Monday, April 27, 2015

Zurich Feast or Famine Open

Either you picked Justin Rose or you MC'd. That's what 80% of the pool did. 12 people picked Justin Rose and 14 had either MC or NP including Kyle Rubeling who was the final competition for Cale Harbin in the cuts made streak. Cale nets $230 by picking 15 straight guys who made the cut and two others who didn't have to make a cut.

Also noteworthy this week is our current leader Chris Edwards who picked his fourth winner in five tournaments. Yes, you read that right he's picked four of the past five winners! I'm not sure I've picked four winners in the nine years I've been running this thing.

This year's top 3 would have been in last year's playoff with the amount they've already earned. How bonkers have this year's picks been? Take a look at the very bottom for the top 10 standings at this point last year!

The leaderboard...


Chris Edwards - $8,350,378
Richard Rapkin - $8,153,624
Allen Freedman - $7,015,942
Don Adams - $6,993,048
Sean Scoopmire - $6,676,611
Ryan Zuckerman - $6,509,559
Jennifer Garrity - $6,159,694
Rob Randall - $5,903,139
Brian Jones - $5,068,062
Joe Eber - $4,907,802
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
BJ Sweeney - $4,905,847
John Doyle - $4,850,080
Mark Wilson - $4,540,206
Chad Crawford - $4,487,652
Michael Fitz-Patrick - $4,383,474
Mike Blair - $4,253,989
Jim Fisher - $4,129,503
Cale Harbin - $3,677,851
Hunter Hughey - $3,561,051
Tom Sullivan - $3,368,410
Matt Saler - $3,285,361
Bill Horton - $3,177,164
Sue Hubbard - $3,133,693
Mark Eber - $3,100,297
Jamie Pimentel - $3,080,573
Jeff Henry - $2,966,511
Jason Swanson - $2,692,862
Russ Tigue - $2,467,501
Kyle Rubeling - $2,461,457
Stefan Manford - $2,337,301
Justin Marksamer - $2,335,004
Stefen Lovelace - $2,130,075
Scott Stein - $2,095,235
Gray Kitchens - $2,050,489
Tom Roberts - $2,038,562
John Reilly - $1,862,307
Brian Remsberg - $1,754,473
Chris Hood - $1,740,648
John Barnes - $1,650,844
Mike Hubbard - $1,614,686
Nick Eber - $1,453,153
Steve Smith - $1,089,178
Travis Brown - $636,945


2014 Leaderboard through Zurich

Jennifer King - $6,027,466
Stefen Lovelace - $4,606,598
Chris Hood - $4,396,727
Russ Tigue - $4,308,250
Jeremy Hammond - $4,142,016
Mike Hubbard - $3,960,936
Steve Marksamer - $3,854,452
Kyle Rubeling - $3,684,299
Jim Fisher - $3,648,832
Tom Sullivan - $3,555,692

Monday, April 20, 2015

Heritage Update!

Lots to report on this week after the Heritage...

1.) Cale Harbin and Kyle Rubeling are the final two in streakin' race. Standing 25th and 26th respectively, they have now picked 16 straight guys who made the cut and played shitty on the weekend! Nice work Tom and Bill for hanging around but Zach's MC drop you both out of the race.

2.) Former GCC member-member partners Tom Roberts and Allen Freedman both picked Jim Furyk this week moving them up to 31st and 2nd.

3.) Chris Edwards streak of picking 3 straight winners comes to an end. Come on Chris!

4.) I thought I had my 5th pick of a guy making <$20K but instead I double picked Boo Weekley who netted me $0 in two tournaments! :(

On to the Zurich!


Chris Edwards - $7,108,378
Allen Freedman - $7,015,942
Richard Rapkin - $6,911,624
Sean Scoopmire - $6,612,556
Rob Randall - $5,787,219
Don Adams - $5,751,048
Ryan Zuckerman - $5,267,559
Brian Jones - $5,068,062
Jennifer Garrity - $4,917,694
BJ Sweeney - $4,888,856
PLAYOFF CUT LINE    
John Doyle - $4,850,080
Michael Fitz-Patrick - $4,383,474
Mike Blair - $4,236,998
Jim Fisher - $4,112,512
Joe Eber - $3,665,802
Hunter Hughey - $3,544,060
Mark Wilson - $3,298,206
Matt Saler - $3,268,370
Chad Crawford - $3,245,652
Jamie Pimentel - $3,080,573
Sue Hubbard - $3,069,638
Bill Horton - $3,061,244
Jeff Henry - $2,966,511
Jason Swanson - $2,692,862
Kyle Rubeling - $2,461,457
Cale Harbin - $2,435,851
Russ Tigue - $2,351,581
Stefan Manford - $2,337,301
Tom Sullivan - $2,126,410
Scott Stein - $2,095,235
Tom Roberts - $2,038,562
Stefen Lovelace - $2,014,155
Gray Kitchens - $1,934,569
John Reilly - $1,862,307
Mark Eber - $1,858,297
Chris Hood - $1,709,549
Brian Remsberg - $1,649,822
John Barnes - $1,586,789
Mike Hubbard - $1,583,587
Nick Eber - $1,436,162
Justin Marksamer - $1,093,004
Steve Smith - $1,089,178
Travis Brown - $636,945



Monday, April 13, 2015

The Masters Update

Wow. Impressive. Historic. Legen-dary! But I was bored. This wasn't the same level of excitement Tiger brought in 1997 but I do think we've found Rory's rival, maybe even his equal. The kid has game too bad he made his worst stroke on the 72nd hole, would have liked to see that go down.

The picks this week were also historic and interesting. For the first time since the 2012 Masters nobody picked Phil in a major. And what did he do? He did what Phil does - a surprising T2 finish. Also, I believe this is the first time everyone has made the cut in a major.

There were ten people who picked Spieth and eight of them are in the top ten now including 1-7. Other top picks included Rory and Dustin Johnson. Bubba, Day and Walker picks netted just $80,000 and lose significant ground on the field.

Golf clap for Mark who rolled the dice with Tiger and gained $300K+. I think it was great for him to make the cut and actually finish a tournament for a change. Hopefully he takes the momentum into the Players and really gets going.

Updated standings...


Chris Edwards - $7,095,044
Richard Rapkin - $6,899,116
Sean Scoopmire - $6,612,556
Allen Freedman - $5,953,942
Rob Randall - $5,773,885
Don Adams - $5,751,048
Ryan Zuckerman - $5,267,559
Brian Jones - $5,042,692
Jennifer Garrity - $4,904,360
BJ Sweeney - $4,888,856
PLAYOFF CUT LINE    
John Doyle - $4,850,080
Michael Fitz-Patrick - $4,383,474
Mike Blair - $4,167,673
Jim Fisher - $4,012,212
Joe Eber - $3,622,142
Hunter Hughey - $3,518,690
Mark Wilson - $3,298,206
Matt Saler - $3,268,370
Chad Crawford - $3,231,581
Sue Hubbard - $3,069,638
Jamie Pimentel - $3,068,065
Bill Horton - $3,061,244
Jeff Henry - $2,953,177
Jason Swanson - $2,592,562
Kyle Rubeling - $2,448,949
Cale Harbin - $2,422,517
Russ Tigue - $2,339,073
Stefan Manford - $2,311,931
Tom Sullivan - $2,126,410
Scott Stein - $2,095,235
Stefen Lovelace - $2,000,821
Gray Kitchens - $1,909,199
Mark Eber - $1,846,379
John Reilly - $1,792,982
Chris Hood - $1,695,478
Brian Remsberg - $1,638,553
John Barnes - $1,586,789
Mike Hubbard - $1,571,079
Nick Eber - $1,366,837
Justin Marksamer - $1,093,004
Steve Smith - $1,089,178
Tom Roberts - $976,562
Travis Brown - $636,945

Thursday, April 9, 2015

The Masters on CBS!

Picks are below golf patrons. I hope you enjoy some pimento and cheese sandwiches with a side of moon pies this weekend.

My unofficial count of players picked...

Day - 12
Spieth - 11
McIlroy - 9
Watson - 7
Johnson - 2
Scott - 2
Walker - 1
Woods - 1 

Brian Jones - $4,082,692 - Rory McIlroy
BJ Sweeney - $3,928,856 - Rory McIlroy
Jim Fisher - $3,876,212 - Jason Day
Chris Edwards - $3,495,044 - Jordan Spieth
Richard Rapkin - $3,299,116 - Jordan Spieth
Mark Wilson - $3,218,206 - Bubba Watson
Mike Blair - $3,207,673 - Rory McIlroy
Chad Crawford - $3,151,581 - Jimmy Walker
Sean Scoopmire - $3,012,556 - Jordan Spieth
Bill Horton - $2,981,244 - Adam Scott
Joe Eber - $2,952,142 - Dustin Johnson
Jeff Henry - $2,817,177 - Jason Day
Hunter Hughey - $2,558,690 - Rory McIlroy
Jason Swanson - $2,512,562 - Bubba Watson
Allen Freedman - $2,353,942 - Jordan Spieth
Kyle Rubeling - $2,312,949 - Jason Day
Matt Saler - $2,308,370 - Rory McIlroy
Cale Harbin - $2,286,517 - Jason Day
Russ Tigue - $2,259,073 - Bubba Watson
Stefan Manford - $2,231,931 - Bubba Watson
Rob Randall - $2,173,885 - Jordan Spieth
Don Adams - $2,151,048 - Jordan Spieth
Sue Hubbard - $2,109,638 - Rory McIlroy
Jamie Pimentel - $2,108,065 - Rory McIlroy
Tom Sullivan - $1,990,410 - Jason Day
Stefen Lovelace - $1,864,821 - Jason Day
Gray Kitchens - $1,773,199 - Jason Day
John Reilly - $1,712,982 - Bubba Watson
Ryan Zuckerman - $1,667,559 - Jordan Spieth
Chris Hood - $1,559,478 - Jason Day
Mark Eber - $1,536,379 - Tiger Woods
John Barnes - $1,506,789 - Bubba Watson
Mike Hubbard - $1,435,079 - Jason Day
Jennifer Garrity - $1,304,360 - Jordan Spieth
John Doyle - $1,250,080 - Jordan Spieth
Nick Eber - $1,230,837 - Jason Day
Scott Stein - $1,135,235 - Rory McIlory
Justin Marksamer - $1,013,004 - Adam Scott
Brian Remsberg - $968,553 - Dustin Johnson
Steve Smith - $953,178 - Jason Day
Tom Roberts - $840,562 - Jason Day
Michael Fitz-Patrick - $783,474 - Jordan Spieth
Travis Brown - $556,945 - Bubba Watson

Monday, March 30, 2015

Valero Update

A quick rant. Sweet Jim, it is not this easy. Jeff Henry decides to join the pool nine tournaments into the season and dude picks his second winner already! He's now in 8th place. Come on Jeff, why do you make it look so simple!?

Joe Eber and Chris Edwards also picked DYNOMITE for the win. Lots of other great picks this week have some major changes in the standings.

Commissioners note: Going forward please open the excel sheet when I send out the picks each week. If I have your pick wrong or don't have one for you please send me a note ASAP. I'm thinking about instituting a new rule that if you don't catch it by Saturday then you don't get the pick either way. I do my best to get all the picks in but the way Gmail groups emails I think sometimes I accidentally delete picks.

Updated Standings: 


Brian Jones - $4,082,692
BJ Sweeney - $3,884,526
Richard Rapkin - $3,269,416
Mike Blair - $3,194,473
Chad Crawford - $3,151,581
Bill Horton - $2,936,914
Joe Eber - $2,930,907
Jeff Henry - $2,787,477
Jim Fisher - $2,688,212
Hunter Hughey - $2,544,236
PLAYOFF CUT LINE    
Jason Swanson - $2,512,562
Allen Freedman - $2,309,612
Chris Edwards - $2,307,044
Russ Tigue - $2,259,073
Kyle Rubeling - $2,229,459
Matt Saler - $2,224,880
Stefan Manford - $2,202,231
Don Adams - $2,151,048
Rob Randall - $2,144,185
Jamie Pimentel - $2,094,865
Sue Hubbard - $2,093,719
Mark Wilson - $2,030,206
Tom Sullivan - $1,977,210
Stefen Lovelace - $1,851,621
Sean Scoopmire - $1,824,556
Gray Kitchens - $1,758,745
John Reilly - $1,712,982
Ryan Zuckerman - $1,667,559
Mark Eber - $1,536,379
Chris Hood - $1,424,178
John Barnes - $1,423,299
Mike Hubbard - $1,422,011
Jennifer Garrity - $1,291,160
John Doyle - $1,250,080
Nick Eber - $1,230,837
Scott Stein - $1,122,035
Cale Harbin - $1,098,517
Justin Marksamer - $1,013,004
Steve Smith - $953,178
Brian Remsberg - $938,853
Tom Roberts - $810,862
Michael Fitz-Patrick - $783,474
Travis Brown - $556,945

Monday, March 16, 2015

Valspar Update

Solo winner for Mark Wilson, he picked Jordan Speith and moved from back of the pack all the way up to 12th. Lots of other solid picks only a couple of MC's.

Updated standings...


Brian Jones - $3,867,242
BJ Sweeney - $3,669,076
Mike Blair - $3,135,332
Richard Rapkin - $2,521,850
Chad Crawford - $2,424,371
Russ Tigue - $2,220,571
Bill Horton - $2,157,314
Matt Saler - $2,142,321
Rob Randall - $2,130,010
Allen Freedman - $2,054,104
PLAYOFF CUT LINE    
Don Adams - $2,043,824
Mark Wilson - $1,951,646
Stefan Manford - $1,944,371
Sue Hubbard - $1,878,269
Jim Fisher - $1,871,412
Jason Swanson - $1,842,962
Jamie Pimentel - $1,839,357
Joe Eber - $1,814,907
Hunter Hughey - $1,796,670
Gray Kitchens - $1,718,687
Jeff Henry - $1,612,336
Ryan Zuckerman - $1,600,393
Sean Scoopmire - $1,598,668
Kyle Rubeling - $1,481,893
Mike Hubbard - $1,408,433
Mark Eber - $1,320,929
Jennifer Garrity - $1,291,160
John Barnes - $1,286,899
John Doyle - $1,250,080
Tom Sullivan - $1,229,644
Stefen Lovelace - $1,157,643
Chris Hood - $1,145,962
Scott Stein - $1,067,139
Justin Marksamer - $1,013,004
Steve Smith - $953,178
John Reilly - $832,332
Brian Remsberg - $831,629
Cale Harbin - $820,301
Tom Roberts - $795,469
Travis Brown - $556,945
Chris Edwards - $510,644
Michael Fitz-Patrick - $416,824
Nick Eber - $414,037

Monday, March 9, 2015

Updated standings...

My spam filter was set to omit emails from Hoosiers other than Manford the past two weeks. Joe's picks didn't make it through but he sent proof that he indeed picked 2 MC's and a Bubba. Updated standings are below, note Joe passes little bro Mark and builds his lead over DFL Eber Nick...


BJ Sweeney - $3,645,476
Brian Jones - $3,631,242
Mike Blair - $2,852,132
Chad Crawford - $2,400,771
Richard Rapkin - $2,285,850
Russ Tigue - $2,190,060
Bill Horton - $2,133,714
Matt Saler - $2,118,721
Allen Freedman - $2,040,636
Rob Randall - $2,003,582
PLAYOFF CUT LINE    
Stefan Manford - $1,920,771
Jim Fisher - $1,847,812
Jason Swanson - $1,819,362
Jamie Pimentel - $1,815,757
Hunter Hughey - $1,773,070
Don Adams - $1,760,624
Joe Eber - $1,737,702
Gray Kitchens - $1,706,533
Sue Hubbard - $1,595,069
Jeff Henry - $1,588,736
Sean Scoopmire - $1,575,068
Kyle Rubeling - $1,458,293
Mike Hubbard - $1,408,433
Ryan Zuckerman - $1,318,093
Mark Eber - $1,290,418
John Doyle - $1,230,610
Tom Sullivan - $1,216,176
Jennifer Garrity - $1,164,732
John Barnes - $1,160,471
Stefen Lovelace - $1,144,175
Chris Hood - $1,122,362
Scott Stein - $1,043,539
Justin Marksamer - $989,404
Mark Wilson - $889,646
Brian Remsberg - $831,629
John Reilly - $818,864
Cale Harbin - $796,701
Tom Roberts - $782,001
Steve Smith - $669,978
Travis Brown - $556,945
Chris Edwards - $487,044
Michael Fitz-Patrick - $416,824
Nick Eber - $369,394