THE SJ.COM ALAN CUMMING CLASSIC: THE 2007 MEN'S BRITISH OPEN POOL

Yes, it's time for The Open Championship Pool, but this time I'm doing things a little different. The format will stay close to what we did with the U.S. Open pool (hopefully, though, more people will make the cut). The major change is that there's now an educational aspect to the pool. Yes class, it's time to learn about Carnoustie, Scotland.

Upon endless nights of research on Wikipedia, I concluded that Carnoustie has the following: golf, haggis and sheep. There's not a lot I can teach you about those things, but then I came across this pearl of knowledge.

So, blessed with that new knowledge, I decided to use the pool to honor Carnoustie's most famous bisexual b-list actor alum. Each of the pools of golfers will be named in honor of Alan Cumming movies or TV shows. Enjoy!

Here's a quick rundown of the rules:
1. Each team must pick one player from each of the four pools and two wild-card selections to create a team of six players. No more than two players can come from the X2 Pool (Pool A).
2. Scoring: Each round, a team's score will comprise of the scores of its four lowest golfers. At the end of four rounds, the team will the lowest four round total wins. No playoff scores will be counted.
3. If any team loses more than two of its players for any reason (cut, DQ, injury, WD), it is disqualified.
4. Teams must be submitted no later than 1:30 a.m. ET Thursday, July 19.
5. If a player withdraws from competition prior to the start of The Open, that team may replace said player only prior to the tournament's start.
6. Tiebreaker: This time around, I want you to post what you think your team's score will be for the four rounds. In case of a tie, the player closest to his/her predicted score wins. FYI, par at Carnoustie is 71, so par for the pool will be 1136.

Pools will be announced momentarily.

 

Here are the pools of golfers:

X2 Pool (Pool A): Tiger Woods, Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Hideto Tanihara, Sergio Garcia, Angel Cabrera, Carl Pettersson, Andres Romero, Adam Scott, Todd Hamilton, Ben Curtis, Paul Lawrie, Mark O'Meara, Justin Leonard, Tom Lehman, John Daly, Nick Faldo, Mark Calcavecchia, Sandy Lyle.

GoldenEye Pool (Pool B): Stuart Appleby, Retief Goosen, Rory Sabbatini, David Toms, Stewart Cink, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald, Joe Durant, Robert Karlsson, Geoff Ogilvy, Mike Weir, Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, Scott Verplank, John Rollins, Niclas Fasth, Anders Hansen, Padraig Harrington, Ian Poulter, Charles Howell III, Davis Love III, Arron Oberholser, Jose Maria Olazabal, Richard Stern, Henrik Stenson, Vaughn Taylor, Lee Westwood, Justin Rose, Trevor Immelman, Stephen Ames, Zach Johnson, Colin Montgomerie, Chad Campbell, K.J. Choi, Brett Wetterich, David Howell, Nick O'Hern, Rod Pampling, Charl Schwartzel, Vijay Singh, x-Richard Green.

God, The Devil and Bob Pool (Pool C): Johan Edfors, John Bickerton, Paul Broadhurst, Paul Casey, Thomas Bjorn, Anthony Wall, Jeev Milkha Singh, Raphael Jacquelin, Markus Brier, Yong-Eun Yang, Bradley Dredge, Graeme Storm, Pelle Edberg, Scottish Open qualifier TBD, Shaun Micheel, Rich Beem, Brett Quigley, Nick Watney, Boo Weekley, Hunter Mahan, Pat Perez, John Deere qualifier TBD, Paul McGinley, Darren Clarke, J.J. Henry, Kevin Stadler, Paul Sheehan, Shingo Katayama, Toru Taniguchi, Dong-Hwan Lee, Toshinori Muto, Achi Sato, Seung-Ho Lee, Tomohiro Kondo, Toshimitsu Izawa, Loren Roberts.

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Pool (Pool D): a-Drew Weaver, a-Richie Ramsay, a-Rory McIlroy, Terry Pilkadris, Adilson Da Silva, Doug McGuigan, Desvonde Botes, Scott Laycock, Ewan Porter, Peter Fowler, Ben Bunny, Chih-Bing Lam, Adam Groom, David Gleeson, Ross Bain, Won Joon Lee, Michael Putnam, John Senden, Ryan Moore, Charley Hoffman, Matt Kuchar, Anders Hultman, Brian Davis, Jerry Kelly, Sean O'Hair, Duffy Waldorf, Mark Hensby, Spencer Levin, Graeme McDowell, Peter Hanson, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Nick Dougherty, Ross Fisher, Alastair Forsyth, Gregory Bourdy, Oliver Wilson, Benn Barham, Fredrik Andersson, Mattias Eliasson, Francesco Molinari, David Frost, Mark Foster, Jose-Filipe Lima, Peter Baker, Jon Bevan, Scott Drummond, David Higgins, a-Paul Waring, a-Llewellyn Matthews, a-David Coupland, Justin Kehoe, David Shacklady, Matthew Zions, Kevin Harper, Steven Alker, Steve Parry.

The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas Wild Card: Any remaining player from the four pools

Spiceworld Wildcard: Any remaining player in Pools B, C or D.

 

Here's my team:

X2: Tiger Woods
GoldenEye: Robert Karlsson
God, The Devil and Bob: Thomas Bjorn
Spy Kids 3-D: Graeme McDowell
Flintstones: Adam Scott
Spiceworld: Aaron Baddeley

Tiebreaker: 1165

 

Team Car Ramrod
X2: Eldrick
GoldenEye: Retief Goosen
God, The Devil and Bob: Darren Clarke
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over: Miguel Angel Jimenez
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas: Adam Scott
Spiceworld: Colin Montgomerie

Final Score: 1,122

 

Bisexual? You think he ever goes for women?

Anyhoo, the Jolly Good Shows:
X2: Ernie Els
GoldenEye: Retief Goosen
God, The Devil and Bob: Hunter Mahan
Spy Kids 3-D: Scott Laycock (just because)
Flintstones: Rod Pampling
Spiceworld: Rory Sabbatini
Score: 1150

 

Team: Humpin' Unicorns

X2: Tiger
Goldeneye: Goosen
God, Devil, Bob: Thomas Bjorn
Spy Kids 3D: Mark Hensby
Flintstones: Carl Pettersson
Spiceworld: K.J. Choi

Score: 1147

 

Team: Tea and Strumpets

X2: Tiger Woods
GoldenEye: Retief Goosen
God, The Devil and Bob Pool: Brett Quigley
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Pool: Nick Dougherty
The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas Wild Card: Ernie Els
Spiceworld Wildcard: Luke Donald

Score: 1,166

 

Team: I just don't give a fuck anymore

X2: Tiger Woods
GoldenEye: Geoff Ogilvy
God, The Devil and Bob: Rich Beem
Spy Kids 3-D: Sean O'hair
Flintstones: Jim Furyk
Spiceworld: Stuart Appleby

Score: 1134

 

I have no idea what this is about, but compliments to Freelance Hack for using 'cumming' in a completely legitimate context.

 

He supposedly claims he's bi, and his bio says he was married once.

 

Well, so was Elton John.

 

Team Texas Wedges
Tiger Woods
Jim Furyk
Vijay Singh
Chad Campbell
Brett Quigley
Sean O'Hair
Final score: 1,101