It's officially spring - weather is turning warmer, azaleas are blooming, baseball has started, there are some basketball games happening that I'm less interested in this year, and everyone's jealousy of Jim Nantz is kicked up a few notches - time for the Masters, and more importantly our annual Masters Pool!
Here's how it works:
1. Select of team of as many golfers as the "salary cap" allows
2. The salary cap is 30 points - use them wisely!
3. Each player's "cost" against the salary cap is their OWGR points total rounded down. So, Dustin Johnson "costs" 11; Justin Thomas - 9; Jon Rahm - 8; etc.
4. Anyone whose OWGR points is less than 2, costs 2. In other words, no player in the field costs less than 2.
5. 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.
6. Your final score is based on the total 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).
As a special prize this year, I will award a green jacket to the winner!
Deadline to submit picks is Wednesday at midnight. Happy picking!
My Team:
Justin Thomas - 9
Bryson DeChambeau - 7
Xander Schauffele - 6
Louis Oosthuizen - 3
Cameron Smith - 3
Jordan Spieth - 2
Winning score: 12 under
At 2 points, can we just take Speith off the board since everyone is going to pick him?
A tradition unlike any other: the DBR Degenerate Gamblers Master's Tournament Contest!
Team CDu:
D. Johnson (11)
Cantlay (5)
McIlroy (5)
Berger (4)
C. Smith (3)
Spieth (2)
Winning score: -14
I'm slightly bummed that he won last week as he's been under-the-radar good this season, and I thought I could get him with a sleeper pick. Now, at a cost of 2, I will be surprised if many leave them off their team. That said, only twice has a player who won the week before gone on to capture the green jacket (Phil in 06 and Sandy Lyle in 88). Interesting choices!
Yeah, he was going to be on my team for sure even prior to last week. I don't expect him to win, but that isn't needed for value.
There are some really interesting options out there. A few different paths to fielding a strong team. Looks like you and I had similar minds on the lower end of the price range. I should have put my team as tentative, as there are still a few things floating in my mind.
Dustin Johnson 11
Webb Simpson 5
Lee Westwood 4
Xander Schauffele 6
Justin Rose 2
Jordan Speith 2
Dustin Johnson - 11
Justin Thomas - 9
Rory McIlroy - 5
Adam Scott - 3
Jordan Spieth - 2
Tiebreaker: (-9)
Bob Green
Rahm - 8
Morikawa -7
McIlroy -5
Finau -5
Hovland -5
Tiebreaker -14
D. Johnson... 11
J. Thomas...9
D. Berger...4
Fitzpatrick...4
Spieth....2
Winning score -13
Another shot in the dark -
Bryson DeChambeau - 7
Xander Schauffele - 6
Jordan Spieth - 2
Dustin Johnson - 11
Daniel Berger - 4
-12
I'm usually near the bottom in these contests, but subject to second thoughts, here I go off the high dive:
Bryson DeChambeau - 7
Collin Morikawa -- 7
Rory McIlroy -- 5
Tony Finau -- 5
Jordan Spieth -- 2
Sergio Garcia -- 2
Justin Rose -- 2
Looks like 30 points to me.
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
Rahm - 8
Reed - 6
Schauffele - 6
Scott - 3
Oosthuizen - 3
Spieth - 2
Day - 2
Winning score -16
Singler is IRON
I STILL GOT IT! -- Ryan Kelly, March 2, 2013
Dustin Johnson 11
Justin Thomas 9
Collin Morikawa 7
Matthew Wolff 3
-15 total
"Amazing what a minute can do."
Dustin Johnson - 11
Tommy Fleetwood - 3
Paul Casey - 4
Rory McIlroy - 5
Adam Scott - 3
Jordan Spieth - 2
Justin Rose - 2
Winning score: -18
Rahm 8
Schauffele 6
Simpson 5
Wolff 3
Matsuyama 3
Ancer 3
Spieth 2
Tiebreaker -14
Making my picks in a moment... but I hope we all have seen the video of Bryson DeChambeau just launching balls into orbit with VJ Singh watching in awe. Hysterical stuff!
https://twitter.com/Stadium/status/1379436784556376065
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