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2009 Memorial Tournament fantasy golf preview
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I’m giving myself points for picking winners. Hopefully my picks can help you win your fantasy golf league this season. My goal is to get to 111 points for the season, or the equivlant of picking a Top 3 finisher or better each week.
Test your fantasy golf skills. Post a comment below with your three picks for the week. If you get more points then me for the current tournament you will win a FREE 2009 Rotoff Golf Draft Kit ($9.99 value) courtesy of Shlink Lincoln Sports. Only one winner allowed per week. Incase of a tie by posters the first comment wins. All ties with the blogger is a blogger win. Who are your three picks for this week?*
Winner = 10 points
2nd Place = 5 points
3rd Place = 3 points
Top 10 = 1 point
2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Total: 44 Points
2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average: 2.10 Points
Last week:
As predicted there was another dramatic finish last Sunday at Colonial. It was the third playoff there in four years. I’m glad to report I managed to add to my point total but was disappointed that Timmy couldn’t pull it off. What a heartbreaker for Clark, still looking for that elusive win, to see it go south on 18 and in the playoff. Ogilvy played well until Sunday when he shot a 74, finishing T59, his worst finish of 2009. Crane didn’t finish much better but at least none of my picks missed the cut.
I hope the PGA keeps the Texas swing intact for next season, it was a great stretch of tournaments that saw some great fields on historic courses. Who knows, maybe the Shell Houston Open would give up their pre-Masters slot on the schedule and make the Texas swing a four week event.
This week:
The greatest golfer of all time makes an appearance this week, no not Tiger, but Memorial Tournament host Jack Nicklaus. Tiger is still four major wins and seven total wins shy of Nicklaus’ career marks and this week will be a good barometer of where Tiger’s game is at heading into the U.S. Open. He has five straight Top 10 finishes but has not been the dominant Tiger of old. It would be easy for me to pick Tiger this week (he has won here thrice) but I’m avoiding the obvious pick this week. Probably cuz I’m a dumb ass.
1. Kevin Na
Na Na Na Na……………..not yet a household name on the PGA Tour, Kevin Na might have the coolest name on Tour (with Colt Knost a close second). Two letters, simple and to the point. Na, Kevin Na. But don’t be fooled by name alone, this journeyman has game. Easily putting together his best season to date, Na has six Top 10s and only three missed cuts in fourteen starts. Last weekend he shot four straight rounds in the 60s and finished T9. Na has not faired well at Muirfield with a best finish of 45 in two starts, but he does have a cool name. I see no reason why he can’t secure another Top 10 this week.
2. Paul Casey
No one is hotter then Paul Casey over the last few months. With two wins worldwide in that span (three since January) Casey has moved up to third in the World Rankings. He has finished no worse then T31 with three Top 10s in seven starts on the PGA Tour this season including a 5th place finish last week where he shot 66-67-66-66. And even better, not a single missed cut. Casey has increased the events on his schedule this season which has no doubt helped his world rank but The Memorial has always been a staple on his schedule going back to 2006. Casey needs to be in your lineup this week no matter what fantasy golf format you are playing.
3. Jim Furyk
Furyk has burned me a few times this season so I’m picking with caution. But a 65 last Sunday is signs of good things to come and three straight Top 10s in his last three starts (well if you count a T11 at Quail Hollow) is enough for me to think Furyk is ready for a win. And if that’s not enough for convincing how about four Tops 10s here, including a win in 2002. Jimmy always heats up for the summer stretch, with 14 of his 25 Top 20s since 2007 coming from June to September. I would be suprised if he finishes outside the Top 20 this week on a course he knows well. Of course for sake of points I’m counting on at least a Top 10.
*Beat The Expert Winner will be contacted via email no later then Tuesday concluding the tournament.
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