Golf Grand Slam Pool

[Breeze]

I did this several years ago, before I started working on my Master’s Degree and my free time was so limited, and I’m pretty sure someone picked up the ball and ran with it for a year or so in my absence…but I be interested in resurrecting this if the interest is high enough.

In this game, each person will pick 7 golfers for all 4 majors, plus the TPC Championship. No golfer can be picked more than twice. To determine your score you take the top 5 players out of the 7, and add up where they finished in the standings. First place is 1 point, second is 2 points, etc. The total points are added together and the lowest point total wins.

There will be a winner for each event and an overall winner for the entire contest. Please sign up if you’re interested…

[kingfc22]

In

[Sublime 2]

In.

[hoopsguy]

I'll play.

[Breeze]

Bump for Master's Week....get signed up if you are interested in playing....

[Breeze]

Feel free to PM me your 7 gofers whenever you are ready.

Keep in mind you can only use a golfer 2 times in the 5 tournaments. (4 majors and TPC Sawgrass)...

[Breeze]

Here is the original pool I did years ago, in case anyone is interested in seeing how it worked....

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=58017

[Breeze]

Got to sign up prior to first tee time...feel free to PM me or post your selections in this thread...

[Breeze]

Just a quick note. I had someone ask me a question through PM, and I think it is important to explain. Right now if you are interested in playing, I only need your 7 players for the masters. I don't need you to make your selections for every major right now. I'll bump this thread back to the top prior to each event so picks can be made.

[Breeze]

One last bump to see if anyone else wants to get in before the ball gets teed up tomorrow...

[Young Drachma]

sent

[Breeze]

I'll be posting everyones picks shortly...

[Breeze]

NTNDeacon

M. Kuchar
T. Woods
P. Michelson
K. Choi
L. Westwood
L. Donald
B. Watson

[Breeze]

hoopsguy

Matt Kuchar
Lee Westwood
KJ Choi
Keegan Bradley
Dustin Johnson
Henrik Stenson
Justin Rose

[Breeze]

KingFC

Tiger Woods
Adam Scott
Matt Kuchar
Louis Oosthuizen
Phil Mickelson
Jim Furyk
Zach Johnson

[Breeze]

Young Drachma

Tiger Woods
Steve Stricker
Jim Furyk
Brandt Snedeker
Jason Day
Keegan Bradley
Lucas Glover

[Breeze]

Breeze

Tiger
Phil
Bubba
D Johnson
Rose
Schwartzel
Haas

[Breeze]

Unfortunately, we had a couple more that expressed interest but I never got an entry from...

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by Breeze

hoopsguy

Matt Kuchar
Lee Westwood
KJ Choi
Keegan Bradley
Dustin Johnson
Henrik Stenson
Justin Rose

Originally Posted by Breeze

KingFC

Matt Kuchar
Lee Westwood
KJ Choi
Keegan Bradley
Dustin Johnson
Henrik Stenson
Justin Rose

I'm guessing KingFC didn't pick the exact same guys I did?

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

I'm guessing KingFC didn't pick the exact same guys I did?

Nope...I must have screwed up the cut and paste...hang on fixing it now...

[Breeze]

Fixed...thanks Hoops...

[hoopsguy]

Originally Posted by Breeze

Here is the original pool I did years ago, in case anyone is interested in seeing how it worked....

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...ad.php?t=58017

Forgot that I played last time. Not a particularly awesome showing ...

[Young Drachma]

Sergio had a good 1st day. Almost picked them then decided against it.

[ntndeacon]

So far only 1 of 7 with a plus by his name. not shabby.

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Forgot that I played last time. Not a particularly awesome showing ...

I said it was a long time ago last time I did this...so long ago you forgot you even played....

[hoopsguy]

Well, out of all the picks only one player didn't make the cut at the Masters.

[hoopsguy]

Here is what I saw for scores; please check my work.

YD (58): Day 3, Woods 4, Snedeker 6, Stricker 20, Furyk 25
Not Used: Bradley 51, Glover 47

Hoops (72): Westwood 8, Kuchar 8, D. Johnson 13, Stenson 18, Rose 25
Not Used: Choi 44, Bradley 51

KingFC (73): Scott 1, Woods 4, Kuchar 8, Furyk 25, Z. Johnson 35
Not Used: Oost (Miss), Mickelson 51

Breeze (87): Woods 4, D. Johnson 13, Haas 20, Rose 25, Schwartzel 25
Not Used: Mickelson 51, Watson 48

NTN (89): Woods 4, Kuchar 8, Westwood 8, Donald 25, Choi 44
Not Used: Mickelson 51 Watson 48

[Young Drachma]

For a second, I forgot golf is a game of lowest score.

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Here is what I saw for scores; please check my work.

YD (58): Day 3, Woods 4, Snedeker 6, Stricker 20, Furyk 25
Not Used: Bradley 51, Glover 47

Hoops (72): Westwood 8, Kuchar 8, D. Johnson 13, Stenson 18, Rose 25
Not Used: Choi 44, Bradley 51

KingFC (73): Scott 1, Woods 4, Kuchar 8, Furyk 25, Z. Johnson 35
Not Used: Oost (Miss), Mickelson 51

Breeze (87): Woods 4, D. Johnson 13, Haas 20, Rose 25, Schwartzel 25
Not Used: Mickelson 51, Watson 48

NTN (89): Woods 4, Kuchar 8, Westwood 8, Donald 25, Choi 44
Not Used: Mickelson 51 Watson 48

Just a couple of mistakes, but most were on the players that didn't count anyway. The only one I saw that actually counted was Choi's 44 on NTN...that should actually be a 46...

[Breeze]

Nice job everyone....

YD wins the Masters with a 58, but nobody blew up, so the overall championship is still very much up in the air. The 30 or so points separating first from last can change very quickly...

[hoopsguy]

Well, guess time will tell if I made a good decision holding back on Woods - 4th isn't too shabby.

I'm very surprised that no one took Rory.

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by hoopsguy

Well, guess time will tell if I made a good decision holding back on Woods - 4th isn't too shabby.

I'm very surprised that no one took Rory.

I've done that in the past with my regular group. Though I alway like Tiger's chances at the Masters, he's so strong and consistently good in the opens when it is much more of a crap shoot and when being wrong can be very painful, that I've saved him for those events. It can be argued that a 10th or so from Woods in the Open is better than a 4th at the Masters...

[Breeze]

Guys...the TPC is this weekend. Be thinking about the 7 golfers you want to choose.

[Breeze]

Guys,

Will need your 7 golfers no later than 6 AM...

Good luck...

Beau

[hoopsguy]

Sent.

[ntndeacon]

I am interested to see who people use for the second time in this round.

[Breeze]

TPC Picks


Breeze

Garcia
Watney
Furyk
Snedeker
Z Johnson
Toms
Kaymer


ntdeacon

Rose
Donald
McDowell
Furyk
Poulter
Scott
Van Pelt


hoopsguy

Mickelson
Van Pelt
McIllroy
Glover
Donald
Watney
Scott


Young Drachma

Streelman
Day
Snedeker
Rose
Westwood
Horschel
Garcia


KingFC22 - didn't get picks in so we'll use the same picks from the Masters

Woods
Scott
Kuchar
Oosthuizen
Mickelson
Furyk
Z Johnson

[Young Drachma]

It's either going to go really well or really not for me. We'll see. But I'm confident we can keep up the Masters momentum.

[Breeze]

Ugh...unless Toms does something special, I'm already screwed...

[Young Drachma]

Will likely lose my dark horses to the cut unfortunately. Should've kept Tiger on tap, but he doesn't usually play well here. I guess that's the pre-Vonn and post-Vonn can do for you.

[hoopsguy]

This is not going well - three missed cut, and Van Pelt's 79 today puts him in last place among those who made it.

[kingfc22]

Sorry guys. Work was nuts this past week. Thank for rolling over my picks!

[Young Drachma]

Sergio's meltdown did me no favors at all in this one. I literally wasthisclose to putting Tiger on the squad and he makes me pay big.

[hoopsguy]

Advantage, KingFC? Not going to total these ... will let someone else post the bad news for Team Hoopsguy

[Breeze]

Ok, so here are the final scores from the TPC...and accept for YD they are UGLY...

Breeze - 156
ntdeacon - 256
hoopsguy - 186
Young Drachma - 45
KingFC22 - 106

So a couple of quick notes to clarify the differences from the scores YD posted...

A missed cut is the final number +1. So in this case the last place finisher was a 77, so every missed cut counts 78. Also on KingFC22's score YD had Z. Johnson down for a MC and he actually finished 19th. Please feel free to check my totals...

[Young Drachma]

Deleted mine now that we got the official ruling.

[Breeze]

I had a really slick spreadsheet I used to do this on years ago...had formulas, color coding, etc. Unfortunately, I can't find it, so I may have to rebuild the thing...

[Breeze]

Overall Scores (after 2 events)

Young Drachma - 103
KingFC22 - 179
Breeze - 245
hoopsguy - 258
ntdeacon - 347

YD has a huge early lead, but it can disappear fast, especially with the 2 Opens coming up next. I was once leading in my pool after the first 3 events by about 60 points, but at the Brittish Open I had only 3 guys make the cut. Had to rally with a strong PGA just to finish 3rd overall

[Young Drachma]

I'm plotting not to make any Sergio-like drops in future events, lemme tell ya.

[Breeze]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

I'm plotting not to make any Sergio-like drops in future events, lemme tell ya.

Might want to stay away from picking Sergio moving forward then

It's funny when you play this regularly you'll get to where some golfers drive you nuts. Several years back with Toms was one of the best players in the world we would pick him and he would invariably miss the cut. For 5 picks over 2+ years he never made the cut for me (didn't this week either). He was affectionately known as David Effing Toms around my house...