Wednesday, July 18, 2012

British Open Pick 5 Challenge

For those of you who missed the Pick 5 Challenge from the US Open last month, here's how we play:

For some of the major tournaments throughout the year in golf, we choose certain criteria one must match in order to make picks. Following the criteria for that event, each person chooses 5 guys they think will do well. We play for pride in knowing we know golf the best.

For the British Open (starting tomorrow), we are using the following criteria: 1 non-major winner, 1 major winner, 1 UK/British player, 1 Non-European/Non-American, and 1 player ranked outside the top 50 (OWGR). To learn more about the Open itself, view the previous blog for Andrew's British Open Preview.

Below are our picks for the Pick 5 Challenge. Please submit your picks in the comment section. Try and get them done by tomorrow morning (coverage starts at 5 AM EST).

Andrew's Picks

Non-Major Winner - Rickie Fowler
Major Winner - Tiger Woods
UK/British Player - Lee Westwood
Non-European, Non-American - Louis Oosthuizen
Outside Top 50 - Miguel Angel Jimenez (83)

Greg's Picks

Non-Major Winner - Jason Dufner
Major Winner - Graeme McDowell
UK/British Player - Lee Westwood
Non-European, Non-American - Jason Day
Outside Top 50 - Padraig Harrington (59)

Can't wait for this event, and may the best man win!

Andrew and Greg

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  2. Billman's Picks
    Non Major Winner - Lee Westwood
    Major Winner - Tiger Woods
    UK/British - Ian Poulter
    Non-Europe, Non-American - Adam Scott
    Outside top 50 - Marcel Siem

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    1. Billman, Thank you for being the first non member of the blog to comment on this site. Marcel Siem is a classic Billman pick.

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  3. Non Major Winner - Jason Dufner
    Major Winner - Rory McIlroy
    UK/British - Justin Rose
    Non-Europe, Non-American - Louis Oosthuizen
    Outside Top 50 - Branden Grace

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    1. I love it Mudd. Thanks for participating- New headband for you if you win haha.

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  4. Also, I should clarify that "winning" means the person who's combination of players has the highest amount of prize money at the end of the tournament.

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  5. Just for fun, here are another 5 picks all different than before... Consider them as submission A and submission B:

    Non-Major Winner - Dustin Johnson
    Major Winner - Rory McIlroy
    UK/British Player - Luke Donald
    Non-European, Non-American - Adam Scott
    Outside Top 50 - Robert Rock (60)

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  6. And good clarifier about prize money. It puts more emphasis on picking who does well (seeing as winner gets tons of money). Love it!

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