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[NJBigFish22]

15 minutes ago, touch said:

 

 

Should for any reason one of your starting 5 Picks WD on any day of competition during the tourney your Alternate becomes active on your team. The only catch is that your alternate has to be outside of the Top 5 or some number on the leaderboard. @NJBigFish22 will tell us what that exact position number is on the leaderboard that your alternate must be outside of as I have forgotten. 

 

 

 

 

This isn’t really an alternate question it’s more a substitute question.  You can use your alternate as a sub, but he would have to be outside of the Top 8 and would incur a points penalty (15 points).  If you use your alternate as a sub, you wouldn’t be able to choose a new alternate.  

[touch]

3 minutes ago, NJBigFish22 said:

This isn’t really an alternate question it’s more a substitute question.  You can use your alternate as a sub, but he would have to be outside of the Top 8 and would incur a points penalty (15 points).  If you use your alternate as a sub, you wouldn’t be able to choose a new alternate.  

 

Whoops. Thanks for the clarification Big Fish. 

[chisag]

... @aenemated With her golf swing and one of the best short games in golf, how is Nelly struggling so badly? Granted her putting can be streaky, especially inside 6 feet but OMG she should always be in the top 10 at least. How is she missing so many fairways? And Haha I never bet on a winner but put $5 on Thitikul to win at Evian and when Grace hit her 2nd shot into the hazard on 18 and Jeeno was just over the green in tow I was already counting my winnings. 🙄

[CasualLie]

1 hour ago, chisag said:

... I am kinda halfway between Touch and gut picks or Casual and more educated data based picks. But one thing is clear, I just can't trust Aberg. So I am dropping him and selecting Hovland. Basically between him and Morikawa and my gut tells me Hovland has more expertise in Open conditions. Yea, Moikawa won an Open but has also missed the cut 50% of the time.


Drop Aberg
Add Hovland

 

I would also factor in, Collin's win was at RSG in considerably better weather vs this week's conditions.

 

 

[CasualLie]

So Harris English's caddie is not allowed into N. Ireland, but Ryan Peake, former gangster/ violent criminal / prisoner, he gets to play?  Wow!

[Bob Cat]

25 minutes ago, CasualLie said:

So Harris English's caddie is not allowed into N. Ireland, but Ryan Peake, former gangster/ violent criminal / prisoner, he gets to play?  Wow!

 

Yeah, wow!  I had to look this up for myself:

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/45694839/harris-english-caddie-denied-visa-uk-ahead-open-championship

 

In a nutshell:

"Thirty years ago, Larson pleaded guilty to sending cocaine to friends in the Midwest. He spent 10 years and three months in prison and was released from a halfway house in June 2006."

[NJBigFish22]

Since I would need to win the Open 5 times by 5 People in 1 year to have a shot at winning this contest I might as well make my picks early.

 

Justin Rose

Russell Henley

Jon Rahm

Patrick Reed

Tyrell Hatton

 

Alt: Ryan Fox

[CasualLie]

3 minutes ago, NJBigFish22 said:

Since I would need to win the Open 5 times by 5 People in 1 year to have a shot at winning this contest I might as well make my picks early.

 

Justin Rose

Russell Henley

Jon Rahm

Patrick Reed

Tyrell Hatton

 

Alt: Ryan Fox

pretty good picks…loving Ryan Fox a lot more than Rose

[DLeightonReid]

Good afternoon!  My buddy and I traveled to Aurora, MO today to play a course called Honey Creek.  The front 9 was a little rough but the back 9 was much nicer.  With our KY3 Ozarks Golf Tour card it only cost us $20 for cart rental to play.  

 

 

[touch]

1 hour ago, CasualLie said:

So Harris English's caddie is not allowed into N. Ireland, but Ryan Peake, former gangster/ violent criminal / prisoner, he gets to play?  Wow!

 

48 minutes ago, Bob Cat said:

 

Yeah, wow!  I had to look this up for myself:

https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/45694839/harris-english-caddie-denied-visa-uk-ahead-open-championship

 

In a nutshell:

"Thirty years ago, Larson pleaded guilty to sending cocaine to friends in the Midwest. He spent 10 years and three months in prison and was released from a halfway house in June 2006."

 

 

Wow I didn't know. I think that might be a sign for me to dump the Georgia Bulldog and find another Pick. 

Thanks gentlemen for the news on English's caddie. 

 

 

[chisag]

... I have a feeling I'm gonna find aerated and heavily sanded greens today. $29 instead of the normal $39 with my Arcis membership. 🤔 No tee times booked for most of the afternoon but I need the practice and some outdoor exercise while temps are under 110* with a predicted high of 108* ain't too bad. 

[touch]

4 hours ago, Petethreeput said:

 some people see putts with speed ala Rickie Fowler and others see it dying in the hole like Schauffele who is one of the best lag putters.

 

 

 

 

I am both and I think it is possible to do both.

 

When I am on fast greens say 11.5 and up I get into the mindset of dying the putt in the hole. When playing fast greens I actually select a spot just outside of the cup's lip on my I intended line to stop the putt. Like a doormat on the edge of the cup you might say is my target and if I am on the putt just drops in the hole with it's final rotation or two.  Now on greens 11 or slower I take Rickie's approach and try to make my putts fall with decent speed. 

 

Having two different approach's to different green speeds works for me. 

 

 

[touch]

Pick change me.

 

Bye Bye Harris English because of your caddie off the bench situation and welcome to my team Hideki. 

 

 

Edited July 15 by touch

[touch]

 

 

DMM          McIntyre   Lowry           Rory           Rahm          Scheffler       alt-Min Woo

touch         Rahm        Rory              Lowry        Hideki          Xander           alt-Spieth

Casual       Rory         Rahm            Fleetwood  Hatton         Fitzpatrick    alt-Hovland 

BobCat      Rory         Fleetwood    Clarke        Harman       Fitzpatrick    alt- Xander

Mitchell    Rahm        Rory              Scottie       Fleetwood   Straka           alt- A. Scott

chisag       Scottie     Rahm             Rory           Xander         Hovland        alt - Morikawa

imk             Rory         Fitzpatrick     Aberg        A.Scott         Hatton          alt - Choi

DLR            Bryson     Scottie          Rory           McIntyre       Rahm            alt - A.Scott

DMan        Rory         Scottie          Bryson       Fleetwood     Aberg           alt- Lowry

Parker       JT             Rory             Koepka      Fleetwood     Hatton          alt- Xander

TLindy      Scottie     Rory              Rahm         Xander          Lowry           alt - Bryson

BigFish     Rose         Henley         Rahm         Reed              Hatton          alt- - R Fox  

 

 

Point Values

50 points if your player is the Champion

40 Points for a 2nd place finish

30 Points for a 3rd place finish

10 Points for a Top 10 finish

5 Points for making the cut

-3 Points for a Missed Cut

 

Standings 

283 Pts - TripleLindy

268 Pts - DLeightonReid

265 Pts - DMM

264 Pts - Mitchell

243 Pts - Chisag

220 Pts - Spounder

195 Pts - Touch

189 Pts - Casual Lie

152 Pts - imKirby

138 Pts - NJ Big Fish

109 Pts - Parker

95 Pts - DMan

91 Pts - Hickory

45 Pts - P3P

28 Pts - NCLancer

14 Pts - BobCat

[CasualLie]

Can’t believe you guys didn’t know the English caddie story!  Your welcome!

 

 Now watch him win…haha!

 

Kidding....

[touch]

What would Ditka do?

 

 

 

[aenemated]

4 hours ago, chisag said:

... @aenemated With her golf swing and one of the best short games in golf, how is Nelly struggling so badly? Granted her putting can be streaky, especially inside 6 feet but OMG she should always be in the top 10 at least. How is she missing so many fairways? And Haha I never bet on a winner but put $5 on Thitikul to win at Evian and when Grace hit her 2nd shot into the hazard on 18 and Jeeno was just over the green in tow I was already counting my winnings. 🙄

 

Great question!

 

Statistically, she's right around where she was last year. What seems to be going on is she keeps having ONE round that knocks her out of it. Like this past weekend ... ain't gonna win a major shooting 75 on Saturday. 

 

Was great seeing Jess back out there - sure hope she gets back to competing. 

[mshills]

1 hour ago, touch said:

What would Ditka do?

 

 

 

 

Who cares? He was a third rate coach at best. 😁

[touch]

9 minutes ago, mshills said:

 

Who cares? He was a third rate coach at best. 😁

 

And in my top 5 jag offs that I waited on during my Vegas years. So damn full of himself. 

[Mitchell]

3 hours ago, touch said:

Pick change me.

 

Bye Bye Harris English because of your caddie off the bench situation and welcome to my team Hideki. 

 

 

Do you need to set a pick change limit on yourself ? 🤔😂

[touch]

13 minutes ago, Mitchell said:

Do you need to set a pick change limit on yourself ? 🤔😂

 

 

 

 

 

Just trying to do what it takes to stay Middle of the Pack. 

 

I have 7 years of NFL Picks experience and 2 years of PGA Tour Picks and I've been in the bottom third in the standings for most all of it except for one NFL Playoffs Picks Contest I got hot. I don't need to win it but I like ending up the year not in the basement. 

 

 

[chisag]

1 hour ago, mshills said:

 

Who cares? He was a third rate coach at best. 😁

 

 

... Without buddy Ryan running his defense, he would have never even sniffed the playoffs. He was a great player but a terrible coach and as LP stated, not much of a human being either. I have said it before but with everything Walter Payton did for the Bears and Chicago, Ditka calling a handoff to William Perry in the Super Bowl was just inexcusable without Payton scoring a TD first. He certainly earned that honor. When confronted about it after the game Ditka got angry at reporters and said they should mind their own business. He later said he didn't realize Walter hadn't scored. The guy was/is absolutely clueless.   

Edited July 15 by chisag

[mshills]

51 minutes ago, touch said:

 

And in my top 5 jag offs that I waited on during my Vegas years. So damn full of himself. 

Yep. 
 

Great player. 
 

Not great coach. 
 

Pain in the butt faux tough-guy. 
 

[touch]

Lots of talk about putting and different green speeds today.

 

Wee Man with the assist! 

 

 

😆

 

 

 

 

[chisag]

... had to play the front twice as they started aerating the back. Playing alone it was a practice round with mixed results. But I had a friend join me on the 8th green. Took this picture from about 20 feet away walking slowly. But two steps closer for another picture caused him to fly at away. Just beautiful and a very big boy but I imagine the doves and rabbits have a different perspective.

[aenemated]

13 minutes ago, chisag said:

... had to play the front twice as they started aerating the back. Playing alone it was a practice round with mixed results. But I had a friend join me on the 8th green. Took this picture from about 20 feet away walking slowly. But two steps closer for another picture caused him to fly at away. Just beautiful and a very big boy but I imagine the doves and rabbits have a different perspective.

 

I met this fella during a scandalous weekend in Palm Springs!

 

 

Falconing is freakin cool. 

[touch]

17 minutes ago, chisag said:

... had to play the front twice as they started aerating the back. Playing alone it was a practice round with mixed results. But I had a friend join me on the 8th green. Took this picture from about 20 feet away walking slowly. But two steps closer for another picture caused him to fly at away. Just beautiful and a very big boy but I imagine the doves and rabbits have a different perspective.

 

Glad you got out there and got 18 in retired Windy City DJ.

Got to love seeing wild living creatures while playing. 🙂

[touch]

BFCC #8 

Par 4 400 yards (white tees) handicap 7 

in December, April, and last week. 

 

 

Edited July 15 by touch

[touch]

Playing my favorite tomorrow afternoon. I'm excited. 

High of 88* under partly cloudy skies with a 50% chance of being interrupted by a thunderstorm.

 

 

 

Edited July 15 by touch

[Double Mocha Man]

@touch @NJBigFish22 - At your leisure would you kindly swap out Min Woo Lee for Xander in the alternate spot. I promise I will make no more changes for the remainder of the season.