2019 Degenerate Golfers Discussion

[Bob Green]

Here is Team Green for the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach:

Brooks Koepka - 10
Rory McIlroy - 8
Rickie Fowler - 5
Bubba Watson - 4
Jordan Spieth - 3

Winning score = -4

[Rogue]

Brooks Koepka 10

Dustin Johnson 10

Tiger Woods 7

Jordan Spieth 3

7 under


feast of famine .

[nmduke2001]

D. Johnson - 10
Rory - 8
Fowler - 5
Mickelson - 3
Day - 4


Winning score -5

[JasonEvans]

Brooks Koepka - 10 (10.81)
Francesco Molinari - 6 (6.82)
Justin Thomas - 6 (6.82)
Xander Schauffele - 5 (5.95)
Marc Leishman - 3 (3.92)

Winning score: -5

-Jason "New strategy: I picked nothing but players who were really close to costing one more point... so all guys who were on .8 or 9 in the OWGR" Evans

[Rich]

Different strategy for me - quality over quantity

Brooks Koepka - 10
Dustin Johnson - 10
Rory McIlroy - 8
Brandt Snedeker - 2

Score = -10

[rasputin]

Brooks Koepka - 10 (10.81)
Francesco Molinari - 6 (6.82)
Justin Thomas - 6 (6.82)
Xander Schauffele - 5 (5.95)
Marc Leishman - 3 (3.92)

Winning score: -5

-Jason "New strategy: I picked nothing but players who were really close to costing one more point... so all guys who were on .8 or 9 in the OWGR" Evans

Jason, I'm not meaning to buzzkill, but that has been a strategy of mine consistently, and my picking has been pretty bad.

[rasputin]

Koepka 10
McIlroy 8
Woods 7
Schauffele 5

Winning score: -7

I always pull for Fowler, and have stopped picking him here, in an effort to cause him to win.

I can't stand Tiger, so I did pick him here, for the same reason.

[sagegrouse]

Couldn't do worse than last time:

Rory - 8
Tiger - 7
Molinari - 6
Webb Simpson - 4
Jordan Spieth - 3
Kiradech Aphibarnrat - 2

Total = 30

[accfanfrom1970]

That's where I seem to finish -
Spieth - 3
Fowler - 5
Schauffele - 5
Koepka - 10
Bubba - 4
Phil - 3
-8 to win

[killerleft]

killerleft Koepka off his team despite having serious misgivings about it:

Justin Rose......8
Patrick Cantlay....6
Rickie Fowler....5
Adam Scott......4
Webb Simpson...4
Phil Mickelson....3

[CameronBornAndBred]

killerleft Koepka off his team despite having serious misgivings about it:

I left him off too, and I'm ok with that. Yeah, he's won the last last two Opens, but threepeating is hard, and he didn't show up barely at all last weekend. For all the scrounging I've done, I can't find a record of him even playing the course. I'm sure he has, but if so, it hasn't been in a tournament any time recently.

My low cost guys I chose because they've got a history of doing well there. Which is why they will all miss the cut this weekend. My bad.

[killerleft]

I left him off too, and I'm ok with that. Yeah, he's won the last last two Opens, but threepeating is hard, and he didn't show up barely at all last weekend. For all the scrounging I've done, I can't find a record of him even playing the course. I'm sure he has, but if so, it hasn't been in a tournament any time recently.

My low cost guys I chose because they've got a history of doing well there. Which is why they will all miss the cut this weekend. My bad.

Yeah, where are the "reversion to the mean" people when you need them? When we start putting up prize money, I'll worry a bit.

[CDu]

Koepka (10)
Woods (7)
Thomas (6)
Day (4)
Michelson (3)

Winning score: -8

[sagegrouse]

Couldn't do worse than last time:

Rory - 8
Tiger - 7
Molinari - 6
Webb Simpson - 4
Jordan Spieth - 3
Kiradech Aphibarnrat - 2

Total = 30

Sage's winning score (hah!!) -- minus eight (-8)

[Tripping William]

Eldrick Woods - 7
Justin Thomas - 6
Rickie Fowler - 5
Tony Finau - 5
Adam Scott - 4
Jordan Spieth - 3

Winner goes -2

[killerleft]

killerleft Koepka off his team despite having serious misgivings about it:

Justin Rose...8
Patrick Cantlay...6
Rickie Fowler...5
Adam Scott...4
Webb Simpson...4
Phil Mickelson...3

winning score added: -7

[cato]

Team Cato decided to pick a core group and try to stick with it during the year. That group is getting more expensive.

US Open:

Koepka - 10
Rory - 8
Finau - 5
Adam Scott - 4
Spieth - 3

Winning score: -5

[Turk]

OK, I'll have a go. Looks like fun. Hope I did it right.

D Johnson 10
McIlroy 8
Schauffele 5
Fleetwood 4
Matsuyama 3

Winning score: -5

[tbyers11]

My picks for the US Open

Dustin Johnson - 10
Xander Schauffele - 5
Rickie Fowler - 5
Tommy Fleetwood - 4
Jordan Spieth - 3
Hideki Matsuyama - 3

Winning score - (-6)

[sagegrouse]

Couldn't do worse than last time:

Rory - 8
Tiger - 7
Molinari - 6
Webb Simpson - 4
Jordan Spieth - 3
Kiradech Aphibarnrat - 2

Total = 30

Not to make fun of Kiradech, but if he changed the spelling of his name, would you prefer "Alphabarnrat" or "Amphibarnrat?"