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2009 Barclays 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?*
Joe (our Bradley Braves Examiner) you got me again with my 0-fer last week. I dare you not to pick Tiger. ;o )
Winner = 10 points
2nd Place = 5 points
3rd Place = 3 points
Top 10 = 1 point
2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Total: 92 Points
2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average: 2.88 Points
Last week:
A swing and a whiff! Last week’s picks were embarrassing. Clark WD in the first round, Letzig missed the cut and Glover finished T24. Still stuck on 92 points but I’m confident I can get back into the win column.
Ryan Moore got his first career PGA Tour victory and should be a factor in the FedEx Cup playoffs, though I don’t see him winning anytime soon when the fields are as deep as they will be over the next four weeks.
This week:
Ok, this is another one of those weeks when Tiger should run away from the field. Coming off another major disappointment, Woods has two wins and a T4 in his tournaments following majors this year. All majors that he didn’t win. That Tiger choked (HA, love it, Tiger and choke in the same sentence. Eat your heart out Greg Norman) can only mean he will win the FedEx Cup. The first leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs begin on Thursday.
1. Tiger Woods
Do I need to explain further? Well ok, maybe I do. Tiger has played The Barclays only three times in his professional career and has finished no better then T13 (2003). It’s one of the only events that Tiger does not have a Top 10. I’m going to go out on a limb and say he breaks that streak.
2. Sergio Garcia
While were on the subject of choke (and I know that word gets thrown around way to often in golf) how about Sergio last weekend? A 64 on Saturday puts him on the lead heading into the final round followed by an even par on Sunday, settling for a 4th place finish. Doesn’t it seem like we’re watching the same movie over and over again. Will the “tragic hero” ever get a happy ending? It was only his second Top 10 of the year. Sergio, who was ranked #2 early this year and within shouting distance of that elusive #1 World Golf Rank, is now ranked #7. But now that he is showing signs of life it’s hard to pick against him this week, two wins, a 2nd, 3rd and 4th in nine career starts here with no missed cuts.
3. Kevin Streelman
Speaking of signs of life (man, I’m getting good at this transition thing) how about Streels? After a roller coaster first half to his sophmore season, Kevin has made six of the last seven cuts. He sputtered a bit last weekend after shooting 65 and 68 on Thursday and Friday but gets on the radar this week based on his finish at the Barclays last year. Though they are playing on a new course this year I’ve seen enough from Kevin over the last month to sugest he’s on the rise. This is very much a sleeper pick so buyer beware.
*Beat The Expert Winner will be contacted via email no later then Tuesday concluding the tournament.
