It appears that the draft for our new season will take place Sunday afternoon, February 23rd. Keep checking back for updates.
Sometimes it does feel like this….
Observation from Paris
I saw that Break Dancing is now an Olympic sport. Incredible. And I can’t help but wonder, if the battle for Gold was between Jim and Big J, who would win? I’ve seen J twist and turn on the golf course. And yet, I just have a funny feeling that Manager Jim would surprise us all with some moves the world has never seen before.
Like the Olympics, 2024 FGL season comes to a close
And for the 4th time, Manager Kevin gets his name on the coveted Tommy O Award! Congrats! Clearly we’ll need to mess with the rules again to keep him out of the money! Kevin picked up nearly half his team points from Breakfast Xander Soufflé. Besides winning the PGA and British Opens, he had a 2nd place at the Players and Wells Fargo plus top 10’s at the Memorial, Valspar, Masters and US Open. Kevin had the 2nd pick in the FGL - well done.
Team Jaustin ends up in the money (2nd place) for their first time. For the last 6 tournaments (which includes The Open) Jaustin scored a combined total of -1 points. That makes it tough. But nearly 75% of all their points came from FGL golfers picked 2 - 6. Rory was #1 pick and his missed cut at The Open was one of the biggest surprises of the season. Jaustin had the 6th pick in the Draft.
Special consideration goes out to third place Team PAK-Mon. They had the lead for most of the year with the #1 pick of the 2024 draft - Scottie Scheffler. Scottie only won the Arnold, Player’s Championship, Master’s, Heritage, Memorial and Traveler’s; a 2nd place at Charles Schwab and Houston Open and top 10’s at PGA Championship and British Open. On top of all that, he won a gold medal, had a baby and got arrested. Amazing! Just needed a little stronger supporting staff.
Big J - 7 points @ $3.71 for Jordan Spieth? I think he needs some surgery on his wrist in the off season.
B.T.O. - in the basement with only 44 points. I have no words.
That wraps up our 25th season!!!! Congrats to all. I owe a few of you some money and need some from a few others. We’ll figure it all out.
Return of the Jedi!
At the Ohio Theater. A lovely afternoon!
Team Jaustin tries to keep their cool as we close out 2024
Normally there’s no stopping a 2 year old, but when there’s an Ohio State Fair cream puff on the line…….
Caught a classic 1974 movie on the big screen (50th anniversary)
The Towering Inferno. It’s pretty much The Poseidon Adventure in a tower instead of a ship. Fire instead of water. And what a star-studded cast: Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Fred Astaire, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, OJ Simpson, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner, William Holden and Mike Lookinland. (Yes - that’s right. Bobby Brady was in the Towering Inferno!)
Let the Final Tournament Begin
Manager Golfers expected to play
Kevin Milton Bradley, Akshay Bhatia,
Jaustin Si Woo Kim, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Erik van Rooyen
PAK-Mon Will Zalatoris, Andrew Putnam
Commish Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis
Doug J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
Jim Brian Harman, Dustin Hoffman
Big J Jordan Spieth
The Doctor Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
B.T.O. Harris English, Sam Ryder Truck, Kevin Streelman
A couple thoughts about Paris and the Olympics
The last few days, I’ve been watching the men’s and women’s gymnastics in awe. It doesn’t matter the country, I get nervous for them. Flipping, jumping, spinning, flying, twirling, etc. Rings, floor, uneven bars, that horsey thing, the beam, etc. And if you’re like me, you’re thinking, “I wonder how Al would do with all that?” Admit it - it’s true. You can deny it but I know right now you’re picturing him in his tights spinning on the floor, walking the beam, twirling around that horse thing. Yep - it’s in your head now and it just won’t go away. HA - gotcha Managers! Try to sleep tonight with that vision!
Ashley has been sending pictures and video clips of the Olympics as well as the sights of Paris. She recently spent a chunk of a couple days exploring Notre Dame (still under reconstruction) and the Louvre. Very nice but I’m thinking if Dave was there, he could have toured the entire city in about 15 minutes.
Yogi’s Golf Outoing
Tore it up at Golf Club of Dublin. Such a nice course. Shame we abused it.
Your American men’s team.
FGL 2024 Coming to an End
Not much changed at the 3M. Kevin picked up a point over Team Jaustin as their new guy Von Rooyen seems to be trying to von ruin the season. He missed the cut. Not even close. Nearly last place!
Jim grabbed a point and tied BIg J for a 5th place tie. I know - that’s not much drama.
Kind of like how the Super Bowl is two weeks after the last playoff game; the FGL is doing the same thing. Our final tournament is in two weeks. We’ll let the Olympics have the spotlight briefly. And soon we’ll find out who is rested up and ready to play at the Wyndham in NC to determine our 2024 Tommy O Champion
Best Damn Band in the Land at Picnic with Pops
The Lads from Liverpool
Had a lovely night downtown with Manager Monica and the Kids from IT watching this Beatle-band. They’re called Rain and were incredibly impressive.
Team Jaustin scrambles to save the season.
FGL Headquarters got a call today from Julian. He’s only two so it didn’t make much sense. But as best as I can tell, Bryson is gone. He’s busy doing his YouTube shows anyway. In his place will be Erik Van Rooyen. And I don’t think any FGL manager would even recognize him. Should be an interesting closing two weeks.
Quick trip to Pennsylvania.
And on the way back, a detour to Utica, Ohio. Popped into the Ye Olde Mill at the Velvet Ice Cream headquarters. I have no defense when it comes to ice cream.
As for my daughters, I still don’t quite understand what they were doing. I’ve just been told there are now few zombies in this world.
But what about tennis stars?
Wimbledon just recently finished up and I don’t know anyone. Here are the two stars I remember:
Deja vu?
In 2022, Team Laustin rolled into the British Open at the top of the FGL Leaderboard but then, so near the finish line, they fell apart. My guys finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd that week for 42 points while Team Laustin went backwards and lost 2 points. And it kind of happened again this year. Four guys missed the cut for Team Jaustin throwing him backwards 4 points.
Meanwhile, Team Kevin caught fire with Breakfast Souffle’s 2nd Major win in this 2024 FGL Season. He nets 18 points that put him at the top of your FGL leaderboard. He is now 5 points ahead of Team Jaustin with just two minor tournaments left. And if you noticed, when Xavier walked off the course, Milton Bradley was there to congratulate him. Folks, this had nothing to do with the Ryder Cup team. No - Milton was just passing along huge congratulations from their manager Kevn.
The winner of the Major Sidebet kind of surprised me. Dr. Al McGuire MD has had a miserable season. But in Scotland, 5 of his 6 guys made the cut and Pete Rose brought home a second place finish. 20 points and the sidebet win to The Doctor.
Doug - I had to go to Meijer and buy more red crayon for your team. You go to Germany and they all party with clearly too many pints. 5 of your 6 guys had the weekend off. Ouch.
Jon Rahm scored 8 points for Team BTO. At his salary on Draft night, those turned out to be expensive points. Here are the top 20 FGL golfers based on their salary that night and how many points they’ve scored for their managers:
Salary Golfer Points Manager
1 $9.28 Scottie Scheffler 112 PAK-Mon
2 $8.39 Rory McIlroy 59 Jaustin
3 $7.29 Jon Rahm 8 BTO
4 $6.08 Viktor Hovland 12 BTO
5 $5.34 Xander Schauffele 90 Kevin
6 $5.22 Wyndham Clark 22 Doug
7 $5.03 Patrick Cantlay 24 Jim
8 $4.12 Max Homa 24 Doctor
9 $4.06 Matt Fitzpatrick 26 Big J
10 $3.99 Brian Harman 23 Jim
11 $3.81 Ludvig Aberg 38 Commish
12 $3.71 Jordan Spieth 8 Big J
13 $3.69 Tommy Fleetwood 27 Jim
14 $3.63 Collin Morikawa 56 Big J
15 $3.61 Keegan Bradley 17 Kevin
16 $3.56 Tyrrell Hatton 10 Kevin
17 $3.52 Tom Kim 23 Doug
18 $3.34 Sam Burns 19 Doctor
19 $3.25 Jason Day 18 Big J
20 $3.24 Sahith Theegala 30 Doug
And now we roll into the 3M Open. Expected to play:
Manager Golfers expected to play
Jaustin Tony Finau
Kevin Milton Bradley, Akshay Bhatia
PAK-Mon Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam
Commish Cam Davis
Doug Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Brillo Pad, J.T. Poston
Jim Dustin Hoffman
Big J No one. Nope. Not a single guy from your team.
The Doctor George Burns, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose (maybe)
B.T.O. Sam Ryder Truck, Kevin Streelman
Jazz and Rib Fest
With more emphasis on ribs than jazz. Still just amazes me that each BBQ vendor can be voted the BEST EVER! I really felt like I needed Doug with me. He’d have all those vendors get together and work through their ego issues. But a lovely event anyway.
A wet golfing adventure
Got to play Heritage with Woody and Big J last Wednesday. It all seemed so easy until the storms blew through. Eventually made way for sunshine and blue skies.
