PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about…. PLAYOFFS?!  You kidding me.. PLAYOFFS?! I just hope we can win a game. 

This is it. Lots of prizes on the line, so make sure you check out the standings and prizes below.

As an important note, you can pick ANY 4 you want this week because the field is only 30.

• 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
• FedEx Cup Monthly Winner: Method or Method Core Putter (your choice)
• Monthly winners and 2nd place FedEx Cup Winner: 12 20XI-X balls

For a refresher on the rules, hit the link — Contest Guidelines and leave your Fantasy Four below.

Check here for last week’s recap post >>

Tiger Woods (2)
Tiger’s playing great.. he just needs a win. 4th last week and 2nd, 2nd, 1st and 4th his last 4 times at this event.

Carl Pettersson (17)
Poor finishes in the Playoffs (69, 57 and 24) but 21st and 18th at his other starts at this event.

Other Nike Athletes in the Field; none

Dustin Johnson (6)
recent finishes – 6th BMW, 4th DBank, 3rd Barclays
23rd, 22nd and 27th last three times at this event.

Rory McIlroy (1)
Recent finishes –3 wins in last 4 events
first time here

Phil Mickelson (4)
Recent finishes – 2nd BMW, 4th DBank
10th, 22nd, 1st and 3rd at last 4 trips here.

Louis Oosthuizen (6)
Recent finishes – 16th BMW, 2nd DBank, 5th Barclays
First time here

Luke Donald (15)
Best finishes here – 3rd in ’11, 2nd in ’10
28th, 26th and 10th were his previous 3 finishes.

Jim Furyk (18)
Best finishes here – 1st in ’10, 7th in ’09, 6th in ’08
9th and 13th last two starts.

Ernie Els (22)
Best finishes here - 7th in ’10, 9th in ’09, 6th in ’08
28th, 26th and 54th are FedEx Cup finishes.

Sergio Garcia (12)
best finishes here – 2nd in ’08, 4th in ’07, 20th in ’05
24th, 3rd and 1st in his last 3 events.

Alan :: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson
Bob :: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner
Damian :: Rory McIlroy, Luke Donald, Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods

Top 5 – Leading the Pack;

• Rory McIlroy
• Tiger Woods
• Nick Watney
• Phil Mickelson
• Brandt Snedeker

Bottom 5 – Bubble Boys;

• John Huh
• Rickie Fowler
• Ryan Moore
• John Senden
• Scott Piercy

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below.

Remember, you have to have your picks in by WEDNESDAY at Midnight (PST).

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

(email) damian [at] ngnation.com

(twitter) [at] d_daniels

PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about…. PLAYOFFS?!  You kidding me.. PLAYOFFS?! I just hope we can win a game. 

Crooked Stick is the venue and John Daly isn’t playing.

This is Event 3/4 in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, 2nd last in the 2nd Half of the Season and Overall. Here’s a reminder of the prize structure;

• 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
• FedEx Cup Monthly Winner: Method or Method Core Putter (your choice)
• Monthly winners and 2nd place FedEx Cup Winner: 12 20XI-X balls

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 here for last week’s recap post >>

Tiger Woods (3)
Coming off of a great tournament at TPC Boston, Tiger has dominated this event (He’s won it 3 times and has 2 runners up).

Carl Pettersson (11)
Last 4 starts (57, 24, 4, 3). Good history at this event, also (16th in ’11, 10th in ’07, 4th in ’06).

Charl Schwartzel (68)
Last 4 starts (47th, 24, 14, 59). 42nd here last year.

Other Nike Athletes in the Field; none

Dustin Johnson (6)
recent finishes – 4th DBank, 3rd Barclays
Won this event in 2010.

Sergio Garcia (15)
Recent finishes –3rd Barclays, 1st Wyndham
Great history here, as well. 12th in ’11, 6th in ’09, 20th in ’08, 9th in ’07).

Louis Oosthuizen (5)
Recent finishes – 2nd DBank, 5th Barclays, 21st PGA Champ, 4th Bridgestone
First time here. He’s on a roll.

Brandt Snedeker (4)
Recent finishes – 6th DBank, 2nd Barclays, 28th Wyndham
Playing great and some history here, too. (22nd in ’11, 10th in ’09)

Kevin Na (64)
Best finishes here – 3rd in ’10, 8th in ’09
Coming off 69th at DBank and CUT at Barclays.

Justin Rose (22)
Best finishes here – 1st in ’11, 21st in ’10, 5th in ’07, 19th in ’06
Last 4 starts (CUT at DBank, 46th Barclays, 3rd PGA, 5th Bridgestone)

Jim Furyk (21)
Best finishes here - 1st in ’05, 2nd in ’09, 3rd in ’08 and ’03, 15th in ’10, 22nd in ’11
Great history at this event. Finished 13rd at TPC Boston last week.

Matt Kuchar (13)
best finishes here – 3rd i n’10, 10th in ’09, 22nd in ’11
Last 4 starts (35th DBank, 38th Barclays, CUT PGA, 8th Bridgestone)

Alan :: Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Hunter Mahan, Brandt Snedeker, Steve Stricker and Tiger Woods
Damian :: Dustin Johnson, Jim Furyk, Luke Donald and Tiger Woods

Top 5 – Leading the Pack;

• Rory McIlroy
• Nick Watney
• Tiger Woods
• Brandt Snedeker
• Louis Oosthuizen

Bottom 5 – Bubble Boys;

• Chris Kirk
• Ben Crane
• Charl Schwartzel
• Charley Hoffman
• Dicky Pride

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

(email) damian [at] ngnation.com

(twitter) [at] d_daniels

PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about…. PLAYOFFS?!  You kidding me.. PLAYOFFS?! I just hope we can win a game. 

We head to Norton, Mass. David Mullen home game. TPC Bahston…  Top 100, leggo.

This is Event 2/4 in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, 3rd last in the 2nd Half of the Season and Overall. Here’s a reminder of the prize structure;

• 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
• FedEx Cup Monthly Winner: Method or Method Core Putter (your choice)
• Monthly winners and 2nd place FedEx Cup Winner: 12 20XI-X balls

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 here for last week’s recap post >>

Tiger Woods (3)
Rough finish to Barclays, but he won here in ’07 and runner up in ’08.

Carl Pettersson (9)
T24 last week.. has some good finishes at TPC Boston. 37th last year.

Charl Schwartzel (71)
Good Top 24 last week. 21st at this event last year.

Other Nike Athletes in the Field; none

Tim Clark (35)
recent finishes – 10th Barclays, 2nd Wyndham, 11th PGA
45th here in ’10, 15th in ’08.

Graham DeLaet (44)
Recent finishes –5th Barclays, 22nd Wyndham, 12th Greenbrier
Played his way in last week, first time here.

Louis Oosthuizen (21)
Recent finishes – 5th Barclays, 21st PGA, 4th Bridgestone
First time here. He’s on a roll.

Nick Watney (1)
Recent finishes – 1st Barclays, 31st Wyndham
Not a great record here, but made last 3 cuts here.

Jason Day (88)
Best finishes here – 3rd in ’11, 2nd in ’10, 19th in ’09
24th last week, coming off with a 66 in round 4.

Brandt Snedeker (2)
Best finishes here – 3rd in ’11, 5th in ’09
2nd last week and 28th at the Wyndham.

Vijay Singh (59)
Best finishes here - 1st in ’08 and 04, 11th in ’10
Has made 4 straight cuts (9th Open Champ, 7th Canadian Open, 36th PGA, 46th Barclays)

Steve Stricker (16)
best finishes here – 1st in ’09, 7th in ’06, 9th in ’07 and ’10
54th last week, but 7th, 2nd and 23rd before that.

Alan :: Luke Donald, Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Tim Clark, Dustin Johnson, Brandt Snedeker, Tiger Woods
Damian :: Jason Day, Steve Stricker, Rory McIlroy and Charl Schwartzel

Top 5 – Leading the Pack;

• Nick Watney
• Brandt Snedeker
• Tiger Woods
• Rory McIlroy
• Zach Johnson

Bottom 5 – Bubble Boys;

• Dicky Pride
• Jonas Blixt
• John Merrick
• Daniel Summerhays
• Martin Flores

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below.

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

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

(email) damian [at] ngnation.com

(twitter) [at] d_daniels

I do it every year…

PLAYOFFS?! Don’t talk about…. PLAYOFFS?!  You kidding me.. PLAYOFFS?! I just hope we can win a game. 

We return to the site of the 2009 US Open for the 2012 Barclays. Welcome back to Bethpage Black. Too bad Lucas Glover isn’t here.

This is Event 1/4 in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, 4th last in the 2nd Half of the Season and overall. Here’s a reminder of the prize structure;

• 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
• FedEx Cup Monthly Winner: Method or Method Core Putter (your choice)
• Monthly winners and 2nd place FedEx Cup Winner: 12 20XI-X balls

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 here for last week’s recap post >>

Tiger Woods (1)
His recent results are great and he finished 2nd and 12th here in ’10 and ’09.

Carl Pettersson (7)
Underdog of the year.  He’s coming off of 4th at the Wyndham and 3rd at the PGA and finished 32nd here last year.

Charl Schwartzel (90)
First time here and he’s coming off of (a quiet) 14th at the Wyndham.

Kevin Chappell (104)
He WD from the Wyndham (not injury related) but finished 14th at the Reno-Tahoe before that and 32nd here last year.

Other Nike Athletes in the Field; none

Rory McIlroy (3)
recent finishes – 1st PGA, 5th WGC Bridgestone
56th here in 2010, but 10th at Bethpage Black in 2009 US Open.

Keegan Bradley (8)
Recent finishes –3rd PGA, 1st WGC Bridgestone
CUT here last year, DNP at 2009 U.S. Open

Justin Rose (12)
Recent finishes – 3rd PGA, 5th Bridgestone
6th here last year, 15th in ’10 and CUT in 2009 US Open.

Steve Stricker (10)
Recent finishes – 7th PGA, 2nd Bridgestone, 23rd Open Championship, 5th John Deere
5 straight Top 25′s at the Barclays (3 Top 3′s) and T23 at 2009 US Open

Phil Mickelson (14)
Best finishes here – 2nd at 2009 US open, 7th here in ’07
Not much luck at the Barclays, but a good track for Phil. Coming off 36th at the PGA and 43rd at the Bridgestone. Sleeper.

Matt Kuchar (9)
Best finishes here – 1st in ’10, 2nd in ’11, CUT in ’09 US Open
Cut at PGA, but 8th at Bridgestone before that.

Dustin Johnson (26)
Best finishes here - 1st in ’11, 9th in ’10, 15th in ’09, T40 at ’09 US Open
Coming off of 36th at PGA

Hunter Mahan (6)
best finishes here – 7 straight made cuts, T6 at ’09 US Open
Recent starts are poort (CUT PGA, 55th Bridgestone, 48th Canadian Open)

Alan :: Keegan Bradley, Matt Kuchar, Adam Scott, Tiger Woods
Bob :: Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods
Damian :: Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Ryan Moore and Tiger Woods

Top 5 – Leading the Pack;

• Tiger
• Duffman
• Rors
• ZJ
• Bubba

Bottom 5 – Bubble Boys;

• Harrison Frazar
• Jerry Kelly
• Boo Weekley
• Heath Slocum
• Jason Bohn

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

(email) damian [at] ngnation.com

(twitter) [at] d_daniels

*another abbreviated post. I’m still getting caught up. my apologies – Damian

78 golfers. No cut. I love this event and so does Tiger Woods.

This is event 1/4 in month 8, event 14 in the second half of the season, and event 31 overall. For a refresher on the rules, hit the link — Contest Guidelines and leave your Fantasy Four below (don’t forget your ONE Nike Athlete).

Nike Athletes in the field:

Simon Dyson (23rd at the Open, 33rd here last year)
Francesco Molinari (15 last year, 3 Top 10s in the last 4 starts)
Carl Pettersson (coming off of 23rd at the Open)
Charl Schwartzel (in the 50′s the past two years)
Tiger Woods (7 wins in 12 appearances)

Notables in this week’s field include:

Luke Donald (2011 runner up)
Rory McIlroy (Top 10s in 2011 and 2010)
Lee Westwood (Top 10s in last 3 appearances)
Adam Scott (2011 winner)
Bubba Watson
Hunter Mahan (2010 winner)
Phil Mickelson
Zach Johnson
Rickie Fowler
Matt Kuchar
Steve Stricker

Check out the full field here for the WGC Bridgestone Invitational >>

Alan :: Adam Scott, Luke Donald, Rickie Fowler and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Lee Westwood, Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar and Tiger Woods
Damian :: Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Rickie Fowler and Tiger Woods

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.