Brain's Ultimate PGA Championship Contest

[Ex-parrot]

The rules are simple.

1. In the table below I have assigned players a value ranging from 1 to 5 points.
2. Assemble a foursome with a maximum value of 11 points.
3. Your score will be the 72 hole "best ball" score for your foursome on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If you lose a player (or two or three) to the cut - too bad. Go cry in your oatmeal, but don't whine to me.
4. Entries must be PMed to me by 5 pm EDT Wed Aug 14.
5. If we do not have at least 8 entries, contest will be cancelled.
6. Limit of one entry per ID.
7. Teams with a value of less than 11 points will be awarded a "handicap" of: 2 * (11 - team value) for their 4 day score (not per day).
8. Any eligible player not found on the table below may be used at a value of 1 point.
9. Foursomes will be published on Thursday, August 15 and held up for ridicule.
10. At the end of the contest, a minimum of daily scores and total score will be posted, though I reserve the right to post hole by hole scores.

At this point the field has not been finalized. Players marked with an asterisk (*) were not in the field as of 7/10. You may check here for field updates.

------------------------------   5  Points   ------------------------------
Els, Ernie               Garcia, Sergio           Goosen, Retief           
Mickelson, Phil          Woods, Tiger             


------------------------------   4  Points   ------------------------------
Cabrera, Angel           Campbell, Michael        Clarke, Darren           
Dimarco, Chris           Duval, David             Estes, Bob               
Furyk, Jim               Harrington, Padraig      Love III, Davis          
Montgomerie, Colin       Perry, Kenny*            Price, Nick              
Singh, Vijay             Toms, David              Verplank, Scott          


------------------------------   3  Points   ------------------------------
Allenby, Robert          Appleby, Stuart*         Bjorn, Thomas            
Cook, John               Fasth, Niclas            Faxon, Brad*             
Hoch, Scott              Izawa, Toshi*            Kelly, Jerry             
Langer, Bernhard         Lehman, Tom*             Leonard, Justin          
Maruyama, Shigeki        Mattiace, Len            McCarron, Scott*         
Mediate, Rocco           Olazabal, Jose Maria     Romero, Eduardo          
Rose, Justin             Weir, Mike               


------------------------------   2  Points   ------------------------------
Andrade, Billy           Azinger, Paul            Calcavecchia, Mark       
Choi, K.J.               Cink, Stewart            Clark, Tim*              
Coceres, Jose            Daly, John               Elkington, Steve         
Faldo, Nick              Hansen, Anders           Hansen, Soren*           
Hart, Dudley*            Howell III, Charles*     Katayama, Shingo         
Kuchar, Matt             Lawrie, Paul             Levet, Thomas*           
Lickliter II, Frank*     Lonard, Peter            Lowery, Steve            
Mayfair, Billy*          McGinley, Paul           O'Malley, Peter          
Parnevik, Jesper         Roberts, Loren*          Sabbatini, Rory*         
Scott, Adam              Sluman, Jeff             Smith, Chris             
Stricker, Steve*         Sutherland, Kevin        Taniguchi, Toru          
Triplett, Kirk           Wilson, Dean             


------------------------------   1  Point   ------------------------------
Beckman, Cameron         Brooks, Mark             Edwards, Joel            
Flesch, Steve            Fulke, Pierre            Gogel, Matt              
Grady, Wayne             Izawa, Toshimitsu        Janzen, Lee              
Leggatt, Ian             Nelson, Larry            Norman, Greg             
O'Meara, Mark            Parry, Craig             Perks, Craig             
Pettersson, Carl         Price, Phillip           Strange, Curtis          
Sutton, Hal              Tway, Bob                Westwood, Lee            
Woosnam, Ian             Zoeller, Fuzzy           Any Other Entrant   


--------------------------   Club Pros (1 point)  -------------------------
Berry, Don               Blair III, James         Defrancesco, Wayne       
Dolby, Tom               Evans, Barry             Farren, Sean             
Fleming, Tim             Gilmore, Mike            Harston, Buddy           
Hartmann, Rick           Klinchock, Joe           Labritz, Rob             
Lankford, Jeffrey        Mahlberg, Barry          Morin, Alan              
Porter, Bill             Schneiter, Steve         Stauffer, Kent           
Stevens, Craig           Tentis, Dave             Thelen, Tim              
Thompson, Kim            Thompson, Robert         Weinhart, Tim            
Zabriski, Bruce

[Masters Debater]

I'll take a break this time, unless there is considerable demand for my game instead of this one.
Brain, your rankings are based on what? I don't want to have to find the sandbagger in the bunch. Just a quick 'splanation, please.

[Brad Spirrison]

I for one question putting Tiger Woods on the same level as all of those other guys. He should be worth at least 7 points on your scale.

[Ex-parrot]

Originally Posted by Masters Debater

I'll take a break this time, unless there is considerable demand for my game instead of this one.
Brain, your rankings are based on what? I don't want to have to find the sandbagger in the bunch. Just a quick 'splanation, please.

From world golf rankings

Nos. 1- 5 are 5 points each
6-20 are 4 points each
21-40 are 3 points each
41-75 are 2 points each
everyone else 1 point

Club pros are provided as an fyi, I was going to make everyone take one.

I will not be playing, only acting as scorekeeper.

[Collard Greene]

Can I get Joe Horn for 1 point?

[Ex-parrot]

Joe Horn, aka Kenny Perry, is available for 4 points.

[Ex-parrot]

Joe Horn did not qualify for the PGA.

Any takers this week? Entries by Wednesday.

[MathGuy]

Yes Brain, but if they called them "Sad Meals", then kids wouldn't buy them.

Yes Brain, but where are we going to get a pair of rubber pants that big?

[fallout]

So if you lose two players, your best ball score comes from the two remaining?

[Ex-parrot]

Originally Posted by fallout

So if you lose two players, your best ball score comes from the two remaining?

Of course.

This game is based on a game done by ESPN for the other majors. Needless to say, they have more time and staff to build reasonable values for the players.

I have seen a four-player team score a best-ball bogey, and I have seen a two-player team play 18 holes bogey free. I think we'd all agree, the more guys that make it to the weekend, the better your chances are.