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 (20 for majors)

2nd Place = 5 points (10 for majors)

3rd Place = 3 points (6 for majors)

Top 10 = 1 point (2 for majors)

Leaderboard

Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

Last Week:   

This Week:   

K.J. Choi

 Bud Cauley

Fredrik Jacobson

Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

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 (20 for majors)

2nd Place = 5 points (10 for majors)

3rd Place = 3 points (6 for majors)

Top 10 = 1 point (2 for majors)

Leaderboard

Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

Last Week:   That was fun.  Though it wasn’t the finish I was looking for, it was still great none the less.  I was happy for Bubba to get his first major and first Masters.  Awesome shot out ot the rough to cap an awesome week.

My picks were ok.  I got 3 points for Phil’s T3 finish but Tiger (T40) and Rory (T40) stunk it up.  It was really shocking too see them both falter on the weekend and quite frankly I expected so much better.  Oh well.

Props to Crazy Steve who picked the winner in Watson and gets his 3rd weekly win of the year.  Everyone scored points this week and the positions on the leaderboard did not change, though Steve did gain points on the field.   Because it wasn’t made very clear I’m giving Bill R. 5 points for his sleeper pick of Oosthuizen even though he is inside the World Top 50.  I did not give him points for his sleeper pick of Kucher.  I think that’s fair.

This Week:   Sorry all.  I’m mailing it in this week.  Between preparing for the launch of our new site (Rotoff.com), day jobs and just plain ole life, there’s just not enough hours in the day.  Good field at RBC so should be fun.  Hilton Head golf is always such a beautiful watch on TV.  Due to the late posting feel free to post your picks into Thursday morning.  Here’s who I like this week:

Luke Donald

 Goeff Ogilvy

Brandt Snedeker

Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

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 (20 for majors)

2nd Place = 5 points (10 for majors)

3rd Place = 3 points (6 for majors)

Top 10 = 1 point (2 for majors)

Leaderboard

Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

Last Week:   It was an opportunity missed, as not a lot of points were scored for the Shell Houston Open.  Congrats to Shane N. who gained ground on #1, with another weekly win.  He got two points total, Top 10s for Mickelson and Bradley.  I got 1 point for Mickelson’s T4 but missed a chance to make up some ground.  Both Westwood and Stricker started with 1st round 68s but could not crack the 60s the rest of the week.

This Week:   My favorite week of the year is here.  Will the stars align to give us an unforgettable Masters Sunday?  It would appear so.  Every year I make my Masters wish to the golf gods.  Give us Tiger/Phil final Sunday pairing.  But now I don’t know what would be better.  Tiger vs. Phil or Tiger vs. Rory?  Or Rory vs. Phil?   As a sacrifice to the Golf Gods I offer my obvious Masters picks.  There’s no shame in picking the top 3 by Vegas standards, it’s double the points and time for me to make up some ground.

Good luck to everyone this week and let me be the first to wish you a Happy Masters Sunday!  Pass it on to all your golf brethren.

Rory McIlroy

Redemption is sweet.   If Rory McIlory is in contention on the weekend at Augusta (and he will be), all the announcers will talk about his collapse last year when he shot a final round 80.  It will be so over mentioned that I will not mention it here.  Wait, too late.  Rory will be focused and ready this week.  The meltdown was behind him when he dominated last year’s US Open.  Now it’s time for his revenge.  No doubt Rory will contend for the win.  In the last three years Rory has four Top 10s in the last twelve majors with only two missed cuts.  He has yet to crack the Top 10 at Augusta National but he did have the 54 hole lead last year before a final round 80.  Shit, already said that!  In three PGA Tour events this year Rory has finished 2nd, 1st and 3rd.  Not too shabby. 

Average Finish (Since 2009)

Masters:  45.00 (0 Top 10s, 1 missed cut)

 Majors:  32.58 (2 missed cuts)

 Tiger Woods

You’ve probably heard by now that Tiger is back in the win column.  And just like that he’s one of the favorites at this week’s Masters.  For good reason.  Even when Tiger was struggling with car crashes, leg injuries and lost sponsors, he still dominated at Augusta.  Infact you have to go back to 2004 for the last time Tiger finished outsite the Top 10.  Mr. Woods knows this week is huge and had this event circled on his calendar when the season started.  Don’t be suprised if Tiger gets major win #15 on Sunday.   

Average Finish (Since 2009)

Masters:  4.67 (3 Top 10s, 0 missed cuts)

Majors:  27.70 (6 Top 10s, 2 missed cuts)

Phil Mickelson

Like the two above mention golfers, Phil too is on a roll in 2012.  Already a winner at Pebble Beach (and damn near back to back, finishing 2nd at the Northern Trust), Phil saves his best for Augusta.  With a better average finish then Tiger in majors over the last three years, I imagine Phil will get it rolling from the first day.  He played well last week, though only cracking 60 once, if Phil is putting it will be over by Saturday. 

Average Finish (Since 2009)

Masters:  11.00 (1 Win, 2 Top 10s, 0 missed cuts)

Majors:  22.45 (5 Top 10s, 2 missed cuts)

Sleepers (outside the World Top 50):  Gary Woodland, Vijay Singh

 Who wins if it’s:

Rory vs. Tiger?

Rory vs. Phil?

Tiger vs. Phil?

Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

Here’s to hoping the Golf Gods give us an amazing Sunday finish!

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 (20 for majors)

2nd Place = 5 points (10 for majors)

3rd Place = 3 points (6 for majors)

Top 10 = 1 point (2 for majors)

Leaderboard

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Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

Last Week:   It was a good week for me, with 5 points for McDowell’s 2nd place finish and a point for Bubba’s Top 10.  Furyk finished just outside the points at T11 (DOH!).  Even with my 6 points I lose ground.  Both Craig and Bill picked Tiger and each also had a Top 10 for 11 points.  No weekly winner again this week but the Fantasy Golf Picks Leaderboard is heating up.  Congrats to both Craig and Bill.  Craig remains 1st in total points.

I’m adding a new wrinkle into the points for the rest of the year.  Majors are worth double points (20 Win, 10 2nd, 6 3rd, 2 Top 10), that should make it interesting down the stretch.  And as in year’s past, everyone gets five picks for the majors.  More on that next week.

Oh man!  Is shit getting good or what?  Tiger (officially) back in the win column.  Rory, Donald, Phil, Strick, Mahan and Rose also with wins on the young year.   Florida swing over.  One more week until the Masters.  Oh man! 

This Week:   Love him or hate him, Tiger is good for golf.  Ratings go up and to the fair-weather fan golf matters.  Suprisingly enough this week should grab good ratings even without Tiger.  The field is great with some of the top Euros getting one last preparation for Augusta.  Westwood and Schwartzel will play.  As well as two of my other picks.

The organizers of the Shell do their best to make Redstone GC as close to Augusta as possible, though don’t expect major like scores.  There are a lot of birdies to be had.  Phil shot -20 last year enroute to a three shot win.

Steve Stricker

Lee Westwood

Phil Mickelson

Please post your picks along with me and we will be keeping score all season long.  Winner will receive a prize to be determined.  Just post your picks below in the comments section.

Check with us next week for our special Masters preview.