2012 College Football Contest

I think there has been some confusion with regards the home page of the 2012 College Football Contest.

Under the 'Side Pools' link in the list on the left, you will see a link for the 2012 College Football Handicapping Contest.

http://cungsmajorspool.com/2012_handicapping.html

The 'Rules' link on the left applies to the golf Majors Pool, not the football contest.

Please use the link above for football contest related inquiries.

There are two more weeks to register for the football pool.  We currently have 31 players signed up.  We'd like to get a few more so pass the info along to friends.

Thanks.

PGA/Final Results

I was hoping for a more dramatic Sunday to close out our season but Mr. McIlroy wanted no part of that.  What a dominant final performance.  The last player to win the PGA Championship by 7 or more shots was Nicklaus in 1980.  Rory now holds the record at 8.  Well done Rory.

 

Thirty-one players, including 3 in the top 10, had Rory and pocketed a cool $1.445illion this weekend.  Cha ching.

 

Brent Powdrill is this week's winner with earnings of $2,045,453 (Rory, Bradley, Tiger, Oosthuizen).  Very good week for Brent.  $200 bucks coming your way.

 

And with that, the moment you all have been waiting for.

 

Congratulations to the following players for cashing in the 2012 Majors Pool (Final position, name, prior rank):

1st Place -  Eric Kelley $2,200 (3rd)

2nd Place - Brent Powdrill $1,600 (6th)

3rd Place - Lindsay Boston $1,100 (5th)

4th Place - Stephen Shapiro $700 (2nd)

5th Place - Edward Johnson $550 (1st)

6th Place - Chris Hampy $400 (4th)

7th Place - Trey Williamson $300 (7th)

8th Place - Thomas Zentner $250 (19th)

9th Place - Michael Ramirez $200 (23rd)

Two last place exemptions into 2013 pool - Lee Simmons and Mike Sirois

 

Please reply with your mailing address so I can send you a check for your winnings.

 

Double-check your results to make sure they are accurate.  Earnings for the PGA Championship can be found here:

http://scores.espn.go.com/golf/leaderboard

 

I hope everyone enjoyed the season.  If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to email me.  I'm always looking for ways to improve the pool for future years.

 

Also, don't forget to sign up for the 2012 College Football contest:

http://www.cungsmajorspool.com/2012_handicapping.html

 

We'll do it again in 2013.

 

Regards,

Steve Cung

 

PGA Round 2 Results

Wow, tough day for these guys as the wind picked up in a major way and made for a very different day than Thursday.  The projected cut was at +2 at one point but ended up at +6.

Yet again, Tiger is in the hunt at another major.  The good thing is that almost everyone has used him this year so only 5 players selected him for this event.

Our top 5 in the pool is struggling.  Out of the 20 golfers selected by the top 5, only 3 are under par.  Our current leader, Edward Johnson, is a combined +17 with 3 players making the cut. His best score is with Ooosthuizen at +5.  Ouch.

Brent Powdrill, round 1 leader and currently in 6th, is still in the hunt with Tiger and Rory.  He's the only player in the top 10 with two golfers under par heading into the weekend.

Should be a fun moving day.  Links will be updated at the conclusion of today's round.

Happy Saturday!

PGA Round 1 Results

Benign conditions leads to decent scoring today but that could change tomorrow.

Carl Pettersson is your leader after 18.  Only Aaron Shields (ranked 82) had Pettersson.  That should keep you interested this week Aaron.

Brent Powdrill is your overall scoring leader in the clubhouse at an aggregate of 14 under.
- Rory McIlroy -5
- Keegan Bradley -4
- Tiger Woods -3
- Louis Oosthuizen -2

Not only does Brent have all 4 golfers in the red numbers, he's currently ranked 6th overall in the pool.  If these guys hold on to finish strong, the top 5 could be in trouble.  Great start buddy.

Notables that had a rough first round:
- T66 Bubba Watson +1 Selected 45 times
- T92 Jason Dufner +2 Selected 41 times
- T92 Steve Stricker +2 Selected 21 times
- T143 Webb Simpson +7 Selected 13 times

But as we all know, round 1 results mean almost nothing, especially this year.  We still have 54 holes to  play so there's a long way to go.

Both leaderboards have been updated as well as the PGA links.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

PGA Championship Picks Posted

Picks for the PGA Championship have been posted.  Please double-check your selections to ensure they were entered in correctly.

Tee Times for Round 1 (all times EST):

Tee Number 1
7:20 am Kelly Mitchum D.A. Points Marcel Siem
7:30 am John Senden Ken Duke Michael Frye
7:40 am Greg Chalmers Spencer Levin Michael Thompson
7:50 am Thomas Bjorn Robert Garrigus Charley Hoffman
8:00 am Lucas Glover Ben Curtis Trevor Immelman
8:10 am Scott Stallings Jeev Milkha Singh Johnson Wagner
8:20 am Shaun Micheel David Toms John Daly
8:30 am Bernd Wiesberger Ryan Palmer Robert Karlsson
8:40 am Alvaro Quiros Cameron Tringale Ryan Moore
8:50 am Tommy Gainey Jason Day Carl Pettersson
9:00 am Mike Small Brian Davis John Huh
9:10 am Sean O'Hair Brian Cairns Seung-Yul Noh
9:20 am Chris Stroud Marty Jertson Thongchai Jaidee
12:30 pm Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano George McNeill Frank Bensel
12:40 pm Brendon de Jonge Danny Balin Hiroyuki Fujita
12:50 pm John Rollins Kyle Stanley Francesco Molinari
1:00 pm Charl Schwartzel Rickie Fowler Nicolas Colsaerts
1:10 pm Hunter Mahan Adam Scott Sergio Garcia
1:20 pm Bubba Watson Webb Simpson Ernie Els
1:30 pm Luke Donald Brandt Snedeker Zach Johnson
1:40 pm Padraig Harrington Phil Mickelson Davis Love, III
1:50 pm Scott Piercy Graeme McDowell Matt Kuchar
2:00 pm Justin Rose Paul Lawrie Nick Watney
2:10 pm K.J. Choi Simon Dyson Scott Verplank
2:20 pm Mitch Lowe Jeff Overton Blake Adams
2:30 pm William McGirt Paul Scaletta Robert Allenby

Tee Number 10
7:20 am Matteo Manassero Charles Howell, III Mark Brown
7:30 am Pat Perez Corey Prugh Martin Laird
7:40 am Toru Taniguchi Rory Sabbatini Rafael Cabrera-Bello
7:50 am Jose Maria Olazabal Branden Grace Matt Dobyns
8:00 am Darren Clarke Ryo Ishikawa Gary Woodland
8:10 am Dustin Johnson Rory McIlroy Jim Furyk
8:20 am Jason Dufner Paul Casey Geoff Ogilvy
8:30 am Keegan Bradley Martin Kaymer Tiger Woods
8:40 am Louis Oosthuizen Ian Poulter Steve Stricker
8:50 am Lee Westwood Bill Haas Angel Cabrera
9:00 am Stewart Cink Peter Hanson Tim Clark
9:10 am Jeff Coston Bud Cauley Robert Rock
9:20 am Joost Luiten Alan Morin Thomas Aiken
12:30 pm Bryce Molder Matt Every Bob Sowards
12:40 pm Sang Moon Bae Darrell Kestner David Lynn
12:50 pm Marcus Fraser Jamie Donaldson Doug Wade
1:00 pm Jonathan Byrd Anders Hansen Aaron Baddeley
1:10 pm Thorbjorn Olesen Fredrik Jacobson Jimmy Walker
1:20 pm Miguel Angel Jimenez K.T. Kim Bo Van Pelt
1:30 pm Y.E. Yang Rich Beem Vijay Singh
1:40 pm Charlie Wi Pablo Larrazabal Chez Reavie
1:50 pm Retief Goosen Mark Brooks Roger Chapman
2:00 pm Alex Noren Mark Wilson George Coetzee
2:10 pm Marc Leishman Ted Potter, Jr. Brian Gaffney
2:20 pm Michael Hoey Kevin Na Rod Perry
2:30 pm Brendan Jones Bill Murchison J.J. Henry

Submit Picks for PGA Championship

The 'Submit Golfers' function has been enabled so please begin submitting your golfers for our final event of the season.

The field still has two remaining spots to be filled after this weekend: winner of WGC and winner of Reno-Tahoe not already in.