Fantasy Four :: WGC Accenture Match Play

** DISCLAIMER – THIS EVENT STARTS WEDNESDAY – Picks must be in Tuesday Midnight PST **

This is my favourite event. It’s February Madness. Get stoked!

This is event 4/4 in Month 2 and your last chance to win some 20XI’s! This should be a high scoring week, too.

For a refresher on the rules, hit the link — Contest Guidelines and leave your Fantasy Four below (don’t forget your ONE Nike Athlete).

Check the results from last week here >>


Tiger Woods

Lost in the first round last year. But won here in ’03, ’04 and ’08. He’s a gamer. 15th, 3rd and 1st in his past 3 starts.

Charl Schwartzel
Last start was 17th in January in Abu Dhabi. 17th, 9th and 17th in all starts here.

Francesco Molinari
Coming off a 16th in Dubai this month, 8th at Abu Dhabi. Eliminated in first round the last 2 years.

Simon Dyson
33rd, 20th and 17th in 3 starts in 2012. Lost in first round here in 2010.

other Nike athletes to choose from :: none


Webb Simpson

recent finishes – 8th Phoenix, 38th Sony Open, 3rd TOC
First time here

Rory McIlroy
recent finishes – 5th Omega Dubai, 2nd Abu Dhabi, 11th Dubai World
17th the past two years.

Ben Crane
recent finishes – 2nd Phoenix, 8th Humana, 9th TOC
9th here past two years. Tough to get past Kuchar, Kaymer, Mahan, Stricker though.

Sergio Garcia
recent finishes –4th Northern Trust, 5th Qatar Masters, 12th Abu Dhabi
On fire. 4th here last year. Gotta get through Ogilvy, Rory and Schwartzel potentially.

Here’s the sheet I had from last year
Ogilvy was really the only one to keep this up.
Luke Donald is a gem. Last 3 results, 1st, 9th, 9th, 17th, 17th, 9th, 9th. Bad week last week, though.
Kuchar finished 3rd last year, 17th the year before. (3 made cuts in 2012 – 24th, 33rd and 22nd)
Bubba finished 4th here in his debut last year. He’s been playing well this year too (13th, 5th, 13th and 18th in all 4 2012 starts). Has a tough first round match with Crane..then Kuchar and Kaymer. Tough road.
Honestly, I can’t put much history into this event. That’s just me, though.

Alan :: Tiger Woods, Bubba Watson, K.J. Choi, Keegan Bradley
Bob :: Charl Schwartzel, Tiger Woods, Steve Stricker, Luke Donald
Damian :: Hunter Mahan, Luke Donald, Matteo Manasero and Charl Schwartzel

This is heaven.

Check out the bracket here (PDF) >> WGC- Accenture Match Play Championship 

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below

Remember, you have to pick at least ONE Nike Golfer and have your picks in by TUESDAY at Midnight (PST).

It is also your responsibility to sub your player if they WD before the deadline.

Fantasy Four Recap :: Northern Trust Open

What a thrilling finish. 3 people had Bill Haas, 1 had Keegan and 24 had Phil. Gamechanger!

We added 2 new entries this week.

  • Entries :: 52 (down 7!)
  • Tournament Winner :: Bill Haas
  • Unique Golfers ::  36 (up 7!)
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Carl Pettersson (24 selections, T34)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Kevin Chappell (0 selections, T24)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Phil Mickelson (24 selections, T2)
  • Average Points :: 8.73 (12.73 last week)

Another solo dinner this week.

Weekly Winner
NGN Alan :: Bill Haas (1), Phil Mickelson (2), Luke Donald (56) and Anthony Kim (DQ)
Alan jumps 16 in the overall standings to 12th place.
He also moves up 21 spots in the Month 2 standings to 3rd.

Overall Outlook
Mosher regains 1st place having Haas on his team.

Fantasy Four Weekly Leaderboard  (This Week’s Points and Entries) >>

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 2 and Overall standings;

 

 

 

 

If you see any mistakes, please let me know

damian [at] ngnation [dot] com

Fantasy Four :: Northern Trust Open


Northern Trust. That should be the name a Canadian Bank or a cool nickname for a Canadian.

This is event 3/4 in Month 2 and all the big dogs are coming to eat. Basically, Luke Donald is who I am referring to. Also, DJ, Fowler, Phil, Watney, Kuchar, Bubba, Adam Scott, Jason Day and more!

For a refresher on the rules, hit the link — Contest Guidelines and leave your Fantasy Four below (don’t forget your ONE Nike Athlete).

Check the results from last week here >>

Kevin Chappell
Cut here last year. Missed last 2 cuts.

Stewart Cink
7 straight made cuts here, placing between 17th and 45th. WD at Waste Management, but 13th at Farmers.

Anthony Kim
WD here last year. 52nd in 2010. 9th in ’07. Missed all 3 cuts this year.

Jamie Lovemark
First time here. Missed last two cuts.

Carl Pettersson
55th here last year. Was the 1st round leader. 7th here in ’06. Made all 3 cuts this year (33, 42, 2)

Jhonattan Vegas
12th here last year. Last start was a 60th at the Farmers.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Kyle Stanley
Recent finishes –  1st Phoenix, 2nd Farmers
First time here.

Bubba Watson
Recent finishes –  5th Phoenix, 13th Farmers
WD in ’11, CUT in ’10, 17th in ’09, 14th in ’08.

Keegan Bradley
Recent finishes –  15th Phoenix, 22nd Farmers, 13th Sony
Cut here last year.

Spencer Levin
Recent finishes –  9th Pebble Beach, 3rd Phoenix
12th here last year


Phil Mickelson
best finishes – 1st in ‘09, 1st in ‘08, 2nd in ‘07, 4 in ‘06, 35th in ’11
Coming off of a win last week.

Luke Donald
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’10, 6th in ’09, 3rd in ’08
CUT last year. Most recent start was 48th in Abu Dhabi at the end of January

Aaron Baddeley
Best finishes at this event – 1st last year
Has made 9 straight cuts at this event. 4th place last week.

Robert Allenby
Best finishes at this event – 4th in ’11, 27th in ’10, 17th in ’09, 7th in ’08, 3rd in ’07, 7th in ’05
Coming off the 22nd at Humana

Alan :: Bill Haas, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald and Anthony Kim
Bob :: Aaron Baddeley, Dustin Johnson, Spencer Levin, Carl Pettersson
Damian :: Robert Allenby, Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia and Anthony Kim

some dudes not listed above; Nick Watney, Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler, Retief Goosen, Jason Day, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, Mark Wilson, Bill Haas, Charles Howell III, K.J. Choi, Tim Clark

Check out the full field here for the Northern Trust Open >>

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below.

Remember, you have to pick at least ONE Nike Golfer and have your picks in by WEDNESDAY at Midnight (PST).

It is also your responsibility to sub your player if they WD before the deadline

damian [at] ngnation.com

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Fantasy Four Recap :: AT&T Pebble Beach

Big win for Phil. A disappointing day for Tiger.

We added 3 new contestants again this week.

  • Entries :: 59
  • Tournament Winner :: Phil Mickelson (13 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  29
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Tiger Woods (59 selections, T15)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Tiger Woods
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Dustin Johnson (29 selections, T5)
  • Average Points :: 12.73 (6.35 last week)

Another solo dinner this week.

Weekly Winner
Stephen Vang :: Phil Mickelson (1), Dustin Johnson (5), Spencer Levin (9) and Tiger Woods (15) = 33 points
Stephen jumps 11 spots to 3rd in the overall and is tied for the Month 2 lead.

Overall Outlook
Mosher drops down from 1st to 4th, while T Jorgensen goes from 4th to 1st after a 26 point week.

Fantasy Four Weekly Leaderboard  (This Week’s Points and Entries) >>

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 2 and Overall standings;

If you see any mistakes, please let me know

damian [at] ngnation [dot] com

Fantasy Four :: AT&T Pebble Beach

Welcome to The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
This is event 2/4 in Month 2.

For a refresher on the rules, hit the link — Contest Guidelines and leave your Fantasy Four below (don’t forget your ONE Nike Athlete).

Check the results from last week here >>

Joseph Bramlett
Cut here last year. Last finish was in November Q-School.

Scott Brown
Missed all 4 cuts so far this year. First time here.

Kevin Chappell
CUT last week, but 3 straight made cuts before that. 6th here in 2009.

Kevin Kisner
55th last week. 39th here last year.

Kevin Tway
No official finishes since October’s Q-School. First time here.

Tiger Woods
3rd two weeks ago at Abu Dhabi. T4 here at the 2010 US Open and 12th at this event in 2002.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Jeff Maggert
Recent finishes –  26th Phoenix, 5th Humana, 13th Sony Open
Playing great. Scoring average of 68.71 in last 4 events. 39th and 27th here in past 2 years. Second here in 2004.

Brandt Snedeker
Recent finishes –  50th Phoenix, 1st Farmers, 8th Humana
keeping him here since he finished with a 68 in 4th round. Cut here last year.

Spencer Levin
Recent finishes –  3rd Phoenix
4 straight made cuts averaging 20th place over those 4 events. 4th here last year.

D.A. Points 
Recent finishes –  45th Phoenix, 8th Farmers, 6th Sony Open, 12th Tourney of Champs
Defending champ

Phil Mickelson
best finishes – 9th in ’11, 1st in ’09, 1st in ’05, 1st in ’07, T8 in ’10, T4 at 2010 US Open
Can’t really count Phil out here. 26th last week.

Dustin Johnson
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’10 and ’09, 7th in ’08, 8th at 2010 US Open
61st last week.

Tom Gillis
Best finishes at this event – 3rd in ’11, 8th in ’10, 30th in ’05
Missed all 3 cuts this year.

Bob Estes
Best finishes at this event – 16th in ’10, 4th in ’09, DNP in ’11
Coming off the 22nd at Humana

Alan :: Bryce Molder, Hunter Mahan, Dustin Johnson and Tiger Woods.
Bob :: Spencer Levin, Brendan Steele, D. J. Trahan, Tiger Woods
(WD: John Huh, Nike WD: Kevin Chappell)
Damian :: Spencer Levin, Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Tiger Woods

some dudes not listed above; Nick Watney, Hunter Mahan, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Geoff Ogilvy, Sean O’Hair, Brian Gay, Kevin Na, Bud Cauley, Martin Laird

Check out the full field here for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am >>

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below.

Remember, you have to pick at least ONE Nike Golfer and have your picks in by WEDNESDAY at Midnight (PST).

It is also your responsibility to sub your player if they WD before the deadline

damian [at] ngnation.com

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Fantasy Four Recap :: WM Phoenix Open

Big ups to Kyle Stanley. I honestly didn’t think I would see him on a leaderboard until the Fall Series. Great job.

We also added 3 new contestants! Wahoo.

  • Entries :: 55
  • Tournament Winner :: Kyle Stanley (3 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  39 (29 last week)
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Stewart Cink (28 selections, WD)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Carl Pettersson (16 selections, T33)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Rickie Fowler (23 selections, T26)
  • Average Points :: 6.35 (8.39 last week)

One chicken dinner this week goes to the man who started it all, Bob!

Weekly Winner
NGN Bob :: Kyle Stanley (1), Keegan Bradley (15), Stewart Cink and Tommy Gainey (WD)
Bob shoots up 15 places in the overall standings.

Overall Outlook
Mosher claims sole possession of first place as Chris Wang drops back and Mike M pushes for 2nd.

Fantasy Four Weekly Leaderboard  (This Week’s Points and Entries) >>

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Here are the Overall standings (Month 2 standings are the same as the above link) >>

Next week, Tiger’s back!

Fantasy Four :: WM Phoenix Open

Month 2. Let’s go.

First off, a major announcement regarding prizes. Check it;

  • Season Grand Prize: VR_S Iron Set
  • Season Second Prize: VR_S Driver
  • Season Third Prize: VR_S Fairway Wood
  • First and second half winners: VR_S Hybrid
  • Special FedEx Cup Prize: Putter — choice of Method or Method Core
  • Monthly prize: Dozen 20XI-X balls

So hot. A very big thanks to Nike Golf for the prizes. Let’s ball.

This is event 1/4 in Month 2. Fresh start.

For a refresher on the rules, hit the link — Contest Guidelines and leave your Fantasy Four below (don’t forget your ONE Nike Athlete).

Check the results from Month 1 here >>

Stephen Ames
Made 7 straight cuts here. 8th in 2010. 22nd last week

Kevin Chappell
Has started the year with 3 straight made cuts (52nd, 30th, 59th). First time here.

Stewart Cink
Top swoosher last week, finishing 13th. Other start this year was 29th. Missed his last 2 cuts here though. But had 3 straight Top 15′s here 06, 05 and 04.

Anthony Kim
Cut in both events this year. Cut here last year, but 24th in 2010.

Jamie Lovemark
Cut at Farmers, 66th at Humana. Cut here last year.

Carl Pettersson
42nd at Humana, 2nd at Sony Open. Cut here last year, but 25th in ’09.

Other Nike athletes in the field; Kevin Kisner

Johnson Wanger
Recent finishes –  2nd Humana, 1st Sony Open, 9th Tournament of Champions
60th here last year

Brandt Snedeker
Recent finishes –  1st Farmers, 8th Humana
8th here last year, 9th in ’08.

Keegan Bradley
Recent finishes –  22nd Farmers, 13th Sony Open, 16th Tournament of Champions
Solid 3 straight Top 25s. First time here.

D.A. Points 
Recent finishes –  8th Farmers, 6th Sony Open, 12th Tourney of Champs
18th here last year.

Y.E. Yang
Best finishes at this event – 8th in ’11, 3rd in ’10
CUT last week.

Mark Wilson
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’11, 14th in ’10, 9th in ’08
Coming off of a win at Humana.

Scott Piercy
Best finishes at this event – 8th in ’10, 6th in ’09, 15th in ’06
Coming off of a 13th at Farmers.

J.B. Holmes
Best finishes at this event – 5th in ’11, 1st in ’08, 1st in ’06
Cut at Farmers

Alan :: Ian Poulter, Webb Simpson, Sean O’Hair and Anthony Kim
Bob :: Stewart Cink, Keegan Bradley, Tommy Gainey, Kyle Stanley
Damian :: Martin Laird, Jason Dufner, Rickie Fowler and Anthony Kim

some dudes not listed above; Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson, Matt Kuchar, Ian Poulter, Martin Laird, Nick Watney, Tommy Gainey, Phil Mickelson, Bill Haas, Hunter Haas, Brian Gay, Spencer Levin, Gary Woodland

Hard to keep Brandt Snedeker and Webb Simpson out of the lineup this week . Oh well!

Check out the full field here for the Waste Management Phoenix Open >>

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below.

Remember, you have to pick at least ONE Nike Golfer and have your picks in by WEDNESDAY at Midnight (PST).

It is also your responsibility to sub your player if they WD before the deadline

damian [at] ngnation.com

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Fantasy Four :: Month 1 and Farmers Recap

On a Sunday when many people were watching golf for the first time in 2012, Kyle Stanley was front and center at Torrey Pines. Oh hooray. BUT WAIT! He triple bogeyed 18 and it’s a playoff showdown with BSneds.

  • Entries :: 52
  • Tournament Winner :: Brandt Snedeker (14 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  29
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Anthony Kim (24 selections, CUT)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Stewart Cink (9 selections, T13)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Nick Watney (33 selections, 63rd)
  • Average Points :: 8.39 (2.52 last week)

Two chicken dinners this week! One for the weekly winner and one for the Month 1 winner, who will be walking away with a dozen Nike 20XI-X balls!!!

Weekly Winner
Lendell :: Snedeker (1), D.A. Points (8), Crane and Ames (CUT)

Month 1 Winner
Mosher (wins on tie-breaker, based on actual finishes)

It was a battle between Meredith and Mosher, which ultimately came down to a battle between Justin Rose and Charles Howell III. They both finished outside of the Top 25..but then Chris Wang creeped his way into a tie with Mosher thanks to Snedeker!

Mosher wins 1-dozen 20XI-X Balls (NGNation Review Here >>)

Fantasy Four Weekly Leaderboard  (This Week’s Points and Entries) >>

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Here are the Month 1 /Overall standings – Thanks for playing and Month 2 will produce another winner!

 

 

Fantasy Four :: Farmers Insurance Open

Torrey Pines. TP. Toilet Paper. Tom Pernice.

This is event 4/4 in Month 1. Can anyone dethrone Mosher this month?

For a refresher on the rules, hit the link — Contest Guidelines and leave your Fantasy Four below (don’t forget your ONE Nike Athlete).

Check the results from Event 3/4 here >>

Jhonattan Vegas
Finished 3rd here last year. CUT last week, 46th the week before, 27th the week before that.

Stephen Ames
CUT here last year, but 33rd in 2010. 22nd last week.

Kevin Chappell
CUT here last year. 30th at Humana. 59th at Sony Open.

Stewart Cink
51st last year. 3rd in 2008. Most recently had a T29 in Hawaii.

Anthony Kim
6th here last year. Cut last week after 70-70-77.

Kevin Kisner
CUT here last year. 66th last week.

Kevin Chappell
48th here last year, 59th last week

Jamie Lovemark
58th here last year. 66th at Humana.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Brendon de Jonge
Recent finishes –  12th Humana, 10th Sony Open
37th here last year

Keegan Bradley
Recent finishes –  13th Sony Open, 16th Tourney of Champs
25th here last year. Could be a big sleeper this week.

Ben Crane (HOT + HISTORY)
Recent finishes –  8th Humana, 9th Tourney of Champs
14th here last year, 1st in ’10, 7th in ’09

D.A. Points (HOT + HISTORY)
Recent finishes –  6th Sony Open, 12th Tourney of Champs
5th here last year, 9th in ’10.

Nick Watney
Best finishes at this event – 6th in ’11, 9th in ’10, 1st in ’09, 9th in ’07
Coming off of a 12th at the Tourney of Champs.

Marc Leishman
Best finishes at this event – 9th in ’11, 2nd in ’10, 26th in ’09
Last start was a 6th place in November.

Bubba Watson
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’11, 7th in ’09, 4th in ’07
18th at Tourney of Champions.

Charles Howell III
Best finishes at this event – 14th in ’11, 9th in ’10, 13th in ’08, 2nd in ’07, 2nd in ’05
Hasn’t missed a cut here in 9 tries. 4 Top 10s and 6 Top 25s.

Phil Mickelson has some history here, too. Won here in 1993, 2000 and 2001. Torrey Pines is close to home and he finished 2nd here last year.

Alan :: Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Rickie Fowler and Anthony Kim
Bob :: Stewart Cink, Robert Garrigus, John Mallinger, Brandt Snedeker
Damian :: Keegan Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Rickie Fowler and Anthony Kim

some dudes not listed above; Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler, Ryo Ishikawa, Steve Marino, Hunter Mahan, Geoff Ogilvy, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Camilo Villegas, Justin Rose, Ryuji Imada

I had a hard toss up between Bradley, Crane, Snedeker, Fowler and Watney. Oh well. I like Ryo Ishikawa this week, too.

Check out the full field here for the Farmers Insurance Open >>

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below.

Remember, you have to pick at least ONE Nike Golfer and have your picks in by WEDNESDAY at Midnight (PST).

It is also your responsibility to sub your player if they WD before the deadline

damian [at] ngnation.com

[at] d_daniels

 

Fantasy Four Recap :: Humana Challenge

Mark Wilson. Such an early season stud.

  • Entries :: 55
  • Tournament Winner :: Mark Wilson (0 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  36
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Anthony Kim (23 selections, CUT)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Stephen Ames (6 selections, 22nd)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Matt Kuchar (35 selections, 22nd)
  • Average Points :: 2.52 (3.44  last week)

We were really low on average points this week again. Two way tie for the dinner. Each winner had 9 points!

Mark L :: Zach Johnson (8), Martin Laird (14), Bo Van Pelt (54) and AK (CUT)
Neill Fox ::  Johnson Wagner (2), Matt Kuchar (22), Carl Pettersson (42) and Bill Haas (64)

Fantasy Four Weekly Leaderboard  (This Week’s Points and Entries) >>

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Here are the Month 1 /Overall standings – with Mosher holding onto 1st, while Meredith drops to 2nd and Chris Wang makes a big move;

 

Mosher, Wang, Vang, Wang.

As always, please let me know if there are any issues