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Standard calcutta format (i.e. not parimutuel):

• Deadline: The calcutta ends Wednesday July 14th at 5:00 PM Eastern.

• Payment: Josh LaFountain AKA “Wurgler” will be handling the collection of money and prize payouts. Accepted payment methods are Money Order, Certified/Cashiers Checks, and PayPal. We will post the information after the bidding closes. Please contact Josh if you have any questions regarding payment. Payment instructions will be given after Auction’s close.

NOTE:
a) No partial payments if you split a golfer!!! It’s too much of a hassle for us to keep track of. The person who actually won the bid is responsible for the entire amount.

b) Be able to make your payment within 24 hours of the end of the bidding. If this is not possible, have someone else bid for you who can.

c) A small administrative fee (3%) will be deducted from the total prize pool.

Please remember the One Hour Rule:

• The One Hour Rule: This rule is put into place to squash any attempts to sandbag bids at the last minute.

If a bid is placed in the last hour of the Calcutta (i.e. between 4:00 and 4:00 PM on Wednesday July 14th) then an additional one hour of bidding time (from the time of said bid) will be added for the player being bid upon.

This will continue to happen as long as the bidding for the player continues.

Example: If someone bids on Tiger Woods at 4:26 PM on the 14th, Tiger’s deadline will be extended until 5:26 PM. If someone then bid again on Tiger, at say 5:02 PM, then his deadline would be further extended to 6:02 PM.

• Betting Minimum: Each player will begin with a bet of no less than $10. Bidding increments go up as the bids get higher.

• The Field: There WILL be a Field Bid, however it will not be available until the main bidding period ends at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, July 14th. At that point, all players who have not received a bid, will be included in “The Field”. Bidding will continue as per the One Hour Rule set forth above.

• Prize Structure: Four prizes, split will be 40%, 30%, 20%, and 10% of prize pool.

• Sign Up: You will be required to register before you place a bid. PLEASE, ONLY USE YOUR REAL NAME!!!

• Email Notification: You will (should) receive an email notification indicating that your bet has been accepted. You will (should) also receive an e-mail notification when someone places an Outbid on a player that you had action on. There have been issues in the past with emails, so please don’t rely on them!

Contact info:

Queries about payment:
Josh LaFountain AKA “Wurgler”
Email: azflatx(at)gmail(dot)com
Cell: 214-4six0-8six10

Any other queries:
Ben Zeidenberg: bzeidenberg (at) akanda (dot) com
Cell: 416-560-seven0four4

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Fantasy Golf Picks

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, based on the point scale below:

Winner = 10 points

2nd Place = 5 points

3rd Place = 3 points

Top 10 = 1 point

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Total:  40 Points

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  1.60 Points

Think you can pick better?  Leave a comment with your 5 picks for the 2010 AT&T National.  If you Beat The Expert in any week you will win a FREE 2010 Rotoff Golf Draft Kit (a $9.99 value) with one possible Grand Prize winner at the end of the FedEx Cup season.  See here for official BTE rules.

A few props are in order.  First to our first back to back weekly winner of the season, Joe Book gets it done again.  With 4 total points at the U.S. Open (Ernie Els 3rd, Phil Mickelson T4) Mr. Book gets his fourth weekly win and stays within shouting distance of our BTE leaders.  And just out ahead of Joey Books is Craig who ends the 3peat bid with last week’s weekly win.  Not only did C. Giles select a 2nd place Scott Verplank but also got a point for Retief Goosen for a nice 6 point week.  Golf claps for you both.

And don’t look now but we have a new familiar #1.  Which means it’s time for a new poll.

Beat the Expert Leaderboard

Last (Two) Weeks:

We haven’t talked since the U.S. Open ended with a thud.  After amazing 66s from both Phil and Tiger Woods the perfect stage was set.  Taking nothing away from Graeme McDowell who played inspired golf all week, but by the back 9 on Sunday there wasn’t much drama left.  After Phil’s 1st hole birdie and Dustin Johnson’s 2nd hole collapse we appeared to be headed for an epic showdown between Tiger, Phil and Ernie. 

But the crappy greens of Pebble Beach prevented birdies from dropping.  Have you ever seen worse looking greens in a major?  All in all it’s hard to complain about the 2010 U.S. Open, as Pebble Beach is such an amazing backdrop for national championship golf.  But by the 14th hole of the final group it felt like a Sopranos ending.  I half expected Johnny Miller to get in a “Don’t Stop Believin” before it was all over, but that would have been much too clever. 

I did manage to get 1 point for Phil’s T4 finish.  Lee Westwood wasn’t terrible in finishing T28 but provided no points.  Ditto Stewart Cink.  Sleeper Mike Weir looked great thru the first round but never after that while Heath Slocum missed the cut.

My streak of Top 10s continued last week but could have been a whole lot better had Justin Rose not choked away his 2nd win of the season.  But I’ll take another 2 points for his and Ricky Barnes Top 1os.  Hunter Mahan missed the cut.

Good to see Bubba Watson get his first PGA Tour victory.  The banner year of the PGA Tour continues. 

This week:

We’re not in D.C. anymore Toto.  The National takes a two year hiatus from Congressional and moves to PA.  Aronimink Golf Club has not been part of the PGA Tour schedule since the 1962 PGA Championship.  In other words you can throw out event history this week.  It’s all about who is playing well. 

1.  Tiger Woods

What would make this banner year even better?  How about a win by Tiger before the British Open?  Tiger is average in 2010, still a work in progress.  Even though he’s not the dominant Tiger we once knew he still might be the best golfer in the field this week (with apologies to Jim Furyk and Ben Crane).  This is the best spot to play Tiger so far this year, coming off a T4 finish at the U.S. Open and a rather weak field.  He’s got to get at least one win in 2010 right?  

2.  Jim Furyk

Jimmy didn’t play bad at the U.S. Open but it was still a disappointing finish.  He’s been on the brink of golf godness for years but can’t get that second major win.  Being the first one to three wins this season would be huge for his confidence heading into the final two majors.  Look for Furyk to be runner up to Tiger’s win this weekend, which would make for some great must see Sunday golf.

3.  Davis Love III

Davis Love III has enjoyed a bit of a resurgence and is coming off a major Top 10.  Davis has a great streak going right now.  He either misses the cut OR finishes in the Top 20.With three Top 10s on the year it might not be out of the realm of possibilities for him to get a win in 2010.  It’s probably not going to happen this week but if he can make the cut it should be points. 

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Poll:  Just out of my own curiosity as we get ready to launch Rotoff Golf to the public in 2011, I’m curious where everyone plays their Fantasy Golf. 

Fantasy Golf Picks

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, based on the point scale below:

Winner = 10 points

2nd Place = 5 points

3rd Place = 3 points

Top 10 = 1 point

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Total:  38 Points

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  1.58 Points

Think you can pick better?  Leave a comment with your 5 picks for the 2010 Travelers Championship.  If you Beat The Expert in any week you will win a FREE 2010 Rotoff Golf Draft Kit (a $9.99 value) with one possible Grand Prize winner at the end of the FedEx Cup season.  See here for official BTE rules.

Beat the Expert Leaderboard

It’s been a super hectic week as we get ready to launch Rotoff.com later this year.  Unfortunately my blog this week will be lacking in substance but the BTE Contest must go on!  Look for my recaps of the U.S. Open and Travelers Championship next week.  Better late then never and nothing. 

1.  Justin Rose

2.  Ricky Barnes

3.  Hunter Mahan