Tampa Bay Championship

Is it time for the Masters yet? Mother Nature is working hard to cool down the ground here and keep the azaleas from blooming early. Latest spring I've seen in the 8 years since embedding in the southland.

I watched Streelman finish off his first win on the PGA TOUR. Other than the fact that he went to Duke, good solid dude, nice to see him finally break through. A lot of decent picks, really glad I decided to go with Cabrera instead of sticking with Donald. Maybe that was a sign to take a vow of poverty as Pope Francis has. Only a $210K difference between the two.

Take heart if you're down near the bottom of the pool, if you picked a top 5 finisher at the Masters (and Tigers doesn't play well) you'll be in the top 10.

Here's the updated standings...

Jennifer King	-	$4,056,153
Jim Fisher	-	$3,858,492
Jake Louricas	-	$3,544,703
Gray Kitchens	-	$3,444,675
Don Adams	-	$3,146,611
Andrew Tucker	-	$3,028,518
Matt Saler	-	$2,913,189
Hunter Hughey	-	$2,889,911
Russ Tigue	-	$2,885,908
Sean Scoopmire	-	$2,422,012
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Greg Adams	-	$2,335,380
John Barnes	-	$2,177,647
John Reilly	-	$2,127,211
Mike Jones	-	$2,120,142
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,051,312
Ryan Jordan	-	$2,006,519
Jason Swanson	-	$1,998,840
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,981,858
Allen Freedman	-	$1,948,690
Tim Baker Sr.	-	$1,920,150
Brian Marchant	-	$1,901,342
Troy Engebretson	-	$1,885,106
Jeff Wilson	-	$1,783,795
Tom Roberts	-	$1,760,829
Jamie Pimental	-	$1,753,268
Joe Eber	-	$1,737,525
Blake Browne	-	$1,715,715
Brian Remsberg	-	$1,694,255
Mike Hubbard	-	$1,621,069
Jeremy Hammond	-	$1,530,839
Kyle Rubeling	-	$1,529,570
Chris Hood	-	$1,522,514
Stephen Riddick	-	$1,416,618
Bill Horton	-	$1,362,063
Patrick King	-	$1,297,152
Sue Hubbard	-	$1,135,135
Alex Yates	-	$1,096,496
Travis Brown	-	$1,065,516
Brian Jones	-	$1,038,761
Nick Eber	-	$1,032,657
Jim Hobart	-	$889,410
Mark Eber	-	$748,470
Stefan Manford	-	$685,547
Chip Kay	-	$675,745
Mark Wilson	-	$526,865

Doral / PR Update...

Not much to write about this week. Tiger is back or is he? I don't like to lead you on your picks but I will likely just ask you to send me your pick for the Masters if you're not picking him. We do have a new leader this week. Mrs. King picked Boo(T8) and Graeme (T3). Several other solid picks but nobody with a win or second in either tourney. Updated standings...

Jennifer King	-	$3,976,403
Jim Fisher	-	$3,709,600
Jake Louricas	-	$3,533,603
Gray Kitchens	-	$3,295,783
Don Adams	-	$2,997,719
Andrew Tucker	-	$2,996,550
Russ Tigue	-	$2,853,940
Hunter Hughey	-	$2,810,161
Matt Saler	-	$2,764,297
Greg Adams	-	$2,335,380
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Sean Scoopmire	-	$2,273,120
John Barnes	-	$2,160,900
John Reilly	-	$2,127,211
Mike Jones	-	$1,971,250
Stefen Lovelace	-	$1,902,420
Ryan Jordan	-	$1,857,627
Tim Baker Sr.	-	$1,840,400
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,832,966
Troy Engebretson	-	$1,830,106
Allen Freedman	-	$1,799,798
Jason Swanson	-	$1,771,507
Brian Marchant	-	$1,752,450
Joe Eber	-	$1,737,525
Tom Roberts	-	$1,728,861
Jamie Pimental	-	$1,721,300
Jeff Wilson	-	$1,704,045
Blake Browne	-	$1,683,747
Brian Remsberg	-	$1,682,760
Mike Hubbard	-	$1,621,069
Kyle Rubeling	-	$1,449,820
Chris Hood	-	$1,442,764
Jeremy Hammond	-	$1,381,947
Stephen Riddick	-	$1,267,726
Bill Horton	-	$1,213,171
Patrick King	-	$1,148,260
Sue Hubbard	-	$1,135,135
Travis Brown	-	$1,065,516
Brian Jones	-	$1,038,761
Nick Eber	-	$1,020,722
Alex Yates	-	$947,604
Jim Hobart	-	$889,410
Mark Eber	-	$748,470
Stefan Manford	-	$685,547
Chip Kay	-	$663,810
Mark Wilson	-	$447,115

Honda Update...

Maybe he's lucky, maybe it's his positive mental attitude. Whatever it is, the guy wins more things than anybody I know, Mark Eber has won the cuts made streak. Perhaps most amazingly of all, he's in 41st place and this week was the first time one of his picks netted more than $100,000. Speaking of $100K, we had 22 people pick players (mainly Euros) who made at least that this week at the Honda.

Nice to see a former Travelers Championship am exemption get his first win on tour. Michael Thompson is a stud, this won't be his last win. Updated standings and a note at the bottom about Pebble. Welcome your thoughts and memories if you've ever been out there as well...

Jim Fisher	-	$3,641,400
Jennifer King	-	$3,457,403
Gray Kitchens	-	$3,112,122
Jake Louricas	-	$2,994,478
Don Adams	-	$2,892,894
Andrew Tucker	-	$2,771,550
Hunter Hughey	-	$2,721,750
Matt Saler	-	$2,683,886
Russ Tigue	-	$2,683,365
Sean Scoopmire	-	$2,184,709
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
John Barnes	-	$2,023,800
John Reilly	-	$1,902,211
Greg Adams	-	$1,873,780
Mike Jones	-	$1,858,650
Stefen Lovelace	-	$1,797,595
Ryan Jordan	-	$1,745,027
Tim Baker Sr.	-	$1,700,150
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,692,716
Jason Swanson	-	$1,687,096
Jamie Pimental	-	$1,677,200
Joe Eber	-	$1,658,525
Brian Marchant	-	$1,629,350
Tom Roberts	-	$1,627,261
Troy Engebretson	-	$1,622,256
Allen Freedman	-	$1,591,948
Blake Browne	-	$1,565,836
Mike Hubbard	-	$1,552,869
Brian Remsberg	-	$1,523,760
Jeff Wilson	-	$1,451,751
Jeremy Hammond	-	$1,381,947
Chris Hood	-	$1,369,970
Kyle Rubeling	-	$1,165,720
Stephen Riddick	-	$1,134,976
Bill Horton	-	$1,108,346
Patrick King	-	$1,062,435
Brian Jones	-	$920,850
Travis Brown	-	$881,855
Alex Yates	-	$870,193
Jim Hobart	-	$817,910
Sue Hubbard	-	$656,385
Mark Eber	-	$634,720
Nick Eber	-	$596,397
Chip Kay	-	$581,110
Stefan Manford	-	$501,886
Mark Wilson	-	$366,321

Last thought: There are very few places that live up to a lifetime of hype. One is Augusta National and the Masters and last week I found out Pebble Beach is another. If you haven't been, imagine one of the most beautiful places you've ever seen with a VERY GOOD golf course on top of it. I was skeptical, but the place exceeded the hype. Here's a quick picture I took on 18 after the round. I'll be selling limited edition signed pieces. My best shot of they day! I did shoot 86 from the tips, played fairly well with a few loose tee balls in the middle of the round.

WGC-Accenture Update...

Some solid picks this week with five of you picking Kuchar in combination with Poulter. That's $2 million in weekly earnings. We have some new faces in the top 10 as well as a new pool leader in Jim Fisher.

Both Mark and Jake had one player get knocked out in the first round, so the cuts made streak lives on for another week.

I also made some updates to the Full Season picks tab in the Excel document. We had a few people pick Kuchar and Jim Fisher currently leads that pool too. We'll post some more updates on that front after the Masters.

And lastly, please send your picks to me (kyler@imre.com) this week, not Brian.

Updated Standings...

1	-	Jim Fisher	-	$3,485,400
2	-	Jennifer King	-	$3,301,403
3	-	Gray Kitchens	-	$3,064,272
4	-	Jake Louricas	-	$2,994,478
5	-	Don Adams	-	$2,666,694
6	-	Matt Saler	-	$2,636,036
7	-	Andrew Tucker	-	$2,545,350
8	-	Russ Tigue	-	$2,527,365
9	-	Hunter Hughey	-	$2,495,550
10	-	John Barnes	-	$1,975,950
		PLAYOFF CUT LINE
11	-	Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,958,509
12	-	Mike Jones	-	$1,810,800
13	-	Stefen Lovelace	-	$1,749,745
14	-	John Reilly	-	$1,746,211
15	-	Greg Adams	-	$1,717,780
16	-	Joe Eber	-	$1,622,000
17	-	Justin Marksamer	-	$1,614,476
18	-	Ryan Jordan	-	$1,589,027
19	-	Blake Browne	-	$1,565,836
20	-	Tim Baker Sr.	-	$1,544,150
21	-	Jason Swanson	-	$1,531,096
22	-	Jamie Pimental	-	$1,521,200
23	-	Mike Hubbard	-	$1,516,344
24	-	Brian Remsberg	-	$1,509,720
25	-	Brian Marchant	-	$1,473,350
26	-	Troy Engebretson	-	$1,466,256
27	-	Allen Freedman	-	$1,435,948
28	-	Tom Roberts	-	$1,401,061
29	-	Chris Hood	-	$1,322,120
30	-	Jeremy Hammond	-	$1,225,947
31	-	Jeff Wilson	-	$1,225,551
32	-	Patrick King	-	$1,062,435
33	-	Bill Horton	-	$1,060,496
34	-	Kyle Rubeling	-	$1,009,720
35	-	Stephen Riddick	-	$908,776
36	-	Travis Brown	-	$881,855
37	-	Brian Jones	-	$873,000
38	-	Alex Yates	-	$856,153
39	-	Jim Hobart	-	$661,910
40	-	Nick Eber	-	$596,397
41	-	Sue Hubbard	-	$578,145
42	-	Mark Eber	-	$478,720
43	-	Chip Kay	-	$425,110
44	-	Stefan Manford	-	$423,646
45	-	Mark Wilson	-	$366,321

Northern Trust Update...

Pretty exciting golf tournament this weekend. I picked a terrible time to learn that my bro-in-law doesn't have the Golf Channel. Think CBS would have switched over to 60 Minutes if Phil was in the playoff?  Lots of ifs and buts in the picks, it was feast or famine. We had nearly 20 people net $99,000 or more. Included in that list our new leader Jake Louricas. His pick of Webb Simpson moved him into first and also kept him alive in the cuts made streak. Mark also moved on with another mediocre cut maker in Matt Kuchar. It's 1st place vs. 41st in the cuts made streak. And finally, hats off to Mr. Brian Jones who made a cut for the first time!

Updated standings...

 

Jake Louricas	-	$2,448,478
Andrew Tucker	-	$2,353,350
Russ Tigue	-	$1,981,365
Hunter Hughey	-	$1,949,550
Jim Fisher	-	$1,485,400
Greg Adams	-	$1,477,780
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,472,476
John Barnes	-	$1,429,950
Jamie Pimental	-	$1,379,200
Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,362,509
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Troy Engebretson	-	$1,324,256
Jennifer King	-	$1,301,403
Allen Freedman	-	$1,293,948
Tom Roberts	-	$1,259,061
Mike Jones	-	$1,214,800
Stefen Lovelace	-	$1,153,745
Mike Hubbard	-	$1,145,344
John Reilly	-	$1,102,211
Joe Eber	-	$1,076,000
Gray Kitchens	-	$1,064,272
Ryan Jordan	-	$1,043,027
Blake Browne	-	$1,019,836
Jason Swanson	-	$935,096
Brian Marchant	-	$927,350
Patrick King	-	$920,435
Brian Remsberg	-	$913,720
Tim Baker Sr.	-	$883,150
Kyle Rubeling	-	$819,720
Travis Brown	-	$739,855
Chris Hood	-	$726,120
Jeremy Hammond	-	$679,947
Don Adams	-	$666,694
Alex Yates	-	$664,153
Matt Saler	-	$636,036
Jeff Wilson	-	$629,551
Jim Hobart	-	$519,910
Nick Eber	-	$504,397
Bill Horton	-	$464,496
Stephen Riddick	-	$362,776
Sue Hubbard	-	$338,145
Mark Eber	-	$336,720
Chip Kay	-	$333,110
Stefan Manford	-	$281,646
Mark Wilson	-	$224,321
Brian Jones	-	$162,000