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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:  103 Points

2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  2.86 Points

Last week: 

(Well actually two weeks ago) I got 5 more points to my total on Furyk’s 2nd place finish.  Both Mick and Strick played terrible for most of the tournament and especially on Sunday, with a 76 and 77 respectively.  Now sitting at 103 points for the season I basically need to pick the winner this week to reach my season long goal of 111 (a 2nd and 3rd will also do).  I’m feeling confident. 

This week: 

<YAWN>The playoffs heat up this week as five golfers have a shot to win the FedEx cup.  Tiger, Stricker, Furyk, ZJ and Slocum all could be crowned Fed Ex Cup champion with Top 3 finishes, depending how the field fairs.  And while it will be enteraining to see these five dual it out at East Lake, it’s hard to think that the PGA has their playoffs right.  A true playoff would give the winner of the Tour Championship the FedEx Cup.  As it stands now there are twenty five other golfers that could win this Sunday and not be the playoff champion.  Let’s just call the FedEx Cup what it really is, a reason for Tiger to play in September. 

How would I change the format if I were commish?  Make it more urgent, more sudden death.  One Hundred Twenty Five man field, and four weeks of golf craziness.  You miss the cut, you go home.  All cuts would come after four rounds.  125 down to 100, 100 down to 75, 75 down to 30 and the winner of the Tour Championship is the FedEx Cup champion.  That would be must see golf T.V and would be no different then any other major sports league.  Baseball, Basketball, Football and Hockey, the regular season means nothing once the playoffs start.  You can go 82-0 in the NBA regular season and if you lose in the first round of the playoffs you go home.  Why should a golf playoff be any different?</YAWN> 

Michael Arkush also has some great suggestions for spicing up the FedEx Cup.

1.  Tiger Woods

As much as it pains me to say it, this might just be another laugher like we had at the BMW.  Tiger has one win (2007) and five Top 10s in six starts at East Lake, including three 2nd place finishes.  Don’t think he’s come this far just to putt away the FedEx Cup.  Winning the Cup won’t erase his major drought but it will make him $10 million richer.  And no one needs the money more then Tiger.  Seriously though, Tiger will win just so no one else can.   

2.  Retief Goosen

Goosen, #15 in FedEx Cup points, can’t win the whole thing but don’t expect that to put a damper on his play.  Goose, like Tiger, has a great track record as East Lake, try one win (2004) and four Top 10s in four starts.  Already with one Top 10 in these playoffs (Duetsche Bank) expect the Top 10 trend to continue for Retief on a couse that he knows well. 

3.  Jerry Kelly

2009 will go down as one of the best PGA Tour seasons for Jerry Kelly.  A win, four Top 10s and only one missed cut since the end of May, Kelly also has good history here.  Albeit only two career starts here, he has finshed 3rd and 4th.  He was just outside the Top 10 in Boston before a T49 finish two weeks ago.  This is definately a sleeper pick as there are others with more on the line this week, but that just might work in Mr. Kelly’s favor.

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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.

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.