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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) I just barely beat you. We're down to the last two weeks. Good luck.
Winner = 10 points
2nd Place = 5 points
3rd Place = 3 points
Top 10 = 1 point
2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Total: 98 Points
2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average: 2.80 Points
Last week:
Furyk held the lead through 36 holes only to falter on Sunday (which would be a Saturday on a normal week), still I get 1 point for his Top 10 finish. Ernie Els stunk, missing the cut and Jacobson was no where near the super sleeper pick that I envisioned, finishing 69 (dudes!). I’ve got two weeks left to get 13 points. With the smaller fields my odds are better but I’m not holding my breath. I know I need to come strong this week.
My only regret was forgeting to edit Furyk into my Yahoo! Golf lineup as my season long goal to be the best Expert will now be a tough task. My only saving grace is I have one start left for Tiger……..who just may have found his putting stoke………..stay tuned next week.
This week:
Just two more tournaments until the FedEx Cup champion is crowned. And the roller coaster ride continues at Cog Hill in Chicago. With his win last week, FedEx Cup #1 Steve Stricker overtook World #1 Tiger Woods in the FedEx Cup standings. It feels like a showdown is brewin (or just maybe Jason Dufner wins the FedEx Cup and we put this wacky season to rest).
1. Phil Mickelson
Did you really think Phil, the World #2, hotel pimp extrodinaire and addmitted SLS favorite would just ride off into the sunset without a peep? How ’bout a 66 last Sunday.....er....Monday? It reminded me of the Phil that won two tournments this season, a confident Phil with a confident putter. There are many golfers with a better track record here (Phil has no Top 10s at this event in eleven starts) but I don’t think Phil is going to just disappear without a fight. Probably won’t win but should get a Top 10 finish to position himself for the Tour Championship. Don’t let me down.
2. Jim Furyk
I still stick by what I said last week, Jimmy is close. As mentioned above he held a 36 hole lead last week before a disappointing 73 in round 3. Still a 68 final round is a good sign. An even better sign is Furyk has won in this event on this course in 2005 and has eight Top 10s here in thirteen starts. Though winless on Tour since 2007, not many have made more money then Jimmy last last two years with well over $6 million. A win this week would not only add to that impressive total but would make him a top favorite to take home the FedEx Cup trophy. I think he just may get it done this week.
3. Steve Stricker
I know what you’re thinking. Where the hell was this pick the last few weeks? Well it’s better late then never I hope. We’ve seen this kind playoff play from Stricker before, who won the very first FedEx playoff event in 2007 to cement another Comeback Player of the Year award. The only difference this year is Steve won’t be sneaking up on anyone, and won’t have too. There is no one playing better golf, tee to green, then Stricker right now. He has not missed a cut since early April and has eight Top 10s (two wins) in his last twelve starts. Ouch. I’m kicking myself for not exploiting these trends earlier. With a 2nd place and a Win in these 2009 Playoffs, Stricker not only has a real shot at the $10 million FedEx Cup first prize but an outside shot at Comeback Player of the Year. Well maybe not the last part. Stricker won this event when it was the Western Open (and yes still the same course) in 1996 and has finished in the Top 10 here the last two years.
P.S. Please forgive the Ace of Base search reference. What started out as a silly joke has now esculated into that damn song being burned into my mind, stuck in my head. I’ve even caught myself singing it a bit. Quick, anyone know the cure for ACE of BASE?
*Beat The Expert Winner will be contacted via email no later then Tuesday concluding the tournament.
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