Welcome to Fantasy Golf Weekly
Posted by CP on December 30, 2007
Welcome to the Fantasy Golf Weekly blog. I have been writing about fantasy sports in general – and golf specifically, since 2004 for Fanball.com, one of the largest fantasy-only websites in the world. There aren’t a lot of us fantasy golf “experts,” but I have been recognized as one of the best; most recently as the champion of the 2007 pgatour.com experts rotisserie golf league. Above and beyond my qualifications as a writer and fantasy golf analyst, I am an avid golfer, fan, and I have participated in, and have familiarity with, just about every fantasy golf game on (and off) the internet.
Fantasy golf is just one tiny corner of the enormous fantasy sports universe, but I’ve found that its practitioners are both very passionate and very interested in digesting in-depth analysis and advice. To that end, my goal in this blog is to provide useful and entertaining advice on a weekly basis – from weekly previews and rankings to commentary about a specific player or trend. Feel free to ask questions or comments about what you like and/or don’t like.
-Christian Peterson
Ed Cushing said
Christian: Good show…my query: How can I get the tournament withdrawals before they appear at Rotoworld/Rotowire. Sometimes these sites are late and sometimes wrong, sometimes ommitting names, etc.
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Thanx…..Ed
CP said
Unfortunately, there really isn’t a great way to determine when withdrawals occur, or, just as annoying, why players withdraw. The only way I’ve ever been able to figure it out is simply by looking at the official field on pagatour.com on Monday morning (or the previous Friday, when the field becomes official around 5:00 p.m. EST), then check back again the next day, and again the next. This is essentially what the people at Rotoworld/Rotowire/Fanball are doing when they report the news about withdrawals. The only way you can really be sure is to check the field one last time Wednesday night (before you set your lineup for Thursday), and hope nothing happens between then and your players’ tee times on Thursday. I wish there was a better way, but as far as I know there isn’t.
-CP