You thought it was bad that CBSSports.com had given up on fantasy golf, but the PGA Tour has essentially abandoned fantasy golf by reducing its PGA fantasy golf to a really large Yahoo! Fantasy Golf group. Really? That is the best the PGA can do? While leagues like the NFL and MLB are investing heavily to make their digital departments the destination for news about their sports, it seems the PGA Tour is going in the exact opposite decision.

Fantasy sports are known to boost fan engagement, and the PGA is really missing the boat on this. Although this decision was made before Tiger Woods‘ recent issues, the lack of a truly engaging fantasy option gives them one less weapon to combat what are surely going to be pathetic ratings until Tiger comes back.

While fantasy golf is not the behemoths that fantasy football and fantasy baseball are, the number of players is in the hundreds of thousands of players. That is a large enough audience that PGA really should care just a little bit more. I understand not developing the game yourself, but the fact that it is not even bothering to create a true white label fantasy game, it is just disappointing.

In case you are interested in playing the game, it is broken into winter, spring, and summer segments. Weekly prizes are some Nike ONE Vapor golf balls, segment prizes are Nike VR drivers, and a grand prize of a trip for two to a 2011 PGA Tour event.