** 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 >>

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 

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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.

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.

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 >>

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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.

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 >>

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Month 2. Let’s go.

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

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.

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 >>

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This week will be about redemption in the Fantasy Four. On Tour, it will mean low low low low scores. Formerly the Bob Hope, we come to the Humana Challenge, featuring the sexiest logo on Tour.

This is event 3/4 in Month 1. 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 2/4 here >>

Jhonattan Vegas
Defending champ. 46th last week, 27th the week before.

Stephen Ames
Ames has the 3rd best scoring average at this event over the past 5 instances. 7 straight made cuts here, too.

Carl Pettersson
2nd place last week. 39th here in 2010. Playing good golf.

Anthony Kim
He’s played here twice, in 2008 and 2007 (finishing 3rd and 45th). Had some very good international finishes in Oct/Nov.

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

Jamie Lovemark
The 2010 Nationwide Money Leader should be healthy after sitting out most of 2011 with an injury. Could be a good sleeper. 48th here in 2010.

Other Nike athletes in the field; Scott Brown, Kevin Kisner

Charles Howell III
Recent finishes –  2nd Sony Open
13th here last year.

Johnson Wagner
Recent finishes –  1st Sony Open, 9th HTOC
CUT here in ’10 and ’09. Best finish was 13th in ’07 here.

Harrison Frazar
Recent finishes –  2nd Sony Open, 5th HTOC
3 Top 10′s here since ’03…played here almost every year except 08. Another good sleeper.

Fredrik Jacobson
Recent finishes –  2nd HSBC, 3rd CIMB
Over the past 16 weeks, he has the best scoring average.  (stretch, I know). 33rd here last year.

Kevin Na
Best finishes at this event – 5th in ’11, 8th in ’10
Looking for a bounce back after a missed cut last week.

Bill Haas
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’11, 1st in ’10
Hasn’t missed a cut here, averaging 14th place. 20th at the Tournament of Champions.

Pat Perez
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’09, 6th in ’03, 54th last year
Still has the 4th best scoring average here in the past 5 instances – in his last 15 rounds here, only 2 have been in the 70′s.

Alan :: Ryan Moore, Bill Haas, Phil Mickelson and Anthony Kim
Bob :: Carl Pettersson, Charles Howell III, Brian Gay, Harrison Frazar
Damian :: Matt Kuchar, Brian Gay, Jamie Lovemark and Anthony Kim

some dudes not listed above; Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Greg Norman, DL3, Bud Cauley, Camilo Villegas, David Toms

Lovemark is my Vegas of this year. I really wanted to take Kevin Na again this week, since he has back-to-back Top 10s at this event. But I’m rolling with a rested, sexy Kuchar.

Check out the full field here for the Humana Challenge >>

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While last week was a good primer to the season, we get our first full field this week in Hawaii.

This is event 2/4 in Month 1. 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 1/4 here >>

Jhonattan Vegas
27th last week. CUT here last year.

Justin Leonard
2nd in his last Tour event on October. CUT here in ’11 and ’10.

Stephen Ames
DNP in ’11 and ’09. 16th in ’10,  10th in ’08, DQ in ’07, 8th in ’04, 7th in ’02.

Lucas Glover
DNS last week. Health may be an issue. CUT here last year.

Carl Pettersson
CUT last year, but 5th in ’10.

Kevin Kisner
CUT last year (77 and 78). Finished 11th in Q School

Stewart Cink
DNP last year. 52nd and 32nd in ’10 and ’09. Top 10s here in ’06 and ’05.

Kevin Chappell
42nd here last year.

Scott Brown
First timer. Made it from Top 25 on the N’Wide

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Webb Simpson
Recent finishes –  3rd last week
Still hot from last year.

K.J. Choi
Recent finishes –  5th last week, 12th Chevron, 16th HSBC
Won here in ’08. CUT last year.

Steve Stricker
Recent finishes –  1st last week
Great record here, too. Last 5 finishes at this event; 9, 3, 23, 4, 4. HOT + HISTORY.

Jonathan Byrd
Recent finishes –  3rd last week, 23rd HSBC
34th here last year, CUT in ’10 and ’09.

Steve Marino
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’11, 7th in ’10, 4th in ’09
Hot Steve. Hasn’t played since the BMW Championship

Mark Wilson
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’11, 20th in ’10
18th last week

Charles Howell III
Best finishes at this event – 5th in ’10, 4th in ’09, 2nd in ’07
Despite being CUT last year, still has the best scoring average at this event in the last 5 instances.

Alan :: Webb Simpson, K.J. Choi, Zach Johnson and Carl Pettersson
Bob :: Justin Leonard, Webb Simpson, Jonathan Byrd, Steve Stricker
Damian :: Steve Marino, Steve Stricker, Kevin Na and Justin Leonard

I can just picture Boomer saying “So you’re all on Stricker!”

Check out the full field here for the Sony Open in Hawaii >>

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

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if there are any questions, please email damian@ngnation.com