I'm officially slumping and I think I know why. It's gotten way too golfy around here lately and golfyness leads to overthinking which leads to the inevitable week every year when I pick Jon Rahm at precisely the wrong time. In my defense, he is one mercurial dude and I'm not sure I would have been much happier if I had gone with my other pick of Justin Thomas because his 9th place finish was just low enough to feel like it would've been a wasted pick. Now I still have the chance to waste him later.
Before we deal with this week's analysis, I need to scrape-off some angst build-up that I accumulated over the weekend. First, we had the Jon Rahm debacle and the writing was on the wall early for that. Add Dustin Johnson on cruise control and it made the whole tournament pretty much unwatchable for me because I prefer to sulk. I did tune at one point to see him fly a 3-wood right into the middle of a fucking pond at which point Roger Maltbie or Scott Hoch asked incredulously "what was that?!?" Indeed.
When I find myself in such times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me or something and I head to the local YMCA pool to swim laps for an hour or at least until I stop grinding my teeth. Under the water is generally a safe place for me away from work, golf leaderboards and that nagging feeling that I'm wasting a significant chunk of my life writing a fantasy golf website that doles-out bad advice to a smattering of derelict readers.
As you can imagine, Sunday morning at any YMCA is quite the shit show but this past Sunday at the pool was an especially large assembly of scantily clad humanity. Things got off to a rocky start when I set down my swimming stuff (yes there is swimming stuff) at the end of the only available half a lap lane to reserve my spot and, in the fifteen seconds it took for me to turn around and put my bag on a bench, some dude jumped into it. So first I had to throw that fucker out which generated a bit of angst but that was just a preview.
About a half an hour later I was finally settling into some kind of groove with an elderly gentleman doing the breaststroke version of a casual stroll next to me when I looked to the other end of the pool and saw a woman swimming straight at me like she wanted to play chicken. When she got close enough for me to ask her why she was a stupid person, she suggested that the three of us could swim in a circle pattern which is not uncommon when three share a lane but it's not very efficient when one of the three is floating back and forth like a log. Oh yeah, you also don't propose it by surreptitiously jumping in and swimming directly at someone.
After explaining to the woman that this was not going to happen, I continued swimming thinking that the matter had been settled only the next time I looked up this vacuous moron was bobbing along two feet behind the sea turtle guy. Jesus Pole Vaulting Christ . . . my next word to this lady was "look" and I have no idea what I said after that but I do know that it was said with some vigor because she left and I spent the next few laps swimming like I was trying to get away from a shark or the sound of an Imagine Dragons song. Other than looking over my shoulder as I left the gym in case there was a pissed-off husband waiting to cold-cock me, that was the end of it.
The rest of Sunday went by uneventfully unless you count me coaching my son's rec basketball team to a crushing championship game defeat with some help from two refs who were apparently getting paid per whistle blow. That may have something to do with my current mood (you think?). I need some cheering-up.
@GOLFBABES TWEET OF THE WEEK
In our ongoing mission to further the mission of the Twitter account devoted to furthering the mission of women's golf, I think we're going to make the @golfbabes tweet of the week part of our regularly scheduled programming.
One and Done Pick: Adam Scott
Other Guy I'd Pick: Sergio Garcia
Sleeper Pick: Patrick Rodgers
DraftKings Top Ten Values
As noted above, our run of elite fields comes to an end this week as we barely go seven deep at the top. When you gotta shell-out $8,400 for J.T. Poston . . . sheesh.
THE LEVITRA GET BACK IN THE GAME
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART
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| Seven straight top tens followed by a tie for 45th? Yeah. WTF? |
When I find myself in such times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me or something and I head to the local YMCA pool to swim laps for an hour or at least until I stop grinding my teeth. Under the water is generally a safe place for me away from work, golf leaderboards and that nagging feeling that I'm wasting a significant chunk of my life writing a fantasy golf website that doles-out bad advice to a smattering of derelict readers.
As you can imagine, Sunday morning at any YMCA is quite the shit show but this past Sunday at the pool was an especially large assembly of scantily clad humanity. Things got off to a rocky start when I set down my swimming stuff (yes there is swimming stuff) at the end of the only available half a lap lane to reserve my spot and, in the fifteen seconds it took for me to turn around and put my bag on a bench, some dude jumped into it. So first I had to throw that fucker out which generated a bit of angst but that was just a preview.
About a half an hour later I was finally settling into some kind of groove with an elderly gentleman doing the breaststroke version of a casual stroll next to me when I looked to the other end of the pool and saw a woman swimming straight at me like she wanted to play chicken. When she got close enough for me to ask her why she was a stupid person, she suggested that the three of us could swim in a circle pattern which is not uncommon when three share a lane but it's not very efficient when one of the three is floating back and forth like a log. Oh yeah, you also don't propose it by surreptitiously jumping in and swimming directly at someone.
After explaining to the woman that this was not going to happen, I continued swimming thinking that the matter had been settled only the next time I looked up this vacuous moron was bobbing along two feet behind the sea turtle guy. Jesus Pole Vaulting Christ . . . my next word to this lady was "look" and I have no idea what I said after that but I do know that it was said with some vigor because she left and I spent the next few laps swimming like I was trying to get away from a shark or the sound of an Imagine Dragons song. Other than looking over my shoulder as I left the gym in case there was a pissed-off husband waiting to cold-cock me, that was the end of it.
The rest of Sunday went by uneventfully unless you count me coaching my son's rec basketball team to a crushing championship game defeat with some help from two refs who were apparently getting paid per whistle blow. That may have something to do with my current mood (you think?). I need some cheering-up.
@GOLFBABES TWEET OF THE WEEK
In our ongoing mission to further the mission of the Twitter account devoted to furthering the mission of women's golf, I think we're going to make the @golfbabes tweet of the week part of our regularly scheduled programming.
Let;s go ahead and make short work of the golf this week because there really ain't that much to say. If you're picking one guy, it's Justin Thomas, Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott or Sergio Garcia (because you're not rolling the dice on Brooks Koepka here). Go with your gut and good luck. From there it gets really thin really quickly though it looks like Russell Knox may have rediscovered his game a bit and he is one of the few along with Michael Thompson and Graeme McDowell who really seem to like this track.Lucy Robson: "Party tricks need practice too 😆🥳 Fun fact: It’s almost impossible to find red solo cups in England 🤷🏼♀️" https://t.co/CfX4Pv4CES pic.twitter.com/llG8Li0Mjq— Golf Babes (@golfbabes) February 20, 2019
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| Brace yourself for several hours of Dan Hicks genuflecting to this. |
Other Guy I'd Pick: Sergio Garcia
Sleeper Pick: Patrick Rodgers
DraftKings Top Ten Values
Adam Scott
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$10,300
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Sergio Garcia
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$10,000
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Luke List
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$9,200
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Lucas Glover
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$8,800
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Scott Piercy
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$8,100
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Michael Thompson
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$8,000
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Russell Knox
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$7,800
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Graeme McDowell
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$7,600
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Patrick Rodgers
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$7,100
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Stewart Cink
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$6,800
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As noted above, our run of elite fields comes to an end this week as we barely go seven deep at the top. When you gotta shell-out $8,400 for J.T. Poston . . . sheesh.
THE LEVITRA GET BACK IN THE GAME
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART
DK Price
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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Justin Thomas
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$11,900
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1st
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MC
|
T3
|
MC
|
DNP
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Rickie Fowler
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$11,200
|
MC
|
1st
|
T6
|
T41
|
T24
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Brooks Koepka
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$10,700
|
DNP
|
MC
|
T26
|
T51
|
T33
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Adam Scott
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$10,300
|
T13
|
T14
|
1st
|
DNP
|
T12
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Sergio Garcia
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$10,000
|
T33
|
T14
|
2nd
|
T31
|
T8
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Gary Woodland
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$9,800
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T49
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T2
|
T61
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Webb Simpson
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$9,600
|
T5
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Cameron Smith
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$9,500
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Daniel Berger
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$9,400
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T29
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MC
|
MC
|
2nd
|
DNP
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Billy Horschel
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$9,300
|
MC
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T4
|
T8
|
MC
|
MC
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Luke List
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$9,200
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2nd
|
T52
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T10
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DNP
|
DNP
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Byeon Hun An
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$9,100
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T5
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DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Alex Noren
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$9,000
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3rd
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Emiliano Grillo
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$8,900
|
T8
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T43
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T74
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DNP
|
DNP
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Lucas Glover
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$8,800
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T17
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T21
|
MC
|
MC
|
MC
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Zach Johnson
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$8,700
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DNP
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T27
|
MC
|
MC
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T33
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Russell Henley
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$8,600
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T24
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T43
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MC
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T44
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1st
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J.T. Poston
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$8,400
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DNP
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T27
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DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Kiradech Aphibarnrat
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$8,200
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T68
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Scott Piercy
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$8,100
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T17
|
DNP
|
MC
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T31
|
DNP
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Michael Thompson
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$8,000
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T24
|
MC
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T53
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T44
|
MC
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C.T. Pan
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$7,800
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T17
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T37
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Russell Knox
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$7,800
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MC
|
MC
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T26
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T3
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T2
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Chesson Hadley
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$7,700
|
MC
|
DNP
|
T21
|
MC
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T24
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Graeme McDowell
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$7,600
|
MC
|
T14
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5th
|
MC
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T46
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Jimmy Walker
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$7,500
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T33
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T21
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T43
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DNP
|
DNP
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Kelly Kraft
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$7,500
|
T8
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MC
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Scott Brown
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$7,400
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T46
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T57
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T10
|
MC
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T71
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Brian Harman
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$7,300
|
T33
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T48
|
MC
|
T11
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T58
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Bud Cauley
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$7,200
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W/D
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T27
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
DNP
|
Jason Dufner
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$7,200
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T17
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T14
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T61
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T17
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DNP
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Ryan Palmer
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$7,200
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MC
|
T37
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T26
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T25
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T2
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Martin Kaymer
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$7,100
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W/D
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T4
|
MC
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T44
|
MC
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Patrick Rodgers
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$7,100
|
T33
|
MC
|
MC
|
T44
|
DNP
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Brendan Steele
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$7,000
|
DNP
|
T14
|
T14
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T11
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T33
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Harris English
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$7,000
|
T33
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T60
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DNP
|
MC
|
DNP
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Sung Kang
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$7,000
|
MC
|
T52
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T10
|
DNP
|
DNP
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Nick Watney
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$6,900
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T33
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T14
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DNP
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T41
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T24
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Jhonny Vegas
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$6,800
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T72
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T4
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DNP
|
MC
|
T12
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Stewart Cink
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$6,800
|
T46
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T27
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T26
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T31
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T58
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