Fantasy Four :: RBC Heritage


Usually the Texas Open follows the Masters, but we’re headed to Hilton Head for The Verizon Heritage, The Heritage, the RBC Heritage! I love this event. I think it’s a great follow up to the Masters. Also, it’s hosted by a Canadian Bank. They also host the RBC Canadian Open and are a great sponsor to a lot of golfers like Luke D and Kuchar.

Defending champ Brandt Snedeker rolls into town after a 2011 playoff with Luke Donald. Both are back this year after both making the cut at Augusta.

This is event 3/5 in Month 4 and Event 15 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).

Check here for last week’s recap post >;>;

Stephen Ames
Ames has made his last 6 cuts here finishing 36th, 14th, 29th, 21st, 6th and 7th. However, he’s missed all 3 cuts in March. Could be a good bounce back spot for him.

Kevin Chappell
First time here. Coming off a T44 at Augusta and a T24 at Bay Hill.

Stewart Cink
Won here in 2000 and 2004, making 9 straight cuts. 30th here last year. 14th in 2010. Finished with a 69 in Round 4 of the Masters.

Lucas Glover
Missed last 2 cuts here. Missed all cuts in 2012.

Carl Pettersson
Coming off of a 2nd place at the Houston Open. Finished 30th here in 2011 and 35th in 2010.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Ernie Els
recent finishes – 12th Houston, 4th Bay Hill, 5th Transitions, 21st Honda
Had 4 straight Top 10s here from ’03-’07

Matt Kuchar
Recent finishes – 3rd Masters, 10th Transitions, 8th Doral, 5th Match Play
Back to Back Top 25′s here.

Bud Cauley
Recent finishes – 8th Houston, 4th Bay Hill, 16th Transitions
Missed the cut here last year.

Jim Furyk
Recent finishes – 11th Masters, 11th Bay Hill, 2nd Transitions
Won here in 2010. Top 10′s in ’08, ’06, 05 and ’03.


Davis Love III
best finishes – 1st in ’03, ’98, 92, ’91 and ’87
WD at Bay Hill, but Top 25s at Honda and Pebble Beach.

Brandt Snedeker
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’11
19th at the Masters.

Luke Donald
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’11, 3rd in ’10, 2nd in ’09.
32nd at the Masters, but a win at the Transitions before that.

Boo Weekley
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’08 and ’07, 12th in ’10, 13th in ’09
Coming off 14th at Houston.

Alan :: Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Brandt Snedeker and Stewart Cink
Bob :: Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Jason Dufner and Carl Pettersson
Damian :: Luke Donald, Matt Kuchar, Jim Furyk and Kevin Chappell

Other big names in the field;

  • Rickie Fowler
  • Webb Simpson
  • Kyle Stanley
  • Bill Haas
  • Matt Kuchar
  • Padraig Harrington
  • Jason Dufner
  • Charles Howell III
  • Jeff Overton
  • Henrik Stenson
  • Kevin Na

Check out the full field here for the RBC Heritage >;>;

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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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Fantasy Four Recap :: 2012 Masters

What a great week at Augusta. 3 of the big 5 favourites (Tiger, Rory and Luke D) failed to record a top 10, while Phil and Westwood both had a T3 finish, while Bubba took home the W!

  • Entries :: 61
  • Tournament Winner :: Bubba Watson (6 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  25
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Tiger Woods (T40, 61 selections)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Francesco Molinari (T19, 1 selection)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Rory McIlroy (T40, 51 selections)
  • Average Points ::  8.93 (8.98 last week)

One big solo dinner this week! 31 points (1 win, 3 Top 10s, 3 Top 25s) takes the meal this week.

Weekly Winner
Robyn Moore :: Bubba Watson (1), Phil Mickelson (3), Justin Rose (8) and Tiger Woods (40)

Robyn jumps into 1st in the Month 4 standings and up 8 spots to 46th overall.

Overall Outlook

Chris, T Jorgensen and D.Thai maintain 1-2-3 , while Mike M grabs 4th spot from Gary H.

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

Masters.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 4 and Overall standings ;

Fantasy Four :: 2012 Masters


*sniff sniff* What’s the smell? Amen Corner, green jackets and Magnolia Lane. It’s Masters week!

Personally, I think the theme of the 2012 Masters should be “Clash of the Titans”. I really think it will come down to a Tiger, Phil, Luke D, Rory and Westwood showdown.

This is event 2/5 in Month 4 and Event 14 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).

Check here for last week’s recap post >>

Paul Casey
Missed last 2 cuts. In 7 Masters starts, he has 4 Top 25s and 2 missed cuts (2010 and 2005). 38th last year.

Kevin Chappell
First time at the Masters; but has 2 Top 25 finishes in his last 4 events.

Stewart Cink
Four starts in March; 2 missed cuts, to go with 70th and 36th place finishes. Missed last 3 cuts at the Masters, but 6 straight Top 25s prior to that.

Simon Dyson
Cut at last year’s Masters. Coming off a 72nd at Doral and 1st round exit at Match Play.

Ross Fisher
Last start was 66th at Dubai in February. 15th at last year’s Masters, cut in 2010 and 20th in 2009.

Lucas Glover
MDF last week at Houston Open and hasn’t made a cut in 2012. Cut at the Masters last year, 36th in ’10 and 20th in ’07.

Francesco Molinari
4 starts since mid-February, finishing 17th, 13th, 17th and 16th. Cut at ’11 Masters and 30th in ’10.

Charl Schwartzel
4 starts in March; 2 missed cuts and 2 top 10s. Last year’s defending champ.

Tiger Woods
2nd best scoring average (68.67) in the last 8 weeks. 70.45 scoring average in last 20 rounds at Augusta. Hasn’t won here since ’05, but finished 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, 6th, 4th and 4th since then.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Rory McIlroy
recent finishes – 3rd Doral, 1st Honda, 2nd Match Play, 5th Dubai
15th here last year after leading the first 3 rounds.

Keegan Bradley
Recent finishes –  4th Houston, 8th Doral, 12th Honda, 17th Match Play, 2nd Northern Trust
First time here.

Bubba Watson
Recent finishes –  4th API, 2nd Doral
Okay Masters history; 38th in ’11, 42nd in ’09 and 20th in ’08.

Luke Donald
Recent finishes –  1st Transitions, 6th Doral
4th at last year’s Masters.

BONUS – Hunter Mahan
1st at Houston. Cut at ’11 Masters, but Top 10s in ’10 and ’09.


Phil Mickelson
best finishes – 1st in ’10, ’06 and ’04, 5th in ’09 and ’08.
Coming off 4th at Houston.

Lee Westwood
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’10, 11th in ’11 and ’08
Coming off 21st at Houston

Justin Rose
Best finishes at this event – 5th in ’07, 11th in ’11, 20th in ’10
Last 4 starts in March; 15th, 29th, 1st and 5th.

Angel Cabrera
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’09, 7th in ’110, 18th in ’10
Coming off 21st at Houston.

BONUS- Jason Day
2nd place in 2011 in first Masters appearance.
Finished 20th in only 2 events in March.

Alan :: Webb Simpson, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods
Damian :: Justin Rose, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods

Check out the full field here for the Masters >>

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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Fantasy Four Recap :: Shell Houston Open

Good event. Mahan came through and we’ve had some legitimate winners the past few weeks. I’m sure that will continue at the Masters!

  • Entries :: 52
  • Tournament Winner :: Hunter Mahan (5 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  23
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Charl Schwartzel (CUT, 37 selections)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Carl Pettersson (2nd, 1 selection)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Steve Stricker (T36, 27 selections)
  • Average Points ::  8.98 (21.86 last week)

4-way dinner this week. The top sum was 24 points (1 winner, 2 Top 10′s, 2 Top 25′s)

Weekly Winners
D.Thai :: Hunter Mahan (1), Phil Mickelson (4), Steve Stricker (36), Charl Schwartzel (CUT)
Madball :: Hunter Mahan (1), Bud Cauley (8), Steve Stricker (36), Charl Schwartzel (CUT)
NGN Alan :: Hunter Mahan (1), Phil Mickelson (4), Graeme McDowell (63), Charl Schwartzel (CUT)
Todd W :: Hunter Mahan (1), Phil Mickelson (4), Graeme McDowell (63), Charl Schwartzel (CUT)

D. Thai jumps up 3 spots in the overall rankings to 3rd.
Madball jumps 10 spots into 61st overall
NGN Alan moves up 8 spots to 7th overall
Todd W moves to 13th by jumping up 10 spots.

Overall Outlook

Chris and T Jorgensen maintain 1-2, while D. Thai claims 3rd place.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Overall standings (month 4 standings are the same as the Fantasy Four Leaderboard) ;

 

Rank Overall Wins Top 10′s Top 25′s MC’s Total Points
0 Chris Wang 6 19 34 5 223
0 T Jorgensen 6 17 28 3 201
3 D. Thai 7 16 24 6 198
0 Gary H 6 16 26 5 192
0 Mike M 4 19 28 3 191
-3 Stephen Vang 5 17 26 6 187
0 Odie H III 5 15 26 6 177
8 NGN Alan 5 15 26 6 177
-1 Ned Brown 4 16 26 5 172
3 NGN Damian 4 16 26 9 172
-2 Mark L 4 16 24 3 168
-2 Garry Moore 4 15 26 6 167
1 Nolers Uno 4 15 25 9 165
10 Todd W 4 15 25 5 165
-2 Shane Harms 3 16 27 6 164
-6 Tony R 4 15 24 10 163
4 Tammy Tavares 5 13 24 5 163
-1 Lendell 4 14 25 4 160
5 NGN Bob 4 14 24 7 158
-3 Huy P 4 13 26 8 157
7 Travis Dyck 3 14 27 5 154
-5 Paul Manbeck 4 13 24 5 153
-1 Ben R 4 13 24 5 153
7 Alarick Tavares 3 14 23 6 146
-3 Chris E 3 14 23 5 146
4 Kyle 2 15 25 5 145
10 Spencer M 2 15 25 8 145
6 Derek Vogt 3 14 21 4 142
-4 Neill Fox 3 13 23 4 141
7 Chris Shoop 4 12 18 4 136
-2 Peter Stanek 3 11 25 7 135
3 N. Russell Yang 4 12 17 9 134
-1 Tim Mo 3 12 21 6 132
-18 Ryan B 2 13 22 6 129
-9 Mosher 2 12 24 13 128
7 PLambert77 3 12 18 3 126
3 M Murphy 2 13 20 4 125
-6 David Mullen 1 14 21 8 122
-12 Steve Noel 2 12 19 2 118
6 Mike Johnson 2 11 21 3 117
-2 No3Putt 3 9 19 2 113
3 Rod Smith 2 11 19 2 113
-5 Luis 3 9 16 5 107
6 Scott A 1 9 24 4 103
2 Ottawa Golf Blog 2 9 17 9 99
3 Meng Thao 3 9 12 2 99
1 Ezekiel B 3 9 11 3 97
7 Kris Johnson 2 9 16 5 97
8 Walt W 3 7 15 4 95
-10 Jon Robbins 2 8 17 4 94
-9 Tiffany Stone 1 9 19 5 93
-7 Wil M 0 10 17 4 84
5 Kyle R 1 8 15 6 80
-2 Robyn Moore 1 8 14 7 78
-1 Christina Black 0 9 14 3 73
-5 Nick Medrano 1 7 12 1 69
-4 Meredith Wang 1 6 13 2 66
3 Corey S 1 6 13 3 66
0 Jerry Vang 2 4 8 1 56
-4 Adam F 1 4 11 1 52
10 Madball 1 4 4 3 38
3 Josh Knight 0 5 6 0 37
-2 Seth Mendez 1 3 5 2 35
-3 Anthony M 1 3 4 0 33
-2 Courtney Z 1 2 6 2 32
-2 Randy 1 3 3 1 31
-1 Todd Kraft 0 2 6 2 22
-1 Jonathan Cluff 0 2 4 0 18
-1 Jordan Harris 0 1 6 1 17
-1 Randy Dunson 0 1 6 0 17
-1 George C 0 1 6 5 17
7 Nick Spears 1 1 1 0 17
-1 W Bullard 0 1 3 0 11
-1 Drew S 0 0 5 7 10
-1 MWD 0 1 2 1 9
1 Tracy Wang 0 1 2 1 9
-2 Jason Z 0 0 2 0 4

CONTEST: Caddy for Nike Athlete Ross Fisher

Today the European Tour announced a contest that will benefit The Children’s Trust, the Official Charity of the 2012 BMW PGA Championship. The grand prize winner of the contest will get to caddie for Nike Athlete Ross Fisher in the Official Tournament Pro-Am on Wednesday May 23, to be held at Wentworth Club’s famous West Course. By entering the ‘Text to Win’ competition you will make a donation to The Children’s Trust and you will be automatically entered into a draw with the chance to be part of a truly unique experience, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Ross Fisher as his caddie for the day at the European Tour’s flagship event.

You can read more about the contest here, and you can click here for the official contest terms and conditions.

CONTEST: Play Golf with Tiger Woods

The Nike Golf VR_S Speed Trials kicked off yesterday, and Nike Golf and Golfsmith announced a contest where you can win the grand prize of a trip for four to Jupiter, FL, to play nine holes with Tiger Woods. Each member of your foursome will get a full set of VR_S clubs and be outfitted head-to-toe in Nike Golf apparel. All you need to do is complete a Speed Trial at Golfsmith before May 15, 2012.

There will also be ten (10) additional prizes where you and three friends will receive a full set of VR_S clubs, head-to-toe Nike Golf apparel and a round of golf at a top local course. You can check out the official Nike Speed Trials page on Golfsmith.com or download the official contest rules for more information.

Also, check out the commercial for the contest, it’s hilarious!

VISIT THE NIKE SPEED TRIALS PAGE ON GOLFSMITH.COM >>

DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES (PDF) >>

VISIT THE SPEED TRIALS PAGE ON NIKEGOLF.COM >>

VIDEO: New Nike Golf Tiger Woods Commercial

Yesterday Nike Golf posted this video on their YouTube Channel of a new commercial featuring Tiger Woods advertising their VR_S Speed Trials at Golfsmith, which began yesterday. The commercial is announcing a contest where if you take part in a Nike Golf VR_S Speed Trial at Golfsmith, you can win the grand prize of a trip for four to Jupiter, FL, to play nine holes with Tiger Woods. Each member of your foursome will also get a full set of VR_S clubs and be outfitted head-to-toe in Nike Golf apparel. All you need to do is complete a Speed Trial at Golfsmith before May 15, 2012. Check out more details on the contest here.

But for now, check out the commercial, it’s hilarious!

CHECK OUT THE NEW TIGER WOODS SPEED TRIALS COMMERCIAL >>

Fantasy Four :: Shell Houston Open



Final tune-up for the Masters and the final month of our 1st half Fantasy Contest.

Good field this week and 2 of the past 3 winners are Nike Athletes (Casey and AK). They join Schwartzel, Westwood, Stricker, Fowler, Mahan, Mickelson, McDowell, Els and more.

This is event 1/5 in Month 5 and Event 13 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).

Check here for last week’s recap post >>

Paul Casey
DNP in ’11. WD in ’10. 1st here in ’09. Last two starts were CUT at Transitions and 51st at Doral.

Stewart Cink
First time here. CUT last week at Bay Hill, 70th at Transitions, 36th at Bay Hill.

Lucas Glover
CUT here last year, but 4 Top 30′s here since ’04. Only played in 1 event in ’12 and missed the cut.

Anthony Kim
13th here in ’11, 1st in ’10, 5th in ’07. 66th last week after an opening 69 closing with an 83.

Jamie Lovemark
WD here last year. 44th at Transitions and 20th at Puerto Rico were his last 2 starts.

Carl Pettersson
50th here last year. Missed last two cuts.

Charl Schwartzel
30th here last year, 3rd in ’10. CUT at Transitions, but 4th at Doral and 5th at Honda Classic.

Jhonattan Vegas
CUT here last year. 72nd at Bay Hill, missed two cuts before that.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Fred Couples
recent finishes – 1st Mississippi, 8th Toshiba
Made last 7 cuts here, including 1st in ’03, 3rd in ’09 and 4th in ’08.

Keegan Bradley
Recent finishes –  8th Caddy, 12th Honda, 17th Match Play, 2nd Northern Trust
51st here last year.

Kevin Stadler
Recent finishes –  7th Puerto Rico, 9th Honda Classic, 16th Mayakoba, 24th Northern Trust
66th here last year, 6th in ’10.

Graeme McDowell
Recent finishes –  2nd API, 13th Caddy, 9th Honda
First time here since ’06, where he finished 54th.

BONUS – Ernie Els
4th at Bay Hill, 5th at Transition, 21st at Honda.. also playing to get into the Masters. He’s made 4 straight cuts here (51st, 44th, 14th, 17th).


Phil Mickelson
best finishes – 1st in ’11, 35th in ’10, 23rd in ’08, 28th in ’03
Coming off 24th at Bay Hill.

Johnson Wagner
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’08, 9th in ’07, 36th in ’11
Coming off 4th at Bay Hill and 13th at Doral.

Scott Verplank
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’11, 31st in ’10, 14th in ’02
Only one start in ’12, CUT at Transitions.

Padraig Harrington
Best finishes at this event – 8th in’11
6 straight made cuts here, finishing no worse than 40th. Coming off 20th at Transitions.

Alan :: Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan, Graeme McDowell and Charl Schwartzel
Bob :: Ernie Els, Keegan Bradley, Graeme McDowell and Charl Schwartzel
Damian :: Anthony Kim, Jeff Overton, Lee Westwood and Charl Schwartzel

Check out the full field here for the Houston 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

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Fantasy Four Recap :: Arnold Palmer Invitational and Month 3 Results

Tiger’s back! That was a dominant win and if you were watching on Sunday, he was making every shot he wanted to. It was fun to watch. However, we had 49 entries this week and 2 people didn’t pick him (Mosher and Robyn Moore).

That’s a wrap on Month 3!

  • Entries :: 49
  • Tournament Winner :: Tiger Woods (47 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  27
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Tiger Woods
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Tiger Woods
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Webb Simpson (20 selections, T36)
  • Average Points ::  21.86 (11.20 last week)

Two dinners this week! Month 3 Winner and Weekly Winner. The Weekly Winner gets split two ways while the Monthly Winner gets his monthly win after losing the Month 1 tie-break.

Weekly Winners
Alarick Tavares:: Tiger Woods (1), Ernie Els (4), Bubba Watson (4) and Justin Rose (15)
Travis Dyck :: Tiger Woods (1), Graeme McDowell (2), Ernie Els (4) and Phil Mickelson ( 24)

Alarick jumped 9 spots to 22nd overall.
Travis also jumps 9 spots in the overall ranking to 19th.

Month 3 Winner
Chris Wang – Chris finished T1 in Month 1 and  T3 in Month 2. HE’S ON FIRE!
You win a dozen 20XI-X balls. We will be in touch.

Chris joins Mosher and D. Thai as monthly winners.

Overall Outlook
Chris and T Jorgensen maintain 1-2, while Gary H is now in 3rd. Other than that, no big changes in the Top 10.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Final Month 3 and Overall standings;

 

Fantasy Four :: Arnold Palmer Invitational

Editor’s Note: Damian is traveling this week, and his time to devote to the Fantasy Four has been limited, so we’re giving him the week off (and he deserves it!). This week’s Fantasy Four post is a bare-bones version, minus Damian’s usual thorough analysis. Damian should be back at the Fantasy Four helm next week. Thanks for playing — Bob

This week the PGA Tour heads to the Bay Hill Club and Lodge for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. There’s only two weeks until the Masters, and the field features several marquis players who are using this week as their final tune-up for Augusta. Notables in this week’s field include:

Ernie Els
Jim Furyk
Sergio Garcia
Hunter Mahan
Phil Mickelson
Justin Rose
Webb Simpson
Brandt Snedeker

Nick Watney
Bubba Watson

Nike Golf is represented in this week’s field by the following Athletes (include at least one in your picks):

Kevin Chappell
Stewart Cink
Anthony Kim
Carl Pettersson

Jhonattan Vegas
Tiger Woods 

NGN STAFF PICKS:
Alan :: Justin Rose, Jim Furyk, Hunter Mahan and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Webb Simpson, Tiger Woods
Damian :: Kevin Na, Sergio Garcia, Charles Howell III and Tiger Woods

This is event 4/4 in Month 3 and Event 12 overall.

For a refresher on the rules, hit the link: Contest Guidelines

Check out the full field here for the Arnold Palmer Invitational >>

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

Leave your Fantasy Four in a comment below, and don’t forget your ONE Nike Athlete!