After a great week at the Players, we have a very good field at the TPC Four Seasons in Texas.

This is Event 3/4 in Month 5, Event 3 in the 2nd Half of the Season, and Event 20 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 (Chris Wang just won the first half)
• 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 >>

Kevin Chappell
After 3 Top 30′s and a T44 at the Masters, he missed the cut at the Players and had a T53 at Wells Fargo. Missed the cut here last year.

Carl Pettersson
40th here last year, 8th in 2008. Coming off of a 10th at the Players.

Patrick Reed
3 straight made cuts; 32nd Wells Fargo, 24th Zurich Classic and 35th Texas Open. First time here.

Jhonattan Vegas
Coming off of a 7th at the Players. First time here.

Other Nike athletes in the field; Stephen Ames, Scott Brown, Kevin Kisner, Jamie Lovemark

Matt Kuchar
recent finishes – 1st Players, 13th Texas Open, 44th Heritage, 3rd Masters
4/4 here. 6th last year.

Brian Davis
Recent finishes – 25th Players, 9th Wells Fargo, 13th Heritage, 4th Houston, 4th Bay Hill
5 Top 25′s and 3 Top 10′s in last 6 starts. Cut last two years here, but 2nd in 2009.

Phil Mickelson
Recent finishes – 25th Players, 26th Wells Fargo, 3rd Masters, 4th Houston
8 Top 30′s (4 Top 10′s)  in last 9 starts. 3rd here in ’07.

Louis Oosthuizen
Recent finishes – CUT at Players, 1st Malaysia, 2nd Masters, 3rd Houston
I’m ignoring the Players. He has 2 wins this year and the best scoring average in the field over the past 8 weeks (69.14).  First time here.

D.A. Points
best finishes – 3rd in ’09, 7th in ’10, 40th in ’11
DNS at Players, 2nd at Wells Fargo.

Jason Day
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’10, 5th in ’11
CUT at the Players, 9th at Wells Fargo

Keegan Bradley
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’11
11 straight Top 25′s before the Masters. 27th at the Masters. 2 MCs and 35th at Players after that.

Alan :: Adam Scott, Jason Dufner, Matt Kuchar and Carl Pettersson
Bob :: Pat Perez, Keegan Bradley, Louis Oosthuizen and Jhonattan Vegas
Damian :: Adam Scott, Jason Day, Louis Oosthuizen and Patrick Reed

Other big names in the field;

• Jason Dufner
• Ernie Els
• Brian Davis
• John Huh
• Johnson Wagner
• Charles Howell III
• Ryan Palmer
• John Rollins
• Padraig Harrington
• Spencer Levin

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below.

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Kuch-Daddy. You son of a gun. Great win, brother.

• Entries :: 58
• Tournament Winner :: Matt Kuchar (4 selections)
• Unique Golfers ::  31
• Most Popular Nike Pick :: Tiger Woods (29 selections, T40)
• Highest Nike Finish :: Jhonattan Vegas (T7, 0 selections)
• Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Lee Westwood (T61, 38 selections)
• Average Points ::  4.74 (11.00 last week)

4 people picked Fowler, but only 1 gets the dinner (1 win, 2 Top 10s, 3 Top 25s)

Weekly Winners
Peter Stanek :: Matt Kuchar (1), Luke Donald (6), Adam Scott (15) and Tiger Woods (40)

Diarmuld jumps 7 in the year long race to 28th. He also moves into 1st in our 2nd Half and Month 5 standings.

Overall Outlook
Top 11 stays the same.

2nd Half Outlook
Peter Stanek takes the lead!

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

MONTH 5 and 2nd HALF STANDINGS

SEASON OVERALL STANDINGS

5th Major? Major Lazer? Set phasers to stun? Set Sawgrass for fun! Donald, McIlroy, Westwood, Fowler and ALLLLLLLL the big boys are coming to town.

This is Event 2/4 in Month 5, Event 2 in the 2nd Half of the Season, and Event 19 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 (Chris Wang just won the first half)
• 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 >>

Paul Casey
Still recovering from his shoulder injury. 14th here in ’09 and 10th here in ’04. Missed last 2 cuts here.

Kevin Chappell
69th here last year, 53rd last week and having a decent year.

Stewart Cink
19th here last year, coming off of a 15th place last week. Decent sleeper.

Simon Dyson
First time here. Made last 3 cuts since the Masters (12th last week, 36th and 24th the two weeks prior).

Lucas Glover
50th here last year, 3rd here in 2010. CUT at Wells Fargo with a pair of 60th place finishes before that.

Francesco Molinari
Coming off of a win last week. 6th place before that and 19th at the Masters. 9th here in 2010.

Carl Pettersson
33rd here last year. Last 4 starts have been 46th, CUT, 1st and 2nd.

Jhonattan Vegas
CUT here last year and hasn’t finished better than 46th in last 10 events.

Tiger Woods
WD from last two Players Championships, CUT last week, 40th at Masters, 1st at Bay Hill.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Lee Westwood
recent finishes – 5th Wells Fargo, 1st Indonesian Masters, 3rd Masters, 21st Houston Open
DNP last year, 4th in 2010.

Jason Dufner
Recent finishes – 1st Zurich Classic, 24th Heritage, 24th Masters, 15th Bay Hill
6th here last year

Rory McIlroy
Recent finishes – 2nd Wells Fargo, 40th Masters, 3rd Doral, 1st Honda
DNP last year, cut in ’10 and ’09.

Ben Curtis
Recent finishes – 5th Wells Fargo, 13th New Orleans, 1st Texas Open
So hot right now. Made last 4 cuts here, best finish is T22.

Also Hot – Rickie Fowler and Ian Poulter

Sergio Garcia
best finishes – 1st in ’08, 2nd in ’07, 12th in ’11, 22nd in ’09
Earnings leader over last 5 events. Coming off of 12th at the Masters.

Ben Crane
Best finishes at this event – 4th in ’10, 5th in ’09, 6th in ’08, 45th in ’11
Sexy pick last year. Bubba, Rickie, Hunter all have wins this year. Crane’s turn? Coming off 21st at Wells Fargo.

Chris Stroud
Best finishes at this event – 12th in ’11, 10th in ’10
2 Top 25′s in last 3 starts.

Alan :: Hunter Mahan, Luke Donald, Steve Stricker and Francesco Molinari
Bob :: Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Steve Stricker and Francesco Molinari
Damian :: Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Francesco Molinari

I ALMOST took Ben Crane and Luke Donald. This field is too good and I’m going with some wildcards.

Other big names in the field;

• Hunter Mahan
• Keegan Bradley
• Phil Mickelson
• Steve Stricker
• Martin Kaymer
• Webb Simpson
• Justin Rose
• Adam Scott
• Jason Day
• Ian Poulter
• Alvaro Quiros

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

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Well, we all knew D.A. Points wouldn’t win after they showed the graphic of the Age of Winners at this event.. He’s just too old! Young guns, baby.

Pretty Rickie gets us all hyped.

Welcome to Month 5 and the 2nd Half of the 2012 Fantasy Four Contest.

• Entries :: 56
• Tournament Winner :: Rickie Fowler (5 selections)
• Unique Golfers ::  25
• Most Popular Nike Pick :: Tiger Woods (50 selections, CUT)
• Highest Nike Finish :: Stewart Cink (T15, 1 selection)
• Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Rory McIlroy (T2, 33 selections)
• Average Points ::  11.00 (12.33 last week)

5 people picked Fowler, but only 4 dinners this week. 31 points = 1 win, 3 Top 10s, 3 Top 25s

Weekly Winners
diarmuld o’shea :: Rickie Fowler (1), Rory McIlroy (2), Webb Simpson (4) and Jhonattan Vegas (CUT)
Huy P :: Rickie Fowler (1), Webb Simpson (4), Lee Westwood (5) and Carl Pettersson (46)
NGN Bob :: Rickie Fowler (1), Webb Simpson (4), Lee Westwood (5) and Tiger Woods (CUT)
NGN Damian :: Rickie Fowler (1), Rory McIlroy (2), Lee Westwood (5) and Tiger Woods (CUT)

Diarmuld jumps 6 overall. Huy P jumps into the Top 20 overall, while myself and Bob move up 10 and 7 spots, respectively.

Overall Outlook
Top 2 stay the same, but D. Thai jumps from 6th to 3rd.

2nd Half Outlook
Month 5 standings are the same as 2nd Half, so no update here until Month 6!

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

MONTH 5 and 2nd HALF STANDINGS

SEASON OVERALL STANDINGS

Great field this week. Basically everyone is here except for Luke D, Bubba and Stricks (but we got them last week). I’m sure Tiger, Rors, Westy, Mahan, Watney, Keegs, Simpson and others can entertain us.

This is Event 1/4 in Month 5, Event 1 in the 2nd Half of the Season, and Event 18 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 (Chris Wang just won the first half)
• 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 >>

Stephen Ames
Cut last week. Made last 4 cuts here (but latest was in ’08).

Scott Brown
First time here, missed last 3 cuts.

Kevin Chappell
CUT here last year after 72 and 73. WD from Texas Open, but made 3 straight cuts prior to that.

Stewart Cink
Top 10′s here in 2011, ’08 and ’07. CUT at RBC Heritage but 50th at Masters.

Lucas Glover
Defending champ, coming off 66th in New Orleans. Also finished 22nd here in 2010 and 2nd in 2009.

Anthony Kim
Won here in ’08, 5th in ’07, 7th in ’10. CUT here last year. Check his injury timeline here >> 

Kevin Kisner
CUT at New Orleans after 71, 72. CUT here last year.

Jamie Lovemark
Missed last two cuts. First time here. But he’s already said it’s his favourite tour stop.

Carl Pettersson
CUT in New Orleans, but 1st and 2nd in two prior starts. 9th here last year.

Jhonattan Vegas
Coming off 47th at Shell Houston Open. CUT here last year.

Tiger Woods
Coming off a 40th at the Masters.. CUT here in 2010, but 4th in ’09 and 1st in ’07.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Lee Westwood
recent finishes – 1st Indonesian Masters, 3rd Masters, 21st Houston Open
38th here last year

Cameron Tringale
Recent finishes – 7th New Orleans, 8th Texas Open, 8th Shell Houston Open
59th here last year.

Jim Furyk
Recent finishes – 8th RBC Heritage, 11th Masters, 11th Bay Hill, 2nd Transitions
4 straight top 25s here, 1st here in ’06 and 2nd in ’05.

Ben Curtis
Recent finishes – 13th New Orleans, 1st Texas Open
Missed last two cuts here, but 32nd in ’09 and 2nd in ’08.

Phil Mickelson
best finishes – 9th in ’11, 2nd in ’10, 5th in ’09, 12th in ’08
Ridiculous history here. Last two finishes were 3rd at Masters and 4th in Houston.

Rory McIlroy
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’10
Cut here last year, last finish was 40th at Augusta.

Sean O’Hair
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’09
Made 4 straight made cuts, but non better than 29th.

Alan :: Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson, Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods
Damian :: Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods

Other big names in the field;

• Keegan Bradley
• Hunter Mahan
• Nick Watney
• Jason Day
• Webb Simpson
• Ryan Moore
• Kevin Na
• Webb Simpson
• John Huh
• Bill Haas
• Kyle Stanley
• Gary Woodland
• Jeff Overton
• Geoff Ogilvy
• J.B. Holmes
• Charles Howell III

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

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Jason Dufner proves that history picks really do work sometimes!

• Entries :: 51
• Tournament Winner :: Jason Dufner (14 selections)
• Unique Golfers ::  24
• Most Popular Nike Pick :: Carl Pettersson (42 selections)
• Highest Nike Finish :: Lucas Glover (T66, 8 selections)
• Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Bubba Watson (T18, 28 selections)
• Average Points ::  12.33 (3.63 last week)

Three-way dinner!!! Three dudes had 26 points (1 win, 2 Top 10s and 3 Top 25s).

Weekly Winners
Madball :: Jason Dufner (1), Steve Stricker  (6), Bubba Watson (18) and Carl Pettersson (CUT)
Scott A :: Jason Dufner (1), Luke Donald (3), Webb Simpson (13) and Carl Pettersson (CUT)
Spencer M :: Jason Dufner (1), Rickie Fowler (10), Bubba Watson (18) and Kevin Kisner (CUT)

Overall Outlook
Chris Wang takes home a VR_S Hybrid for winning dominating the 1st half of the season.

Month 4 Winner :: Tim Mo (by virtue of tie-break with Lendell since he had less missed cuts).

Tim joins Chris Wang, Mosher and D. Thai as Monthly Winners of a dozen 20XI-X balls.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Just a reminder of the prize structure;

Below are the Final Month 4 and Mid-Season standings;

Great field this week. Let’s get it poppin. Bubba’s back and he’s in the best possible position.. 1st in his last start and 1st in his last start at this event.

This is event 5/5 in Month 4 and Event 15 overall. A VR_S Hybrid will be given away, along with a dozen 20XI-X balls at the end of the 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 here for last week’s recap post >>

Stephen Ames
Coming off 63rd at Texas Open and 29th at RBC Heritage. Missed last 4 cuts at this event.

Scott Brown
Missed last 3 of 4 cuts, but finished solo 5th at the Puerto Rico Open. First time at this event.

Lucas Glover
69th at RBC Heritage, missed 3 cuts prior to that. Has 4 Top 25′s (including 3 Top 10′s) in his last 5 starts here.

Kevin Kisner
47th last week in Texas, cut here last year.

Jamie Lovemark
Cut at Texas Open, made 3 cuts prior to that (51st, 44th, 20th). First time at this event.

Carl Pettersson
Last 2 starts are 2nd place at Houston Open and 1st at RBC Heritage. 40th here last year.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Brian Davis
recent finishes – 13th RBC Heritage, 4th Houston, 4th Bay Hill
Has made 4 straight cuts at this event (best finish; 19th).

Cameron Tringale
Recent finishes – 8th Texas Open, 8th Shell Houston Open
Two starts here; 18th and 28th. Great sleeper this week.

Matt Every
Recent finishes – 2nd Texas Open, 8th RBC Heritage
Missed the cut here last year.

Bubba Watson
Recent finishes – 1st Masters, 4th Bay Hill, 2nd Doral
Won here last year. Definitely the guy to beat this week.

Jason Dufner
best finishes – 3rd in ’11, 7th in ’10, 9th in ’09
Good history and also has 4 straight Top 25′s. Another great sleeper this week.

Charles Howell III
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’09 and ’06, 5th in ’04, 13th in ’11
Never missed a cut here also coming off of 4 straight Top 30s.

Greg Chalmers
Best finishes at this event – 8th in ’11, 5th in ’10, 24th in ’09
Coming off 35th at Texas Open and 20th at RBC Heritage.

Alan :: Graeme McDowell, Webb Simpson, Keegan Bradley and Carl Pettersson
Bob :: Bubba Watson, Matt Every, Jason Dufner and Lucas Glover
Damian :: Peter Hanson, Charles Howell III, Keegan Bradley and Carl Pettersson

Other big names in the field;

• Graeme McDowell
• Keegan Bradley
• Steve Stricker
• Luke Donald
• Justin Rose
• Peter Hanson
• Webb Simpson
• Jeff Overton
• Nick Watney
• Charley Hoffman
• Ernie Els
• Bud Cauley

Check out the full field here for the Zurich Classic of New Orleans >>

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Ben Curtis. Yeah!

• Entries :: 51
• Tournament Winner :: Ben Curtis (0 selections)
• Unique Golfers ::  29
• Most Popular Nike Pick :: Kevin Chappell (WD, 25 selections)
• Highest Nike Finish :: Kevin Kisner (T47, 1 selections)
• Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Matt Kuchar (T13, 25 selections)
• Average Points ::  3.63 (13.22 last week)

One dinner this week. One Top 10 and 3 Top 25s.

Weekly Winner
Ezekiel B :: Cameron Tringale (8), Charley Hoffman (13), Matt Kuchar (13) and Anthony Kim (WD)

E moves up 8 spots in the Month 4 rankings and up 3 spots in the overall.

Overall Outlook

Chris Wang stays in 1st. Stephen Vang joins Mike M in 2nd place. D. Thai slips to 5th and T Jorgensen grabs 4th.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 4 and Overall standings;

*** abbreviated post – I’m travelling for work and this is the best I could do to get a post up  - full post to come later **

This is event 4/5 in Month 4 and Event 16 overall. The leader through 17 events gets a VR_S Hybrid. Chris Wang is in the lead!

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 >>

Stephen Ames

Kevin Chappell

Anthony Kim

Kevin Kisner

Jamie Lovemark

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Brian Davis
recent finishes – 

Kevin Na
Recent finishes – 

Bud Cauley
Recent finishes – 

Kevin Stadler
Recent finishes – 

Fredrik Jacobson
best finishes – 

Charley Hoffman
Best finishes at this event – 

Brendan Steele
Best finishes at this event – 

Alan :: Boo Weekley, J.B. Holmes, Kevin Na and Kevin Chappell
Bob :: Kevin Stadler, Matt Kuchar, Kevin Na and Stephen Ames
Damian :: Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, Fredrik Jacobson and Stephen Ames

Check out the full field here for the Valero Texas Open >>

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Big win for Carl Pettersson and a solid Nike Golf win causes a big shakeup in the Fantasy Four standings.

• Entries :: 51 (down from 61 last week)
• Tournament Winner :: Carl Pettersson (25 selections)
• Unique Golfers ::  22
• Most Popular Nike Pick :: CPetts
• Highest Nike Finish :: CPetts
• Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Luke Donald (T37, 40 selections)
• Average Points ::  13.22 (8.93 last week)

One big solo dinner this week! 33 points (1 win, 3 Top 10s, 4 Top 25s) takes the meal this week.

Weekly Winner
Kyle R :: Carl Pettersson (1), Kevin Na (8), Jim Furyk (8) and Jason Dufner (24)

Kyles moves up 10 spots in the overall rankings to 43rd and moves into 3rd place in the Month 4 standings.

Overall Outlook

Chris Wang puts up a big 24 point week maintaining 1st place, but we have a new 2nd and 3rd place in Mike M and Stephen Vang.

Lendell takes over the Month 4 lead.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 4 and Overall standings;