The Open!

Cameron Young made a frantic push up the leaderboard Sunday at The Open. Yes - Cameron Young - one of Monica’s studs. Some just might call that greedy. How many points does she need? He ended up in 2nd place losing to Ryan Fox. Never saw that happening.

My boy George Burns put up a fight but just didn’t have enough gas to make it over the finish line. But I can’t complain. George died in 1996 at the age of 100. Kind of hard to expect him to go 4 rounds. But it left me with 3 guys in the Top 10 and enough to claim the sidebet victory.

Dave - zero points? Clearly you spent too much time watching soccer and not your FGL golfers.

Did DeChambeau cheat? It depends who you ask. But my point to all the coverage is - he’s not on anyone’s FGL team. Please move along!

Went with Woody to see Silence of the Lambs. He requires sitting in the very front row!

For non-Ohio managers, last Friday was incredibly smoky here. It was like the entire outside was a giant cigar bar. Here’s a couple pictures from Cedar Point of what it was like. I wanted no part of that. I stayed home and made sure Mrs. Commissioner was getting her chores done.

Get ready for the Open!

Doug had a good tournament at the Scottish Open and picked up 13 points. Looks like him and Jim will be battling it out for 2nd place.

Monica picks up 9 points but after all, this is the Year of Monica.

My boy Aberg bogeyed his last hole Friday to miss the cut by one shot. Not to be outdone, my Sepp Straka was able to bogey his last 2 holes Friday to also miss the cut by one shot. Some years are just like that.

And Scottie missed a cut for the first time in thousands of years. It goes like that sometimes Kevin.

With our final Major coming up, one has to wonder, will Jim or Monica win it? They’ve split the first four. Oh it’ll probably come down to Fleetwood Mac against Fitzpatrick for the Sidebet win.

Took a couple of the grandsons to the Ohio Theater Sunday to see an old Star Wars movie. Should have realized the boys were most interested in running through every inch of the place. And while tickets were very cheap, I still somehow ended up paying $60 on all kinds of concessions!

Time for the British!

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Jaustin Xander, Alex Noren, Milton Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Jimmy Conners, Sungjae Im

Jim Fleetwood Mac, Pete Rose, Justin Thomas, Maverick McNealy, Max Homa

Doug   Chris Gotterup, Shane Lowry, Gary Woodland, Si Woo Kim, J.J. Spaun, Min Woo Lee

PAK-Mon Rory, Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jake Knapp, Wyndham Clark, Keith Mitchell

Commish Don Henley, Sepp Straka, Ludvig Aberg, George Burns, Nicolai Hojgaard  

Big J Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Jacob Bridgeman, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa

B.T.O. Hideki, Harris English, Akshay Bhatia, lil Rickie, Horchak, Daniel HamBerger

Kevin Scottie, Sahith Theegala, Brooks Koepka

Happy 4th of July!

It marked some big birthdays. 250 years for - oh you’ve heard enough about that. But also a happy 74th birthday to former FGL Manager The Doctor. And also happy 4th birthday to Julian, part of team Jaustin.

I enjoyed watching some of the US Senior Open at Scioto. (Not in person, on TV). So many old familiar names like Peppermint Patty, Stewart Kitchen Cink, Fancy Pants, the Predator. Oh such fun!

I was walking the neighborhood streets Saturday when I noticed Archie walking towards me. Big floppy hat, sweaty old OSU t-shirt and he’s only about 5’ 6” so it was clearly him. I just said “hi” as I walked by but started planning for the return trip down the sidewalk! On the way back, I asked him if the nasty heat made him want to put the pads back on again. He told me , “God no. but this is the time of year that the Bengals would open training camp and it was so painful!” Interesting note on all that was the entire time he kept walking; walking away from me. My second question was to see if he remembered signing a Hooters calendar for a 10 year old boy at our Brewseum Open but never got the chance.

Oh - we also had some FGL golf over the weekend. Jim picked up 9 points with Homa’s 2nd place finish and moves up on your FGL leaderboard to 2nd place. Doug grabbed a win and is now tied for 3rd place.

Scottish Open up next

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Jaustin Xander Schauffele, Alex Noren,  Patrick Cantlay, Corey Conners, Sungjae Im

Jim Fleetwood Mac,  Justin Thomas

Kevin Scottie, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau

Doug Chris Gotterup, Shane Lowry, Si Woo Kim, J.J. Spaun, Min Woo Lee

PAK-Mon Rory, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jake Knapp, Wyndham Clark  

Commish   Sepp Straka, Ludvig Aberg, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Nicolai Hojgaard  

Big J Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland

B.T.O. Harris English, Billy Horschel,  

It happened!!!!!!

The Tommy O has been hung in its rightful place at the B.T.O. estate!

And congrats to Manager Jim as I hear he’s headed to Europe for a long river boat cruise! ENJOY!

A wonderful night at the Blossom Music Center. Caught Don Felder play a lot of Eagles songs for the opening act. Chatted with one of the ladies working there during the break and she ended up moving us up from the 80th row to the 15 row for The Guess Who. A very comfortable night!

Let's go ride a John Deere tractor!

Well - not quite. But it is time for the John Deere Championship. Not many FGL golfers playing as they’re busy looking for flights to Scotland where we have the Scotish Open in a week.

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Jaustin   Milton Bradley, Sungjae Im

Jim Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Max Homa

Kevin   Tony Finau 

Doug   Chris Gotterup

PAK-Mon   Keith Mitchell

Commish   Sudarshan Yellamaraju

Big J   Jacob Bridgeman,  Jordan Spieth  

B.T.O.   lil Rickie , Daniel HamBerger

So many guys not performing this season

One example would be Big J’s buddy Jordan Spieth. We haven’t see much of Jordan on TV as he’s not had the best of years. Tends to get a bit off the beaten path:

Would you expect anything else this season?

Wyndham Hotels, after years of doing nothing, decides to win another US Open. All I can figure is it’s the new management. Congrats to Paul and Monica on another outstanding weekend. 32 points and the sidebet win. On a course to be a historic FGL season. When it all comes together, guys like Keith Mitchell open with a 40 on his opening nine holes yet somehow ends up in the top 10. The current second, third and fourth top ranked players are all on a certain someone’s team. See how their salary has increased since that infamous TopGolf Draft night:

Player Draft Night 6/21

Rory McIlroy $8.70 $9.57

Cameron Young $3.18 $7.28

Matt Fitzpatrick $3.07 $6.82

Jake Knapp $2.11 $2.50

Wyndham Clark $1.72 $5.05

Keith Mitchell $1.11 $1.74  

TOTAL $19.89 $32.96

Defending Tommy O Champion - negative two points for the weekend. Tsk tsk tsk.

Jim and I picked up 14 points. Not much to brag about there.

Big J’s favorite Jason Day played a few holes Thursday and then decided to go home. He pulled a Morikawa with a sore back.

We’re going to the Travelers next. It’s a Signature event which means: limited field, all make the cut, top names are expected to compete (except Rory who has decided he just doesn’t care about those events) I would guess a few of the guys that gutted it out for four rounds at the US Open would not be too upset if they missed the cut. But there’s no cut. So they’re playing all four rounds. I expect some tournament schedule changes next year!

Manager Golfers expected to play 

B.T.O. Hideki Matsuyama, Harris English,  Akshay Bhatia, lil Rickie Fowler, Daniel HamBerger

Jim Fleetwood Mac, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Maverick McNealy

Jaustin Xander, Alex Noren, Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Corey Conners, Sungjae Im

Doug   Chris Gotterup, Shane Lowry, Gary Woodland, Si Woo Kim, J.J. Spaun, Min Woo Lee

PAK-Mon   Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jake Knapp, Wyndham Clark, Keith Mitchell

Commish Don Henley, Sepp Straka, Ludvig Aberg, Sam Burns, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Nicolai Hojgaard,  

Big J Bob MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Jacob Bridgeman,  Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa

Kevin Scottie, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau

Time for the US Open! Hold on tight!!! (Oh wait, the FGL season feels like it's over)

Manager Golfers expected to play 

B.T.O. Hideki Matsuyama, Harris English,  \Akshay Bhatia, lil Rickie, Billy Horschel, Daniel HamBerger

Jim Fleetwood Mac, Justin Rose, Justin Thomas, Maverick McNealy

Jaustin Xander Schauffele, Alex Noren, Keegan Bradley, Patrick Cantlay, Corey Conners, Sungjae Im

Doug   Chris Gotterup, Shane Lowry, Gary Woodland, Si Woo Kim, J.J. Spaun,  , Min Woo Lee

PAK-Mon Rory, Cameron Young, Matt Fitzpatrick, Jake Knapp, Wyndham Clark, Keith Mitchell

Commish Don Henley, Sepp Straka, Ludvig Aberg, George Burns, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Nicolai Hojgaard,  

Big J Bobby MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland, Jacob Bridgeman, Jason Day, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa

Kevin Scottie, Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka

Bud Cauley?

Another winner not in the FGL. But in the end, the story is the same. Monica picks up 10 points with Fitzpatrick’s 2nd place finish. Well done Monica! Paul sure has picked a good team!

Doug and your Commissioner are now tied for second place with Jim and Jaustin right behind. Big J and Kevin are tied for 6th.

Kevin’s boy Brooks Koepka made the cut. Congratulations. But then he didn’t play Sunday. I don’t know what happened. Made the cut but didn’t finish. No points for that.

Wonderful outing at Shaker Run near Lebanon on a glorious Saturday afternoon. Three Finger Tim and his son Cody backed out on us that day but Big J and myself carried on. Sounds like Tim’s body is a bit beat up.