Shell Houston Update

Greetings everyone. A big thank you to Kyle who took over the pool for me the past few weeks. Happy to be back for Masters week. Did want to let you golfers know that you need to put Kukui' Ula on your course bucket list. It's a Tom Weiskopf design on Kauai. Beautiful course design but maybe move impressively it had to have the best conditioning of any course I've seen this side of Augusta National. Kapalua was also very cool but played extremely tough in 30+ sustained winds. Ok, enough about that.

Feast or famine at the Shell Houston Open. Mostly famine with the favorite Brooks Koepka missing the cut -- even Hunter missed for the first time in 14 events. The standings are below. Note a solo win this week would move almost everyone into the playoffs and seven of you into first.

Russ Tigue	-	$6,735,838
Matt Saler	-	$6,387,718
Hunter Hughey	-	$5,442,108
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$5,076,676
Drew Dunigan	-	$4,672,443
Jennifer Garrity	-	$4,442,937
Mike Blair	-	$4,214,235
Kyle Rubeling	-	$4,022,410
Gray Kitchens	-	$3,810,406
Nick Eber	-	$3,702,403
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Allen Freedman	-	$3,658,160
Jamie Pimentel	-	$3,521,416
Jeff Henry	-	$3,496,966
Cabo-Wabo	-	$3,488,803
Justin Marksamer	-	$3,460,191
Drew Johns	-	$3,107,338
Eric Simmonds	-	$2,944,299
Travis Brown	-	$2,893,076
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,848,408
John Barnes	-	$2,740,313
Cale Harbin	-	$2,736,698
Chris Edwards	-	$2,641,878
Scott Stein	-	$2,629,445
Sean Scoopmire	-	$2,583,272
Frank & Dean	-	$2,556,988
Tom Sullivan	-	$2,418,796
Tom Roberts	-	$2,388,578
John Reilly	-	$2,387,572
Jason Swanson	-	$2,280,620
Stefan Manford	-	$2,245,186
Mark Eber	-	$2,243,947
Bill Horton	-	$2,153,983
John Doyle	-	$2,134,879
Sue Hubbard	-	$2,099,252
Richard Rapkin	-	$1,728,862
Rob Randall	-	$1,689,576
Chris Hood	-	$1,637,334
BJ Sweeney	-	$1,541,306
Joe Eber	-	$1,537,436
Matt Mead	-	$1,458,271
Chad Crawford	-	$1,115,316

API Update

Stenson played well, but it was Jason Day who went wire-to-wire. He's heating up at the right time. Thought Merritt would make things interesting until he splashed on 18.

Two weeks away from the Masters, but first another WGC event and the Puerto Rico Open. For those of you who are new, you'll select two golfers for match play and one for the PR Open (three golfers total). Do yourself a favor and select guys on opposite sides of the bracket in Austin.

Updated standings below.

Russ Tigue	-	$5,486,578
Matt Saler	-	$5,260,218
Drew Dunigan	-	$4,389,523
Hunter Hughey	-	$4,267,208
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$3,794,416
Jeff Henry	-	$3,339,766
Jennifer Garrity	-	$3,319,237
Allen Freedman	-	$3,243,100
Mike Blair	-	$3,078,235
Kyle Rubeling	-	$2,914,798
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Drew Johns	-	$2,865,726
Eric Simmonds	-	$2,608,299
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,603,648
Gray Kitchens	-	$2,574,406
John Barnes	-	$2,504,313
Cabo-Wabo	-	$2,286,803
Jamie Pimentel	-	$2,222,756
Scott Stein	-	$2,213,185
John Reilly	-	$2,182,102
Sean Scoopmire	-	$2,146,012
Jason Swanson	-	$2,142,720
Tom Sullivan	-	$2,048,036
Nick Eber	-	$1,999,443
Bill Horton	-	$1,988,583
Chris Edwards	-	$1,951,178
Sue Hubbard	-	$1,945,352
Tom Roberts	-	$1,929,178
Stefan Manford	-	$1,909,186
Mark Eber	-	$1,813,447
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,502,691
Cale Harbin	-	$1,430,698
Joe Eber	-	$1,368,736
Chris Hood	-	$1,364,674
Richard Rapkin	-	$1,362,412
Rob Randall	-	$1,351,143
Travis Brown	-	$1,272,076
BJ Sweeney	-	$1,208,646
John Doyle	-	$1,137,079
Matt Mead	-	$1,059,611
Frank & Dean	-	$977,788
Chad Crawford	-	$709,316

Valspar Update

Slow week on the picks front (except for the select few who selected Moore). No Schwartzel or Haas. All survived in the cuts made streak. 

Updated standings below.

Russ Tigue	-	$5,316,478
Matt Saler	-	$5,090,118
Drew Dunigan	-	$4,377,238
Hunter Hughey	-	$4,254,923
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$3,542,416
Jeff Henry	-	$2,974,366
Jennifer Garrity	-	$2,953,837
Allen Freedman	-	$2,877,700
Mike Blair	-	$2,712,835
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,586,307
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Kyle Rubeling	-	$2,549,398
John Barnes	-	$2,504,313
Drew Johns	-	$2,500,326
Eric Simmonds	-	$2,242,899
Gray Kitchens	-	$2,209,006
John Reilly	-	$2,087,602
Cabo-Wabo	-	$1,921,403
Tom Sullivan	-	$1,877,936
Jamie Pimentel	-	$1,857,356
Scott Stein	-	$1,847,785
Chris Edwards	-	$1,781,078
Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,780,612
Jason Swanson	-	$1,777,320
Sue Hubbard	-	$1,775,252
Nick Eber	-	$1,634,043
Bill Horton	-	$1,623,183
Tom Roberts	-	$1,563,778
Stefan Manford	-	$1,543,786
Mark Eber	-	$1,448,047
Chris Hood	-	$1,364,674
Joe Eber	-	$1,338,991
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,332,591
Richard Rapkin	-	$1,192,312
BJ Sweeney	-	$1,191,305
Cale Harbin	-	$1,178,698
John Doyle	-	$1,124,794
Rob Randall	-	$985,743
Travis Brown	-	$906,676
Matt Mead	-	$889,511
Chad Crawford	-	$697,031
Frank & Dean	-	$612,388

Doral Update

Adam Scott en fuego. The Aussie goes back-to-back and nets a big pay day at the Blue Monster. How about that shot on 18? Can't believe the rough held it up. Dude has gumption. It was a fun tournament to watch yesterday with the likes of Bubba, Phil, Willet all making a run. But it was also painful for those that picked Rory and DJ (myself included).

Dunigan and Hughey selected Scott and make an extra $10. Although those that picked Bubba would have preferred a win, his second place paid out more than a few first place finishes on other tour stops. As a result, Blair, Freeman and Henry all move into the top 10.

The cuts made streak resumes this week with five players.

Russ Tigue	-	$5,185,764
Matt Saler	-	$4,959,404
Drew Dunigan	-	$4,324,279
Hunter Hughey	-	$4,201,964
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$3,127,616
Jennifer Garrity	-	$2,940,600
Allen Freedman	-	$2,877,700
Mike Blair	-	$2,659,876
Jeff Henry	-	$2,559,566
Kyle Rubeling	-	$2,536,161
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,533,348
John Barnes	-	$2,451,354
Drew Johns	-	$2,447,367
Eric Simmonds	-	$2,189,940
Gray Kitchens	-	$2,156,047
John Reilly	-	$2,087,602
Tom Sullivan	-	$1,877,936
Cabo-Wabo	-	$1,832,953
Jamie Pimentel	-	$1,804,397
Chris Edwards	-	$1,728,119
Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,727,653
Jason Swanson	-	$1,724,361
Bill Horton	-	$1,609,458
Nick Eber	-	$1,581,084
Tom Roberts	-	$1,510,819
Stefan Manford	-	$1,490,827
Scott Stein	-	$1,432,985
Sue Hubbard	-	$1,360,452
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,332,591
Mark Eber	-	$1,317,333
Chris Hood	-	$1,311,715
Joe Eber	-	$1,303,687
BJ Sweeney	-	$1,191,305
Richard Rapkin	-	$1,139,353
Cale Harbin	-	$1,125,739
John Doyle	-	$1,071,835
Rob Randall	-	$971,347
Travis Brown	-	$887,367
Matt Mead	-	$801,061
Chad Crawford	-	$566,317
Frank & Dean	-	$559,429

Honda Update

It was Adam Scott or bust this week. Happy to see him back on top again, but feel for Sergio. Dude can't close. And then there's Gary Woodland...

Tigue and Saler extend their lead atop the table, while and N. Eber and Roberts make their way into the top 25 with their Scott selections. They each also pocket $15. The cuts made streak is now five players.

Russ Tigue - $5,094,764 Matt Saler - $4,908,404 Ryan Zuckerman - $3,048,187 Jennifer Garrity - $2,743,100 Drew Dunigan - $2,704,279 Hunter Hughey - $2,581,964 Stefen Lovelace - $2,453,919 Kyle Rubeling - $2,416,161 John Barnes - $2,371,925 John Reilly - $1,967,602 PLAYOFF CUT LINE     Allen Freedman - $1,859,700 Tom Sullivan - $1,798,507 Cabo-Wabo - $1,712,953 Jamie Pimentel - $1,684,397 Chris Edwards - $1,677,119 Mike Blair - $1,641,876 Jason Swanson - $1,604,361 Jeff Henry - $1,541,566 Sean Scoopmire - $1,530,153 Bill Horton - $1,507,291 Nick Eber - $1,490,084 Stefan Manford - $1,439,827 Tom Roberts - $1,431,390 Drew Johns - $1,429,367 Scott Stein - $1,330,818 Justin Marksamer - $1,253,162 Joe Eber - $1,183,687 Eric Simmonds - $1,171,940 Gray Kitchens - $1,138,047 BJ Sweeney - $1,111,876 Richard Rapkin - $1,088,353 Cale Harbin - $1,034,739 John Doyle - $951,835 Sue Hubbard - $877,452 Rob Randall - $851,347 Mark Eber - $834,333 Travis Brown - $742,367 Matt Mead - $721,632 Chad Crawford - $515,317 Frank & Dean - $502,929 Chris Hood - $293,715

Northern Trust Update

Brian's favorite golfer bags his ninth career win and third in 16 months. Two birdies on the final three holes sealed the deal as he held off both Jason Kokrak and Adam Scott in a fun final round. Would have liked to seen DJ and Rory put up more of a fight, but I'm sure we'll see some fireworks on the Florida swing.

Feast or famine this week for picks. Some big payouts and a few big guns who didn't show up. The cuts made streak is now down to seven players. 

Russ Tigue	-	$3,996,764
Matt Saler	-	$3,810,404
Ryan Zuckerman	-	$3,035,072
Jennifer Garrity	-	$2,743,100
Drew Dunigan	-	$2,691,164
Hunter Hughey	-	$2,542,148
Stefen Lovelace	-	$2,453,919
Kyle Rubeling	-	$2,416,161
John Barnes	-	$2,353,350
John Reilly	-	$1,967,602
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Allen Freedman	-	$1,819,884
Tom Sullivan	-	$1,798,507
Cabo-Wabo	-	$1,694,378
Jamie Pimentel	-	$1,684,397
Chris Edwards	-	$1,637,303
Mike Blair	-	$1,602,060
Jason Swanson	-	$1,591,246
Jeff Henry	-	$1,541,566
Bill Horton	-	$1,495,152
Sean Scoopmire	-	$1,490,337
Drew Johns	-	$1,429,367
Stefan Manford	-	$1,426,712
Scott Stein	-	$1,330,818
Joe Eber	-	$1,183,687
Eric Simmonds	-	$1,153,365
Gray Kitchens	-	$1,138,047
BJ Sweeney	-	$1,111,876
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,041,187
Cale Harbin	-	$994,923
John Doyle	-	$951,835
Sue Hubbard	-	$877,452
Richard Rapkin	-	$876,378
Rob Randall	-	$838,232
Mark Eber	-	$834,333
Travis Brown	-	$742,367
Matt Mead	-	$509,657
Chad Crawford	-	$475,501
Nick Eber	-	$392,084
Tom Roberts	-	$333,390
Frank & Dean	-	$319,929
Chris Hood	-	$293,715