Irish Times Fantasy Golf

bobster453

Same as here with Rory
Eventually went with Speith Furyk Z.Johnson Strellman O'Hair and Billy Horschel

BOB81

Went with kuchar, spieth, westwood, berger, morgan hoffman & matsuyama - couldn't justify mcilroy. have had the tournament winner in my team for the first three events - not as sure I can pull this off this time as the field is so strong!

Clauric

McIlroy, Matsuyama, Spieth, Kisner, O'Hair, and Brian Davis.

Rory being at 4m really did limit the options.

As an aside, how do people work out their teams? Is it based on form, intuition, spreadsheets, bookies odds, golf stats, Eckert picks, etc.?

BOB81

Clauric wrote: »

McIlroy, Matsuyama, Spieth, Kisner, O'Hair, and Brian Davis.

Rory being at 4m really did limit the options.

As an aside, how do people work out their teams? Is it based on form, intuition, spreadsheets, bookies odds, golf stats, Eckert picks, etc.?

So far I've just looked at course form, current form and then a scan of the various fantasy golf picks that the major US golf sites have - don't really look at the bookies odds at all. For the cheaper players its a case of picking anyone who has shown form so far this season - daniel berger and sean o'hair are likely to be regular picks for me in future comps, 1.5mn for the pair of them gives you flexibility elsewhere in the line-up

charlieoo

i went for j spieth j rose p michelson d clarke g mcdowell and no hoper b baird

bobster453

charlieoo wrote: »

i went for j spieth j rose p michelson d clarke g mcdowell and no hoper b baird

Was Clarke not a withdrawal since Tuesday?

bobster453

BOB81 wrote: »

So far I've just looked at course form, current form and then a scan of the various fantasy golf picks that the major US golf sites have - don't really look at the bookies odds at all. For the cheaper players its a case of picking anyone who has shown form so far this season - daniel berger and sean o'hair are likely to be regular picks for me in future comps, 1.5mn for the pair of them gives you flexibility elsewhere in the line-up

Same as here, tho I arent even on the radar in the rankings, maybe the leaders could give us a few pointers, tho if I was them i wouldnt

Had Mitsuyama, then switched for Speith, hope I dont rue that tho early days yet( i hope)

PARlance

bobster453 wrote: »

Same as here, tho I arent even on the radar in the rankings, maybe the leaders could give us a few pointers, tho if I was them i wouldnt

Had Mitsuyama, then switched for Speith, hope I dont rue that tho early days yet( i hope)

I'm top 5 in the boards league (284 overall) so I might be able to blag my way as knowing what I'm doing.

Basically doing the same as ye.... just doing it better Getting luckier.

I tend to look at last years leaderboard for any given comp. Golfers tend to be horses for courses. Then I'll see who is currently in form or showing signs of form from that.

The Players is a lottery with it's strong field and tendancy to throw up surprises. I had several different teams picked before settling on this one (which isn't doing great).
Early days yet, Matsuyama and Hoffman are probably the only two in the top 10 that will be heavily owned.

Rationale for my picks:
Speith; +3
Everyone else will have him so he's pretty much a must have.
Furyk: -2
Steady performer. Finished second last year after playoff. In form too. He was a banker for me this week.
Woodland: +7 (bye bye)
Top 20 here last year and form from last weeks match play
Westwood +4
Same as Woodland.
Hearn -5
My first round superstar picked him because he was cheap and was T6 here last year

qwabercd

Just inside the top 50 myself, finished inside the top 50 3 or 4 times over the years (been playing probably 12 years at this stage I think). Number of different factors I use - there used to be a great free site called smartbets golf which gave you each players course form for about 10 years and their current form this year that was very handy but it's $15 a month or so to use now. Would look at expert's picks a small bit.

Mixture of current form and course form (especially for certain courses) helps me decide. There's always one or two players who will be huge value that I'll pick for nearly every event (e.g o'hair at the moment being 0.5m despite his shocker today). I do use the odds to help guide me in making decisions though.

LinksLad

Clauric wrote: »

McIlroy, Matsuyama, Spieth, Kisner, O'Hair, and Brian Davis.

Rory being at 4m really did limit the options.

As an aside, how do people work out their teams? Is it based on form, intuition, spreadsheets, bookies odds, golf stats, Eckert picks, etc.?

Currently in 4th (boards.ie) on 329 points. I'll mostly do what PARlance does. If I feel I have to pick an expensive player, the next one has to be one of the cheapest available. After that, as has been said, it's horses for courses, mostly.

OffalyMedic

Only 2 out of my 6 made the cut and only nearly scrapped in so be lucky to get any points for t20 unless they do a bit of magic today and tomorrow

Biggest disappointments are Jason day and Jordan Spieth to miss the cut by 6 and 3 shots respectively even though they are big money players!!!
Jimmy walker has done very little since his win either

Cosmo Kramer

I'd say most teams are all over the place this week, it's been very unpredictable. I only got three in for the weekend which is the worst I've managed so far. Only consolation is that Spieth missing the cut won't be too much of an issue as almost everyone will have had him. Westwood blew it on Thursday and O'Hair was a complete disaster for me this week.

PARlance

shaunac93 wrote: »

Only 2 out of my 6 made the cut and only nearly scrapped in so be lucky to get any points for t20 unless they do a bit of magic today and tomorrow

Biggest disappointments are Jason day and Jordan Spieth to miss the cut by 6 and 3 shots respectively even though they are big money players!!!
Jimmy walker has done very little since his win either

You're not alone there Shauna, plenty of people will be in the same boat. Only 2 left myself but they're doing alright: Hearn T3 and Furyk T13. Still wide open though, 8 shots cover the remainder of the field.

bobster453

PARlance wrote: »

You're not alone there Shauna, plenty of people will be in the same boat. Only 2 left myself but they're doing alright: Hearn T3 and Furyk T13. Still wide open though, 8 shots cover the remainder of the field.

Consider myself lucky to have 3 still in..furyk horschel and z johnson.Watch out for poulter and bubba tho..well placed

OffalyMedic

shaunac93 wrote: »

Only 2 out of my 6 made the cut and only nearly scrapped in so be lucky to get any points for t20 unless they do a bit of magic today and tomorrow

Justin Thomas done some magic today and flew up leaderboard, hopefully keeps it up tomorrow

Clauric

I have Kisner, Matsuyama and McIlroy. Looks like my hopes rest with Kisner, although already got points for Matsuyama's first round.

qwabercd

Scores are gonna be quite low this week, not many of the big guns performing.

the galway secret

I predict my 2 remaining players to be 1st and 2nd Mcilroy and Hearn

LinksLad

Have McIlroy, Bae & Henley. Hoping one of them has a cracking round for some bonus points. Too many ahead of them to get much hopes up otherwise.

qwabercd

Biggest non event ever this week, not many will be scoring too many points. Think there's even a few teams in the top 50 that had 6 MCs!

PARlance

David Hearn having a blinder for me.... 6 over after 6, goodnight.

the galway secret

8 over after 7 :L i still got rory and hes still gonna win

ItsChecoTime

A handy 146 points this week largely thanks to Garcia and Kisner with honourable mentions to Matsuyama and Horschel. 38th ranked for the week and up to 58th overall, very happy with that!

iluvfatfrogs

Hey guys - has anyone got this weeks password yet?

thanks

keithap76

iluvfatfrogs wrote: »

Hey guys - has anyone got this weeks password yet?

thanks

This week is Congressional

BOB81

keithap76 wrote: »

This week is Congressional

Thanks for the password - out of interest where was it in the paper? Had a scan through it this morn but didn't see the code anywhere..

keithap76

BOB81 wrote: »

Thanks for the password - out of interest where was it in the paper? Had a scan through it this morn but didn't see the code anywhere..

It was down the bottom left on the golf page in the Irish times

robbo1203

not in all the editions, some of the early papers did not have it.

MonkstownHoop

Surely the password is pointless at this stage

Pierce_1991

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Surely the password is pointless at this stage

It is when you're doing as crap as I am.

galwaylad14

Managed 6 points last week. Surely no one that did worse than that?!

iluvfatfrogs

galwaylad14 wrote: »

Managed 6 points last week. Surely no one that did worse than that?!

Minus 10 for me.... Would have been -12 only my 6th pick didn't participte

the galway secret

36 points and i'd count that as good going on having 4 missing the cut. what happened to hearn in the last round

Ormus

-12 here

Spieth, Rose, Westwood, Mahan, Weekley and O'Hair.

Still think that's a cracking looking line up

the galway secret

It is a good line up. Team picked for this week, I'd share but I think ive a good enough team to top the round :P

MonkstownHoop

My team from the previous week were all playing so left it and got 36

BOB81

Had 12 pts only with matsuyama my only contributor! was 71st but dropped 200 places - got to get the winner in my team this week. Hard to leave out mcilroy i think

Clauric

Was just looking at my teams. The scores on the players list doesn't seem to have updated, and all the players have 0.

Just wondering if it was me, or does anybody else have the same problem?

OffalyMedic

alot of thought gone into my picks this week, really feel like i'm on the money, maybe a little too late


will prob regret saying this come sunday evening

galwaylad14

Ormus wrote: »

-12 here

Spieth, Rose, Westwood, Mahan, Weekley and O'Hair.

Still think that's a cracking looking line up

That's literally all the form players this year!!

Seve OB

just signed up

OffalyMedic

Seve OB wrote: »

just signed up

bit late to the party Seve

Seve OB

shaunac93 wrote: »

bit late to the party Seve

Yea I know. I always play the one on European tour website. Only did this one to enter the competition to play in Irish open pro am

bobster453

Furyk Haas Kisner Moore Simpson and Holmes for me this week

OffalyMedic

bobster453 wrote: »

Furyk Haas Kisner Moore Simpson and Holmes for me this week

we almost have same team: Holmes, Kisner, Haas, Furyk, Mickelson, J. Thomas

iluvfatfrogs

shaunac93 wrote: »

we almost have same team: Holmes, Kisner, Haas, Furyk, Mickelson, J. Thomas

And me: Holmes, Kisner, Haas, Furyk, Moore & Matsuyama

They should really restrict changes to 2/3/4 per week or change prices of golfers according to form
Kisner shouldnt still be so low

qwabercd

3 in a row with no McIlroy?! with so few in form expensive players playing I couldn't leave him out.

OffalyMedic

qwabercd wrote: »

3 in a row with no McIlroy?! with so few in form expensive players playing I couldn't leave him out.

picking mcilroy leaves u with 6m for 5 players..too hard to pick lads around the 1-1.6m mark that you could almost guarentee will make cut and get points....could be putting all your eggs in one basket with rory!

PARlance

shaunac93 wrote: »

picking mcilroy leaves u with 6m for 5 players..too hard to pick lads around the 1-1.6m mark that you could almost guarentee will make cut and get points....could be putting all your eggs in one basket with rory!

At least ye picked a team this week

qwabercd

shaunac93 wrote: »

picking mcilroy leaves u with 6m for 5 players..too hard to pick lads around the 1-1.6m mark that you could almost guarentee will make cut and get points....could be putting all your eggs in one basket with rory!

McIlroy will guarantee you top20 points. The likes of furyk wont. That means going with one extra cheap player (eg 0.6m over a 2m player). Lot of players at the cheaper end of the scale more than capable of performing.