo has changed their minds and is going to offer fantasy golf for 2016.