The "Lost" Season coming to an end.

The Master’s will be in mid-November and also be or final tournament of this bizarre season. Chambeau has been practicing with a longer driver which he is already excited about. My Dusty Johnson is out for now with COVID. He has some symptoms but has not yet called back to let me know his hopes of being ready for the trip to Augusta.

On a different note, was able to get Doug, Big J and former FGL manager Tim out to Shaker Run at the end of September. And last Saturday, the 10th, I got myself out on the golf course. Less than 2 weeks from getting my spleen drainage tube pulled out and just under two months from the stroke - it felt good to be able to get out on the links. Probably better than some of the pills I’ve been taking!

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How does Kevin do it?

I’m baffled. He rarely picks his own team. And yet, his FGL record is outstanding. With the US Open, Kevin moves into 1st place as we roll towards the end of our 2020 season. All the experts said you had to play from the fairway to have any chance to win. And yet, DeChambeau is determined to hit it as far as he can and muscle it out of the rough. He ended up being the only player under par and it wasn’t close. Bryson wins the Major sidebet without having his #1 player (Koepka) in the field. And his last pick, Harris English, finished top 10 and is Kevin’s #2 top point scorer. Doug - if you can pick so well for Kevin, why not for yourself?

Monica had a great tournament with all 6 of her guys making the cut. 24 points for her!

Al - how do you explain yourself? 1st pick in the 2020 draft and yet 5 of your 6 guys miss the cut? You should be embarrassed. -8 points for the tournament and into the basement with you!

Only amateur to make the tournament has a last name of PAK. No relation to our PAK.

PGA has some silly tournaments coming up that we just never use. Father / son outings - things like that. So we will end 2020 with the Masters in November. I know - none of this feels right. Hopefully 2021 makes a bit more sense.

Time for the US Open. (Koepka withdraws - sorry Kevin)

I’m hearing they’d like the winning score to be around +8. That should get some guys fired up.

Manager Golfers Expected to play 

Big J Tony Finau, Tiger, Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Fitzpatrick,  

B.T.O. Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith, Bubba, Ryan Palmer, Chez Reavie

Jim Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar,  Zach Johnson,  

Laustin Patrick Cantlay, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Kisner, Collin Morikawa, Alex Noren, Abraham Ancer

Monica Webb Simpson, Adam Scott, Lanto Griffin, Louis Oosthuizen, Brendon Todd, Brian Harman

The Doctor Justin Rose, lil Ricki,e Gary Woodland, Phil, Keegan Bradley, Kevin Streelman

Paul Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Sungjae Im

Doug Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Byeong Hun An, Paul Casey, Scottie Scheffler, Martin Kaymer

Kevin  Bryson DeChambeau,  Sergio Garcia,  Harris English

Commish Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Daniel Berger, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker, Cameron

Champ

Sorry about the delay.

I was out for a few weeks with fluid around my lung as well as blood in my spleen. I can assure you all that hurts - or I’m whimp. Back home home learning to walk, eat and all that again. Sorry for the FGL delay. I summarized all scores over the weeks. Let me know if I missed any scores. Congrats to Mgr Jim on Jon Ram’s Memorial win. Also - well done to Dave recently for JT’s top scores. But comes on BTO - you had every guy make the PGA Championship cut and none score top 10? Oh well - I’m over it! Three tournaments left - two are Majors - scattered over the next few months. Good luck.

Most of us spend an extra week in Dublin.

Gives the guys some time to play other courses while they’re here - Like Safarri, Rolling Meadows, Marysville Country Club But anyway, it’s finally here -our first Major of the season - The Memorial!!!!!

Manager Golfers expected to play: 

Big J Tony Finau, Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Scott Piercy

B.T.O. Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith, Bubba Watson, Ryan Palmer, Chez Reavie

Jim Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Charley Hoffman, Zach Johnson,  

Laustin Patrick Cantlay,  Kevin Kisner, Collin Morikawa, Alex Noren, Abraham Ancer

Monica Webb Simpson,  Lanto Griffin, Louis Oosthuizen, Brendon Todd, Brian Harman

The Doctor Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Phil Mickelson, Keegan Bradley, Kevin Streelman Paul Rory McIlroy,  Sungjae Im, Harry Higgs, Matthew NeSmith,

Doug Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Byeong Hun An, Paul Casey, Scottie Scheffler,  

Kevin Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau,  Sergio Garcia, Rory Sabbatini, Harris English

Commish Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Daniel Berger, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker, Cameron Champ

Kevin extends lead

Frenchy had another huge week and won the Rocket Mortgage tournament in Motown. Hopefully he’s done for the year now! Guy has been on fire!

Middle of the pack (Jim, Doug and BTO) also scored -1 for the tournament.

So far this season as we approach the halfway point (and no Majors yet), Tiger [Big J] and Martin Kaymer [Doug] have not played a single FGL event. At the other extreme, Im [Paul] has played in every event. Hovland and Niemann [Big J], Hun An [Doug], Higgs [Paul}, Robert Reed [Jim], Bubba [BTO], have played in all but one FGL tournament.

Big July 4th weekend!

For thousands of years, the Nathans Hot Dog eating championship has taken place on July 4th. (Joey Chestnut always wins.) I recall watching that competition one year at Bob’s Bar after an IDI event. Oh yes - the IDI. Another amazing event. Yep - it’s an odd year. There was no parade and no potato salad. Doug was not the grand marshall for any event. And yet, we played on. Special thanks to Doug and Big J for joining me for an amazing afternoon.

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Let's head to Dublin!

Two weeks in a row at Murfield Village starting with the WorldPay Championship

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Big J Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Fitzpatrick  

B.T.O. Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Jim Palmer, Chez Reavie

Jim Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Charley Hoffman, Zach Johnson, Fabián Gómez

Laustin Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa

Monica Lanto Griffin, Louis Oosthuizen 

The Doctor Pete Rose, lil Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Phil, Keegan Bradley, Kevin Streelman

Paul   Sungjae Im, Harry Higgs, Matthew NeSmith

Doug Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Byeong Hun An, Scottie Scheffler  

Kevin Brooks Koepka,, Pat Perez, Rory Sabbatini

Commish   Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker, Cameron Champ

Travelers in the books

Dustin Johnson gave your Commissioner a big win which helped move me up to third place.

B.T.O. had 4 guys miss the cut. That’s never good. Negative points for the Lumberman.

Hovland managed to slip down to 11th place for Big J, helping to ensure that he is now in the basement.

The virus continues to take its toll. Keep your guys safe or get them sick right now so they are around for the Majors!

Rocket Mortgage in Detroit up next. (WorldPay at Muirfield Village after that)

Not a big turn-out among FGL golfers for this one:

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Big J Tony Finau,  Viktor Hovland

B.T.O.   Bubba Watson  

Jim   Patrick Robert Reed

Laustin  Kevin Kisner,  Alex Noren

Monica Webb Simpson,  Lanto Griffin, Brendon Todd, Brian Harman

The Doctor  lil Rickie Fowler  

Paul   Sungjae Im, Harry Higgs  

Doug Beam me up Scottie Scheffler

Kevin Bryson DeChambeau, Pat Perez, Rory Sabbatini, Harris English

Commish  Jason Day,  Opie Snedeker,  

WELCOME BACK FGL MANAGERS

With the PGA returning to Texas and the Colonial, FGL2020 begins again! Which means …………. you all need to look up who you had on your team!

Managers in the middle of your leaderboard did the best. Team Laustin brought in 11 points thanks to a 2nd place finish by Colin Morikawa. Your Commissioner scored 10 points thanks to Daniel HamBerger’s win. And B.T.O. ended up with 9 points thanks to three top 10 finishers. (and three missed cuts - all or nothing with his guys!)

Manager Paul kept a strong hold on his lead with 6 points for the week. His third round pick of Sungjae Im has the league leading most points at 19.

Rough week for Monica. Three of her boys missed the cut and she ended up -1 and finds herself in the basement. Must mean only better times are ahead.

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AGAIN - WE HAVE A NEW SCHEDULE

June tournaments will be played without fans.

Memorial gets moved to July to the British Open spot. Will hopefully have spectators. Also an expanded field of 144.

The Heritage at Harbour Town - one of my favorites - is back on the schedule for July!

Adjusted schedule under the tournament tab. Three under our belt Still 12 more to go including 4 Majors.