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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.

Winner = 10 points

2nd Place = 5 points

3rd Place = 3 points

Top 10 = 1 point

2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Total:  30 Points

2009 Fantasy Golf Preview Weekly Average:  2.50 Points

Last week: 

Back in the win column baby!  Now was I the only one in America (or maybe the world)who thought Tiger was going to miss that putt on the 72nd hole?  I keep looking for signs that Tiger is human but after another amazing finish at Bayhill I suspect Tiger may be a robot.  We’ll know more about this latest development come Masters Sunday. 

As for VJ and Bart, both made the cut but were no where near the Top 10.  Seems every year Vijay has a stretch where he struggles and I wonder if maybe he’s on his way down the world rankings, only to see him bounce back into the win column.  But alas one wonders if Vijay hasn’t peaked………………….

This week:

Johnson Wagner defends his lone PGA Tour victory at the last stop before Augusta.  Johnson has two Top 10s here  in the last two years, but nothing about his play in 2008 hinted at his win last season.  Coming into last year’s Shell Houston Open, Wagner had missed six of nine cuts and his best finish was T38.  It’s much the same this year as Wagner has only one Top 10 (in the short field at the Mercedes) with five missed cuts.  But I guess that what makes golf and golf prognostication  so great.  You just never know.

Being the last tune up before the year’s first major, there is a suprisingly great field this week.  Phil, Paddy, Ernie, Sergio and Geoff will all be drawing their guns in Texas.  It should be an entertaining warm up for next week’s main event. 

1. Geoff Ogilvy

Ogilvy already has two wins on the season and has yet to miss a cut.  Don’t expect his first cut to come this week either.  In five starts here, Geoff has yet to miss the cut with three Top 1os.  He finished T2 last year, two shots behind Wagner.  Ogilvy should be hungry with The Masters looming and one (robotic) Tiger Woods back in the spotlight. 

 2. Lucas Glover

Glover is coming off an almost Top 10 (T11 at Bayhill) and has a little bit of good course history at the Shell.  Lucas has never finished outside the Top 30 with exception to his one missed cut in 2007.  His scores of 69 and 70 in brutal weather conditions last weekend are signs that his game is moving in the right direction.  And that direction should lead to his second Top 10 of the season.

3. Ernie Els

Ernie, who hosted the Ernie Els Autism Charity Pro-Am a few weeks back, is also puting together a nice season.  He has two Top 10s thus far and more importantly no missed cuts in six events in 2009.  Ernie has only played the Shell once in his career, finishing T17 in 2003.   This is kind of a reach on my part as there are certainly other top golfers in the field that could make some noise.  But I’m sticking to my hunch and expect to see Ernie in contention through the weekend.

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