PGA TOUR Fantasy Golf Reviews

by Palapa77

We’ve been playing PGATOUR Fantasy Golf for years and have thoroughly enjoyed it...until this new design was released this week. Everyone single member in our league hates it! We will gladly accept a new and different scoring system. That’s not the issue. Navigating through your new screens is awfully confusing and cumbersome. Instead of simplifying the screens, you’ve made them useless. Furthermore, we now cannot see the players in reserve for any of the other league members, unlike the the old system. Why not? We have no idea whom they have selected except for the starting players. And that makes no sense whatsoever. It’s like the NFL fantasy apps hiding the non-starting players of your competitors. It’s not done because it wouldn’t make sense, and you don’t get the complete, broader picture. We’re quite disappointed...But optimistic that you’ll fix the issue/issues...

by Codyt3991

The old app design was fine. Was it the most modern and innovative app on PGATOURFantasyGolf Store? No, but it worked just fine.

The fact that someone or a group of people got paid to create and release this pile of garbage is baffling to me. Did they test it out before release? Was any thought put into it? If I had to guess the only thought when putting PGATOURFantasyGolf together was, “how do we get people to stop playing fantasy golf on our platform?” And then they designed PGATOURFantasyGolf based on that philosophy.

You know what I like in my apps? To keep me signed in and I don’t have to sign in every time I use it. If an employee designed this thing, fire them. If a contractor did it, sue them for all the money you gave them.

by Greg Wells

This is the third year we’ve used this for our fantasy league, not because it’s well done, but because it’s the only one out there! The rules are fine and PGATOURFantasyGolf is easy to use. It however has a fatal flaw!

The scores only update about once an hour and you have no idea what they represent. Says I have 650, does that include JT birdie four holes ago? You have no idea. Makes it useless to scoreboard watch like you would in fantasy football. All that excitement lost. You just check each night to see how you did. But don’t check too soon! It adds round bonuses in hours after each round ends. Better check the next day.

by Stromwin

This is by far the worst app (game or otherwise) any smartphone offers. An orangutan could do a better job running this garbage. If it’s not crashing, it certainly is not updating your player’s scores. There’s the wonderful issue of opening PGATOURFantasyGolf , fiddling with your roster, closing it, going back in a relatively short time and it asking if you’d like to sign up for their app because it somehow deleted you from their memory banks. The best is when you pick your team earlier in the week and it fails to inform you that one or more of the guys you picked have withdrawn. If I could give this 0 stars, I would. I’m begging any one to create a golf fantasy app that works, that’s it. I just want one that works. It doesn’t even have to be fun.

by Topflite2

If it ain’t broke...
Why would you take a mediocre, yet functional app and make it significantly more cumbersome and overall less user friendly than before? Selecting players alphabetically instead of listing them by % owned or by odds-to-win is frustrating, especially when using the player search-by-name freezes each time. Unable to swap a cut player for a bench player...thanks a lot for that enhancement (NOT). Please do us (and your reputation) a huge solid and revert back to the previous version.

by Bananabreadatwork83

The pga tour app was one of the worst apps I had used this past year. That was until they updated PGATOURFantasyGolf. The designers of PGATOURFantasyGolf obviously had a meeting and the conversation most likely went like this, “ PGATOURFantasyGolf we have is very bad, but what if we made a new app that’s looks like it will be better but is actually 10x worse.” PGATOURFantasyGolf makes me want quit the fantasy league that I’m in but I already put my life savings in for the final pot for the league winner.

by Stemp11

I find the scoring too complicated. This appears to be designed for golf pros. I don’t care how many putts Ricky Fowler made on 18. Here’s what I like about this game: one golfer list to choose from; limited numbers of times (3) you can pick a golfer; option to switch out two golfers on the bench. Here’s what I don’t like about this game: no idea how the total numbers are achieved; no idea what the total numbers mean relative to overall positioning of the fantasy golf teams; could care less about all the minutia statistics per golfer. This could be a good game but right now it’s too complicated - hosed up. I am looking for a new simpler game. The rating of 2.6 out of 5 should be a clue to the game makers. Yahoo wasn’t great but it was better.

by Spursfanmom

We have a league and have been playing for a year. All we can do is laugh at how bad PGATOURFantasyGolf is. For the new season we were excited to see an update and to our surprise and dismay… it got worse! I am the commissioner and all I’m allowed to do is change the league name or motto. That’s it. We can’t see our team data from the league page at all. We can’t see very many teams because half the screen is full of “nothing”. We need to edit our privacy and remove members but there is no option for that. Looking for a new place to play fantasy golf.

by Auldguy

PGATOURFantasyGolf is a mess now. It no longer sends emails or notifications when you have an empty roster. They ended landscape support in the iPad app so you’ll have to turn your iPad if you want to use PGATOURFantasyGolf . Changing your lineup during a tournament is a crapshoot. 3 times already this season I’ve changed my lineup only to discover the next day that the lineup was changed back. Pretty much ruining the Fantasy Golf experience for me.

by LeslieNielsen777

Fun concept, but I’ve now seen 3 people in my league select golfers that weren’t even playing in the tournament. While I always look to see who’s actually playing in the event, I would suggest making this more idiot-proof (someone took Bryson this week and he won.... the Euro tourney 🤦🏻‍♂️). PGATOURFantasyGolf is also not very user-friendly, at least not from a phone. Maybe I just need to get more used to it, but when checking the league standings it’d be nice to not have to page over to see more teams. Here’s to hoping improvements are on the way as it’s a lot of fun otherwise!

by 3puttMaster

I’ve enjoyed PGATOURFantasyGolf for the past 3 golf seasons, it’s been great with my crew.

However, this 2020 season is a different story. PGATOURFantasyGolf keeps bugging out, kicking me out of PGATOURFantasyGolf entirely, and having troubles updating.
I tried to switch players out due to being cut, it showed that I switched them but, the next day they were still in my line up.
It’s been a bit frustrating this season.

by Zoobshoe

Tried to report this as a defect but couldn’t for some reason. I have to kill the task of PGATOURFantasyGolf using iPhone task manager and launch again any time I want a score update. Many friends on multiple versions of iPhone HW have the same problem. Seems like live updates should be basic expectation.

by JCorsh

Please simplify it ... low round of the day should be worth X number of points, then less points for each stroke behind for the day.
Example: guy shoots 65 for low round, give him 50 points for the day ...
another guy shoots 66 ... subtract 2 points per stroke, he’d get 48 for the day
Another guy shoots 73, follow the same model and he’d get 34 points for the day.
Enough with the complicated formulas for the residual stats during the round, simplify, base it in daily scores ... then maybe bonus points for Top 1-10 finish at end of tourney ... game would be much better to play that way

by Con1096

I like PGATOURFantasyGolf a lot, and I really like the idea of playing fantasy golf. I do however think PGATOURFantasyGolf itself could still use a lot of tuning. Most specifically, I’ve noticed that the scores on the league leaderboard do not update to match the current standings; seems as though there is always a major delay and results aren’t updated appropriately. Think there are a couple of other changes to be made, but like PGATOURFantasyGolf overall!

by Olie Jensen

It’s a lot of fun trying to pick the team and bench players, I’m still not sure exactly how the points work, but this is my first year. I really don’t care about the standings it’s just great having the tour back and to be able to do it.

by DBPGA

Easy to set lineup each week.... would like an easier access to weekly rank and yearly rank. If you are having a terrible year, having a weekly top performers list would keep people engaged at the end of the year.

by HFG Jr

Participating in fantasy golf is fun and a way to kill some time heading into and over the weekend. Never having won doesn’t deter me from playing. I enjoy how my picks match up and how many points I’m behind sometimes, always keeping in mind there is no charge to play.

by Chris__G

I really like the format because there is a limit on player usage but it doesn’t require the use of long shots and dark horses which require a lot more time to analyze. I also like that we can make in tournament moves from our bench and the challenge of trying to beat the PGA Experts

by Roockery

I enjoy watching golf and playing golf. This game makes me follow other players than Tiger ( The only golfer on TV) that are shown on TV. It would be good for golf to other great players and broaden their mine’s.
I would like to see where my picks stand compared to the total population.
I have a fantasy stock picking and they show me that I am in position 19,000 in a population of 125,000 participants.

by My Golf Trip

Playing fantasy golf, is a good experience while watching golf on the weekend. You can make your own roster and watch their progress during the tournaments. You can rotate your players in and out of your active roster, hopefully all players will make the cut but that is not always the case. It is a fun time, And it makes it watching golf a little more interesting.⛳️🏌️‍♂️⛳️🏌️‍♀️⛳️🏌️‍♂️⛳️🏌️‍♀️⛳️🏌️‍♂️⛳️🏌️‍♂️

by Boddery

It’s been a long while since I’ve encountered an app so poorly designed and executed. There’s no support available to address issues, so I’m left reviewing here which hollow hopes that an update will come along. Leagues can’t change their league picture despite the option being displayed. We have 8 members in the group, but only 4 are visible. Altogether, this is junk. Do yourself a favor and find another fantasy facilitator.

by #sMACK

When you look at the roster of another team in your league, then look at an individual score from that team, when you hit “Back” it takes you back to your roster instead of back to the roster of the team you were looking at.

by Zachman99

When looking at teams in my league there should be a “back” button to go back to your standings. Every time I look at another competitor in my league I have to go back through the main entry to get back to the standings.

by Dlennon10

I wish there was a way for friends to connect better on PGATOURFantasyGolf . Being able to see how your friends are doing in each tournament if you are in the same league.

by DMacLean15

PGATOURFantasyGolf has come a long way from what it used to be in terms of layout/design and overall performance. However, there is still room for improvements. For instance, I would prefer if PGATOURFantasyGolf didn’t log you out every time that you closed it and if it had a faster refresh rate. A solid app overall just continue making adjustments/updates as needed.

by Kid Danger II

It’s much improved. New method of picking players is better. Wish it was easier to look back at each week of a segment when it ends to compare scores against an opponent.

by Altie46

Can’t wait for the new season to begin. Look forward to the competition to start again. Great to get back to normal!

by Grey03

Terrible......point system makes no since. I’ve had a golfer that scored -2 but he was out scored by another golfer that finished +1. If there is another option to fantasy golf I’d suggest use it!

by DennisReilly

Keeps one’s interest during the entire outing as you have multiple players to root for

by Fairway Jackson

Very professional. Filled with great stats, great info, and great graphics. It is very user friendly, very enjoyable, and it surely gives you a rooting interest in the tournaments and golfers.

by Mechanickle

Really enjoy this , been doing it for 2 seasons. Makes tournaments more fun to keep track of. 5stars