I'm happy with my picks even though I'm not going to finish near the top:
Xander Schauffele - (T2)
Jason Day - (T5)
Rickie Fowler - (T9)
Matt Kuchar - (T12)
Bubba Watson - (T12)
Jordan Spieth - (T21)
Tommy Fleetwood - (T36)
Three golfers in the Top 10 and six in the Top 21 is respectable.
Bob Green
Here is what I have; someone please double check and confirm
CDu $3,521,732 mkirsh $3,400,647 Rogue $3,132,312 curtis325 $2,947,882 CameronBornandBred $2,735,649 TrippingWilliam $2,622,144 Bob Green $2,187,349 Jason Evans $1,950,497 accfanfrom1970 $1,745,174 cato $1,496,188 mal $1,449,939 tbyers11 $1,402,330 gotoguy $1,235,006 nmduke2001 $1,208,400 elvis14 $1,130,354 Rasputin $1,050,123 killerleft $1,032,595 Rich $995,785 mr. synellinden $991,625 dudog $836,912
6 of us had Tiger (CDu, Curtis325, CameronBornandBred, Rogue, Tripping William, and me), and while I had first and second (DJ), the rest of my team was weak and CDu had a ton of depth. (As an aside, has anyone who finished second ever been on TV less than DJ today?) Using 9 points on Rose who missed the cut kept me from back to back Masters. Congrats to CDu!
I know our contest doesn't work on score, but in case anyone is interested CDu is score champ as well:
CDu -58 Bob Green -56 accfanfrom1970 -56 Rogue -51 cato -48 Jason Evans -47 tbyers11 -45 curtis325 -41 CameronBornandBred -36 nmduke2001 -36 elvis14 -36 mkirsh -35 TrippingWilliam -34 Rich -31 gotoguy -29 mr. synellinden -28 killerleft -26 dudog -26 mal -20 Rasputin -12
What an amazing tournament overall and a fantastic win from Tiger. Even though I haven't been a Tiger fan I was pulling for him today and it was great to see him take another green jacket. He was super locked in the entire back nine.
I was about to say onto the US Open, but the PGA is up next!
I haven’t calculated exactly, but your #s seem roughly right for 1 and 2. Basically, Day, Rahm, and Watson did just enough to top DJ’s money.
I am kicking myself for turning my back on my boy Koepka, who carried me to the US Open win and competitive PGA. I fretted over him or Rory, but went with the hotter hand. Mistake. I got lucky it didn’t cost me.
That said, I concur on how fun a tourney this was in general. Sunday was just crazy with so many big names making charges. Seemed like nearly every hole had a new leader until the last few holes. I am guessing the ratings were fantastic.
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!
Shall we do a PGA Championship contest? Starts on Thursday. Tiger is a little more expensive now.
Picks due by midnight ET Wed. You know the rules. If you don’t, I’ll repost them. I’ll potentially save someone from making a mistake - Justin Thomas withdrew today.
As a side note, I’ve played the Black Course about 50-75 times in case anyone is curious about it. By far the hardest course I’ve ever played and that includes Shinnecock and Baltusrol. And probably my favorite, except it really is too hard for anyone above a 7 or 8 handicap.
I guess I'll kick things off:
Team CDu (leaving a point on the table):
Koepka (8)
Woods (7)
Fowler (5)
Rahm (5)
Day (4)
Winning score: -12
Team CB&B
Brooks Koepka 8
Tiger Woods 7
Matt Kuchar 5
Adam Scott 3
Phil Mickelson 3
Jordan Spieth 2
Henrik Stenson 2
Winning score -9
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
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
Picks due by Wed. midnight ET.
Good luck all.
Here are the rules:
1. You have thirty OWGR "points" to spend on picking a team.
2. You can pick any player in the field - it's not a draft, so in theory you could have the exact same team as someone else.
3. You can pick up to 10 players, not more.
4. Each player's "cost" is their OWGR points total rounded down. So, Dustin Johnson "costs" 9;
5. Anyone whose OWGR points is less than 2, costs 2. In other words, no player in the field costs less than 2.
6. Your final score is based on a total of the money won by all the players on your team. If one of your players misses the cut, you get 0 for that player.
7. As a tiebreaker, you also pick the winning score relative to par (e.g., -12).
11:59 pm ET Wednesday deadline for submitting picks.
http://www.owgr.com/ranking
Rory-8
Tiger-7
Rickie-5
Xander-6
Tommy -4 (Fleetwood, not Aaron)
Winning score -13
Last edited by curtis325; 05-14-2019 at 01:44 PM. Reason: forgot the score (so like me)
Here is what I got...
McIlroy 8
Woods 7
Schauffele 6
Rahm 5
Day 4
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Koepka 8
Schauffele 6
Fowler 5
Finau 4
Bubba 4
Phil 3
-14
Team Green consists of:
Rickie Fowler (5)
Matt Kuchar (5)
Bubba Watson (4)
Jason Day (4)
Tony Finau (4)
Phil Mickelson (3)
Kevin Kisner (3)
Jordan Spieth (2)
Final score: -12
Bob Green
Woods - 7
Kuchar - 5
Rahm - 5
Cantlay - 4
Matsuyama - 3
Leishman - 3
Kisner - 3
Winning Score: -7
Singler is IRON
I STILL GOT IT! -- Ryan Kelly, March 2, 2013