Month 2. Let’s go.

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

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!

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 >>

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

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

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 >>

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

Sadly, I can’t say I watched 1 second of golf because of football playoffs.

Here’s the Fantasy Four stat-pack for this past week;

• Entries :: 52
• Tournament Winner :: Johnson Wagner (0 selections)
• Unique Golfers ::  26
• Most Popular Nike Pick :: Carl Pettersson (19 selections, 2nd)
• Highest Nike Finish :: Carl Pettersson
• Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Webb Simpson (43 selections, 38th)
• Average Points :: 3.44 (15.53 last week)

We were really low on average points this week, with Stricker, Choi and Simpson all finished 38th. We had a 5 way tie for this week’s Chicken Dinner (each with 14 points – 2 Top 10s and 2 Top 25s).

Meredith Wang
Mosher
Odie H III
Shane Harms
Tony R 

(check their teams on the link below)

Fantasy Four Leaderboard  (This Weeks Points and Entries) >>

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Here are the Month 1 /Overall standings – with Mosher and Meredith tied for 1st;

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 >>

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

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

Week 1 is in the books. I generally don’t do a very big recap, as I let the results speak for themselves.

WD Clarification

Lucas Glover not starting brough the full sense of the community started ‘WD pick’. For further clarification, we treat it as a DNS pick. If your athlete withdraws during the event, you will not receive points. The WD picks are basically you to safe-guard you if you get your picks in early and then your golfer does not start the event.

In the case of Lucas Glover, your WD pick came into play. Please let me know if I made a mistake in the results.

Here’s the Fantasy Four stat-pack for this past week;

• Entries :: 54
• Tournament Winner :: Steve Stricker (19 selections)
• Unique Golfers ::  18
• Most Popular Nike Pick :: Jhonattan Vegas (Glover did not start – DNS)
• Highest Nike Finish :: Jhonattan Vegas (47 selections, 27th)
• Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Webb Simpson (26 selections, 3rd)
• Average Points :: 15.53

This was a very good way to start the Fantasy year. Lots of points is very exciting for everyone. While 10 people had 26 points, only 1 person had 31 points. This week’s chicken dinner goes to…

Stephen Vang :: Steve Stricker (1st), Webb Simpson (3rd), K.J. Choi (5th) and Jhonattan Vegas (27th)

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Fantasy Four Leaderboard  (This Weeks Points and Entries) >>

Here are the Month 1 /Overall standings;

Full field next week. Post coming soon! Thanks for playing.

Can you believe it’s 2012 already? As soon as the NFL and bowl season come to an end, the 2012 PGA Tour season is ready to blast-off.

This is our 3rd annual Regular Season Fantasy Four and we hope you can join us from now until the The TOUR Championship. Last year we gave away 2 SQ Machspeed Black Drivers, a Method Core putter and 9 dozen ONE Vapor Speed balls.

This year, we will have prizes for monthly winners, prizes for overall first and second half winners, prizes for first, second and third place for the overall season, and a special FedEx Cup prize.

If you’re new to this, you pick 4 golfers from the field each week and at least 1 must be a Nike Golf athlete. SAMPLE POST >> 

For the full contest guidelines, check here >> 

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There are 39 who qualified for this event, but only 28 are committed at the moment.

Each week, I will break it down by highlighting Nike Athletes, Four players that are playing well and four that have history at the event. It’s pretty straight forward, so let’s kick off Event 1 of Month 1 and the season!

This is event 1/4 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).

Lucas Glover
14th here in 2010, coming off of a 20th place finish at the HSBC Champions.

Jhonattan Vegas
2nd at Templeton, Missed Cut at Singapore Open, Top 10 at HSBC Champions.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Only 2 tournaments in the past month and it was the Franklin Templeton Shootout and Chevron Challenge.

Keegan Bradley and Brendan Steele won the Templeton Shootout.

Martin Laird, Bubba Watson and Gary Woodland had Top 10s at the Chevron Challenge and are in the field this week.

Steve Stricker
Best finishes at this event – 4th in ’11, 10th in ’10, 2nd in ’08
Coming off of a T4 at Templeton Shootout and a T16 at the Chevron

Sean O’Hair
Best finishes at this event – 4th in ’10 and ’09
Didn’t play here last year.

Jonathan Byrd
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’11, 15th in ’08, 13th in ’05, 6th in ’03
Good history here. Most recent finish was 23rd at HSBC Champions.

Alan :: Jonathan Byrd, Gary Woodland, Nick Watney and Jhonattan Vegas
Bob :: Webb Simpson, Bill Haas, Keegan Bradley and Lucas Glover
Damian :: Steve Stricker, Bill Haas, Nick Watney and Jhonattan Vegas

Not much to choose from. Keep checking the field, as more may commit!

Check out the full field here for The Hyundai Tournament of Champions >>

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

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

Ready for a 9 month fantasy golf extravaganza? Join us for  our third edition of our NG Nation Fantasy Four Contest to win monthly and overall prizes! It’s easy and fun to play. Just ask two-time winner,Chris Wang, who during our first two contests (Regular Season and Fall Series), walked away with a Victory Red driver, a pair of Zoom Trophy golf shoes and a dozen Nike ONE Vapor Speed balls.Here’s how it works:

AT A GLANCE:
1. Choose four players from the current week’s PGA Tour field, one must be a Nike athlete.

2. Enter your Final Four (first initial and last name, at least) in a comment below the current week’s NG Nation Fantasy Four post (usually up Monday or Tuesday). Post your picks by MIDNIGHT PST THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TOURNAMENT STARTS.
(ie, http://ngnation.com/2010/09/07/fedex-cup-fantasy-bmw-championship/ )

3. There will be a weekly Fantasy Four Recap post that updates weekly, monthly and overall point totals.  (ie, http://ngnation.com/2010/09/12/fedex-cup-fantasy-recap-bmw-championship/ )

4. Prizes will be awarded to Monthly, 1st Half, 2nd Half, FedEx Cup and Top 3 Full Season winners.

DETAILS:
1. CHOOSE YOUR FANTASY FOUR: Pick four golfers each week who you think will be the high finishers for the week. ONE OF YOUR PICKS MUST BE A NIKE ATHLETE.

2. ENTRIES: Submit your Final Four in a comment below the NG Nation Fantasy Four post  (ie, Fantasy Four :: The Masters) for that week. To be eligible for that week’s points, all entries/comments must be posted BY MIDNIGHT PST THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST ROUND OF EACH TOURNAMENT (e.g. midnight Wednesday for most tourneys, midnight Thursday for the Deutsche Bank, etc.). One entry per person (email address and/or computer IP address) per week, multiple entries will be disqualified (please be honest, we’re trying to have fun here). To see when each event post is live, check back here on ngnation.com or follow the NG Nation Staff on Twitter!