Another year, another PGA Tour season in the books.  It was a bit of a swan song for golf, with some rising stars finally rising and the big names still winning (all except for Mr. Woods).  Congrats to our Fantasy Golf Picks winner Eric McClung who won with 106 total points in 34 weeks.  Not only does Eric win a lifetime commish membership at the soon to be launched Rotoff.com, but he also wins a cool $20 cash prize for his golf prognostication.   Excellent work Mr. McClung.  Check’s in the mail.

Final 2010 Beat The Expert Leaderboard

Everyone else who participated in the Fantasy Golf Picks this season wins a free Rotoff Golf league ($39.99 value) in 2011 at Rotoff.com.  Please Contact me for more details as I don’t have everyone’s email address.

Hope everyone has a great off-season.  The 2011 PGA Tour season is right around the corner!  Check back in December for the 2011 Rotoff Golf Draft Kit and also a brand new fantasy golf game with weekly cash prizes.

Take care. 

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 Final Total:  66 Points

2009 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  1.78 Points

Last week: 

I went out with a bang, getting 5 points for Luke Donald’s 2nd place finish.  It was dissappointing that Phil Mickelson was never in contention but it was still a monumental year for Lefty. Robert Allenby had flashes but couldn’t crack 60 all week.  Oh well.  I’ll take my 5th place finish amongst all the great fantasy golf pickers from this season.

Here is my complete pick points breakdown:

2010 SBS Championship – Sean O’Hair T4 (1 point)

2010 Sony Open - (0 points)

2010 Bob Hope Classic - Tim Clark T2 (5 points)

2010 Farmers Insurance Open - Brandt Snedeker T2 (5 points)

2010 Northern Trust - (0 points)

2010 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am - Dustin Johnson Win (10 points)

2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play - (0 points)

2010 Waste Management Open - Robert Allenby T8, Camilo Villegas (2 points)

2010 Honda Classic - Vijay Singh (1 point)

2010 WGC-CA Championship - (0 points)

2010 Transitions Championship - (0 points)

2010 Arnold Palmer Invitational - (0 points)

2010 Shell Houston Open - (0 points)

2010 Masters - Ricky Barnes T10 (1 point)

2010 Verizon Heritage - (0 points)

2010 Zurich Classic - (0 points)

2010 Quall Hollow Championship - Phil Mickelson 2nd, Anthony Kim T7 (6 points)

2010 Players Championship - Ben Crane T4 (1 point)

2010 Valero Texas Open - Ernie Els T3 (3 points)

2010 HP Byron Nelson Championship - (0 points)

2010 Crowne Plaza Invitational - (0 points)

2010 Memorial Tournament - Stewart Cink T8 (1 point)

2010 St. Jude Classic - (0 points)

2010 U.S. Open - Phil Mickelson T4 (1 point)

2010 Travelers Championshp - Ricky Barnes T5, Justin Rose T9 (2 points)

2010 AT&T National - (0 points)

2010 John Deere Classic - Tim Clark T7 (1 point)

2010 Open Championship - Lee Westwood 2nd (5 points)

2010 Canadian Open - (0 points)

2010 Greenbrier Classic - Jeff Overton 2nd, Jim Furyk T9 (6 points)

2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational - (0 points)

2010 PGA Championship - Rory McIlroy  T3 (3 points)

2010 Wyndam Championship - Lucas Glover 7th, Brandt Snedeker T8 (2 points)

2010 Barclays - Kevin Streelman T3 (3 points)

2010 Deutsche Bank Championship - Adam Scott T5 (1 point)

2010 BMW Championship - (0 points)

2010 Tour Championship - Luke Donald 2nd (5 points)

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:  61 Points

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  1.69 Points

Think you can pick better?  Leave a comment with your 3 picks for the 2010 Tour 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.

McClung stretches the lead with just one event left.  Getting 3 points for Matt Kuchar’s T3 finish and 1 point for Steve Stricker’s Top 10, it’s the third weekly win for McClung this year.  It appears the mighty McClung may have this contest wrapped up, with #2 Brad 10 points back.  But I’m sure Brad will bring his A game this week.

Beat the Expert Leaderboard

Last Week (well actually two weeks ago}:

Shutout again.   No points for Camilo Villegas, Tim Clark or Tiger Woods.  It’s a familiar spot for me this year, almost 40 points shy of my total of last season.  Of course it helped that Tiger was good for a few guaranteed wins in 2009.  The downfall of Tiger put a damper on my golf prognostication. 

This week:

But it sure made for a hell of a golf season.  And now it comes to a close.  From Phil Mickelson’s amazing weekend run at Augusta, to Rory McIlroy’s 62 on Sunday, Dustin Johnson collapse in San Diego and then in Wisconsin and his subsequent bounce back just two weeks ago.  It was a season of familiar winners, including Stuart Appleby getting back to Kapalua for 2011.  There were 59s (two actually) and a few final round major 80s. 

Amid all the drama another drama played out all season on and off the courses.  And ultimately golf fans will remember 2010 as the first year Tiger Woods did not win on the PGA Tour.  It was the first time in almost a decade that Tiger was not the Vegas favorite to win a tournament for which he was in the field.  So many firsts for Tiger in 2010, and as I’ve hinted in previous posts this can only be a good thing for golf, golf fans and the PGA Tour.  Tiger won’t be around forever.  It’s time the tour learned to survive (thrive?) with new faces.

Which takes us to Atlana and the final stop on the FedEx Cup tour.  East Lake is host to the 30 man field event at the Tour Championship.  Only a handful of golfers can clinch the FedEx Cup title with a win, but it’s certain to be entertaining down to the last shot on Sunday.

1.  Phil Mickelson

Hollywood could not write a better script.  Long written off after struggling all summer, Phily Mick could win not only his first FedEx Cup title this Sunday, but it would also put him #1 in the World for the first time ever.  Phil is defending champ this week and has four career Top 10s including another win back in 2000.  Just when we write him off he does something to amaze us.  I’m hoping Phil has saved the best for last, even if he will need some help from those infront of him to hoist the FedEx Cup.

2.  Luke Donald

You’d think this late in the season the only thing on Mr. Donald’s mind would be the Ryder Cup.  But don’t look now, a Brit could actually win the FedEx Cup.  Currently 7th on the FedEx Cup list, he’ll need a little help but it’s not impossible.  Donald has been solid in the playoffs, including a T2 finsih earlier this month.  With one Top 10 at East Lake in three career starts, expect Sir Luke to contend all weekend long.

3.  Robert Allenby

More of a sleeper pick but something tells me Robert Allenby will suprise us this week.  Allenby has six career starts here never finishing better then T11.  At 27th on the FedEx Cup points list he has no shot to win the title, yet I see him in my crystal ball atop the Leaderboard on Sunday.  

Hope everyone enjoys the golf this weekend.  I will be posting my season recap in a few weeks and then it’s a small blog vacation for me until December as we work behind the scenes to get the new site up and ready for 2011.   

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:  61 Points

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  1.74 Points

Think you can pick better?  Leave a comment with your 3 picks for the 2010 BMW 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.

Cal gets it done yet again this season, with his 3rd weekly win on five points for Luke Donald’s T2 finish, and has a real shot to finish in that elusive 3rd spot on the BTE LB.  Excellent!

I want to take a moment to thank all my BTE boys.  You guys have kept me motivated through a hectic and busy year, from emails, to facebook to linkedin, it’s really awesome to see you guys keep up with this contest.  I’m only sorry I couldn’t give it my all lately.  But some very great things are on the horizon for next year.  You guys rock and I won’t forget it!

Another half-ass blog for me this week but I’ll be going out with a bang for the Tour Championship.  Good luck to everyone down the stretch. 

Beat the Expert Leaderboard

1.  Camilo Villegas

2.  Tim Clark

3.  Tiger Woods

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:  57 Points

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  1.72 Points

Think you can pick better?  Leave a comment with your 3 picks for the 2010 Deutsche Bank 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

Sorry for the short and sweet version this week but my schedule has been more then hectic lately.

1.  Dustin Johnson

2.  Camilo Villegas

3.  Adam Scott

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:  57 Points

2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average:  1.72 Points

Think you can pick better?  Leave a comment with your 3 picks for the 2010 Barclays.  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

Last Week:

Oh what could have been.  Until rather average rounds of 67 on Sunday for both Lucas Glover and Brandt Snedeker it was looking like I’d be making a huge jump up the BTE LB.  But as it turns out both finished outside the Top 3 but still in the Top 10 and good enough for 2 Points for me.  Jerry Kelly shot in the 60s all four rounds but never lower then 66 (par 70) to finish T34.   Hard to complain though in a week when no one else managed to score points.  Oh what could have been. 

Speaking of what could have been, how about what was?  Arjun Atwal wins his first career PGA Tour tournament.  Not bad for a PGA journeyman and Monday Qualifier with only seven career Top 10s since 1996.  That is what makes golf such a great game.  Did anyone have Atwal even making the cut last week?

This week:

It’s playoff time!  And there’s never been a more wide open race for the FedEx Cup.  The Top 125 on the FedEx Cup Points list compete for a chance to ultimately get into the final 30 at East Lake at the end of the month, with the winner taking home a cool $10 million prize. Of course the FedEx Cup points are a little more complicated then that but that’s the jist.  Jist win baby!

1.  Phil Mickelson

Just when everyone writes off Phil Mickelson’s season he tends to play well.  Phil has had a rather lousy summer by Phil standards but don’t think that’s he done just yet.  Not only a shot at the #1 World ranking is on the line in these playoffs but also his first FedEx Cup title.  Phil has not been terrible in this event, if not a little average.  He only has one Top 10 in seven starts but has never missed the cut.  His T12 finish in his last start at the PGA Championship is a good sign that the roller coaster may be heading upwards.

2.  Kevin Streelman

Kevin Streelman is close.  Although he has missed cuts in three of his last four events he finally put together four solid rounds last week for a T18 finish.  In his previous two events he shot lights out…..for one of two rounds.  Streelman finished T4 here in 2008, the last time the event was played at Ridgewood Country Club.  I expect a Top 10 at least from Kev this week.

3.  Justin Leonard

The streaky Justin Leonard got his first Top 10 of the season last week, shooting four straight rounds in the low to mid 60s, enroute to  a 3rd place finish at The Wyndham Championship.  Up until now it’s been a subpar season for Leonard but all that could change over the next four weeks.  Sitting 70th in the FedEx Cup standings, Justin can make a big move with another Top 10 this week.  He has two Top 10s here in seven career starts including a T7 in 2008.  Let’s see that good play continue.