liveanddiedeac Wins the 2017 Open Championship (contest)!

[timdunkandthefunk]

It doesn't look like anyone else wants to run so I'll try. I'm going to the beach Thursday-Sunday so I won't be doing any updating. Just think of me as the person that everyone PMs/will update with a winner on Sunday night/Monday morning. Not ideal, I know, but Sleepy is in Europe so it's all we have.

Spoiler: Click here to view all the picks

Here are the picks:

Townie

Jason Day
Tommy Fleetwood
Matt Kuchar
Justin Thomas
Russell Henley
Thorbjorn Olesen

Deacref

Dustin Johnson
Hideki Matsuyama
Henrik Stenson
Charl Schwartzel
Soren Kjeldsen
Webb Simpson

DeacHawk

Justin Rose
Sergio Garcia
Henrik Stenson
Martin Kaymer
Steve Stricker
Emiliano Grillo

nomadic

Rickie Fowler
Tommy Fleedwood
Branden Grace
Matt Kuchar
Bill Haas
Pat Perez

RattlerDeac

Dustin Johnson
Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Tom Lehman
William McGirt
Peter Uihlein

cville deac

Justin Rose
Louis Oosthuizen
Rafa Cabrera Bello
Paddy Harrington
Andy Sullivan
Beef Johnston

WakeForest Fan

Sergio Garcia
Jason Day
Brooks Koepka
Patrick Reed
Bern Wiesberger
Ryan Moore

deacondamo

Jon Rahm
Tommy Fleetwood
Henrik Stenson
Rafa Cabrera Bello
Tony Finau
Ernie Els

bobknightfan

Sergio Garcia
Justin Rose
Adam Scott
Charl Schwartzel
Francisco Molinari
Brian Harman

deacsfan27

Jordan Spieth
Rory McIlroy
Tommy Fleetwood
Patrick Reed
Beef Johnston
Charles Howell III

HTTD

Rory McIlroy
Sergio Garcia
Phil Mickelson
Patrick Reed
Bill Haas
Beef Johnston

1985 Deac

Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Justin Rose
Patrick Reed
Peter Uihlein
Charles Howell III

mebanedeac

Jon Rahm
Sergio Garcia
Justin Rose
Patrick Reed
Brian Harman
Webb Simpson

partree

Jordan Spieth
Hideki Matsuyama
Tommy Fleetwood
Bern Wiesberger
Bill Haas
Webb Simpson

oldschooldeac

Jordan Spieth
Jon Rahm
Ricky Fowler
Zach Johnson
Brian Harman
Peter Uihlein

bluefish (official)

Sergio Garcia
Henrik Stenson
Shane Lowry
Brandt Snedeker
Charley Hoffman
Jason Duffner

bluefish (unofficial)

Sergio Garcia
Henrik Stenson
Shane Lowry
Charl Schwartzel
Charley Hoffman
Jason Duffner

aocs3281

Justin Rose
Henrik Stenson
Paul Casey
Pat Perez
JB Holmes
Zach Johnson

Satan

Rory McIlroy
Sergio Garcia
Justin Rose
Martin Kaymer
Bill Haas
Stewart Cink

RJKarl

Sergio Garcia
Hideki Matsuyama
Henrik Stenson
Adam Scott
Kevin Na
Emiliano Grillo

morrison2951

Jon Rahm
Henrik Stenson
Tommy Fleetwood
Branden Grace
Webb Simpson
Ernie Els

88 Deac

Rickie Fowler
Ian Poulter
Patrick Reed
Lee Westwood
Zach Johnson
Kevin Na

MrBojangles

Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Justin Rose
Shane Lowry
Stewart Cink
Si-Woo Kim

MrBojanglesSr

Sergio Garcia
Francesco Molinari
Rickie Fowler
Justin Thomas
Chris Wood
Jason Dufner

MrBojanglesJr

Dustin Johnson
Justin Rose
Louis Oosthuizen
Patrick Reed
Bill Haas
Gary Woodland

MrsBojangles

Adam Scott
Shane Lowry
Ian Poulter
Paul Casey
Lee Westwood
Webb Simpson

CDeacMan

Sergio Garcia
Tommy Fleetwood
Adam Scott
Justin Thomas
Bernd Wiesberger
Ernie Els

CDeacBro

Sergio Garcia
Louis Oosthuizen
Lee Westwood
Charley Hoffman
Soren Kjeldsen
Webb Simpson

High Right

Jordan Spieth
Justin Rose
Hideki Matsuyama
Andy Sullivan
Bill Haas
Beef Johnston

Hogie

Rory McIlroy
Hideki Matsuyama
Branden Grace
Lee Westwood
Thorbjorn Olesen
Andrew Johnston

DeacdeTejas

Dustin Johnson
Hideki Matsuyama
Tommy Fleetwood
Justin Thomas
Kevin Chappell
Pat Perez

Les Grossman

Jon Rahm
Rickie Fowler
Justin Rose
Daniel Berger
Soren Kjeldsen
Russell Knox

DeaconDog

Jordan Spieth
Justin Thomas
Patrick Reed
Zach Johnson
Martin Kaymer
Bill Haas

Dekin

Rickie Fowler
Brooks Koepka
Phil Mickelson
Matt Kuchar
Bill Haas
Brian Harmon

Cumberland Deac

Jon Rahm
Justin Rose
Hideki Matsuyama
Ross Fisher
Charley Hoffman
Brian Harman

DCDeac

Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Justin Thomas
Daniel Berger
Steve Stricker
Tony Finau

Maurice

Rickie Fowler
Louis Oosthuizen
Lee Westwood
Zach Johnson
Eduardo Molinari
Kevin Kisner

liveanddiedeac

Jordan Spieth
Rickie Fowler
Paul Casey
Ian Poulter
Beef Johnston
Webb Simpson

WFU71

Justin Rose
Henrik Stenson
Brooks Koepka
Charl Schwartzel
Charley Hoffman
Robert Streb

Wakeforest22890

Sergio Garcia
Hideki Matsuyama
Tommy Fleetwood
Shane Lowry
Byeong Hun An
Pablo Larrazabal

deac29 (official)

Jordan Spieth
Justin Rose
Matt Kuchar
Brandt Snedeker
Bern Wiesberger
Bill Haas

deac29 (unofficial)

Jordan Spieth
Justin Rose
Matt Kuchar
Charl Schwartzel
Bernd Wiesberger
Bill Haas

TBDeac

Jordan Spieth
Sergio Garcia
Justin Rose
Lee Westwood
Gary Woodland
Adam Hadwin

texasdeac

Dustin Johnson
Jordan Spieth
Ian Poulter
Francesco Molinari
Bill Haas
Steve Stricker

Spoiler: Rules

Entries due 1:00 am EST, Thursday 7/20


The Open Championship although I still call it the British Open. It is the 146th playing of the event and it takes place at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England.

FORMAT: Listed below are most of the golfers participating in the The Open Championship. You need to pick 6 of them with a total value of 400 or more. Pick carefully - your team will end up "missing the cut" if more than two of your golfers miss the cut in the event. To make your selections, send me an email with the golfers' names and point values.

SCORING: Your score will be the aggregate of your best four golfers. Since you have to have at least four scores counting, if more than two of your golfers miss the cut, so does your team. There are also "bonus points" at the end of the tournament. If you've got the champion golfer on your team, it's -5. The runner-up gets you -3, and having the third-place golfer gets you -1 off your score.

DEADLINE: All entries must be sent to me by 1:00 AM Thursday, July 20th.

Spoiler: Player Values

Golfer Points
Dustin Johnson 5
Jordan Spieth 5
Jon Rahm 10
Rickie Fowler 12
Rory McIlroy 12
Sergio Garcia 15
Justin Rose 18
Hideki Matsuyama 22
Jason Day 25
Henrik Stenson 25
Tommy Fleetwood 25
Phil Mickelson 33
Paul Casey 33
Brooks Koepka 33
Adam Scott 38
Louis Oosthuizen 40
Branden Grace 40
Thomas Pieters 50
Justin Thomas 50
Alexander Noren 50
Marc Leishman 50
Matt Kuchar 50
Ian Poulter 50
Rafael Cabrera Bello 50
Daniel Berger 66
Tyrrell Hatton 66
Lee Westwood 66
Matthew Fitzpatrick 66
Patrick Reed 66
Padraig Harrington 66
Shane Lowry 66
Zach Johnson 80
Martin Kaymer 80
Charl Schwartzel 80
Brandt Snedeker 80
Andy Sullivan 80
Francesco Molinari 100
Ross Fisher 100
Chris Wood 100
Charley Hoffman 100
J.B. Holmes 125
Kevin Kisner 125
Bern Wiesberger 125
Jason Dufner 125
Byeong Hun An 125
Russell Henley 125
Bill Haas 125
Bubba Watson 125
Thorbjorn Olesen 125
Bryson DeChambeau 125
Steve Stricker 125
Kevin Chappell 150
Emiliano Grillo 150
Tony Finau 150
Andrew Johnston 150
Soren Kjeldsen 150
Peter Uihlein 150
Brian Harman 150
Hideto Tanihara 150
Charles Howell III 150
Jimmy Walker 150
Gary Woodland 150
Martin Laird 150
Joost Luiten 150
Kyle Stanley 150
Russell Knox 150
Anirban Lahiri 150
Billy Horschel 150
Ryan Moore 150
Brendan Steele 150
Webb Simpson 150
Si Woo Kim 150
Xander Schauffele 150
Adam Hadwin 150
Richie Ramsay 150
Alexander Levy 150
Danny Willett 150
Kevin Na 150
Callun Shinkwin 150
Andrew Dodt 150
Pablo Larrazabal 150
Ryan Fox 150
Matthew Southgate 150
Cameron Smith 150
Ernie Els 150
Stewart Cink 150
Haotong Li 150
William McGirt 150
Robert Streb 150
Pat Perez 150
Brandon Stone 150
Sung Kang 150
Thongchai Jaidee 150
Dylan Frittelli 150
Sean O’Hair 150
Jamie Lovemark 150
Alexander Bjork 150
Wesley Bryan 150
Fabrizio Zanotti 150
Matthieu Pavon 150
David Horsey 150
Paul Waring 150
Scott Hend 150
David Lipsky 150
David Drysdale 150
Jhonattan Vegas 150
Julian Suri 150
Richard Bland 150
Mike Lorenzo Vera 150
Aaron Baddeley 150
Jeunghun Wang 150
Kyung-Tae Kim 150
Maverick McNealy 150
Austin Connelly 150
Miyazato Yusaku 150
Paul Lawrie 150
Shiv Kapur 150
Roberto Castro 150
Yikeun Chang 150
Yuta Ikeda 150
Darren Fichardt 150
Jbe Kruger 150
Phachara Khongwatmai 150
Sebastian Munoz 150
Younghan Song 150
Connor Syme 150
Mark Foster 150
Michael Hendry 150
Paul Broadhurst 150
Prayad Marksaeng 150
Alfie Plant 150
Chan Kim 150
Giwhan Kim 150
Harry Ellis 150
Luca Cianchetti 150
Robert Dinwiddie 150
Shaun Norris 150
Stuart Manley 150
Toby Tree 150
Tom Lehman 150
Haydn McCullen 150
Adam Bland 150
Ashley Hall 150
Joe Dean 150
John Daly 150
Laurie Canter 150
Matthew Griffin 150
Adam Hodkinson 150
Darren Clarke 150
David Duval 150
Kent Bulle 150
Mark O’Meara 150
Todd Hamilton 150
Ryan McCarthy 150
Sandy Lyle 150
Nick McCarthy 150

 

[timdunkandthefunk]

Formatting sucks. Host sucks. Everything sucks.

Get me your PMs!

 

[cville deac]

You can suck as much as you want. You're providing a great service - thanks.

Edited to add in at 404.

 

[WakeForest Fan]

in at 414

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

Thanks for running, tim!

The Open Championship although I still call it the British Open.

I love this.

 

[HailToTheDeacons]

401.

 

[TownieDeac]

400 on the nose and I hate my team

 

[Deacsfan27]

In at 408. I like mine.

 

[RJKarl]

On at 400...swinging for the fences for a change...

THANKS TIM!

 

[morrison2951]

In!

Had the winner in Koepka the last go around so at least there's that. :thumbsup:

 

[88Deac]

In at 424. And kind of like my team!

 

[timdunkandthefunk]

In:

Townie
deacref
DeacHawk
nomadic
Rattler
cville
WakeForest Fan
deacondamo
bkf
doofus
HTTD
1985
mebane
partree
oldschooldeac
bluefish
aocs3281
Satan
RJ
morrison
88Deac

 

[deac29]

Just send pm. Thanks for running

 

[cville deac]

400 on the nose and I hate my team

I stopped taking golfers I don't like a few years ago - no longer want to watch a major rooting for the likes of Poulter or Phil just because they're on my team. I gotta either like or at least be neutral about them.

 

[CDeacMan]

In

 

[Dekin]

The winning team has just been submitted at 403.

 

[RJKarl]

I'll take a Top 20 finish.

 

[cville deac]

team cville

18 Rose
40 Shrek
50 RCB
66 Harrington
80 Sullivan
150 Beef

Went with a Euro tour theme. Wanted Fleetwood but he didn't fit in. I'm thinking the best American chances this week are Kuchar and Fowler. Watching it this morning and conditions aren't bad. However we are being subjected to having to listen to Monty.

 

[Deacsfan27]

Spieth
Rory
Fleetwood
Reed
Beef
Howell III

 

[bluefish]

Great. I've got a guy who withdrew. Tim, does that mean that I get his replacement?