Wilson and Duncan, I Feel Your Pain

Thanks for the memories?

Scott Stallings lost all hope, in Bob's old tournament, when he suffered from the worst gag at a Bill Clinton sponsored event since Monika Lewinsky. Oh, the Humana(ty)!!!  Fortunately, most of us were watching football, so we were spared the visuals; except, maybe, Wilson and Duncan who might have thought that they had a valuable early season win within their grasp.  Or, perhaps, Shank a Lot, who ended up getting no Lovey when Charles Howell III got stranded in a small desert bunker, tuned in.  Nevertheless, I heard a rumour that Tour De Golf might have flipped channels to come-out and watch their man Brian Gay take it all in the end.

Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation

 

Standings

 

1.  Tour De Golf  $1,747,736

2.  Team Devlin  $1,631,887

3.  Trail Smokeaters  $1,478,784

4.  Dead Yanks  $1,118,794

5.  Team MacKay  $922,264

6.  Queen Ruby Duby  $908,293

7.  Shanks a Lot  $861,892

8.  Sun Devils  $837,092

9.  Witnits  $813,516

10.  Wilson/Duncan  $807,118

11.  UGC T-Birds  $598,280

12.  On the Fringe  $562,784

13.  Cork Soakers  $545,389

14.  Grey Geese  $519,197

15.  Team Venables  $507,026

16.  Deringer/Owens  $393,285

17.  Stanyer et al.  $358,674

18.  Kettleson/Jones  $312,990

19.  One Putts  $199,478

20.  Swoopsters  $140,230

 

Team Totals by Individual Players

 

 

 

Roddy's Rant

 

Hi guys and welcome to the completely revised look for our 2013PGA Draft season thanks to webmaster Rob Julien. This should make things a lot more fun moving forward. Now that we have the short lived Kris Blanks mini controversy behind us we can start pulling for our respective teams. Just a reminder that there was a typo in the Draft Rules. To clarify, the top 6 teams and the last place team will be in the money. Please get back to Rob as to whether there is an appetite for a weekly pool. I’d also like to suggest a Majors Pool but let’s keep it simple.

Once again the teams seem to getter sharper and sharper with their draft selections every year [eg. No Adam Hadwin type picks, even for the Witnits]. The Dead Yanks seem bound and determined to get out of the basement by bringing the average age of their draft picks to less than 40 years old for the first time in history. It’s early but the Trail Smokeaters selection of Russell Henley in the 5^th round is looking like a huge steal.

Please remember that WGC earnings are applied to a player’s home tour so if you drafted a Non PGA Tour Member and he wins money in the 1^stWGC event don’t email me asking why we missed the money your player earned because we didn’t.

 

Best of luck and let’s have some fun.

 

Rod

Thanks for the post Rod.  The blog has had 150 page views over the last couple of days, it's great to see everyone using it. 
I like Rod's idea for a majors pool; probably easier to manage than a weekly one for now.  Maybe we can include the Player's Championship, and then see if there is interest to expand to the WGC or other signifcant tournaments.  

Rob

Sony Open

It's early, but I wouldn't want a bunch of senior tour eligible players on my team--- it sure looks like a young man's game.  It's not that the odd Steve Stricker can no longer compete, but fans of the web.com tour will certainly have an advantage because that is where the value picks are found.  That said, homework and youth are currently trumping luck and age; Team #20 knew something and drafted Russell Henley (63, 63, 67, 63 win) in the fifth round, whereas Team #1 chose to draft the Jurassic Davis Love III (75, 75 missed cut) in the sixth.  As athletic as this formally cerebrally dominate game has become, it would appear that One Putts (Team#1) might have been better off drafting RG3 than DL3. 

I would like to see some suggestions in the comments section that will make this blog better. They can include adding other relevant links or any post topics you would like to see.  Schedule permitting, I plan on updating the standings most weeks.

 One of the features I would like to see is a guest post from various teams on the Wednesday before the start of a new tournament.  Since he is the title sponsor, I believe that it would only be appropriate for Rod to start off this new tradition.  Simply send me an email, and I will post it so we can generate some discussion during the tournament.

Secondly, I'm looking into the logistics of running optional weekly pools to add a little intrigue throughout the year.  I'm thinking along the lines of a $5 buy-in for weeks when you want in, maybe some kind of prop bet.  Format suggestions are welcome, such as, should the pool be based on team or individual player performance, and should people be able to wager on teams or players other than their own?

As a note, I have reserved the domain name: rodmackaygolf.com.  I will let you know when I link it to the blog.

Sony Open
Standings
1. Team Devlin  $1,560,431
2. Trail Smokeaters  $1,340,640
3. Team MacKay  $695,016
4. Dead Yanks  $690,133
5. Queen Ruby Duby  $683,200
6. Tour De Golf  $680,152
7. Witnits  $642,488
8. Sun Devils  $565,046
9. On The Fringe  $479,400
10. UGC T-Birds  $477,216
11. Wilson/Duncan  $468,096
12. Shanks A Lot  $410,868
13. Team Venables  $345,479
14. Grey Geese  $328,797
15. Cork Soakers  $320,296
16. Kettleson/Jones  $240,800
17. Deringer/Owens  $170,480
18. Stanyer et al.  $139,876
19. One Putts  $139,608
20. Swoopsters  $74,648
 

Click on the link to view the expanded team totals: Team and individual player totals

Thank You

My family and I are extremely grateful for the generous $550 donation to my son Stephen's memorial scholarship fund at Vancouver Community College. To date the fund has raised  approximately  $20,000.

Currently, VCC annually awards a $1,500 scholarship to a culinary arts student who demonstrates compassion and a genuine interest in their peers' success and well-being.  Moreover, the recipient possesses the talent, creativity and flair to be a true culinary artist and shares Stephen's passion for cooking.

Sincerely,
Rob