Fantasy Four Recap :: Transitions Championship

That was a good playoff. After a drive into the rough in the 1st playoff hole, Luke hit an amazing 2nd shot and drained his putt.

That said, 31 people picked Luke Donald and I was not one of them.

  • Entries :: 50
  • Tournament Winner :: Luke Donald (31 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  24
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Charl Schwartzel (CUT, 42 selections)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Jamie Lovemark (T44, 0 Selections)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Luke D
  • Average Points :: 16.52

Three-way dinner split this week.

Chris Wang Matt Kuchar (10) Luke Donald (1) Webb Simpson (10) Charl (CUT)
Gary H Charl (CUT) Luke Donald (1) Matt Kuchar (10) Webb Simpson (1)
Stephen Vang Charl (CUT) Matt Kuchar (10) Webb Simpson (10) Luke Donald (1)

Chris jumps 4 spots into 1st overall in Month 3.
Gary H jumps up 22 spots in the monthly standings and into 4th overall.
Stephen Vang also jumps 22 spots in the monthly standings.

Our 3 winners this week are 3 of the Top 4 overall.
Overall Outlook
Chris Wang stays strong and now has a 13 point lead over T Jorgensen. They are 1-2 in the Month 3 AND Overall standings.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 3 and Overall standings;

Fantasy Four :: Transitions Championship

*Disclaimer – The recap post from the WGC Cadillac Championship will be up later this week due to technical difficulties*

Pretty good field this week. Luke Donald, Webb Simpson, Jason Day, Sergio, Watney, Ishikawa, Kuchar.

This is event 3/4 in Month 3 and Event 11 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).

** RESULTS FROM WGC CADILLAC WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS WEEK DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES**

Stephen Ames
Cut here last year, 6th in 2010. Cut at last two events

Paul Casey
37th here last year. 51st last week at Caddy.

Kevin Chappell
First start here. Last start was CUT at Honda.

Stewart Cink
11th here last year. 2nd in ’08 and 3rd in ’05. Coming off a T36 at Honda

Lucas Glover
20th here last year, 25th in ’10. Hasn’t played since November (2oth at HSBC Champions)

Anthony Kim
14th here in ’07. Coming off of a 42nd at the Honda Classic.

Carl Pettersson
8th here in 2010. Won here in ’05. Hasn’t missed a cut all year.

Charl Schwartzel
First time here. Coming off of a 4th at Cadillac and 5th at Honda Classic.

Other Nike athletes in the field; Jamie Lovemark and Jhonattan Vegas

Justin Rose
recent finishes – 1st Caddy, 5th Honda
5th here last year. 13th in ’10

George McNeill
Recent finishes –  1st Puerto Rico
2nd here in ’08

Peter Hanson
Recent finishes –  4th Caddy, 5th Match Play
15th here last year

John Senden
Recent finishes –  6th Caddy, 9th Match Play,
15th here last year. 2nd place in 08 and 07.


Jonathan Byrd
best finishes – 20th in ’11, 8th in ’10, 12th in ’09, 8th in ’07, 4th in ’06
Averaging 14th place in last 5 starts here. Never missed a cut. Coming off 35th at WGC Cadillac

Jim Furyk
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’10, 13th in ’11
Coming off MC at Honda

Retief Goosen
Best finishes at this event – 28th in ’11, 5th in ’10, 1st in ’09 and ’03
Coming off 45th at WGC Caddy.

Webb Simpson
Best finishes at this event – 2nd in ’11, 13th in ’10
Coming off of a 35th at WGC Caddy.

Gary Woodland – 1st last year.

Alan :: Luke Donald, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Anthony Kim
Bob :: Peter Hanson, Matt Kuchar, John Senden, Charl Schwartzel
Damian :: Matt Kuchar, Nick Watney, Justin Rose and Charl Schwartzel

Check out the full field here for the Transitions Championship >>

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Fantasy Four Recap :: WGC Cadillac

This won’t be a full recap. My apologies.

Tiger’s WD didn’t help anyone. But 6 people had 3 top 10s, good for 21 points.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Standings below;

Fantasy Four :: WGC Cadillac Championship


What is the ultimate hotness? WGC events. These are so amazing and all of the Top 10 in the World Golf Rankings are here. In case you need a refresher, here are your Top 10;

1. Rory McIlroy
2. Luke Donald
3. Lee Westwood
4. Martin Kaymer
5. Steve Stricker
6. Webb Simpson
7. Jason Day
8. Dustin Johnson
9. Charl Schwartzel
10. Hunter Mahan

Big story this week for me is McIlroy/Woods, but Luke Donald, Lee Westwood, Kaymer, Fowler and others are trying to prove they’re still in the game. This should be like a wild party where you only drink Arbor Mist.

This is event 2/4 in Month 3 and last week was point city.

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 >>

Paul Casey
Welcome back. Paul is back after a snowboarding injury. He has great history here. 6 starts, 18th last year, 6th in 2010. This is a good venue for him to return to.

Simon Dyson
50th here in 2010.  Last 4 finishes (T33 Match Play, 33rd Dubai, 17th Abu Dhabi, 20th Volvo)

Francesco Molinari
3rd here last year. 14th here in 2010. T17 at Match Play and 16 at Dubai. Good sleeper.

Stewart Cink
67th at Northern Trust. WD before that. last time here was 2009 when he placed 52nd.

Charl Schwartzel
24th here last year. 2nd here in 2010. 5th last week. Hotness.

Tiger Woods
7 starts here since 2002. 7 Top 10s (3 wins, 1 runner-up, 5th, 9th and 10th).

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Rory McIlroy
recent finishes – 1st Honda, 2nd Match Play, 5th Omega Dubai, 2nd Abu Dhabi, 11th Dubai World
10th here last year.

Lee Westwood
Recent finishes –  4th Honda, 4th Match Play, 2nd Omega Dubai, 12th Qatar, 17th Abu Dhabi
18th here last year

Phil Mickelson
Recent finishes –  2nd Northern Trust, 1st Pebble Beach
55th last year. 14th in ’10, 1st in ’09.

Keegan Bradley
Recent finishes –  12th Honda, 17th Match Play, 2nd Northern Trust, 15th Phoenix, 22nd Farmers
First time here.


Nick Watney
best finishes – 1st in ’11, 26th in ’10, 2nd in ’09
Coming off 9th at Match Play. Watch me shine.

Matt Kuchar
Best finishes at this event – 5th in ’11, 3rd in ’10
Coming off 5th at Match Play.

Steve Stricker
Best finishes at this event – 18th in ’11, 16th in ’10, 13th in ’09, 6th in ’08
Coming off of a T9 at Match Play. Definitely under the radar this week.

Geoff Ogilvy
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’08, 3rd in ’07
Still 3rd on the earnings list for this event over the past 5 years behind Woods and Watney. Coming off 1st round exit at Match Play.

Alan :: Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Lee Westwood and Tiger Woods
Damian :: Matt Kuchar, Rory McIlroy, Charl Schwartzel and Tiger Woods

Check out the full field here for the WGC Cadillac Championship >>

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Fantasy Four Recap :: Honda Classic

If that finish didn’t get you stoked for the WGC Cadillac Championship, you’re dead. Rory, Westwood, Fowler, Woods and Schwartzel. Seriously. I can’t wait

We added 2 new entries this week. Seriously, people keep joining.

  • Entries :: 57
  • Tournament Winner :: Rory McIlroy (47 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  28
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Tiger Woods (T2, 39 selections)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Tiger Woods
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Rors
  • Average Points :: 27.07 (highest ever, excluding FedEx Cup Double Points)

Three perfect weeks split the dinner. 38 points = 1 win, 4 Top 10s, 4 Top 25s

Weekly Winners
Ben R :: Rory (1), Tiger (2), Westwood (4), Schwartzel (5)
Garry Moore ::  Rory (1), Tiger (2), Westwood (4), Schwartzel (5)
Ezekiel B :: Rory (1), Tiger Woods (2) , Rickie Fowler (7), Graeme McDowell (9)

Ben Moved up 12 spots to 24th overall.
Garry moved into 3rd overall.
Ezekial jumps 14 spots into 55th overall.
Overall Outlook
Chris Wang put up an above average 33 points and holds onto a 6 point lead over T Jorgensen.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 3 and Overall standings;

Fantasy Four :: Honda Classic

 A lot of the big names are staying States-side for the Honda Classic and Tiger looks to cure his putting woes.

Huge names in the field this week;

- McIlroy – Westwood – Poulter – Woods – Fowler – Schwartzel – Els – Harrington – Stanley – J Wagner – Rose – McDowell – Darren Clarke  - MORE

 This is event 1/4 in Month 3 and a we’ve got some BIG FELLAS in the field, fella.

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 and Month 2 here >>

Stephen Ames
16th at Mayakoba last week. Made 3 straight cuts at this event (51st, 17th, 7th).

Scott Brown
Missed last 4 cuts, first time here.

Kevin Chappell
CUT here last year, last finish was 24th at Northern Trust

Stewart Cink
67th at Northern Trust. WD before that. last time here was 2009 when he placed 52nd.

Simon Dyson
First time here. Last 4 finishes (T33 Match Play, 33rd Dubai, 17th Abu Dhabi, 20th Volvo)

Anthony Kim
DQ at Northern Trust. Cut here last year (72-75), but 2nd in 2010.

Jamie Lovemark
Missed last 3 cuts. Cut here last year (78-69).

Carl Pettersson
Made 8 of 9 cuts here. 36th last year. Made last 4 cuts (34th, 33rd, 42nd, 2nd)

Charl Schwartzel
17th last week. 14th here last year.

Jhonattan Vegas
Missed last 3 out of 4 cuts. 60th in the made cut. 70th here last year.

Tiger Woods
2nd round exit last year. 15th, 3rd, 1st in 3 events prior. First time here.

Other Nike athletes in the field; none

Rory McIlroy
recent finishes – 2nd Match Play, 5th Omega Dubai, 2nd Abu Dhabi, 11th Dubai World
70th in ’11, 40th in ’10, 13th in ’09

Lee Westwood
Recent finishes –  4th Match Play, 2nd Omega Dubai, 12th Qatar, 17th Abu Dhabi
29th last year, 9th in ’10.

Kyle Stanley
Recent finishes –  17th Match Play, 24th Northern Trust, 1st Phoenix Open, 2nd Farmers
24th here last year

Keegan Bradley
Recent finishes –  17th Match Play, 2nd Northern Trust, 15th Phoenix, 22nd Farmers
Cut here last year (76-71).


Robert Allenby
best finishes – 21st in ’11, 4th in ’04 and ’08, 5th in ’07 and ’09
Coming off of 2nd place at the Mayakoba last week.

Y.E. Yang
Best finishes at this event – 1st in ’09, 2nd in ’11
Coming off 17th at Match Play and 34th at Northern Trust

Fredrik Jacobson
Best finishes at this event – 29th in ’11, 6th in ’10, 5th in ’09
First round exit at Match Play, but 13th at the Northern Trust.

Ben Crane
Best finishes at this event – DNP in ’11 and ’10. 3rd in ’09, 12th in ’08.
First round exit at Match Play, but 2nd at Phoenix Open before that.

Alan :: Keegan Bradley, Rory McIlroy, Mark Wilson and Tiger Woods
Bob :: Rory McIlroy, Lee Westwood, Mark Wilson and Tiger Woods
Damian :: Robert Allenby, Seung-yul Noh, Lee Westwood and Charl Schwartzel

Check out the full field here for the Honda Classic >>

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Fantasy Four Recap :: Match Play and Month 2 Results

What a great event. Mahan, McIlroy and Westwood. Three studs. It’s events like these where big players win. You won’t see a Kyle Stanley winning a Major or WGC event.

That’s a wrap on Month 2!

  • Entries :: 56
  • Tournament Winner :: Hunter Mahan (4 selections)
  • Unique Golfers ::  27
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Tiger Woods (T17, 49 selections)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Tiger, Charl, Francesco
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Luke Donald (T33, 36 selections)
  • Average Points ::  11.20 (8.73 last week)

Two dinners this week! Month 2 Winner and Weekly Winner.

Weekly Winner
Travis Dyck :: Hunter Mahan (1), Rory McIlroy (2), Tiger Woods (17) and Webb Simpson (33)

Travis jumps 16 spots in the Overall Ranking to 27th.
He also jumped 23 spots in the Month 2 rankings, but finished 22nd.

Month 2 Winner
D. Thai – Big win, jumping 5 spots this week into first. Good job on squeaking out a 1 point win.  You win a dozen 20XI-X balls. We will be in touch.

D. Thai joins Mosher as a monthly winner.

Overall Outlook
Chris Wang jumps to 1st place after a Mahan win, leapfrogging Mosher and T Jorgensen.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Final Month 2 and Overall standings;

 

If you see any mistakes, please let me know

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Fantasy Four :: WGC Accenture Match Play

** 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 >>


Tiger Woods

Lost in the first round last year. But won here in ’03, ’04 and ’08. He’s a gamer. 15th, 3rd and 1st in his past 3 starts.

Charl Schwartzel
Last start was 17th in January in Abu Dhabi. 17th, 9th and 17th in all starts here.

Francesco Molinari
Coming off a 16th in Dubai this month, 8th at Abu Dhabi. Eliminated in first round the last 2 years.

Simon Dyson
33rd, 20th and 17th in 3 starts in 2012. Lost in first round here in 2010.

other Nike athletes to choose from :: none


Webb Simpson

recent finishes – 8th Phoenix, 38th Sony Open, 3rd TOC
First time here

Rory McIlroy
recent finishes – 5th Omega Dubai, 2nd Abu Dhabi, 11th Dubai World
17th the past two years.

Ben Crane
recent finishes – 2nd Phoenix, 8th Humana, 9th TOC
9th here past two years. Tough to get past Kuchar, Kaymer, Mahan, Stricker though.

Sergio Garcia
recent finishes –4th Northern Trust, 5th Qatar Masters, 12th Abu Dhabi
On fire. 4th here last year. Gotta get through Ogilvy, Rory and Schwartzel potentially.

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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Fantasy Four Recap :: Northern Trust Open

What a thrilling finish. 3 people had Bill Haas, 1 had Keegan and 24 had Phil. Gamechanger!

We added 2 new entries this week.

  • Entries :: 52 (down 7!)
  • Tournament Winner :: Bill Haas
  • Unique Golfers ::  36 (up 7!)
  • Most Popular Nike Pick :: Carl Pettersson (24 selections, T34)
  • Highest Nike Finish :: Kevin Chappell (0 selections, T24)
  • Most Popular Non-Nike Pick :: Phil Mickelson (24 selections, T2)
  • Average Points :: 8.73 (12.73 last week)

Another solo dinner this week.

Weekly Winner
NGN Alan :: Bill Haas (1), Phil Mickelson (2), Luke Donald (56) and Anthony Kim (DQ)
Alan jumps 16 in the overall standings to 12th place.
He also moves up 21 spots in the Month 2 standings to 3rd.

Overall Outlook
Mosher regains 1st place having Haas on his team.

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

PGATour.com Final Leaderboard >>

Below are the Month 2 and Overall standings;

 

 

 

 

If you see any mistakes, please let me know

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Fantasy Four :: Northern Trust Open


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.

Robert Allenby
Best finishes at this event – 4th in ’11, 27th in ’10, 17th in ’09, 7th in ’08, 3rd in ’07, 7th in ’05
Coming off the 22nd at Humana

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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