Degenerate Masters Contest 2022

[91devil]

J. Rahm 8
V. Hovland 7
B. Koepka 4
L. Oosthuizen 4
P. Casey 3
G. Woodland 2
B. Watson 2

-15 winner

P.S. Heels looked good

[killerleft]

Jon Spieth will win at 15 under par. Or somebody will. Forgot the score as well.

[dudog84]

Finau 3
Kisner 3
Zalatoris 3
Na 3
Conners 2
Lowry 2
Simpson 2
Henley 2
Leishman 2
Fleetwood 2
Kim 2
Harman 2
Rose 2

Score -11

[rasputin]

Team RSV

Patrick Cantlay 6
Cameron Smith 6
Xander Schaufele 6
Billy Horschel 4
Kevin Kisner 2
Brian Hartman 2
Shane Lowry 2
Beau Hossler 2

I picked Cantlay last year and he completely tanked, then went on to win the Cup at the end of the year! I’ll prolly be sorry I picked him again…when I tried to type his name in, my iPad autocorrected it to “Can’t Lay,” as if to tell me I “can’t lay” any bets on him.

I heard in the car on the way home that the most sure thing bet in the Masters is Speith to finish top 10. He’s finished in the top ten a lot and his iron play is actually better this year. Plus he’s a streaky good putter. So I prolly should have selected him, too, but such is life.

FWIW, in our house he is always referred to as "Can't Get Laid."

[Utley]

Team Utley

Scheffler 8
Rahm 8
JT 5
Koepka 4
Zalatoris 3
Lowry 2

Winning score -8

[Turk]

Team Turk (you may recall I like tight ends / linebackers and power forwards on my squad):

Rahm 8
DJohnson 5
Koepka 4
Finau 3
McIlroy 5
Kokrak 3
Eldrick 2

Score -13

There were other guys under consideration, but they need more time in the weight room.

[mkirsh]

Got you covered. 17 entries so far (down from 28 last year). JT the most popular followed by Tiger (I wonder how many are picking him just because they are scared to pick against him?), Rory, Spieth, and Rahm. Only one pick for the white hot #1 player in the world who has 2 top 20s in 2 career starts at Augusta. Still room for more to join!

Justin Thomas	        11
Tiger Woods	        9
Rory McIlroy	        8
Jordan Spieth	        8
Jon Rahm	        8
Brooks Koepka	        7
Cameron Smith	        6
Dustin Johnson	        6
Xander Schauffele	6
Louis Oosthuizen	5
Shane Lowry	        5
Justin Rose	        4
Tony Finau	        4
Will Zalatoris	        4
Collin Morikawa	        4
Matt Fitzpatrick	3
Patrick Cantlay	        3
Adam Scott	        2
Webb Simpson	        2
Sungjae Im	        2
Kevin Kisner	        2
Thomas Pieters	        1
Scottie Scheffler	1
Marc Leishman	        1
Paul Casey	        1
Kevin Na	        1
Corey Conners	        1
Daniel Berger	        1
Bubba Watson	        1
Luke List	        1
SiWoo Kim	        1
Hideki Matsuyama	1
Harold Varner III	1
Tommy Fleetwood	        1

27 final entries!

JT remained most popular, with Tiger and the late charging Brooks Koepka tied for the second most popular pick. Still not much love for world #1 Scheffler who finds himself on fewer teams than perpetual grinder Kevin Na. Fun fact - 6 of us picked the JT/DJ Justin/Dustin pairing. Good luck all!

15	Justin Thomas
13	Brooks Koepka
13	Tiger Woods
12	Jon Rahm
11	Rory McIlroy
10	Jordan Spieth
9	Shane Lowry
9	Cameron Smith
9	Dustin Johnson
8	Louis Oosthuizen
8	Xander Schauffele
8	Will Zalatoris
6	Tony Finau
5	Kevin Kisner
5	Collin Morikawa
5	Justin Rose
5	Patrick Cantlay
4	Corey Conners
4	Matt Fitzpatrick
3	Kevin Na
3	Webb Simpson
3	Paul Casey
3	Tommy Fleetwood
2	Marc Leishman
2	Scottie Scheffler
2	Brian Harman
2	Sungjae Im
2	Viktor Hovland
2	Adam Scott
2	SiWoo Kim
2	Bubba Watson
1	Matthew Wolff
1	Beau Hossler
1	Billy Horschel
1	Harold Varner III
1	Russell Henley
1	Jason Kokrak
1	Sergio Garcia
1	Daniel Berger
1	Hideki Matsuyama
1	Max Homa
1	Gary Woodland
1	Seamus Power
1	Luke List
1	Robert MacIntyre
1	Thomas Pieters

[rsvman]

Hossler isn't in the field

I'm totally torn on Spieth. He's played 8 Masters with 1 win, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, an 11, 21, and 46 - that's reeaallly good. I thought he looked great at Pebble finishing second earlier this year, but he doesn't have a top 25 since, and is on what seems like his third swing change in a year, and the results are not aesthetically pleasing to say the least. Spieth is always a roller coaster and not for the faint of heart. Watch him win another green jacket now that I've said this.

Since Hossler is not in the field, may I add another two-point player if they haven't teed off yet? If so, I'll take Fleetwood.
If not, I understand. I should have checked to make sure he was in the field.
Thanks.

[JasonEvans]

Still not much love for world #1 Scheffler who finds himself on fewer teams than perpetual grinder Kevin Na.

Scheff is 3-under through 12 and may be on his way to the best round of the day.

Tiger has gotten to 1-under a couple times, but keeps falling back. He's even through 14.

There are a couple real contenders who are shooting their way out of it... Oostie is 4-over through 14 and Justin Rose is 3-over through 9.

-Jason "scores are pretty tame so far..." Evans

[mkirsh]

Scheff is 3-under through 12 and may be on his way to the best round of the day.

Tiger has gotten to 1-under a couple times, but keeps falling back. He's even through 14.

There are a couple real contenders who are shooting their way out of it... Oostie is 4-over through 14 and Justin Rose is 3-over through 9.

-Jason "scores are pretty tame so far..." Evans

Lot of rain last night and players are taking advantage. Doubles on 18 really hurt Berger and Cam but otherwise very solid rounds for them. Overall Tiger has to like where he is at 1 under with that huge up and down on 18. Contest favorite JT not off to the start that many were looking for. DJ had a nice front. Spieth doing his usual roller coaster routine.

BTW, the Masters app is totally incredible. Every shot from every player - truly amazing (I know they had this last year but I'm still amazed).

[dudog84]

Casey was definitely one of my picks, until I remembered his back troubles from 2 weeks ago. He has withdrawn.

[CameronDuke]

Eldrick’s first round on tour in 17 months resulted in a -1 71 at ANGC on a surgically reconstructed leg.

He’s pretty good still.

[cato]

Doubles on 18 really hurt Berger and Cam but otherwise very solid rounds for them.

I can’t remember a round like Cam’s. Doubles on 1 and 18 and close to perfect on the other 16.

[mkirsh]

rasputin has 1-2 and the day one lead; CDu with 2-3-7 right behind. Still very early

Team	Player	Place	Proj Winnings	Team Winnings
rasputin	Sungjae Im	1	$2,070,000	$3,951,768
rasputin	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$3,951,768
rasputin	Tony Finau	T10	$265,060	$3,951,768
rasputin	Matt Fitzpatrick	T10	$265,060	$3,951,768
rasputin	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$3,951,768
rasputin	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$3,951,768
rasputin	Thomas Pieters	T84	$0	$3,951,768
CDu	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$3,199,535
CDu	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$3,199,535
CDu	Corey Conners	T7	$356,013	$3,199,535
CDu	Matt Fitzpatrick	T10	$265,060	$3,199,535
CDu	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$3,199,535
CDu	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$3,199,535
CDu	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$3,199,535
CDu	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$3,199,535
CameronDuke	Sungjae Im	1	$2,070,000	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Webb Simpson	T10	$265,060	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Bubba Watson	T31	$70,422	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$2,914,841
CameronDuke	Justin Rose	T70	$20,645	$2,914,841
cato	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$2,779,061
cato	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$2,779,061
cato	Corey Conners	T7	$356,013	$2,779,061
cato	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$2,779,061
cato	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$2,779,061
cato	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$2,779,061
cato	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$2,779,061
cato	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$2,779,061
mkirsh	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$2,381,529
mkirsh	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$2,381,529
mkirsh	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$2,381,529
mkirsh	Collin Morikawa	T31	$70,422	$2,381,529
mkirsh	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$2,381,529
mkirsh	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$2,381,529
JasonEvans	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$2,352,626
JasonEvans	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$2,352,626
JasonEvans	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$2,352,626
JasonEvans	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$2,352,626
JasonEvans	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$2,352,626
JasonEvans	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$2,352,626
tbyers11	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$2,168,687
tbyers11	Patrick Cantlay	T7	$356,013	$2,168,687
tbyers11	Corey Conners	T7	$356,013	$2,168,687
tbyers11	Matt Fitzpatrick	T10	$265,060	$2,168,687
tbyers11	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$2,168,687
tbyers11	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$2,168,687
tbyers11	Robert MacIntyre	T31	$70,422	$2,168,687
tbyers11	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$2,168,687
rsvman	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$1,831,988
rsvman	Patrick Cantlay	T7	$356,013	$1,831,988
rsvman	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$1,831,988
rsvman	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$1,831,988
rsvman	Billy Horschel	T43	$39,225	$1,831,988
rsvman	Brian Harman	T43	$39,225	$1,831,988
rsvman	Kevin Kisner	T60	$22,938	$1,831,988
rsvman	Tommy Fleetwood	T60	$22,938	$1,831,988
Turk	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$1,781,477
Turk	Jason Kokrak	T7	$356,013	$1,781,477
Turk	Tony Finau	T10	$265,060	$1,781,477
Turk	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$1,781,477
Turk	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$1,781,477
Turk	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$1,781,477
Turk	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$1,781,477
killerleft	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$1,767,531
killerleft	Patrick Cantlay	T7	$356,013	$1,767,531
killerleft	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$1,767,531
killerleft	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$1,767,531
killerleft	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$1,767,531
killerleft	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$1,767,531
dudog84	Corey Conners	T7	$356,013	$1,753,913
dudog84	Tony Finau	T10	$265,060	$1,753,913
dudog84	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$1,753,913
dudog84	Kevin Na	T10	$265,060	$1,753,913
dudog84	Webb Simpson	T10	$265,060	$1,753,913
dudog84	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$1,753,913
dudog84	Russell Henley	T31	$70,422	$1,753,913
dudog84	Marc Leishman	T31	$70,422	$1,753,913
dudog84	Brian Harman	T43	$39,225	$1,753,913
dudog84	Kevin Kisner	T60	$22,938	$1,753,913
dudog84	Tommy Fleetwood	T60	$22,938	$1,753,913
dudog84	SiWoo Kim	T70	$20,645	$1,753,913
dudog84	Justin Rose	T70	$20,645	$1,753,913
Rich	Scottie Scheffler	T3	$762,757	$1,624,610
Rich	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$1,624,610
Rich	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$1,624,610
Rich	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$1,624,610
Rich	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,624,610
Rich	Paul Casey	WD	$0	$1,624,610
jv001	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$1,423,170
jv001	Matt Fitzpatrick	T10	$265,060	$1,423,170
jv001	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$1,423,170
jv001	Collin Morikawa	T31	$70,422	$1,423,170
jv001	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$1,423,170
jv001	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,423,170
elvis14	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$1,415,875
elvis14	Collin Morikawa	T31	$70,422	$1,415,875
elvis14	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$1,415,875
elvis14	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$1,415,875
elvis14	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,415,875
elvis14	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$1,415,875
accfanfrom1970	Cameron Smith	2	$1,242,000	$1,395,231
accfanfrom1970	Collin Morikawa	T31	$70,422	$1,395,231
accfanfrom1970	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$1,395,231
accfanfrom1970	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$1,395,231
accfanfrom1970	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,395,231
Utley	Scottie Scheffler	T3	$762,757	$1,181,048
Utley	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$1,181,048
Utley	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$1,181,048
Utley	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$1,181,048
Utley	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$1,181,048
Utley	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,181,048
mr. synellinden	Patrick Cantlay	T7	$356,013	$1,076,296
mr. synellinden	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$1,076,296
mr. synellinden	Webb Simpson	T10	$265,060	$1,076,296
mr. synellinden	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$1,076,296
mr. synellinden	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$1,076,296
mr. synellinden	Adam Scott	T43	$39,225	$1,076,296
mr. synellinden	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,076,296
mr. synellinden	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$1,076,296
duketaylor	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Kevin Na	T10	$265,060	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Sergio Garcia	T19	$139,583	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Tommy Fleetwood	T60	$22,938	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Paul Casey	WD	$0	$1,038,217
duketaylor	Matthew Wolff	T86	$0	$1,038,217
Bob Green	Dustin Johnson	T3	$762,757	$1,025,635
Bob Green	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$1,025,635
Bob Green	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$1,025,635
Bob Green	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$1,025,635
Bob Green	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$1,025,635
Bob Green	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$1,025,635
Bob Green	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,025,635
nmduke2001	Tony Finau	T10	$265,060	$1,018,834
nmduke2001	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$1,018,834
nmduke2001	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$1,018,834
nmduke2001	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$1,018,834
nmduke2001	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$1,018,834
nmduke2001	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$1,018,834
nmduke2001	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$1,018,834
nmduke2001	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$1,018,834
CrazyNotCrazie	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Shane Lowry	T31	$70,422	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Adam Scott	T43	$39,225	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Kevin Kisner	T60	$22,938	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	SiWoo Kim	T70	$20,645	$834,288
CrazyNotCrazie	Justin Rose	T70	$20,645	$834,288
fidel	Tony Finau	T10	$265,060	$818,576
fidel	Kevin Na	T10	$265,060	$818,576
fidel	Hideki Matsuyama	T19	$139,583	$818,576
fidel	Collin Morikawa	T31	$70,422	$818,576
fidel	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$818,576
fidel	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$818,576
sagegrouse	Patrick Cantlay	T7	$356,013	$792,885
sagegrouse	Tony Finau	T10	$265,060	$792,885
sagegrouse	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$792,885
sagegrouse	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$792,885
sagegrouse	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$792,885
sagegrouse	Kevin Kisner	T60	$22,938	$792,885
DevilHorse	Daniel Berger	T10	$265,060	$738,863
DevilHorse	Will Zalatoris	T10	$265,060	$738,863
DevilHorse	Marc Leishman	T31	$70,422	$738,863
DevilHorse	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$738,863
DevilHorse	Xander Schauffele	T43	$39,225	$738,863
DevilHorse	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$738,863
DevilHorse	Justin Rose	T70	$20,645	$738,863
DevilHorse	Luke List	T77	$0	$738,863
Rogue	Harold Varner III	T10	$265,060	$726,934
Rogue	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$726,934
Rogue	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$726,934
Rogue	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$726,934
Rogue	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$726,934
Rogue	Tommy Fleetwood	T60	$22,938	$726,934
Rogue	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$726,934
Rogue	Justin Rose	T70	$20,645	$726,934
sbroc012	Tiger Woods	T10	$265,060	$636,324
sbroc012	Viktor Hovland	T19	$139,583	$636,324
sbroc012	Rory McIlroy	T31	$70,422	$636,324
sbroc012	Jordan Spieth	T43	$39,225	$636,324
sbroc012	Max Homa	T43	$39,225	$636,324
sbroc012	Seamus Power	T43	$39,225	$636,324
sbroc012	Kevin Kisner	T60	$22,938	$636,324
sbroc012	Justin Thomas	T70	$20,645	$636,324
91devil	Viktor Hovland	T19	$139,583	$315,752
91devil	Bubba Watson	T31	$70,422	$315,752
91devil	Jon Rahm	T43	$39,225	$315,752
91devil	Brooks Koepka	T60	$22,938	$315,752
91devil	Gary Woodland	T60	$22,938	$315,752
91devil	Louis Oosthuizen	T70	$20,645	$315,752
91devil	Paul Casey	WD	$0	$315,752

[rsvman]

If memory serves, behind Jason Evans in these contests is generally not a good place to be.

My late pick of Tommy Fleetwood isn't looking good so far; I forgot that Tommy isn't a very good putter. (I had typed in Tiger, then erased it and put Fleetwood in. Had I stuck with Tiger I would have been doing a lot better.)

Oh well, it's still early.

[Rich]

Casey was definitely one of my picks, until I remembered his back troubles from 2 weeks ago. He has withdrawn.

Bummer for me. I didn't know about his back troubles.

[elvis14]

As usual, I'm just glad I'm not in last place.
Really enjoyed watching the Masters yesterday, a good way to get hyped up for my yearly golf trip in 2 weeks. Of course having The Masters stream on one of my screens didn't distract me from my work at all :-)

[jv001]

Lot of rain last night and players are taking advantage. Doubles on 18 really hurt Berger and Cam but otherwise very solid rounds for them. Overall Tiger has to like where he is at 1 under with that huge up and down on 18. Contest favorite JT not off to the start that many were looking for. DJ had a nice front. Spieth doing his usual roller coaster routine.

BTW, the Masters app is totally incredible. Every shot from every player - truly amazing (I know they had this last year but I'm still amazed).

I do not like Jordan's forward press on his putts. I've never seen a top player have that much forward lean on their putts. Jordan used to be a lights out putter, not so much lately.

[DUKIECB]

The course is showing it's teeth today. Best rounds currently going are only 2 under so far. Many, many over par with some large numbers going up.

If anyone in the afternoon group could post a round in the 60's they would vault up the leader board.

Tiger has an opportunity, we'll see if he can continue his good play from yesterday and take advantage of it.

[rsvman]

I do not like Jordan's forward press on his putts. I've never seen a top player have that much forward lean on their putts. Jordan used to be a lights out putter, not so much lately.

He has always been amazing on longer putts, like 15-20 feet. For quite some time he was the best of the best on those. But even back then his putting from 6 feet and under was not very good. There was a time when it seemed that he was more likely to make a 15-footer than a 4-footer!

He still doesn't seem comfortable over those shorter putts, but that is nothing new.