I. General Competition:
a. Team with the most prize money wins
1. Prize money is awarded in accordance to PGA Tour payouts and bonuses
II. Roster Composition:
a. Every team is comprised of twelve (12) 1-year contract golfers, and three (3) 3-year contract keepers
b. Teams are established via an annual twelve (12) round draft, order of which is based off the inverse standing of the year prior; keepers are added after the twelve-round draft is complete; the keeper round draft order follows the same as the twelve-round draft
1. If a new team is added, that team automatically gets the last pick in the first round
2. If a new team is added, that team's keepers are established via a three (3) round supplemental draft following the conclusion of the of the annual draft
3. Supplementary draft rounds may be used to fill out all team's rosters
c. Every time a golfer is started, he will be charged one (1) start; each golfer has a maximum of fifteen (15) starts per season
1. If a golfer withdraws before hitting his first tee shot, that golfer is not charged a start
2. When a golfer reaches 15 starts, that golfer is Maxed Out, meaning he is no longer eligible for any transaction, other than being dropped
III. Starting Roster Composition:
a. For every tournament that has a cut, five (5) golfers must be started, three (3) of which must make the cut in order to the team to qualify for prize money
b. For every tournament without a cut other than the BMW Championship and TOUR Championship, three (3) golfers must be started; teams are allowed to start five (5) golfers for the BMW Championships and TOUR Championship
c. Starting lineups must be posted before the first tee time of the week's tournament
1. WD - If a golfer WD's at the time, or shortly before, his tee time, an owner can replace that golfer with another from his roster that is yet to tee off
IV. Transactions:
a. Add/Drops - transaction to claim a free agent golfer (a golfer who is not on a roster) in place of an existing golfer
1. Teams get an unlimited number of Add/Drops
2. Waiver Wire - priority on add/drops begins with a waiver wire - teams are awarded free agent golfers based of their waiver wire order (the current inverse standings); waiver wire submissions must be emailed to the commissioner by 11:59 pm on the Monday before a tournament - waiver wire requests are awarded on the Tuesday before a tournament
3. Free Agency - following the waiver wire period, open free agency exists where teams can add/drop freely - this is on a first come first serve basis; the Free Agency period ends with the first tee shot of the week's tournament
4. When a 1-Year Golfer is dropped they are not eligible to be picked up by another team until the following week; when a Keeper is dropped they are not eligible to be picked up by another team until the ensuing year's draft
5. The Add/Drop deadline is the Thursday morning before the first tee time of the FedEx Cup playoffs
b. Borrows - transaction that allows for a team to start a golfer on another team's roster
1. Teams get a maximum of three (3) Borrows
c. Mulligans - transaction to replace one of a team's starting golfers with another golfer from that team's roster
1. Teams get a maximum of one (1) Mulligan
2. A Mulligan request must be posted before the first tee time on the Saturday of the week's tournament
d. Trades
1. Keeper for Keeper Trades: in this case, the contracts linked to each Keeper involved remain as they were before the transaction
2. Keeper for 1-Year Golfer Trades: in this case, the Keeper being traded, loses his keeper status, while the 1-Year Golfer earns a keeper status, with the contract beginning on the date of this transaction
3. Keeper for Draft Pick(s) Trades: the recipient of the Keeper must allocate one of his original three keepers as a free agent, thus removing that golfer from his team (this must occur at the date of this transaction); the Keeper being traded maintains the same contract; the recipient of the Draft Pick(s) will receive a supplementary keeper pick at the conclusion of the following year's annual draft
4. Draft Pick(s) for Draft Pick(s) Trades: if one (1) draft pick is traded for multiple draft picks, the team that loses draft picks will receive supplementary picks according to the number of draft picks lost at the conclusion of the following year's annual draft; if multiple situations like this occur in the same season, the order of supplementary picks will be based off the inverse year-end standings
5. The Trade Deadline is July 18.
