2010 Transitions Championship Preview
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
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: 25 Points
2010 Fantasy Golf Picks Weekly Average: 2.50 Points
Think you can pick better? Leave a comment with your 3 picks for the 2010 Transitions 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.
Congrats to Charlie Garner for being the only one with any points last week. You got 1 point for Paul Casey’s Top 10 finish and a weekly win. Not bad for your first week. Please contact me to get access to your free Rotoff Golf Draft Kit. Keep those picks coming.
| Rank | Name | Weeks | Weekly Win | Win (x10) | 2nd (x5) | 3rd (x3) | T10 (x1) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad | 24 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 86 |
| 2 | E. McClung | 26 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 79 |
| 3 | C. Giles | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 14 | 64 |
| 4 | E. Hamilton | 22 | 2 | 4 | - | 2 | 13 | 59 |
| 5 | J. Book | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 52 |
| 6 | C. Cameron | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 49 |
| 7 | E. Planer | 29 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 46 |
| 8 | J. Littlefield | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 23 | |
| 9 | Shane | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 20 | |
| 10 | Dr Peerless | 4 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 12 | |
| 11 | Bryan | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 11 | T. Whitehead | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 10 | |
| 13 | R. Slaughter | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 | C. Garner | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Dutch | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
Last Week:
The only consolation in having such a crappy week is that almost everyone else did too. Steve Stricker got off to a slow start and couldn’t crack the Top 10. Both Stewart Cink (-7) and Ian Poulter (-8) waited until the final round to do anything and both ending T37. Not good fellas. On a positive note I am 5 points better then my pace from last year. And it’s hard not to be positive with Spring (and the year’s first major) almost upon us.
This week:
The Florida Swing continues this week at the Innisbrook Resort Copperhead Course. Similar to the Honda, this is a very difficult course with the average winning score over the last years at -7.33. This makes it one of the more difficult non-major courses that players will see all year. If anyone can go super low early it could be enough to stay in contention on Sunday.
1. Geoff Ogilvy
Every time it looks like Geoff Ogilvy is ready to take his game to the next level he just never really does. Already a winner this year at the season opener in Hawaii, Geoff has finished T62 and T45 his last two starts with just two of eight rounds in the 60s. But he has a good track record here with two Top 10s and just one missed cut in four starts. Mix his track record with the fact that one of his rounds in the 60s (69) came in the final round last Sunday and this should be a great spot to play Ogilvy. A win would make him the first dual winner in 2010, and a Top 10 is more then likely.
2. Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh almost had his second straight Top 10 finish this year, coming in T11 last week. It should be easy for him to keep his good play going at Copperhead where he won back in 2004. Outside of a missed cut in 2005, Vijay has never finished worse then T19 in this event including a win and a runner up. If VJ can find his putting stroke we may just see a return to his dominant form ala 2004. I still don’t know if he is completely “back” but he’s worth a look this week.
3. Charles Howell III
This may be the last time I mention Charles Howell III the rest of the year. He is notorius for fast starts before pulling a disappearing act into the Spring and Summer. With bonus points in three of the first four Segments, he has zero (count ‘em zero) bonus points over the last three years in Segments 5-7. That said he’s a safe pick this week with an average finish of 24.3 since 2007 including a T2 last year. Charlie already with three Top 10s in 2010 is playing solid golf, a testament to his 5th place Putts per Round ranking. Don’t be suprised if Howell Three gets back in the winner’s circle this week.
