Monday, February 29, 2016

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


Monday, February 22, 2016

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

Monday, February 15, 2016

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



Monday, February 8, 2016

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

Monday, February 1, 2016

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