SJ.COM 2006 British Open pool

[Freelance Hack]

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).

 

[Freelance Hack]

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

 

[Freelance Hack]

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

 

[Freelance Hack]

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

 

[PopeDirkBenedict]

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

 

[friend of the friendless]

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

 

[Knighthawk]

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.

 

[Just_An_SID]

Team Snakes On A Plane

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

 

[ServeItUp]

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...

 

[Cosmo]

Team Winged Foot is My *****:

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

 

[SCEditor]

"This Team Will Lose -- Guaranteed"

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

Alternates
1. Colin Montgomerie
2. Tiger Woods

 

[Blitz]

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

Alt: Darren Clarke
Alt: Padraig Harrington

Monty wins it !

 

[micropolitan guy]

Phil's Continental Loungers are in again.

1. Phil Mickelson
2. Luke Donald
3. Chris DiMarco4.
4. Geoff Ogilvy

Alt. 1: Tiger Woods
Alt. 2. J-M Olazebel

 

[Del_B_Vista]

Team Name: I Think Liverpudlians Are Cool

1. Tiger Woods
2. Padraig Harrington
3. Ben Curtis
4. Vijay Singh
A. Phil Mickelson
A. Thomas Bjorn

 

[Cosmo]

I really think Monty is going to miss the cut -- by at least five strokes.

 

[Columbo]

Tiger Woods, Colin Montgomerie, John Daly, Darren Clarke

Alt:
Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh

 

[Fly]

Defenders ;D

1- David Howell
2-Adam Scott
3- Jim Furyk
4- Ted Purdy

Alternate 1: Knee Shooters Mickelson
Alternate 2: Vee Jay Sing

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

TEAM: Jake and Murphy's Long Walk Spoiled

1. Tiger Woods
2. Trevor Immelman
3. Padraig Harrington
4. Angel Cabrera

Alternate 1. Phil Mickelson
Alternate 2. Thomas Bjorn

 

[KP]

Team: Nordiques
1. Padraig Harrington
2. Vijay Singh
3. Jim Furyk
4. Billy Andrade

Alt. 1 Tiger Woods
Alt. 2 Colin Montgomerie

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

1. Rich Beem (because why the hell not)
2. Phil Mickelson
3. Vijay Singh