Website design By BotEap.comThere are many different ways to run a fantasy golf league, and I have found that having an auction style draft is a very fun and challenging way to run your league. Over the past several years, I have participated in several different fantasy golf leagues. But this past year, 12 other friends and I decided to host a league with an auction-style draft. I was surprised at how much fun it was! This article will cover the format of a fantasy golf auction, how to run the draft, and manage your new league after all the teams have been drafted.

Website design By BotEap.comFirst, let’s talk about what a fantasy golf auction is. A fantasy golf auction allows different team owners to select golfers for their fantasy team. Team owners will bid on a selected golfer, and the highest bidder will receive that golfer to add to their roster. In an auction-style draft, a golfer can only be drafted by one and only one team. Each team has a set amount of auction dollars that they cannot exceed when completing their roster.

Website design By BotEap.comTo run your fantasy golf auction, you will want between 5 and 20 team owners to participate. Anything below 5 would probably make team selection too easy and anything above 20 would be too difficult. To determine the bidding order, you can draw names out of a hat. The bidding order will only affect the golfer chosen to bid. The first bidder will decide which golfer to bid on and how much the bidding starts. After the initial initial bid, any team may bid a higher amount until the bidding ends. After bidding on a golfer ends, the next team in the bidding order will choose another golfer. This process continues until all equipment lists are complete.

Website design By BotEap.comYou’ll also want to determine the list sizes and the maximum and minimum bids. For the auction I participated in, each shortlist was made up of 10 golfers. We had set the bid limit at 100 auction dollars per team, with a minimum bid of 1 auction dollar. To calculate the maximum offer a team can spend on a golfer, you can use the following formula:

Website design By BotEap.comA = remaining team auction dollars

Website design By BotEap.comB = open spots on the team roster

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Website design By BotEap.comA – ((B – 1) * C)

Website design By BotEap.comThat’s all. After that, team owners can watch the different PGA tournaments and cheer on their fantasy golfers. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how much fun watching golf can be when you have 10 golfers to root for.