Nothing quite like picking the guy who is currently dead last in the entire field (Henrik Stenson). Really good for your score.
Exactly what you said--there may be some weeks (Dubai, etc.) where it's more fun to pick from the Euro grouping.What do you mean by "a better field"? There may be more star power in Europe some weeks, but the depth of field will almost always be better in the US, at least until the FedEx Cup is done. (The Euro season finale in Dubai might be an exception worth looking at.)
Yes, I suck at this.This week's contest has been created. Congrats to HoyaSoxa for finally getting on the board.
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You should be willing to take a shot with the EurosYes, I suck at this.
Not sure if it is a good sign that 4 of my guys were only picked by me, and the 2 other fall into the middle category.Breakdown for this week:
- Picked 4 times: McGirt, Scott
- Picked twice: Dufner, Haas, Jacobson, Kelly, Kisner, Kuchar, Lahiri, Palmer, Snedeker
- Picked once: Campbell, Castro, Finau, Grillo, Hoffman, Z. Johnson, Kizzire, Knost, Danny Lee, Leishman, Molder, Na, O'Hair, Oosthuizen, Piercy, Poulter, Reed, Schwartzel, Senden, Toms, Vegas, Weekley
It's good if you picked well.Not sure if it is a good sign that 4 of my guys were only picked by me, and the 2 other fall into the middle category.
Fun article to read, and pretty damn accurate. As a member of the 32 tournament 20 player draft league also running on here, I have come to appreciate so much more about the difficulties of making it on tour. I do pretty well in that league, but probably just luck. I find myself watching hole by hole play and knowing when a golfer like Castro is going to miss a 4-5' for birdie...just because thats what golfers like Castro do. One thing I have realized is just how big of a gap there is between the top 5 golfers and then the middle pack/grinders on tour. The middle pack or the grinders may find luck in a bottle and get a win or top 5 here or there, usually a low key tournament, but very few are able to keep consistency through 30 weeks of golf.By the by, here's a link (on my own writing website) to the magazine piece I wrote a few days ago about the DraftKings world to which you guys have introduced me:
http://dkilfara.jimdo.com/2016/05/31/daily-fantasy-spite/
Just in case you're interested.
Thats what it appears and I am not doing much better than him.Did one squad not pick any golfers?
I suspect this is largely because 26 golfers finished in double-digits under par, not because we're that much better - lower 72-hole scores means more points are being won by everyone.Sick week. I had over 500 points, which would have easily won every contest in the last month in our league, and finished a distant 3rd. Our league is getting tough.
Fair enough. I should have entered more contests. I know I probably would have placed in the double ups with 6/6 cuts made.I suspect this is largely because 26 golfers finished in double-digits under par, not because we're that much better - lower 72-hole scores means more points are being won by everyone.
EDIT: also, because it was a small field (120 golfers instead of 156) but the same Top 70 plus ties made the cut, fewer participants will have had golfers in their team win the cut, which again means more points for everyone.