2010 Arnold Palmer Invitational Preview
Wednesday, March 24th, 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: 2.27 Points
Think you can pick better? Leave a comment with your 3 picks for the 2010 Arnold Palmer Invitational. 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.
There was no outright weekly winner as both Brad and Craig got 6 points for picking K.J. Choi and Steve Stricker. Nice job fellas. McClung also picked Choi and increases his overall BTE lead.
| 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:
Another dud for me. It didn’t help that Vijay Singh withdrew early on Thursday before his scheduled tee time (Vijay has also withdrawn this week). Geoff Ogilvy only managed one round in the 60s for a T28 finish. Charles Howell III had zero rounds in the 60s and also finished tied for 28th. I’m in the middle of a fantasy golf drought, which is no more evident then at Yahoo! where I’ve dropped more than 10,000 in ranking over the last month. UGH.
This week:
Spring is here and the year’s first Major is almost upon us. But before we jump ahead of ourselves to the return of Tiger, there’s a very good tournament being played this week. Four of the World’s Top 10 golfers are in the field this week at Bayhill. And as seems to be a trend on the Florida swing, Bayhill poses another challenge as one of the more difficult non-major courses. The average winning score the last three years is a low -5.67. This is a great practice course for Augusta and the API never lacks in Sunday golf drama.
1. Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson has yet to crack the Top 10 this season but returns to a course where he’s had much success. In six career starts ZJ has three Top 10s including a 3rd place finish last season. He has also never missed the cut at Bayhill which is impressive for such a tough course. Segment 3 is Zach’s best with 1 Win, 4 Bonus and 3 Top 10s over the last three years. I expect at least another Top 10 this weekend.
2. Sean O’Hair
It was a heartbreaker for Sean O’Hair last year, losing a five shot lead in the final round and finishing 2nd place to a charging Tiger. This is easily O’Hair’s best event with a 2nd place and 3rd place finish the last two years. If that trend continues he will be victorious come Sunday. Outside of a WD in 2006, O’Hair has finished no worse then T14 at Bayhill. He is coming off a missed cut at the Transitions but don’t let that phase you. O’Hair always plays well at the API.
3. Nick Watney
I’m going all-American this week. Nick Watney shot 65-67 last weekend enroute to his third Top 10 0f the year. Better yet, Watney has just one missed cut on the season. A streaky player that is finding more consistency over the last 12 months, he finished T4 at Bayhill last season and has made the cut three times in four career starts in this event. If he can run up another streak of low 60s he not only will be in contention on Sunday but could very well win.
