OT: 2025 Annual Masters Golf Contest: 10 – 13 April

[mostonmike]

Here we go for the 5th Annual Masters Tournament.

We have almost 10 days to select, lets see if everyone can get involved. Record is 15 entries, the more the merrier as the scoreboard does all the work itself, fingers crossed.

Rules
* Keeping with tradition, Pick 3 players.
* You have 100 Dollar Pounds for the whole tournament.
* Players who miss cut must be replaced at additional cost (i.e. no refunds for those eliminated), otherwise AI/Random number generator will choose for you – you might consider to save some dollar pounds for the cut.
* Deadline to select - tee-off on day one, changes can also be made until that time - but please do it as a new post rather than edit old posts.
* Ties will be broken by the guy that picks the highest finisher.
* Keep the thread bumping to give it attention to the occasional players


Players currently expected to play - I will try and keep this up-to-date
95 Scottie Scheffler
90 Rory McIlroy
85 Collin Morikawa
85 Jon Rahm
80 Xander Schauffele
80 Justin Thomas
75 Ludvig Aberg
75 Bryson DeChambeau
65 Joaquin Niemann (Special Invitee)
60 Hideki Matsuyama
55 Brooks Koepka
55 Viktor Hovland
55 Patrick Cantlay
55 Jordan Spieth
55 Tommy Fleetwood
45 Shane Lowry
45 Tyrrell Hatton
45 Will Zalatoris
45 Min Woo Lee
40 Cameron Smith
40 Russell Henley
40 Akhshay Bhatia
40 Robert MacIntyre
35 Tony Finau
35 Sepp Straka
35 Corey Conners
35 Jason Day
35 Wyndham Clark
30 Sahith Theegala
30 Dustin Johnson
30 Sam Burns
20 Justin Rose
20 Patrick Reed
20 Sungjae Im
20 Matt Fitzpatrick
15 Rickie Fowler not invited
15 Sergio Garcia
15 Keegan Bradley
15 Daniel Berger
15 Davis Thompson
15 Adam Scott
15 Maverick McNealy
15 Cameron Young
10 Taylor Pendrith
10 Billy Horschel
10 Thomas Detry
10 Max Homa
10 Si Woo Kim
10 Tom Kim added 7th April
10 Aaron Rai
10 Rasmus Hojgaard
10 Nicolai Hojgaard (Special Invitee)
10 Brian Harman
5 Phil Mickelson
5 Jake Knapp
5 J.J Spaun
5 Michael Kim
5 Byeong-Hun An
5 Max Greyserman
5 Denny McCarthy
5 Laurie Canter
5 Harris English
5 Lucas Glover
5 Cam Davis
5 Nick Dunlap
5 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
5 Nico Echavarria
5 Nick Taylor

Free Austin Eckroat
Free Gary Woodland DNQ
Free J.T Poston
Free Chris Kirk
Free Jhonattan Vegas
Free Joe Highsmith
Free Stephan Jaeger
Free Kevin Yu
Free Thriston Lawrence
Free Davis Riley
Free Tom Hoge
Free Matthieu Pavon
Free Matt McCarty
Free Charl Schwartzel
Free Patton Kizzire
Free Adam Schenk
Free Danny Willett
Free Bubba Watson
Free Rafael Campos
Free Harry Hall - DNQ

Minus players - we'll pay you to have them
-10 Jose Luis Ballester (Amateur)
-10 Brian Campbell
-10 Justin Hastings (Amateur)
-10 Zach Johnson
-20 Evan Beck (Amateur)
-20 Bernhard Langer
-20 Hiroshi Tai (Amateur)
-20 Angel Cabrera
-20 Noah Kent (Amateur)
-20 Vijay Singh
-20 Fred Couples
-20 Mike Weir
-20 Jose Maria Olazabal


Tiger Watch
He ruptured his Achilles on 11 March and is expected to miss all of the majors this year.

Golf Calendar
Happy to run all the four majors, plus the BMW Championship – the best 8 protagonists from all our contests will qualify for the end of season Tour Championship. I can't believe we've never had a PGA Championship Contest, so I will introduce that as well - although I'm actually in the US that week trying to be on holiday/vacation, there might be some glitches or help needed to run it.

Hall of Fame
Masters
1993 baller
2021 Rockycola - 13 entrants
2022 D-train - 15 entrants
2023 D-train - 14 entrants
2024 Coeurd’Alene J - 14 entrants

PGA Championship
not held

US Open
2024 TLO Idaho

The Open
2023 Open Walla Walla Dawg II
2024 Open D-train

Other Golf Winners
2024 BMW Championship D-train / Rockycola co-winners
2024 Tour Championship D-train

[rockycola]

Here we go for the 5th Annual Masters Tournament.

We have almost 10 days to select, lets see if everyone can get involved. Record is 15 entries, the more the merrier as the scoreboard does all the work itself, fingers crossed.

Rules
* Keeping with tradition, Pick 3 players.
* You have 100 Dollar Pounds for the whole tournament.
* Players who miss cut must be replaced, otherwise AI/Random number generator will choose for you – you might consider to save some dollar pounds for the cut.
* Deadline to select - tee-off on day one.
* Ties will be broken by the guy that picks the highest finisher.
* Keep the thread bumping to give it attention to the occasional players

Hall of Fame
Masters
2021 Rockycola - 13 entrants
2022 D-train - 15 entrants
2023 D-train - 14 entrants
2024 Coeurd’Alene J - 14 entrants

PGA Championship
not held

US Open
2024 TLO Idaho

The Open
2023 Open Walla Walla Dawg II
2024 Open D-train

Other Golf Winners
2024 BMW Championship D-train / Rockycola co-winners
2024 Tour Championship D-train

I'm at the Tee, here's my Drive, a little 9 Iron, let me Putt my selections on the Green:

1.} $75 ~ Ludvig Aberg ~ to celebrate my maternal grandparent from Sweden

2.} Free ~ Gary Woodland ~ USA ~ Diagnosed with a brain lesion, he underwent lengthy brain surgery on September 18, 2023. My underdog

3.} (-$10) ~ Brian Campbell ~ USA ~ Recently secured an insane victory at the 2025 Mexico Open; that's good enough for me

*If I read the rules correctly, that means I have $35 in my account if one of my golfers fails to make the cut. Is this correct?

*My hope was to add one of your fellow countrymen, Harry Hall, from Cornwall. Can you investigate to see if he is playing in the Masters, please? If so, what is his entry fee? I am thinking he might be a freebie or even a negative $10. I may switch him out for one of my American picks.

FORE

[mostonmike]

I'm at the Tee, here's my Drive, a little 9 Iron, let me Putt my selections on the Green:

1.} $75 ~ Ludvig Aberg ~ to celebrate my maternal grandparent from Sweden

2.} Free ~ Gary Woodland ~ USA ~ Diagnosed with a brain lesion, he underwent lengthy brain surgery on September 18, 2023. My underdog

3.} (-$10) ~ Brian Campbell ~ USA ~ Recently secured an insane victory at the 2025 Mexico Open; that's good enough for me

*If I read the rules correctly, that means I have $35 in my account if one of my golfers fails to make the cut. Is this correct?

*My hope was to add one of your fellow countrymen, Harry Hall, from Cornwall. Can you investigate to see if he is playing in the Masters, please? If so, what is his entry fee? I am thinking he might be a freebie or even a negative $10. I may switch him out for one of my American picks.

FORE

Yes, spot on with the rules - 65 Dollar Pounds spent, 35 left for replacements - I think this adds a new dynamic to the game, I'm strongly advising not spending all 100 and keeping at least 10 - 20 Dollar Pounds for rounds 3 and 4.

Hall hasn't qualified and my understand is he is ranked 97th and needs to get into the top 50 with his performance at the Texas Open this weekend or win it. So its going to need a good weekend for him to scrape in. I will add him as a freebie and you can see how he does this weekend.

[desbcoach]

Here we go for the 5th Annual Masters Tournament.

We have almost 10 days to select, lets see if everyone can get involved. Record is 15 entries, the more the merrier as the scoreboard does all the work itself, fingers crossed.

Rules
* Keeping with tradition, Pick 3 players.
* You have 100 Dollar Pounds for the whole tournament.
* Players who miss cut must be replaced at additional cost (i.e. no refunds for those eliminated), otherwise AI/Random number generator will choose for you – you might consider to save some dollar pounds for the cut.
* Deadline to select - tee-off on day one, changes can also be made until that time - but please do it as a new post rather than edit old posts.
* Ties will be broken by the guy that picks the highest finisher.
* Keep the thread bumping to give it attention to the occasional players


Players currently expected to play - I will try and keep this up-to-date
95 Scottie Scheffler
90 Rory McIlroy
85 Collin Morikawa
85 Jon Rahm
80 Xander Schauffele
80 Justin Thomas
75 Ludvig Aberg
75 Bryson DeChambeau
65 Joaquin Niemann (Special Invitee)
60 Hideki Matsuyama
55 Brooks Koepka
55 Viktor Hovland
55 Patrick Cantlay
55 Jordan Spieth
55 Tommy Fleetwood
45 Shane Lowry
45 Tyrrell Hatton
45 Will Zalatoris
45 Min Woo Lee
40 Cameron Smith
40 Russell Henley
40 Akhshay Bhatia
40 Robert MacIntyre
35 Tony Finau
35 Sepp Straka
35 Corey Conners
35 Jason Day
35 Wyndham Clark
30 Sahith Theegala
30 Joohyung Kim
30 Dustin Johnson
30 Sam Burns
20 Justin Rose
20 Patrick Reed
20 Sungjae Im
20 Matt Fitzpatrick
15 Rickie Fowler
15 Sergio Garcia
15 Keegan Bradley
15 Daniel Berger
15 Davis Thompson
15 Adam Scott
15 Maverick McNealy
15 Cameron Young
10 Taylor Pendrith
10 Billy Horschel
10 Thomas Detry
10 Max Homa
10 Si Woo Kim
10 Aaron Rai
10 Rasmus Hojgaard
10 Nicolai Hojgaard (Special Invitee)
10 Brian Harman
5 Phil Mickelson
5 Jake Knapp
5 J.J Spaun
5 Michael Kim
5 Byeong-Hun An
5 Max Greyserman
5 Ryan Fox
5 Denny McCarthy
5 Laurie Canter
5 Harris English
5 Lucas Glover
5 Thorbjorn Olesen
5 Cam Davis
5 Adrian Meronk
5 Nick Dunlap
5 Christiaan Bezuidenhout
5 Nico Echavarria
5 Nick Taylor

Free Austin Eckroat
Free Gary Woodland
Free Eric Cole
Free Kurt Kitayama
Free J.T Poston
Free Adam Hadwin
Free Chris Kirk
Free Jhonattan Vegas
Free Taylor Moore
Free Emiliano Grillo
Free Joe Highsmith
Free Erik van Rooyen
Free Stephan Jaeger
Free Kevin Yu
Free Thriston Lawrence
Free Davis Riley
Free Tom Hoge
Free Matthieu Pavon
Free Matt McCarty
Free Charl Schwartzel
Free Patton Kizzire
Free Adam Schenk
Free Danny Willett
Free Bubba Watson
Free Rafael Campos
Free Harry Hall - added for rockycola

Minus players - we'll pay you to have them
-10 Jose Luis Ballester (Amateur)
-10 Brian Campbell
-10 Justin Hastings (Amateur)
-10 Zach Johnson
-20 Evan Beck (Amateur)
-20 Bernhard Langer
-20 Hiroshi Tai (Amateur)
-20 Angel Cabrera
-20 Noah Kent (Amateur)
-20 Vijay Singh
-20 Fred Couples
-20 Mike Weir
-20 Jose Maria Olazabal


Tiger Watch
He ruptured his Achilles on 11 March and is expected to miss all of the majors this year.

Golf Calendar
Happy to run all the four majors, plus the BMW Championship – the best 8 protagonists from all our contests will qualify for the end of season Tour Championship. I can't believe we've never had a PGA Championship Contest, so I will introduce that as well - although I'm actually in the US that week trying to be on holiday/vacation, there might be some glitches or help needed to run it.

Hall of Fame
Masters
2021 Rockycola - 13 entrants
2022 D-train - 15 entrants
2023 D-train - 14 entrants
2024 Coeurd’Alene J - 14 entrants

PGA Championship
not held

US Open
2024 TLO Idaho

The Open
2023 Open Walla Walla Dawg II
2024 Open D-train

Other Golf Winners
2024 BMW Championship D-train / Rockycola co-winners
2024 Tour Championship D-train

Brooks Koepka $50 Cameron Smoth $45, Kurt Kitayama $0

[Walla Walla Dawg II]

Put me in for:
$35 Jason Day
$35 Tony Finau
$20 Sungjae Im

$90 total

I'll spend the $10 remaining at the turn.

[mostonmike]

No game Thursday. So day off task everyone, start looking at your picks. Tee off is now just a week away.

[Walla Walla Dawg II]

Is Tom Kim not attending the Masters, or am I just blind?

[rockycola]

Not many entries yet.
Anybody participating?

[Walla Walla Dawg II]

Here we go for the 5th Annual Masters Tournament.

We have almost 10 days to select, lets see if everyone can get involved. Record is 15 entries, the more the merrier as the scoreboard does all the work itself, fingers crossed.

Rules
* Keeping with tradition, Pick 3 players.
* You have 100 Dollar Pounds for the whole tournament.
* Players who miss cut must be replaced, otherwise AI/Random number generator will choose for you – you might consider to save some dollar pounds for the cut.
* Deadline to select - tee-off on day one.
* Ties will be broken by the guy that picks the highest finisher.
* Keep the thread bumping to give it attention to the occasional players

Hall of Fame
Masters
2021 Rockycola - 13 entrants
2022 D-train - 15 entrants
2023 D-train - 14 entrants
2024 Coeurd’Alene J - 14 entrants

PGA Championship
not held

US Open
2024 TLO Idaho

The Open
2023 Open Walla Walla Dawg II
2024 Open D-train

Other Golf Winners
2024 BMW Championship D-train / Rockycola co-winners
2024 Tour Championship D-train

I'm at the Tee, here's my Drive, a little 9 Iron, let me Putt my selections on the Green:

1.} $75 ~ Ludvig Aberg ~ to celebrate my maternal grandparent from Sweden

2.} Free ~ Gary Woodland ~ USA ~ Diagnosed with a brain lesion, he underwent lengthy brain surgery on September 18, 2023. My underdog

3.} (-$10) ~ Brian Campbell ~ USA ~ Recently secured an insane victory at the 2025 Mexico Open; that's good enough for me

*If I read the rules correctly, that means I have $35 in my account if one of my golfers fails to make the cut. Is this correct?

*My hope was to add one of your fellow countrymen, Harry Hall, from Cornwall. Can you investigate to see if he is playing in the Masters, please? If so, what is his entry fee? I am thinking he might be a freebie or even a negative $10. I may switch him out for one of my American picks.

FORE

I have a question based on his picks.....

He under spent by $35, yes. What if all of his picks make the cut... at the very bottom of the cut line? Does he have to keep all his golfers and know that he underspent?

[Walla Walla Dawg II]

Not many entries yet.
Anybody participating?

And what movie is that woman from in your "whatever it is called"?
Movie?