Pebble Beach Update

Poor Phil. Well not really, he still has a handful of majors, a G6 and a good looking family. Would have at least liked some free golf on a cold South Carolina day. Good to see Vaughn Taylor get another win and a trip home to Augusta in April.

Lots of really good picks this week with the big names delivering solid finishes. We did have a couple more drop out of the cuts made streak and are down to 12 players left, eight of which are outside of the top 10.

Time for a pep talk (for me really) for some and a reality check for others. We're just six regular season tourneys into the season. That is only 1/6 of the regular events (30 total) we pick, not to mention the four majors where nearly 1/2 the money is won. It's a long season, here is what it took to make the playoffs the past 4 seasons...

2012 - $5.4 million
2013 - $7.9 million
2014 - $7.3 million
2015 - $11.5 million

Bottom line, there is a long way to go so don't go sending me a Jordan Spieth or Jason Day pick anytime soon.

Russ Tigue	-	$3,852,604
Matt Saler	-	$3,484,004
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$2,929,672
Jennifer Garrity	-	$2,715,900
Drew Dunigan	-	$2,547,004
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,453,919
Hunter Hughey	-	$2,397,988
John Barnes	-	$2,353,350
Kyle Rubeling	-	$2,272,001
John Reilly	-	$1,823,442
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Allen Freedman	-	$1,819,884
Jamie Pimentel	-	$1,684,397
Tom Sullivan	-	$1,654,347
Chris Edwards	-	$1,637,303
Cabo-Wabo	-	$1,550,218
Jeff Henry	-	$1,541,566
Bill Horton	-	$1,495,152
Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,490,337
Mike Blair	-	$1,457,900
Jason Swanson	-	$1,447,086
Drew Johns	-	$1,429,367
Stefan Manford	-	$1,407,653
Scott Stein	-	$1,186,658
Joe Eber	-	$1,183,687
Eric Simmonds	-	$1,153,365
BJ Sweeney	-	$1,111,876
Gray Kitchens	-	$1,110,847
Cale Harbin	-	$994,923
Richard Rapkin	-	$857,319
Mark Eber	-	$834,333
John Doyle	-	$807,675
Justin Marksamer	-	$782,787
Travis Brown	-	$742,367
Matt Mead	-	$509,657
Chad Crawford	-	$475,501
Nick Eber	-	$392,084
Tom Roberts	-	$314,331
Chris Hood	-	$293,715
Sue Hubbard	-	$279,052
Rob Randall	-	$239,832
Frank & Dean	-	$214,529

Hideki > High Tops

Hideki outlasts Richard in a playoff. Apparently those dudes didn't realize there was a Super Bowl to be played. Seven people picked Hideki and take home $6 for the winner's pot.

 Nick, Rob, Mark, Chris -- maybe we can start a losers bracket now? We're getting trounced by the field!

Updated standings...

Russ Tigue	-	$3,096,604
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$2,786,172
Matt Saler	-	$2,728,004
Jennifer Garrity	-	$2,572,400
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,431,267
Kyle Rubeling	-	$2,128,501
Drew Dunigan	-	$1,791,004
Allen Freedman	-	$1,676,384
Hunter Hughey	-	$1,641,988
John Barnes	-	$1,597,350
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
John Reilly	-	$1,580,192
Jamie Pimentel	-	$1,540,897
Tom Sullivan	-	$1,510,847
Bill Horton	-	$1,472,500
Jason Swanson	-	$1,424,434
Cabo-Wabo	-	$1,406,718
Drew Johns	-	$1,406,715
Jeff Henry	-	$1,398,066
Chris Edwards	-	$1,394,053
Stefan Manford	-	$1,385,001
Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,346,837
Mike Blair	-	$1,314,400
Joe Eber	-	$1,149,912
Eric Simmonds	-	$1,119,590
BJ Sweeney	-	$1,078,101
Gray Kitchens	-	$967,347
Cale Harbin	-	$851,423
Richard Rapkin	-	$834,667
John Doyle	-	$785,023
Justin Marksamer	-	$782,787
Travis Brown	-	$742,367
Matt Mead	-	$509,657
Scott Stein	-	$430,658
Chad Crawford	-	$332,001
Tom Roberts	-	$280,556
Sue Hubbard	-	$279,052
Nick Eber	-	$248,584
Rob Randall	-	$206,057
Brian Remsberg	-	$180,754
Chris Hood	-	$150,215
Mark Eber	-	$78,333

Farmers Insurance Open

I think State Farm should have stepped in as title sponsor yesterday as mayhem ensued at the Farmers. Holy cow. Not sure where to start or finish but the bottom line is that 16 people picked Brandt Snedecker -- including Russ Tigue who has picked two winners in a row. Rare is the day in this pool's history that the most obvious choice wins -- especially if it isn't a top 3 player in the world not named Woods, McIlroy or Spieth. Hats off to Sneds though, the dude shot a final round 69 with one bogey when most guys averaged seven and most of them didn't even finish their rounds.
There are a lot of D-Bags that are easy to root against but in my book Sneds is not on that list so props to those who picked SNEEEEDECKER.

While those 16 Sneds lovers were enjoying the rest of the field folding up like a Yugo hitting a F-150 head on, 20 others in the pool picked dudes who either missed the cut or made less than $30,000. There were many who dropped out of the cuts made streak with the MC's by Phil and Bill. The chart is updated, there are now less than 20 left in the cuts streak just three tourneys in.

Updated standings...

Russ Tigue	-	$2,979,604
Kyle Rubeling	-	$2,011,501
Drew Dunigan	-	$1,791,004
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$1,616,172
Matt Saler	-	$1,558,004
Allen Freedman	-	$1,472,934
Bill Horton	-	$1,447,800
Hunter Hughey	-	$1,438,538
Jamie Pimentel	-	$1,423,897
Cabo-Wabo	-	$1,406,718
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Jennifer Garrity	-	$1,402,400
Jason Swanson	-	$1,399,734
John Barnes	-	$1,393,900
John Reilly	-	$1,376,742
Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,346,837
Chris Edwards	-	$1,344,870
Mike Blair	-	$1,314,400
Tom Sullivan	-	$1,307,397
Stefen Lovelace	-	$1,261,267
Joe Eber	-	$1,114,000
Eric Simmonds	-	$1,002,590
BJ Sweeney	-	$874,651
Cale Harbin	-	$851,423
Gray Kitchens	-	$763,897
John Doyle	-	$735,840
Travis Brown	-	$717,667
Richard Rapkin	-	$717,667
Justin Marksamer	-	$579,337
Matt Mead	-	$306,207
Tom Roberts	-	$255,856
Drew Johns	-	$236,715
Jeff Henry	-	$228,066
Chad Crawford	-	$215,001
Stefan Manford	-	$215,001
Rob Randall	-	$206,057
Brian Remsberg	-	$180,754
Scott Stein	-	$168,871
Nick Eber	-	$163,527
Sue Hubbard	-	$162,052
Chris Hood	-	$150,215
Mark Eber	-	$78,333

Career Builder Challenge

Not sure how many of you saw the playoff (I didn't) but it appears there was another exciting finish at the Career Builder. I did see Dufner's rocky par on 17 that helped him get to the playoff -- LUCKY break!

Big Joe Eber and Russ Tigue both picked Dufner and split the $60 winning pot. We'll start over at $20 this week at Torrey. Perhaps just as impressive as the Dufner pick both Cale Harbin and John Doyle picked David Lingmerth.

Updated standings (note where it says NA that is someone who is tied with the place above). Another week or two and the handy spreadsheet will fix itself.

Russ Tigue - $1,809,604 Bill Horton - $1,447,800 Ryan Zuckerman - $1,390,297 Mike Blair - $1,314,400 Joe Eber - $1,114,000 Kyle Rubeling - $841,501 #N/A - #N/A Eric Simmonds - $776,715 Gray Kitchens - $763,897 Cale Harbin - $744,173 PLAYOFF CUT LINE     John Doyle - $735,840 Travis Brown - $717,667 #N/A - #N/A Drew Dunigan - $621,004 Matt Saler - $388,004 Allen Freedman - $302,934 Justin Marksamer - $293,337 #N/A - #N/A Hunter Hughey - $268,538 Jamie Pimentel - $253,897 Cabo-Wabo - $236,718 Drew Johns - $236,715 Jennifer Garrity - $232,400 Jason Swanson - $229,734 John Barnes - $223,900 Chad Crawford - $215,001 #N/A - #N/A #N/A - #N/A John Reilly - $206,742 Rob Randall - $206,057 Sean Scoopmire - $176,837 Tom Roberts - $176,742 Chris Edwards - $174,870 Scott Stein - $168,871 Sue Hubbard - $162,052 Chris Hood - $150,215 Nick Eber - $148,000 Brian Remsberg - $147,604 Tom Sullivan - $137,397 Stefen Lovelace - $91,267 Mark Eber - $78,333 Nick Kursman - $61,500 #N/A - #N/A

Sony Update

Mike, Bill and Ryan are off to a good start with the same picks in Patrick Reed at Hyundai and Brandt Snedecker at the Sony. On the other end we had a record 11 players knocked out of the cuts made streak with either NP or MCs.

Perhaps most importantly, yesterday we were able to capture a photo of the 2015 champion Joe Eber. The photo to the right was taken at SLOW's in Detroit, possibly the classiest place we've captured the winner's photo in tourney history.

Reminder: League dues must be paid before your pick will be accepted this week. Below is your paid / entry fee status. You owe the total stated.

Mike Blair	-	$1,314,400	-	Paid
Bill Horton	-	$1,314,400	-	Paid
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$1,314,400	-	Paid
Kyle Rubeling	-	$   765,604	-	Paid
BJ Sweeney	-	$   765,604	-	Paid
Russ Tigue	-	$   765,604	-	Paid
Travis Brown	-	$   704,733	-	Paid
Richard Rapkin	-	$   704,733	-	Paid
Eric Simmonds	-	$   700,818	-	Paid
Gray Kitchens	-	$   688,000	-	Paid
Drew Dunigan	-	$   458,604	-	$100
Allen Freedman	-	$   290,000	-	paid
Hunter Hughey	-	$   255,604	-	Paid
Matt Saler	-	$   225,604	-	Paid
Justin Marksamer	-	$   217,440	-	Paid
Matt Mead	-	$   217,440	-	$100
Jason Swanson	-	$   216,800	-	$  80
John Reilly	-	$   206,742	-	Paid
Jamie Pimentel	-	$   178,000	-	$  77
Rob Randall	-	$   178,000	-	Paid
Tom Roberts	-	$   176,742	-	Paid
Chris Edwards	-	$   160,818	-	Paid
Drew Johns	-	$   160,818	-	Paid
Scott Stein	-	$   155,937	-	Paid
Nick Eber	-	$   148,000	-	Paid
Sue Hubbard	-	$   148,000	-	Paid
Brian Remsberg	-	$   147,604	-	Paid
Chad Crawford	-	$   139,104	-	Paid
Jeff Henry	-	$   139,104	-	Paid
Stefan Manford	-	$   139,104	-	Paid
Cale Harbin	-	$   117,773	-	Paid
John Doyle	-	$   109,440	-	Paid
Sean Scoopmire	-	$   100,940	-	$  85
Mark Eber	-	$     78,333	-	Paid
Stefen Lovelace	-	$     78,333	-	Paid
Cabo-Wabo	-	$     74,318	-	Paid
Chris Hood	-	$     74,318	-	Paid
Joe Eber	-	$     70,000	-	Paid
Jennifer Garrity	-	$     70,000	-	$  89
John Barnes	-	$     61,500	-	Paid
Nick Kursman	-	$     61,500	-	$100
Tom Sullivan	-	$     61,500	-	$  80