The PGATOUR Yahoo! Fantasy Golf '09 Game Official Rules
No Purchase Necessary to Enter or Win.
- ELIGIBILITY. The PGATOUR Yahoo! Fantasy Golf '09 Game (the "Game") is open to individuals 18 years of age or older, who are legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and who are signed up for Yahoo! Fantasy Golf '09. Employees of PGA TOUR, Yahoo! Inc., Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. ("TSI" or "Sponsor"), PGATOUR.com and its golfers, teams and properties, and each of their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents or representatives' employees, dealers or retailers, advertising or promotion agencies (collectively the "Game Entities") are not eligible to win any prizes, nor are members of Game Entities' families or households. By entering the Game, participants agree to accept and be bound by all terms of these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Game Entities, which shall be final. Game is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Game may not be used in connection with any form of gambling. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
- HOW TO ENTER. To enter, you must be signed up for Yahoo! Fantasy Golf '09. Sign up for Yahoo! Fantasy Golf '09 is free and requires a Yahoo! ID, which is also free. If you do not have a Yahoo! ID, follow the instructions to register. You will be asked to provide information including your name and address. You will also be asked for some optional information, which is not required to enter the Game. The Game is conducted in tandem with the 2009 PGA TOUR (the "Season") and Yahoo! Fantasy Golf '09. The Game is broken down into three (3) segments (each a "Segment," collectively, the "Segments"). The Game begins January 8, 2009 at 2:00 AM PT and ends September 27, 2009, as defined in the Tournament Schedule below (the "Game Period"). See rule 3 below for more information on how to play. All entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized Yahoo! ID account holder. In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of the holder of the Yahoo! ID, dispute will be resolved in favor of the individual who is both the authorized holder of the Yahoo! ID and password associated with the account (based upon information submitted at the time the account was created or updated upon registration for this Sweepstakes) and, if available, the "authorized email account holder" of the "alternate email address" provided when the Yahoo! ID was created. "Authorized email account holder" is defined as the natural person assigned an email address by an internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (i.e., business, educational institution) responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. If there is a discrepancy between the name of the person listed as the authorized holder of the Yahoo! ID and the authorized email account holder of the alternate email address provided when the Yahoo! ID was created, that Yahoo! ID will be disqualified and prize will be forfeited. Potential prize winner may be required to provide Promotion Entities with proof that he/she is the authorized Account holder as described above.
- HOW TO PLAY. Winners are selected based on Yahoo! Fantasy Golf standings after the end of each Tournament and Segment described below. For more information on selecting your team, see http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/golf/rules/grules-05.html. For more information on team selection deadlines, see http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/golf/rules/grules-09.html. For more information on earning points, see http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/golf/rules/grules-10.html. In the event that there is a tie for the weekly or segment prize, the following tiebreakers will be used: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/golf/winning/winning-719620.html
- SCHEDULED TOURNAMENTS. A list of the tournaments that will be used in the Game can be found here: http://golf.fantasysports.yahoo.com/golf/schedule. (ALL TOURNAMENTS AND DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE).
- PRIZES. Thirty-seven (37) Weekly Prizes (the "Weekly Prize"), determined by the single highest score from among all Yahoo! Fantasy Golf participants each week, will be awarded. Each week's highest scoring finisher will win One (1) box of twelve (12) golf balls. Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of each prize: $29.99. The Total ARV of all segment weekly prizes: $1109.63.
Three (3) Segment Grand Prizes (the "Segment Grand Prize"), determined by highest cumulative point totals from all participants, will be awarded. Cumulative point totals are calculated by summing all of a participant's weekly scores in a segment.
- First place finishers (the Grand Prize Winners) in each of the three (3) segments will win: A prize package for 2 with PGA TOUR Experiences. Package is for the winner and guest and will include airfare, hotel, transportation, and a trip to attend a PGA TOUR Academy golf school, as decided by judges in their sole discretion. Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") for each package for 2 is between $3,000.00 and $4,000.00. The total ARV of Segment Prizes to be awarded: Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($10,500.00).
- Total ARV of all prizes to be awarded over the course of the promotion: $11,609.63.
- Prize Restrictions. Actual value of trip may vary based on point of departure and dates of travel. Certain travel restrictions may apply. If Prize Winner resides within a 100 mile radius of host city, ground transportation may be provided in lieu of air transportation and no compensation or substitution will be provided for difference in prize value. The Prize Winner and guest(s) will be required to travel together on the same itinerary and are responsible for obtaining all required travel documents. Prize Winner and guest(s) must be available to travel on dates specified by PGA TOUR. Travel arrangements must be made through PGA TOUR. The guest(s) must be eighteen (18) years of age (or, in the case of legal residents of certain states or Washington DC where the age of majority is greater than eighteen (18) years of age, such age of majority) and will be required to execute and return liability/publicity (unless prohibited by law) releases prior to ticketing. No assignment, transfer, conversion to cash or cash redemption or substitution of the Season Prize or Weekly Prize (Collectively, the Prizes) is permitted, except Administrator reserves the right to substitute the Prizes or any of its components with a prize of comparable or greater value. Prizes are solely for personal use and may not be used in conjunction with any other promotion. Golf and Accommodations are based on availability. Black out dates may apply. The trip must be taken by within one (1) year of the end of the Contest segment won. Prize Winner (as defined herein) and Prize Winner's travel companion are responsible for all transportation. Any difference between the ARV set forth above and the actual costs of the prize will not be awarded.
The reporting and payment of any tax liabilities incurred by each winner as a result of this Game are the sole responsibility of the winners. No alteration, substitution, or transfer of prizes or cash redemption permitted by winners. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize(s) or cash of like value in the event the described prizes, or any portions thereof, are unavailable for any reason whatsoever. Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied.
- GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS. By entering the Game, participants grant Game Entities the right, without obligation, to use their names, roster names, city and state of residence, score, ranking, voice, pictures and likeness, without compensation, for the purpose of executing the Game and also for the purposes of advertising and publicizing the goods and services of related to the Game in any manner or medium, throughout the world, in perpetuity, unless prohibited by law. Game Entities expressly disclaim any responsibility for, and entrants agree to hold the Game Entities harmless against, liability for injury or loss to any person or property relating to participation in the Game or the delivery and/or subsequent use or misuse of any of the prizes awarded, (including, without limitation, any travel or activity related thereto).
- Winners and guest(s) will be required to sign affidavits of eligibility, liability releases and, except where prohibited by law, releases granting Sponsor the right to use their names, voices, pictures and likenesses, without compensation, for the purpose of advertising and publicizing the services of Sponsor and all matters related to the Game. If requested, winners will be required to execute these documents and return them within ten (10) days. Noncompliance within this time period may result in disqualification. Return of any prize or prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected at the Sponsor's and/or Game Administrator's discretion. In the event any winner declines his or her prize or fails to return completed releases, except where prohibited by law, Game Entities may elect, at their own discretion, to select an alternate winner. Where guest(s) is a minor, winner must be the parent or legal guardian and request and execute releases on behalf of minor.
- Winners, by acceptance of the prizes, agree to release Game Entities from any and all liability claims or actions of any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize, or while preparing for, participating in, and/or traveling to any prize-related activity.
- Game Entities and their employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and their respective parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising, promotion and legal advisors are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware, or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties; (iii) errors in transmission; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of Sponsor that may cause either contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by a prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use, or misuse of a prize, or from participation in either contest; or (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Game.
- If technical difficulties of any kind compromise the integrity or ability to continue online entry, Sponsor or Game Administrator reserve the right to modify or terminate online entry. If the Season or any Tournament is delayed, extended, interrupted, cancelled or shortened for any reason, the Game may be postponed, extended, shortened or terminated at the sole discretion of Sponsor. In the event of sabotage, acts of God, computer virus or other events or causes beyond the Sponsor's control, which corrupt the integrity, administration, security or proper operation of the Game, Sponsor or Game Administrator reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend the Game. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor and/or Game Administrator reserve the right to award prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring such cancellation. Where the Game has been cancelled prior to stated expiration date, notice will be posted at www.PGATOUR.com.
- WINNERS LIST. For a winners' list (winners' list available after October 15, 2009), visit http://fantasy.PGATOUR.com or send a request and self-addressed, stamped envelope (residents of Vermont may omit return postage) to the following address by December 1, 2009:
Pgatour.com
Attn: Fantasy Prize Fulfillment Manager
13000 Sawgrass Village Circle, Suite 8
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082
Sponsor: Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. One CNN Center, 10th S, Atlanta, GA 30303. Yahoo! is not a sponsor of this game.
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