Degenerate gamblers for the PGA

[JasonEvans]

Yup, I went with a bunch of no names (or at least lesser names) who have been hot lately. Not sure if this strategy will work but might as well find out.

John Rahm – 8
Brooks Koepka – 6
Colin Morikawa – 5
Tyrrell Hatton - 4
Daniel Berger – 4
Abraham Ancer - 3

Winning score - minus 9

Leaders are Day and Cauley at -5. Looks like anything at 3-under or better is a pretty good score for the day.

Early results:
John Rahm - not teed off yet
Brooks Koepka - 4 under thru 17
Colin Morikawa - 1 under thru 17
Tyrrell Hatton - 1 over thru 17
Daniel Berger - 3 under thru 18
Abraham Ancer - 3 under thru 14

I've got 3 guys really in the running with my big gun yet to tee off. Feeling good so far!

[CDu]

Possibly having buyer’s remorse on my buyer’s remorse from yesterday. Dropped Schauffele, Hovland, and Day for DJ and Finau. Still, DJ (-1), Morikawa (-1), Woods (-2), Finau (-3), and Koepka (-4) all in the hunt, with Cantlay (+3) struggling.

[rsvman]

Finau is pretty much aleays a pretty good pick, even though he has failed to come through in the crunch. He still finishes in the good money pretty often.

[mkirsh]

The more the merrier

Brooks Koepka (6)
Xander Schauffele (5)
Tyrrell Hatton (4)
Tony Finau (4)
Matthew Fitzpatrick (4)
Abraham Ancer (3)
Brendan Todd (2)
Scottie Scheffler (2)

Winning score (-11)

This team is looking strong after day 1 with the co-leader and 3 guys in second! Tremendous value from Todd and Scheffler. (not going to ding you for the "Shelden Williams" style typo on Brendon Todd)

Projections after day 1:

Tbyers11	$4,246,365
Mr. Synellinden	$3,012,615
elvis14	$2,986,365
accfanfrom1970	$1,659,915
duketaylor	$1,094,665
killerleft	$1,075,415
mkirsh	$1,068,415
Cdu	$1,054,565
Tripping William	$996,665
JasonEvans	$989,815
rasputin	$987,115
cato	$977,415
Rich	$938,915
Bob Green	$865,600
sagegrouse	$853,200
Rogue	$275,700

Interestingly CDu's original team would be comfortably in second place. But you can't win the tournament on Thursday - there is plenty of golf left.

[Turk]

This team is looking strong after day 1 with the co-leader and 3 guys in second! Tremendous value from Todd and Scheffler. (not going to ding you for the "Shelden Williams" style typo on Brendon Todd)

Projections after day 1:

Tbyers11	$4,246,365
Mr. Synellinden	$3,012,615
elvis14	$2,986,365
accfanfrom1970	$1,659,915
duketaylor	$1,094,665
killerleft	$1,075,415
mkirsh	$1,068,415
Cdu	$1,054,565
Tripping William	$996,665
JasonEvans	$989,815
rasputin	$987,115
cato	$977,415
Rich	$938,915
Bob Green	$865,600
sagegrouse	$853,200
Rogue	$275,700

Interestingly CDu's original team would be comfortably in second place. But you can't win the tournament on Thursday - there is plenty of golf left.

Judge Smalls disappointed Team Bushwood didn't get any love. Not a bad day, but no one's been cut yet...

[mkirsh]

Judge Smalls disappointed Team Bushwood didn't get any love. Not a bad day, but no one's been cut yet...

That's because you posted at a time that was inconvenient for me to read it...

Sorry about the error - it will be corrected in tonight's update

[CDu]

This team is looking strong after day 1 with the co-leader and 3 guys in second! Tremendous value from Todd and Scheffler. (not going to ding you for the "Shelden Williams" style typo on Brendon Todd)

Projections after day 1:

Tbyers11	$4,246,365
Mr. Synellinden	$3,012,615
elvis14	$2,986,365
accfanfrom1970	$1,659,915
duketaylor	$1,094,665
killerleft	$1,075,415
mkirsh	$1,068,415
Cdu	$1,054,565
Tripping William	$996,665
JasonEvans	$989,815
rasputin	$987,115
cato	$977,415
Rich	$938,915
Bob Green	$865,600
sagegrouse	$853,200
Rogue	$275,700

Interestingly CDu's original team would be comfortably in second place. But you can't win the tournament on Thursday - there is plenty of golf left.

Yep. Hoping that my itch doesn't wind up biting me. So far, not so good. At least Hovland had a poor day today and has dropped back, but Day/Hovland/Schauffele certainly positioned better combined than DJ/Finau. We'll see how Day/Schauffele/DJ/Finau do today. Fingers crossed, but I certainly can't rule out that I'm a big dummy.

[tbyers11]

This team is looking strong after day 1 with the co-leader and 3 guys in second! Tremendous value from Todd and Scheffler. (not going to ding you for the "Shelden Williams" style typo on Brendon Todd)

Projections after day 1:

Tbyers11	$4,246,365
Mr. Synellinden	$3,012,615
elvis14	$2,986,365
accfanfrom1970	$1,659,915
duketaylor	$1,094,665
killerleft	$1,075,415
mkirsh	$1,068,415
Cdu	$1,054,565
Tripping William	$996,665
JasonEvans	$989,815
rasputin	$987,115
cato	$977,415
Rich	$938,915
Bob Green	$865,600
sagegrouse	$853,200
Rogue	$275,700

Interestingly CDu's original team would be comfortably in second place. But you can't win the tournament on Thursday - there is plenty of golf left.

Brendon Todd (got the spelling correct here. Thanks for the heads up. I detest people who type Shelden and Reddick) had been playing really well and seemed like a solid pick at 2 points. I had literally never heard of Scheffler but he was picked as a sleeper in an article I read and seemed like a 2 pointer that no one else was picking. So I could get a boost if he did well. Hope they stay in contention thru in the weekend.

[mkirsh]

Standings heading into the weekend are below. Fairly tight leader board so shaping up to be an exciting next two days.

Mr. Synellinden	$3,906,900
elvis14	$2,924,800
accfanfrom1970	$2,785,390
Rich	$2,763,590
Turk	$2,682,700
JasonEvans	$2,605,000
mkirsh	$2,526,600
Tbyers11	$2,168,590
Cdu	$1,760,890
Bob Green	$1,643,790
killerleft	$1,634,300
rasputin	$1,584,300
duketaylor	$1,555,700
cato	$1,509,300
sagegrouse	$1,403,200
Tripping William	$1,349,600
Rogue	$516,590

[Bob Green]

Team Green:

Dustin Johnson - 6
Brooks Koepka - 6
Collin Morikawa - 5
Matt Kuchar - 4
Rickie Fowler - 3
Kevin Streelman - 2
Jordan Spieth - 2
Bubba Watson - 2

Winning Score: -11

Team Green with six golfers playing the weekend.

T2 Brooks Koepka
T11 Dustin Johnson
T25 Collin Morikawa
T31 Kevin Streelman
T60 Jordan Spieth
T60 Bubba Watson

CUT: Kuchar and Fowler

[Tripping William]

Team Tripping:

Justin Thomas (9)
Webb Simpson (6)
Brooks Koepka (6)
Tiger Woods (4)
Sungjae Im (3)
Kevin Kisner (2)

Winning Score: -8

I’m hosed. Of my two differentiators, one MC’d (Im) and one nearly did (Kiz).

Glad this degeneracy is just a hobby ....

[Tripping William]

Team Green with six golfers playing the weekend.

T2 Brooks Koepka
T11 Dustin Johnson
T25 Collin Morikawa
T31 Kevin Streelman
T60 Jordan Spieth
T60 Bubba Watson

CUT: Kuchar and Fowler

And I’m just now seeing how Fowler MC’d (by a shot), nearly whiffing a 6-inch tap-in that was for bogey on 15. Ouuuuuuuuccccccchhhhh!

[CDu]

All six members of Team CDu v2.0 made the cut. But Team CDu v1.0 (which would have Schauffele, Hovland, and Day in place of DJ and Finau) would have had 7 making the cut and two (instead of just one) at -6. Still a lot of golf to be played, but it is certainly looking like I made the wrong call. Oh well.

[CDu]

Well, DJ and Finau stepped it up today to make me feel a bit better about my change of heart.

DJ (T1)
Koepka (T4)
Morikawa (T4)
Finau (T7)
Cantlay (T21)
Woods (T59)

Hopefully Sunday breaks well too!

[mr. synellinden]

Possibly having buyer’s remorse on my buyer’s remorse from yesterday. Dropped Schauffele, Hovland, and Day for DJ and Finau. Still, DJ (-1), Morikawa (-1), Woods (-2), Finau (-3), and Koepka (-4) all in the hunt, with Cantlay (+3) struggling.

Well, DJ and Finau stepped it up today to make me feel a bit better about my change of heart.

DJ (T1)
Koepka (T4)
Morikawa (T4)
Finau (T7)
Cantlay (T21)
Woods (T59)

Hopefully Sunday breaks well too!

I have no reason to make this up - Earlier today I was typing a response to your first post that said - "Don't sleep on DJ - I just have a feeling ..."

And I got distracted and never posted it. But I was thinking it. I just had a feeling he was going to have a huge day. One of the things that is becoming clear is that distance is a huge factor on this course. And it makes sense - the rough is so penal and it is much easier to hit short irons out of the rough and get the ball on the green. DJ, Champ, Koepka, DeChambeau, Finau, Wolff, Scheffler - all big hitters - are in the hunt with a real chance to win.

[Bob Green]

Team Green with six golfers playing the weekend.

T2 Brooks Koepka
T11 Dustin Johnson
T25 Collin Morikawa
T31 Kevin Streelman
T60 Jordan Spieth
T60 Bubba Watson

1 Dustin Johnson
T4 Brooks Koepka
T4 Collin Morikawa
T59 Kevin Streelman
T70 Bubba Watson
T78 Jordan Spieth

My team is split at the top and bottom of the leaderboard.

[mkirsh]

DJ moves CDu to the top of the leaderboard

Cdu	$3,526,550
Bob Green	$3,077,500
Rogue	$2,508,550
Tbyers11	$2,424,450
elvis14	$1,893,300
Mr. Synellinden	$1,860,950
JasonEvans	$1,549,650
accfanfrom1970	$1,474,700
Turk	$1,465,300
duketaylor	$1,362,200
mkirsh	$1,296,200
cato	$1,274,300
killerleft	$1,217,650
rasputin	$1,171,650
Rich	$1,152,100
Tripping William	$804,900
sagegrouse	$775,800

There is a lot of firepower at the top of the leaderboard with 4 major champions within 3 shots of the lead

CDu, Rogue, and Bob Green all have DJ
Tbyers11 has Scehffler
Jason Evans, Bob Green, CDu and elvis14 have Morikowa (how impressive is he in only his second year on tour?)
Everyone but Rich and Rogue have Koepka
Mr. Synellinden, accfanfrom1970, cato, duketaylor, Rogue, evlis14, and I have Bryson
Rasputin, killerleft, cato, duketaylor, Tbyers11, Turk, and CDu have Finau
Mr. Synellinden and Turk have Jason Day
Mr. Synellinden, Rich, Jason Evans, accfanfrom1970, elvis14, and I have Daniel Berger
Rich has Tommy Fleetwood
No one has Champ, Casey, or Rose

[CDu]

I have no reason to make this up - Earlier today I was typing a response to your first post that said - "Don't sleep on DJ - I just have a feeling ..."

And I got distracted and never posted it. But I was thinking it. I just had a feeling he was going to have a huge day. One of the things that is becoming clear is that distance is a huge factor on this course. And it makes sense - the rough is so penal and it is much easier to hit short irons out of the rough and get the ball on the green. DJ, Champ, Koepka, DeChambeau, Finau, Wolff, Scheffler - all big hitters - are in the hunt with a real chance to win.

Yeah, the rough has been absolutely brutal. I think it was Grillo yesterday who was in the rough like 140 yds out, and hit it... about 50 yds... leaving him still in the rough. And watching guys try to muscle 6- and 7-irons out has been a sight to see.

[CDu]

Six-way tie for the lead right now. Crazy!

[Tripping William]

I may finish DFL, but I don’t care. This is nuts!