2014 Masters Pool

Freddy Linn

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Rules:

1. Pick according to the below groupings.
2. Scoring is aggregate in relation to par.
3. Best 5 scores count, bottom 3 dropped.
4. If you don't have 5 of 8 make the cut, you are out. This isn't necessarily easy but should provide some mockery and shame.
5. Tiebreaker #1 - pick the winning score.
6. Tiebreaker #2 - average score for top 5 qualifiers on Sunday [you don't need to do anything here].
7. For fun, pick among these older Masters champions to perform the best and worst (Stadler, Mize, Woosnam, Lyle, Crenshaw, O'Meara).
 
Tier 1 (pick 2):
McIlroy
Scott
Mickelson
Day
 
Tier 2 (pick 2):
Garcia
Kuchar
Stenson
Rose
D. Johnson
B. Watson
Z. Johnson
Schwartzel
Bradley
Westwood
Snedeker
Speith
Dufner
 
Tier 3 (pick 3):
Donald
Fowler
Mahan
Cabrera
Oosthuizen
McDowell
Poulter
Walker
Woodland
English
Reed
Simpson
Haas
Stricker
Furyk
Matsuyama
DeLaet
Moore
Leishman
Couples
Dubuisson
Every
Watney
Choi
Els
Donaldson
Henley
 
Tier 4 (pick 1):
Olesen
Kaymer
Hanson
Manassero
Molinari
Immelman
Horschel
Senden
Jones
Grace
Fernandez-Castano
Luiten
Jimenez
Jaidee
Blixt
Bjorn
Kirk
Gallacher
Clark
Lynn
Streelman
De Jonge
Stallings
Cink
Points
Singh
K. Stadler
Yang
Huh
Bae
Castro
Weekley
Clarke
Duke
Glover
Langer
Bowditch
Olazabal
Niebrugge
Ernst
Weir
Lee
Porteous
Goss
Fitzpatrick
T. Watson
O'Meara
McCoy
Crenshaw
Mize
Stadler
Lyle
Woosnam
 
Again, pick your 8 guys, pick a winning score, pick the best and worst old guys from the short list.
 
Picks need to be in before the first guy puts a peg in the ground.  Happy to change the tiers/format should anyone have any issues.  Congrats to CSteinhardt who smoked the field last year. 
 

mabrowndog

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Dec 23, 2003
39,676
Falmouth, MA
Tier 1 - Day, Mickelson
Tier 2 - Kuchar, Bradley
Tier 3 - Poulter, Cabrera, Mahan
Tier 4 - Jimenez
 
Winning Score: -12
 
Best Geezer: O'Meara
Worst Geezer: Lyle
 
 
EDIT - Thanks, John
 

johnmd20

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mabrowndog said:
Tier 1 - Day
Tier 2 - Kuchar, Bradley
Tier 3 - Poulter, Cabrera, Mahan
Tier 4 - Jimenez
 
Winning Score: -12
 
Best Geezer: O'Meara
Worst Geezer: Lyle
 
Pick 2 from group 1.
 

mascho

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Nov 30, 2007
14,952
Silver Spring, Maryland
Tier 1 - Scott, Day
Tier 2 - Kuchar, Snedeker
Tier 3 - Donald, Poulter, McDowell
Tier 4 - Olazabal

Winning Score -9

Best Geezer - O'Meara
Worst Geezer - Walrus
 

johnmd20

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Dec 30, 2003
61,996
New York City
My picks:
 
Tier 1: McIlroy, Mickelson
Tier 2: Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson
Tier 3: Fowler, Donald, Woodland
Tier 4: Hanson
 
Winning score: -7
 
O'Meara best old guy.
Mize worst.
 

Deathofthebambino

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Apr 12, 2005
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Day, Mickelson (it says pick 2, is that correct?)
Garcia, Z. Johnson
McDowell, J. Walker, Reed
Senden
 
Winning Score -9
 
Best old guy:  O'Meara
Worst:  Lyle
 

bostonbeerbelly

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Apr 26, 2008
2,224
San Fran
Tier 1 - McIlroy, Day
Tier 2 - Kuchar, Bradley
Tier 3 - Walker, Poulter, McDowell
Tier 4 - Fernandez-Castano

Winning Score -13

Best Oldie - O'Meara
Worst - Mize
 

TFP

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Dec 10, 2007
20,380
Tier 1: McIlroy, Day
Tier 2: Snedeker, Bradley
Tier 3: Stricker, Matsuyama, Reed
Tier 4: Manassero
 
Best Old Guy: O'Meara
Worst Old Guy: Mize

Winning score: -10
 

SouthernBoSox

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Jul 23, 2005
12,084
1: Mcllory, Mickelson
2: Bubba, Dustin Johnson
3: Mahan, Reed, McDowell
4: Molinari

Winning score: -11

Best: O' Meara
Worst: Lyle
 

Deathofthebambino

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Apr 12, 2005
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Flawless, I don't think Langer qualifies as one of the old guys to pick from.  If he does, then he's my pick to be the best too.
 

Deathofthebambino

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Read the first post "Pick among these older former Master Champions to perform the best or worst (Lyle, Mize, Stadler, Woosnam, Crenshaw, O'Meara)."  I've looked about 5 times now and I still don't see Langer listed there.  I've also gone through everyone's picks a couple of times and nobody picked him but you.  Are we reading the same thread?
 

Soxy

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Dec 1, 2008
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Tier 1 - McIlroy, Scott
Tier 2 - B. Watson, Snedeker
Tier 3 - Poulter, Furyk, Oosthuizen
Tier 4 - Senden
 
Best fogie - Lyle
Worst fogie - Woosnam
 
Winning score: -10
 

Dollar

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May 5, 2006
11,087
Tier 1 - Scott, Mickelson
Tier 2 - Stenson, Snedeker
Tier 3 - Donald, Cabrera, Poulter
Tier 4 - Streelman

Winning Score -11

Best Geezer - O'Meara
Worst Geezer - Crenshaw
 

Dogman

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Mar 19, 2004
15,181
Missoula, MT
Tier 1: Day, Rory
Tier 2: D. Johnson, Bubba Watson
Tier 3: English, Couples, DeLaet
Tier 4: Jiminez
 
Winner: -13
 
Best: O'Meara
Worst: Woosnam
 

Lupe Whalewatch

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Aug 1, 2006
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Worlds End
Tier 1: Day, McIlroy
Tier 2: Garcia, Watson
Tier 3: Fowler, McDowell, Stricker
Tier 4: Manassero
 
Score -16
 
Best old: Stadler
Worst old: Crenshaw
 

PaulinMyrBch

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Dec 10, 2003
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MYRTLE BEACH!!!!
1: Phil, Rory
2. Bubba, Dustin
3. Cabrera, Watney, Poulter
4. Molinari 
 
Good Geezer: O'Meara
Bad Geezer: Lyle
 
Score: -8
 

Dgilpin

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Sep 19, 2006
3,774
PA
Tier 1
Scott
Day
 
Tier 2
D. Johnson
Speith

Tier 3
Donald
Cabrera
Poulter

Tier 4
Jimenez
 
Winning score - 14
 
Best Old: O'Meara
Worst Old: Crenshaw
 

gtg807y

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Dec 31, 2006
3,162
Atlanta, GA
Tier 1 (pick 2):
Scott
Day
 
Tier 2 (pick 2):
Kuchar
Rose
Snedeker
 
Tier 3 (pick 3):
McDowell
Poulter
Every
 
Tier 4 (pick 1):
Blixt
 
Best old guy: O'Meara
Worst old guy: Mize
 
Winning score: -12
 
Edit: forgot to remove Sneds. Welp. 
 

Zomp

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The Slums of Shaolin
Freddy Linn said:
 
 
Tier 1 (pick 2):
McIlroy
Day
 
Tier 2 (pick 2):
Garcia
D. Johnson
 
 
Tier 3 (pick 3):
Oosthuizen
Walker
Woodland
 
 
Tier 4 (pick 1):
 
Molinari
 
 
Winning Score:  -8
 
Best Old Guy: O'Meara
Worst Old Guy: Lyle
 

Zomp

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The Slums of Shaolin
Leon Trotsky said:
1: Day, McIlroy
2: Bradley, Kuchar, B. Watson
3: Walker, Matsuyama, Reed
4: Castro
 
best: O'Meara
worst: Mize
 
winning score: -10
 
This must be how you're doing so well in the money league...picking one more guy than everyone else.
 

Average Reds

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Sep 24, 2007
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Southwestern CT
My picks:
 
Tier 1 (pick 2):
 
McIlroy
Scott
 
Tier 2 (pick 2):
 
Bubba
Rose
 
Tier 3 (pick 3):
 
Donald
Reed
Haas
 
Tier 4 (pick 1:)
 
Immelman
 
 
Winning score:  -11
 
Old Guys:
 
Best:  O'Meara
Worst:  Woosnam
 

BigMike

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Sep 26, 2000
23,244
Tier 1
Rory McIlroy
Adam Scott
 
Tier 2
Keegan Bradley
Duff Daddy Dufner
 
Tier 3
Patrick Reed
Ian Poulter
Jay Haas
 
Tier 4
Thongchai Jaidee
 
Winning score  -8
 
Best Old guy  Mark O'Meara
Worst old guy  Craig Stadler    (betting on a DNF)
 

AirborneSas

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Jul 15, 2005
345
North Carolina
Tier 1
Mickelson
Scott
 
Tier 2
Spieth
Schwartzel
 
Tier 3
Reed
Els
Cabrera
 
Tier 4
Grace
 
Winning score  -8
 
Best old guy  O'Meara
Worst old guy  Lyle
 

steveluck7

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May 10, 2007
3,994
Burrillville, RI
Tier 1
Day
Scott
 
Tier 2
Speith
Snedeker
 
Tier 3
Reed
Watney
Mahan
 
Tier 4
Streelman
 
Winning score: -9
 
Best geezer: Woosnam
Worst geezer: Stadler
 

DJnVa

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Dec 16, 2010
53,850
Tier 1:
 
Mickelson
Day
 
Tier 2:
 
B. Watson
Bradley
 
Tier 3:
 
Furyk
Stricker
Choi
 
Tier 4:
 
Huh
 
Winning score: -10
 
Best old dude: Mize
Worst old dude: Stadler
 

THE Stolen Base

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Jul 19, 2005
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FL
Tier 1 (pick 2):
McIlroy
Scott
 
Tier 2 (pick 2):
Kuchar
B. Watson
 
Tier 3 (pick 3):
Fowler
Walker
English
 
Tier 4 (pick 1):
Stallings
 
Winning Score: -9
 
Best old guy: Woosnam
Worst: Crenshaw
 

inJacobyWeTrust

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Nov 12, 2007
1,245
Watertown
Tier 1:
Adam Scott
Jason Day
 
Tier 2:
Justin Rose
Jason Dufner
 
Tier 3:
Luke Donald
Angel Cabrera
Nick Watney
 
Tier 4:
Miguel Angel Jimenez
 
Winning score -8
Best old dude: Mark O'Meara
Worst old dude: Craig Stadler
 

WayBackVazquez

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Aug 23, 2006
8,294
Los Angeles
Tier 1 (pick 1)
McIlroy

Mickelson
 
Tier 2 (pick 2):
Garcia
Kuchar
 
Tier 3 (pick 3):
Mahan
Poulter
Reed
 
Tier 4 (pick 1):
Kirk
 
Winning Score:
281
 
Best OG: O'Meara
Worst OG: Woosnam
 

cshea

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Nov 15, 2006
36,047
306, row 14
Tier 1: Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson
Tier 2: Keegan Bradley, Sergio Garcia,
Tier 3: Angel Cabrera, Graeme McDowell. Ian Poulter
Tier 4: Francesco Molinari

Winning score: -14

Best old guy: O'Meara
Worst old guy: Lyle
 

4 6 3 DP

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Oct 24, 2001
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1. Adam Scott, Jason Day
2. Sergio Garcia, Bubba Watson
3. Luke Donald, Hunter Mahan, Patrick Reed
4. Chris Kirk
 
1. -10
Best - O'Meara
Worst - Woosnam
 
Dec 10, 2012
6,943
1. Lefty and Rory
2. Westwood and Rose
3. Couples, Choi, and Poulter
4. Olajabal
 
Score: 7 under par
 
best old guy: Couples
worst old guy: Lyle
 

mgoblue2

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Sep 6, 2010
652
McIlroy, Day
Kuchar, Speith
Couples, Els, English
Fernandez-Castano
 
-8
Best: O'Meara, Worst: Mize