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SJ.COM 2006 British Open pool

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Freelance Hack, Jul 17, 2006.

  1. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    That's right people. Freelance had a little extra time on his hands over the weekend, so I decided to create the pool a little early.

    Similar format as before. There are four pools of players. Pick one in each pool, and pick two alternates (for the alts -- only one can be picked from the Top US players pool).

    Winner will be determined by lowest team score through the four rounds. Rank your players from 1-4 for the tiebreaker (I'll copy and paste US Open tiebreaker format). If any of your players gets cut, is DQ or WDs, then your alternate takes over. If it's a cut, the alt starts the third round. If it's a DQ or WD, the alt starts from the beginning of that round.

    If you do not have four players complete the tournament, your team is disqualified.

    Any questions, post here.

    EDIT -- team submissions are due by Thursday 1 am ET (that's Wednesday night 10 pm for those on the West Coast, 7 pm Hawaiian).
     
  2. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    PLAYER POOLS

    Pick one (1) from each pool.

    Alternates -- You may also pick any two golfers to serve as alternates. HOWEVER, only one (1) may come from the Top US Players pool

    Top US Players pool (Top 15 players in the field based on Ryder Cup standings)

    Tiger Woods
    Phil Mickelson
    Jim Furyk
    Chad Campbell
    J.J. Henry
    Zach Johnson
    Brett Wetterich
    Vaughn Taylor
    Lucas Glover
    Davis Love III
    Fred Couples
    Tim Herron
    Tom Pernice
    Arron Oberholser
    Stewart Cink

    Top 15 European players (based on European Ryder Cup points for European events)

    Colin Montgomerie
    David Howell
    Henrik Stenson
    Paul Casey
    Padraig Harrington
    Paul McGinley
    Jose Maria Olazabal
    Sergio Garcia
    Paul Broadhurst
    Johan Edfors
    John Bickerton
    Kenneth Ferrie
    Thomas Bjorn
    Robert Karlsson
    Luke Donald

    Remaining North and South American players

    Stephen Ames
    Billy Andrade
    Rich Beem
    Bart Bryant
    Angel Cabrera
    Mark Calcavecchia
    Ben Crane
    Ben Curtis
    John Daly
    Chris DiMarco
    David Duval
    Fred Funk
    Todd Hamilton
    J.B. Holmes
    Brandt Jobe
    Jerry Kelly
    Tom Lehman
    Jeff Maggert
    Hunter Mahan
    Shaun Micheel
    Sean O'Hair
    Mark O'Meara
    Kenny Perry
    Ted Purdy
    Brett Quigley
    Marco Ruiz
    Jeff Sluman
    Bo Van Pelt
    Bruce Vaughn
    Scott Verplank
    Tom Watson
    Mike Weir

    Remaining European/Asian/African/Aussie/NZ players

    Warren Abery
    Thomas Aiken
    Robert Allenby
    Stuart Appleby
    Aaron Baddeley
    Severiano Ballesteros
    John Bevan
    Warren Bladon
    Adam Bland
    Markus Brier
    Ben Bunny
    Michael Campbell
    K.J. Choi
    Tim Clark
    Darren Clarke
    Gary Day
    Denny Denison
    Stephen Dodd
    Jamie Donaldson
    Nick Dougherty
    Bradley Dredge
    Scott Drummond
    Simon Dyson
    Steve Elkington
    Ernie Els
    Nick Faldo
    Niclas Fasth
    Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
    Marcus Fraser
    Adam Frayne
    Keiichiro Fukabori
    Mathew Goggin
    Retief Goosen
    Richard Green
    Julien Guerrier
    Peter Hedblom
    Mark Hensby
    S.K. Ho
    Bradley Hughes
    Tatsuhiko Ichihara
    Mikko Ilonen
    Yasuharu Imano
    Trevor Immelman
    Miguel Angel Jimenez
    Shiv Kapur
    Shingo Katayama
    Soren Kjeldsen
    Barry Lane
    Bernhard Langer
    Paul Lawrie
    Sam Little
    Gary Lockerbie
    Peter Lonard
    Nick Ludwell
    Jarrod Lyle
    Sandy Lyle
    Andrew Marshall
    Graeme McDowell
    Edoardo Molinari
    Toshinori Muto
    Geoff Ogilvy
    Nick O'Hern
    Louis Oosthuizen
    Greg Owen
    Rodney Pampling
    Unho Park
    Darren Parris
    Jim Payne
    Wayne Perske
    Carl Pettersson
    Mark Pilkington
    Ian Poulter
    Phillip Price
    Robert Rock
    Carlos Rodiles
    Brett Rumford
    Rory Sabbatini
    Charl Schwartzel
    Adam Scott
    John Senden
    Vijay Singh
    Lee Slattery
    David Smail
    Richard Sterne
    Hideto Tanihara
    Marius Thorp
    Simon Wakefield
    Anthony Wall
    Ross Wellington
    Lee Westwood
    Thaworn Wiratchant
    Michael Wright
     
  3. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Team Name: The Ben Bunny Treatment

    1. Colin Montgomerie
    2. Vijay Singh
    3. Jim Furyk
    4. Stephen Ames

    Alt 1. Tiger Woods
    Alt 2. Thomas Bjorn
     
  4. Freelance Hack

    Freelance Hack Active Member

    Tiebreakers

    If in the event of a tie for first place, ties will be broken accordingly

    A. Any team needing an alternate is eliminated (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to B)
    B. Highest finish among player on team (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to C)
    C. Golfer ranked No. 1 by teams (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to D)
    D. No. 2 golfer (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to E)
    E. No. 3 golfer (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to F)
    F. No. 4 golfer (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to G)
    G. A Alternate (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to H)
    H. B Alternate (if there are still teams tied, those teams move to I)
    I. Total number of posts on SportsJournalists.com
     
  5. PopeDirkBenedict

    PopeDirkBenedict Active Member

    Team: The Tony Blair Witch Project

    Group 1: Tigah Woods
    Group 2: Monty
    Group 3: Mike Weir
    Group 4: Vijay Singh
    Alt 1: Phat Phil
    Alt 2: Sergio
     
  6. friend of the friendless

    friend of the friendless Active Member

    Sirs, Madames,

    Four Tables for One

    1. Furyk
    2. Harrington
    3. Ben Curtis
    4. Darren Clarke

    Waiting list (Tables for One)

    Alt 1 Immelman
    Alt 2 Tim Clark

    YHS, etc
     
  7. Knighthawk

    Knighthawk Member

    Team: Buick Open Superstars

    Group 1: Tiger Woods
    Group 2: Padraig Harrington
    Group 3: Kenny Perry
    Group 4: Vijay Singh

    Alt 1: Jim Furyk
    Alt 2: John Daly

    The idea was to pick a team of 6 Buick Open champs, since I've covered it every year since 1997. Unfortunately, that's not possible under the rules - no one from Group 2 has ever won (or finished second), and Vijay and Perry are the only winners outside Group 1, thanks to Justin Leonard's withdrawal. So I'll go with Paddy, who at least had a nice run in the tournament once, and Big John, who had an epic duel with Vijay and Tiger in 2004.
     
  8. Just_An_SID

    Just_An_SID Well-Known Member

    Team Snakes On A Plane

    1.  Tiger
    2.  Sergio Garcia
    3.  David Duval (God help us)
    4.  Retief Goosen
     
  9. ServeItUp

    ServeItUp Active Member

    John Cocktosten

    1. Chad Campbell
    2. Sergio Garcia
    3. Hunter Mahan
    4. Darren Clarke
    Alt. 1. Jeff (to err is) Sluman)
    Alt. 2. Niclas Fasth

    Let the games begin...
     
  10. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    Team Winged Foot is My Bitch:

    1. Tiger Woods
    2. David Howell
    3. Ben Curtis
    4. Retief Goosen
    A-Padraig Harrington
    A-Trevor Immelman
     
  11. SCEditor

    SCEditor Active Member

    "This Team Will Lose -- Guaranteed"

    1. Phil Mickelson
    2. Vijay Singh
    3. Paul Casey
    4. Chris DiMarco

    Alternates
    1. Colin Montgomerie
    2. Tiger Woods
     
  12. Blitz

    Blitz Active Member

    1. 'Monty' Montgomerie
    2. Ben Curtis
    3. Stewart Cink
    4. Tiger Woods

    Alt: Darren Clarke
    Alt: Padraig Harrington

    Monty wins it !
     
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