ALL HAIL THE 2014 PGA CHALLENGE CHAMPION

Tommy O' Sullivan served BLT sandwiches and french fries today during his champions luncheon at Twin Peaks. Several area PGA Challenge participants participated in the lunch. A big thanks from the commissioner for a new tradition was born - free lunch on the winner!

Final Results...

The rookie, pulls out a dramatic come from behind victory! Mr. Tommy O'Sullivan picked Horschel, Furyk and McIlroy, a 1-2-2 finish, a trifecta if you will for the win. This is why we pick 3 in the TOUR Championship folks, drama that not even the TOUR itself delivers. Jen King finished 2nd and Mark Wilson finished 3rd. The final results and money is listed below.

The Champions luncheon date will be announced soon. Hopefully many in Greenville can make it...

Tom Sullivan	-	$3,146,000	-	$585
Jennifer King	-	$2,728,948	-	$778
Mark Wilson	-	$2,652,228	-	$259
Russ Tigue	-	$2,090,800	-	$588
Chris Hood	-	$2,036,800	-	$287
Chris Edwards	-	$1,812,146	-	$16
Mike Hubbard	-	$1,401,306	-	$146
Stefen Lovelace	-	$984,029	-	$12
John Reilly	-	$901,013	-	$18
Matt Saler	-	$725,340	-	$43

Playoff #3 Update...

Mark said it pained him to have to pick Bubba and root for him but it paid off. He moves into first on Bubba's solo 2nd place finish. This thing is still anybody's game as you can pick ANY 3 players you want. With no Tiger and no Phil and really no dominant veteran in the field I'm really interested to see where you guys go with your picks. Good luck!

Updated standings...

Mark Wilson	-	$976,228	-	$59
Chris Edwards	-	$709,146	-	$16
Jennifer King	-	$445,948	-	$578
Chris Hood	-	$360,800	-	$287
Tom Sullivan	-	$290,000	-	$85
John Reilly	-	$266,346	-	$18
Mike Hubbard	-	$243,306	-	$146
Russ Tigue	-	$200,800	-	$588
Matt Saler	-	$160,674	-	$43
Stefen Lovelace	-	$37,363	-	$12

Playoff Update #2

Playoffs!? This week's picks were atrocious. Chris Edwards lead barely shrunk even though his pick netted him just $16K. Tom Sullivan made the big move up to 2nd place with a pick of Adam Scott. The good news is there are no more cuts. The bad news for those trailing, there are no more cuts...

Chris Edwards	-	$612,613
Tom Sullivan	-	$290,000
John Reilly	-	$248,000
Chris Hood	-	$236,800
Mike Hubbard	-	$224,960
Jennifer King	-	$126,948
Mark Wilson	-	$112,228
Russ Tigue	-	$76,800
Matt Saler	-	$36,674
Stefen Lovelace	-	$19,017

Playoff Update #1

One good pick this week, two decent picks, four bad picks...

Chris Edwards	-	$597,333
John Reilly	-	$248,000
Chris Hood	-	$208,000
Mike Hubbard	-	$208,000
Tom Sullivan	-	$32,000
Matt Saler	-	$21,394
Jennifer King	-	$14,720
Stefen Lovelace	-	$0
Mark Wilson	-	$0
Russ Tigue	-	$0

PGA Update - Final Regular Season Standings...

UPDATED @ 4:00 PM EST -- FINAL STANDINGS...

1	-	Russ Tigue	-	$12,082,145	-	$588
2	-	Jennifer King	-	$11,844,495	-	$578
3	-	Chris Hood	-	$10,586,060	-	$287
4	-	Mike Hubbard	-	$10,072,510	-	$146
5	-	John Reilly	-	$9,553,612	-	$18
6	-	Chris Edwards	-	$9,003,106	-	$16
7	-	Mark Wilson	-	$8,638,505	-	$59
8	-	Tom Sullivan	-	$8,497,136	-	$85
9	-	Matt Saler	-	$7,334,053	-	$43
10	-	Stefen Lovelace	-	$7,304,479	-	$12
		PLAYOFF CUT LINE			-
11	-	Don Adams	-	$7,096,042	-	$0
12	-	John Barnes	-	$7,084,799	-	$0
13	-	Jim Fisher	-	$6,840,828	-	$10
14	-	Scott Stein	-	$6,840,745	-	$0
15	-	Nick Eber	-	$6,773,594	-	$16
16	-	Jeremy Hammond	-	$6,601,914	-	$2
17	-	Bill Horton	-	$6,562,141	-	$53
18	-	Cale Harbin	-	$6,539,014	-	$20
19	-	Jason Swanson	-	$6,301,598	-	$0
20	-	Sue Hubbard	-	$6,159,038	-	$0
21	-	Jake Louricas	-	$5,796,220	-	$2
22	-	Greg Adams	-	$5,738,966	-	$0
23	-	Mark Eber	-	$5,721,990	-	$0
24	-	Steve Smith	-	$5,676,259	-	$10
25	-	Kyle Rubeling	-	$5,595,710	-	$20
26	-	Steve Marksamer	-	$5,520,706	-	$2
27	-	Clayton Mitchell	-	$5,283,608	-	$0
28	-	Sean Scoopmire	-	$5,281,624	-	$0
29	-	Mike Jones	-	$5,238,674	-	$16
30	-	Joe Eber	-	$5,002,259	-	$0
31	-	Brian Jones	-	$4,972,182	-	$2
32	-	Stefan Manford	-	$4,664,163	-	$0
33	-	Jamie Pimentel	-	$4,661,724	-	$0
34	-	Hunter Hughey	-	$4,623,698	-	$0
35	-	Rob Randall	-	$4,373,679	-	$2
36	-	Allen Freedman	-	$4,224,407	-	$40
37	-	Gray Kitchens	-	$4,186,339	-	$0
38	-	Travis Brown	-	$4,126,899	-	$10
39	-	Tom Roberts	-	$3,838,099	-	$0
40	-	Ryan Jordan	-	$3,611,494	-	$0
41	-	Brian Remsberg	-	$3,556,435	-	$0
42	-	Mike Blair	-	$3,140,896	-	$0
43	-	Eric Busby	-	$2,966,599	-	$0
44	-	Justin Marksamer	-	$1,825,270	-	$0
45	-	Michael Fitz-Patrick	-	$1,812,038	-	$0
46	-	Jeff Ianniello	-	$1,413,965	-	$0

Nine people saved young Rory and he came through. Seven of the nine made the playoffs. Those who picked him and where they finished...

Tigue - 1st
King - 2nd
M. Hubbard - 4th
Reilly - 5th
Edwards - 6th
Wilson - 7th
J. Eber - 8th
N. Eber -16th
M. Jones - 30th

Matt Saler squeaked into the playoffs by just over $30,000 with is pick of Rickie Fowler. Matt you better buy lunch for Stefen today for him to get over the close miss.

The Barclay's begins in two weeks. Everyone rest until then...

1	-	Russ Tigue	-	$12,082,145	-	$588
2	-	Jennifer King	-	$11,844,495	-	$578
3	-	Chris Hood	-	$10,586,060	-	$287
4	-	Mike Hubbard	-	$10,072,510	-	$146
5	-	John Reilly	-	$9,553,612	-	$18
6	-	Chris Edwards	-	$9,003,106	-	$16
7	-	Mark Wilson	-	$8,638,505	-	$59
8	-	Joe Eber	-	$8,602,259	-	$16
9	-	Tom Sullivan	-	$8,497,136	-	$85
10	-	Matt Saler	-	$7,334,053	-	$43
		PLAYOFF CUT LINE
11	-	Stefen Lovelace	-	$7,304,479	-	$12
12	-	Don Adams	-	$7,096,042	-	$0
13	-	John Barnes	-	$7,084,799	-	$0
14	-	Jim Fisher	-	$6,840,828	-	$10
15	-	Scott Stein	-	$6,840,745	-	$0
16	-	Nick Eber	-	$6,773,594	-	$0
17	-	Jeremy Hammond	-	$6,601,914	-	$2
18	-	Bill Horton	-	$6,562,141	-	$53
19	-	Cale Harbin	-	$6,539,014	-	$20
20	-	Jason Swanson	-	$6,301,598	-	$0
21	-	Sue Hubbard	-	$6,159,038	-	$0
22	-	Jake Louricas	-	$5,796,220	-	$2
23	-	Greg Adams	-	$5,738,966	-	$0
24	-	Mark Eber	-	$5,721,990	-	$0
25	-	Steve Smith	-	$5,676,259	-	$10
26	-	Kyle Rubeling	-	$5,595,710	-	$20
27	-	Steve Marksamer	-	$5,520,706	-	$2
28	-	Clayton Mitchell	-	$5,283,608	-	$0
29	-	Sean Scoopmire	-	$5,281,624	-	$0
30	-	Mike Jones	-	$5,238,674	-	$16
31	-	Brian Jones	-	$4,972,182	-	$2
32	-	Stefan Manford	-	$4,664,163	-	$0
33	-	Jamie Pimentel	-	$4,661,724	-	$0
34	-	Hunter Hughey	-	$4,623,698	-	$0
35	-	Rob Randall	-	$4,373,679	-	$2
36	-	Allen Freedman	-	$4,224,407	-	$40
37	-	Gray Kitchens	-	$4,186,339	-	$0
38	-	Travis Brown	-	$4,126,899	-	$10
39	-	Tom Roberts	-	$3,838,099	-	$0
40	-	Ryan Jordan	-	$3,611,494	-	$0
41	-	Brian Remsberg	-	$3,556,435	-	$0
42	-	Mike Blair	-	$3,140,896	-	$0
43	-	Eric Busby	-	$2,966,599	-	$0
44	-	Justin Marksamer	-	$1,825,270	-	$0
45	-	Michael Fitz-Patrick	-	$1,812,038	-	$0
46	-	Jeff Ianniello	-	$1,413,965	-	$0

WGC / Barracuda Update

Lots of news over the weekend. My top 3...

1.) Rory moves back to #1 in the world with second straight win. He may hold it for 10+ years now.

2.) DJ suspended or not suspended. Maybe a voluntary leave for substance abuse and possible indiscretions with other tour wives. The guy is a rock head.

3.) Tiger injured again. If he plays this week watch for the PGA TOUR to invoke a mid-tourney WD rule next year. I feel strongly the tour needs a miss next two tourneys if you WD mid-tourney rule. He probably really is injured, think he'd have toughed it out for a pay day with 9 holes left if humanly possible.

Our pool...

Travis and Steve picked Rory and made significant jumps in the standings. Shocked that nobody picked Ogilvy when I went back to the Barracuda picks. Below is a breakdown of your chances...

- Everyone above 35th place (Tom Roberts) is still statically alive with a win at the PGA Championship. 

- Chris Hood is guaranteed a spot in the playoffs and nearly a lock to finish in the top 3. Only Russ, Tom and Jennifer have a shot to catch him at #1 and that is with a win and bad pick from Chris.

- A win from anyone inside the top 18 (Steve Smith) would give them a chance to finish top 3. 

Chris Hood	-	$10,586,060
Russ Tigue	-	$8,482,145
Tom Sullivan	-	$8,412,096
Jennifer King	-	$8,244,495
Stefen Lovelace	-	$7,304,479
Don Adams	-	$7,096,042
John Barnes	-	$7,035,215
Jim Fisher	-	$6,799,994
Jeremy Hammond	-	$6,516,874
Mike Hubbard	-	$6,472,510
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Cale Harbin	-	$6,283,236
Matt Saler	-	$6,174,053
Sue Hubbard	-	$6,159,038
John Reilly	-	$5,953,612
Jake Louricas	-	$5,796,220
Greg Adams	-	$5,689,382
Scott Stein	-	$5,680,745
Steve Smith	-	$5,676,259
Mark Eber	-	$5,535,790
Kyle Rubeling	-	$5,531,710
Steve Marksamer	-	$5,435,666
Chris Edwards	-	$5,403,106
Bill Horton	-	$5,402,141
Mark Wilson	-	$5,038,505
Joe Eber	-	$5,002,259
Brian Jones	-	$4,972,182
Jamie Pimentel	-	$4,405,946
Rob Randall	-	$4,288,639
Allen Freedman	-	$4,224,407
Gray Kitchens	-	$4,186,339
Jason Swanson	-	$4,141,598
Travis Brown	-	$4,126,899
Sean Scoopmire	-	$4,121,624
Hunter Hughey	-	$4,097,698
Tom Roberts	-	$3,788,515
Stefan Manford	-	$3,504,163
Brian Remsberg	-	$3,471,395
Nick Eber	-	$3,173,594
Mike Blair	-	$3,140,896
Clayton Mitchell	-	$3,123,608
Ryan Jordan	-	$3,085,494
Eric Busby	-	$2,881,559
Michael Fitz-Patrick	-	$1,812,038
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,740,230
Mike Jones	-	$1,638,674
Jeff Ianniello	-	$1,413,965

RBC Canadian Open

A decent week of picks for many but another GREAT week for Chris Hood. He had a solo pick of Tim Clark and builds his lead surpassing the $10M mark on the season. In the past two weeks he's netted nearly $4.5M. That's more than 20 players in the pool have made all year -- including this guy!

Picking one guy every week out of 144 is frustrating and difficult. What I can do is usually tell you 3-5 guys not to pick. This week those guys were players who feel they are "major-worthy" and beyond tourneys like this. Luke and DJ fit this bill and both MC'd. Let me know if you ever need any help determining who NOT to pick. If you want to give me any advice on who to pick that would be great. 

Updated standings...

Chris Hood	-	$10,497,560
Tom Sullivan	-	$8,216,896
Russ Tigue	-	$8,153,745
Jennifer King	-	$8,104,295
Stefen Lovelace	-	$7,109,279
Don Adams	-	$7,070,842
John Barnes	-	$6,925,815
Jim Fisher	-	$6,774,794
Jeremy Hammond	-	$6,469,124
Matt Saler	-	$6,148,853
PLAYOFF CUT LINE
Mike Hubbard	-	$6,139,310
Sue Hubbard	-	$6,133,838
Cale Harbin	-	$5,891,236
John Reilly	-	$5,763,212
Jake Louricas	-	$5,664,470
Greg Adams	-	$5,557,632
Chris Edwards	-	$5,395,296
Kyle Rubeling	-	$5,277,710
Steve Marksamer	-	$5,102,466
Mark Wilson	-	$5,032,085
Bill Horton	-	$5,008,641
Joe Eber	-	$4,932,759
Scott Stein	-	$4,755,545
Brian Jones	-	$4,648,702
Mark Eber	-	$4,610,590
Jamie Pimentel	-	$4,277,696
Rob Randall	-	$4,204,639
Steve Smith	-	$4,102,759
Hunter Hughey	-	$4,082,218
Gray Kitchens	-	$3,995,939
Sean Scoopmire	-	$3,948,624
Allen Freedman	-	$3,909,987
Jason Swanson	-	$3,887,598
Tom Roberts	-	$3,618,515
Stefan Manford	-	$3,504,163
Brian Remsberg	-	$3,450,995
Clayton Mitchell	-	$3,112,508
Ryan Jordan	-	$3,085,494
Nick Eber	-	$3,076,784
Mike Blair	-	$2,970,896
Eric Busby	-	$2,870,459
Travis Brown	-	$2,576,499
Michael Fitz-Patrick	-	$1,758,038
Justin Marksamer	-	$1,642,730
Mike Jones	-	$1,638,674
Jeff Ianniello	-	$1,413,965