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  1. #1
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    Hot'Lanta... home of the Falcons!

    Ryder Cup picking contest

    Ok, let's have a contest. We keep talking about it but no one is taking the lead. Time for me to step up!

    Here are the rules...

    You pick 5 players... I don't care if they are all American or all European or what. Pick your five. You can pick any 5 you want.

    You will get 1 point for every hole they win or lose by. So, if a player wins one match 2-and-1 and loses another 4-and-3, he is worth negative 2 points. A tie is worth half a point, not zero. The tiebreaker is the total points team USA will earn. There are 28 total points available. Make sure to include your tiebreaker in your point total!

    -Jason "good luck... get your picks in by midnight tonight!!" Evans
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  2. #2
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    My team:

    Justin Rose
    Dustin Johnson
    Patrick Reed
    Tiger Woods
    Webb Simpson
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  3. #3
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    Winston’Salem
    Quote Originally Posted by JasonEvans View Post
    My team:

    Justin Rose
    Dustin Johnson
    Patrick Reed
    Tiger Woods
    Webb Simpson
    And your tiebreaker??

    [In all seriousness, thanks for heading this up.]
    "Amazing what a minute can do."

  4. #4
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    I moved. Now 12 miles from Heaven, 13 from Hell
    Could you all keep the contest talk to this thread, and leave the other one for discussion about the actual golf being played? If not (based on the previous FedEx thread) a lot of us will not read/participate.

  5. #5
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    Durham
    Fowler
    Tiger
    Rory
    Fleetwood
    Molinari


    USA 15

  6. #6
    I'll try this-

    Rose
    Reed
    Thomas
    McIlroy
    Koepka

    US 15.5
    Last edited by accfanfrom1970; 09-27-2018 at 10:28 AM. Reason: Added points

  7. #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tripping William View Post
    And your tiebreaker??
    Ooops -- USA 15.5
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  8. #8
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    I want someone to make the really savvy pick and take 5 of the bottom tier players who are likely to mostly only play on Sunday... get a win or two from them and you could easily win. I am telling you, the winning score for us is going to be no higher than plus-3.
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  9. #9
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    Winston’Salem

    Team Tripping

    Here's mine (alphabetically):

    Finau
    Fleetwood
    Fowler
    Rose
    Thomas

    USA 13.5
    "Amazing what a minute can do."

  10. #10
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    Feb 2007
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    New Jersey

    Team Rich

    Patrick Reed
    Justin Rose
    John Rahm
    Tommy Fleetwood
    Dustin Johnson

    USA = 15 points
    Rich
    "Failure is Not a Destination"
    Coach K on the Dan Patrick Show, December 22, 2016

  11. #11
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    St. Louis

    Team rasputin

    Team rasputin:

    Koepka
    McIlroy
    Poulter
    Rahm
    Spieth

    USA 12.5

  12. #12
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    Greensboro, NC

    Team killerleft

    The killerleft DeChambeaus:

    Bryson DeChambeau
    John Rahm
    Patrick Reid
    Bruce Koepka
    Justin Rose

    15.5 points for the winning and still champeen U.S. Ryder Cup Team!
    Man, if your Mom made you wear that color when you were a baby, and you're still wearing it, it's time to grow up!

  13. #13
    Justin Rose
    Patrick Reed
    Tony Finau
    Tommy Fleetwood
    Rory McIlroy

    13.5

  14. #14
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    Washington DC
    Reed
    Poulter
    Rose
    Rory
    Koepka

    US 13.5

    Thanks JE for managing the pool

  15. #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by killerleft View Post
    The killerleft DeChambeaus:

    Bryson DeChambeau
    John Rahm
    Patrick Reid
    Bruce Koepka
    Justin Rose

    15.5 points for the winning and still champeen U.S. Ryder Cup Team!
    And Koepka complains that he gets no respect...

  16. #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by mkirsh View Post
    And Koepka complains that he gets no respect...
    Bruce is Brooks's twin brother.
    "We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." --M. Proust

  17. #17
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    I am trying to use a google sheet to keep track of all this. Have a look --

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing
    Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?

  18. #18
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    Feb 2007
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    Steamboat Springs, CO
    I have an ecumenical team:

    Francesco Molinari
    Justin Rose
    Tommy Fleetwood
    Justin Thomas
    Dustin Johnson

    Rooting for the US of A, but the long shadow of history makes me pick some Euros for the High Sage Team.

    Kindly,
    Sage Grouse
    'I am giving Molinari a second chance -- probably really dumb! It makes no sense statistically to pick folks who are sitting out the first round, and I don't think Tiger will play more than three matches, although I expect him to do well'
    Sage Grouse

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    'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013

  19. #19
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    Feb 2007
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    Steamboat Springs, CO
    Thanks, Jason. A new format will enable me to find new ways to lose!
    Sage Grouse

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    'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013

  20. #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by mkirsh View Post
    And Koepka complains that he gets no respect...
    . I had to look it up to figure out what his name really is!

    I change my team name to The Five Bruces.
    Man, if your Mom made you wear that color when you were a baby, and you're still wearing it, it's time to grow up!

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