Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Fantasy Golf: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Preview

Before we get to the golf, please allow me a few comments on the Ravens and, more particularly, many of my fellow fans who have been inclined to blame the loss on everything from the officiating to Travis Kelce being a big meany to Justin Tucker before the game. My polite request to them would be to please shut the fuck up. 

The Ravens got their asses kicked across the board and it started days before kickoff with whatever absurd offensive game plan called for them to hand the ball to their running backs six times. SIX FUCKING TIMES!!! They led the damn league in rushing yards (again) and the Chiefs were barely middle of the pack in rushing defense. Yet there they were applying the one strategy that has almost guaranteed their playoff exit by throwing it more than twice as many times as they run it. Complete premeditated jackassery.  

As for the refs, here's an idea. Don't commit two obvious unsportsmanlike penalties right in front of them and club the other team's quarterback in the face with your fist. Take those three away, and the penalty yards are Ravens - 5 for 50 and Chiefs - 3 for 30. Hardly grounds for a conspiracy theory . . . even by today's standards.

And finally we have the bitch ass response to Kelce throwing Tucker's helmet out of the way. Here's the video of this crime against humanity. I can tell you for a fact that if the opposing kicker left his shit on the ground where my quarterback was warming-up, he'd need an usher to return it from the 7th row. And let's be honest about Tucker. He is both the greatest kicker in NFL history and a smirking dweeb. He put his helmet down on the field to stretch an hour before the game and he's a kicker for chrissakes. The fact that his is the only one out there tells you everything you need to know. Grow up. 

Let's talk some fucking golf.  

TWEET OF THE WEEK

Ben An recently welcomed a slew of questions on Twitter. It's worth a look as his answers were entertaining, enlightening and, in this case, hopefully instructive. Preach Ben . . . preach. 


GOLF ANALYSIS

The weather in the bay area for this weekend looks like total shit so that has us leaning towards a combination of Pebble Beach all-stars and British Open type players. As to the former, we refer to this bonus tweet from golf stat guru Justin Ray which confirmed half of my picks after I'd already made them. I swear. 


In my somewhat experienced and casually researched opinion, this week's overall pick comes down to one of the guys on that list not named Tom Hoge (who I still like but not as the lead dog). The historic fragility of Jason Day combined with the forecast may cause one to shy away from him but don't be fooled. He is not afraid to tussle with Mother Nature as evidenced by his track record here and the British Open along with the fact that he won his lone major at Whistling Straits. Of all things that will lead him to withdraw, apparently the weather isn't one of them.

The safest picks are probably Homa and McCarthy. At least one, if not both of them should land you a top ten. And you know what you're getting with Spieth. Buyer beware but also buyer buckle-up and be ready to enjoy the ride of your life.

And we've officially reached the point where you almost have to include a couple members of the Nordic invasion. Eventually the age of the Vikings will come to a close and this poignant moment from Jack Handey will be realized but, for now, they are forming at the border and appear ready to plunder. This weeks horned helmets go to Viktor Hovland and Ludvig Aberg (big week for helmets around here).   

One and Done Pick: Jason Day
The man ain't afraid
to rock a rain suit.

Other Guy I'd Pick: Denny McCarthy

Sleeper Pick: Tom Hoge

DraftKings Top Ten Values

Viktor Hovland

$10,200

Jordan Spieth

$9,400

Max Homa

$9,200

Ludvig Aberg

$9,000

Jason Day

$8,400

Matt Fitzpatrick

$8,200

Justin Rose

$7,500

Denny McCarthy

$7,500

Nick Taylor

$7,200

Tom Hoge

$6,700


With the recent news that Tyrrell Hatton is defecting, we lose yet another reason to watch golf. Those reasons continue to dwindle at a rate that may soon not be sustainable for the PGA Tour but I'm sure Jay Monahan has it all under control. He has my full confidence.

                              THE TYRRELL HATTON MEMORIAL CLUB TOSS
                                       HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE CHART

The glut of DNP's has to be an indication of how annoying this tournament is for most of the pros and how it took making it a signature event to get the best ones to come play with a bunch of "B" list celebrities and sandbagging CEO's. I almost included the results from the 2019 U.S. Open here but all that would have told you is that Rosey finished T3, Rory finished T9 and Spieth finished T65. Brooks Koepka, Jon Rahm and Louis Oosthuizen all finished inn the top ten but they're not here this week because golf sucks right now. 

 

DK Price

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

Rory McIlroy

$11,500

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Scottie Scheffler

$11,400

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Viktor Hovland

$10,200

T13

DNP

DNP

T38

DNP

Xander Schauffele

$10,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Patrick Cantlay

$9,700

DNP

T4

T3

T11

DNP

Justin Thomas

$9,600

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Jordan Spieth

$9,400

T63

2nd

T3

T9

T45

Max Homa

$9,200

DNP

DNP

T7

T14

T10

Collin Morikawa

$9,100

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Ludvig Aberg

$9,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Sam Burns

$8,900

DNP

DNP

T39

DNP

DNP

Tony Finau

$8,800

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

T38

Cameron Young

$8,700

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Tommy Fleetwood

$8,600

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

T45

Sungjae Im

$8,500

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

MC

Jason Day

$8,400

DNP

T24

T7

4th

T4

Hideki Matsuyama

$8,300

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Matt Fitzpatrick

$8,200

MC

T6

DNP

T60

MC

Nicolai Hojgaard

$8,100

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Byeong Hun An

$8,000

T37

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Tom Kim

$8,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

J.T. Poston

$7,900

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Sahith Theegala

$7,900

DNP

T65

DNP

DNP

DNP

Beau Hossler

$7,800

T11

3rd

T47

T38

MC

Russell Henley

$7,800

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

MC

Corey Conners

$7,700

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

MC

Keegan Bradley

$7,700

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Adam Scott

$7,600

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

T61

Brian Harman

$7,600

DNP

MC

T39

DNP

DNP

Chris Kirk

$7,500

DNP

MC

T16

MC

DNP

Denny McCarthy

$7,500

T4

T12

MC

DNP

DNP

Justin Rose

$7,500

1st

62nd

DNP

DNP

DNP

Rickie Fowler

$7,400

DNP

DNP

MC

DNP

DNP

Si Woo Kim

$7,400

DNP

DNP

MC

MC

T4

Wyndham Clark

$7,400

DNP

T65

DNP

T18

T61

Adam Hadwin

$7,300

DNP

T16

DNP

MC

T18

Eric Cole

$7,300

T15

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Alex Noren

$7,200

DNP

DNP

MC

T32

DNP

Kevin Yu

$7,200

T7

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Nick Taylor

$7,200

T20

T14

T39

1st

T28

Stephan Jaeger

$7,200

DNP

MC

DNP

DNP

MC

Harris English

$7,100

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Keith Mitchell

$7,100

T4

T12

MC

T32

MC

Matthieu Pavon

$7,100

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Brendon Todd

$7,000

T2

T16

DNP

DNP

MC

Erik Van Rooyen

$7,000

MC

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Sepp Straka

$7,000

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

MC

C. Bezuidenhout

$6,900

DNP

T14

DNP

DNP

DNP

Nick Dunlap

$6,900

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Patrick Rodgers

$6,900

DNP

MC

MC

MC

MC

Andrew Putnam

$6,800

MC

T6

T55

DNP

T38

Emilliano Grillo

$6,800

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Taylor Montgomery

$6,800

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Cam Davis

$6,700

DNP

DNP

T14

T38

T59

Tom Hoge

$6,700

T48

1st

12th

T60

MC

Adam Svensson

$6,600

DNP

T49

DNP

DNP

MC

Kurt Kitayama

$6,600

T29

MC

DNP

T18

DNP

Thomas Detry

$6,600

T37

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Lucas Glover

$6,500

MC

MC

DNP

T50

T7

Luke List

$6,500

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Ben Griffin

$6,400

MC

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Mackenzie Hughes

$6,400

DNP

T16

DNP

MC

MC

Taylor Moore

$6,400

T15

T16

DNP

DNP

DNP

Nick Hardy

$6,300

T41

MC

DNP

DNP

DNP

Matt Kuchar

$6,200

MC

MC

DNP

T38

T22

Maverick McNealy

$6,200

W/D

T33

2nd

T5

DNP

Webb Simpson

$6,100

MC

DNP

DNP

DNP

DNP

Peter Malnati

$6,000

T4

T42

MC

T11

MC

Seamus Power

$6,000

T15

T9

MC

T38

DNP


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