Bait for Masters Game

Mr. GolfballFrom the 2005 Game:

We all get the list of the top ten ranked players at the tournament, and then pick the number of shots behind the winner that each of the “usual suspects” will wind up (with zero indicating your pick to win). Points are based on the difference between your pick, and the actual figure at the end of the final round. Winning player is the one with the fewest points (i.e. most accurate guesses). Players missing the cut are assigned 10 points…likewise, if you think a player will miss the cut, assign him a 10

Following are the top ten players in World Rankings according to ESPN as of Monday:

1 Tiger Woods
2 Vijay Singh
3 Retief Goosen
4 Phil Mickelson
5 Ernie Els
6 Sergio Garcia
7 Jim Furyk
8 David Toms
9 Luke Donald
10 Chris DiMarco

Post your picks as comments below; for BONUS, pick a player ranked 20 or lower in the world who will be in the final top ten.

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Results after the Link:

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Survivor Pool

I heard about an interesting variation on the radio this morning called a Survivor Pool.

What you do is pick a team to win on each day of play. If they win, you live to pick the next day. If they lose, you’re out. You can only pick a team one time, so beware of picking the high seeds too early.

Just for the hell of it, for openers, Thursday, I’ll take Marquette over Alabama.

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Hoops Hopes?

I haven’t been paying close enough attention to confidently predict the outcome of most of the NCAA tourny games, but I’m willing to take a stab at picking a final four group. Anybody interested in posting their final four teams — no wager, just for grins?

For scoring, I’m thinking that you would get a point for each game your final four team wins up to reaching the FF; i.e. each pick that ends up making it to the FF would be worth four points; sixteen possible points available. If one of your teams loses before the FF, you would still get the points from their wins (if they had any…)

Submit your picks as comments, and I’ll update this entry with the standings as we move “up the ladder.”

FF PICKS AFTER Final Game:

Marc: 14 points
Duke – UCLA – UConnVillanova

Dr. B: 8 points
BCDukeKansasUConn

Eric: 6 points
DukeGonzagaUNCOSU
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