Masters hunchers,
Check your lineups! Remember that the list was released before the field was finalized, so there are players on there who are not competing. I think we all want a sporting contest, so this is the official warning and disclaimer.
Entries will be accepted until midnight Eastern time the night before tee-off at which time I'll post payouts. I'll post a leaderboard each night as well.
Masters Championship Hunchcap Pool 2018: Year of the Tiger
Thursday April 5th-Sunday April 8th
Buyin is $50, everyone so far is good without escrow.
In as of now (not binding):
samuri8 (McIlroy, Garcia, Kuchar, Berger, Smith, Fisher, -11)
redbuck (Rose, Noren, Kuchar, Hoffman, Aphibarnrat, Mollineri, -13)
itzlifestyle (Thomas, Casey, Dechambeau, Kisner, Walker, Simpson, -15)
fuluck (Woods, Garcia, Harman, Cabrera Bello, Moore, Steele, -9)
Bluff (Woods, Reed, Scott, Kisner, Walker, Holmes, -12)
Tom Ames (Johnson, Fowler, Kuchar, Kisner, Aphibarnrat, Henley, -10)
Canoe (McIlroy, Fleetwood, Schaufelle, Schwartzel, Westwood, Holmes, Winning Score?)
offTopic (Watson, Matsuyama, DeChambeau, Berger, Moore, Henley. -12)
SiMor29 (Spieth, Matsuyama, Pieters, Hoffman, Westwood, Kaymer, -11)
Steve Sax
Select one golfer from each of the following tiers and list them all in an individual post, along with a prediction for the winning score to be used as a tiebreaker. You can select multiple golfers from any lower tier and skip a tier. For example, two from the second tier and zero from the first, or two from tier three and zero from the second. Odds are for reference purposes only and have no bearing on the outcome (odds current as of 3/26 from sportsbook.ag) Entrants are responsible for being aware of withdrawals and changes can be made until the first golfer hits the first tee (must be in the form of a clearly labeled new post with your updated complete list).
Any golfer who misses the cut will be scored with the highest carded round from the 3rd and 4th round. For example, if you pick Henrik Stenson and he misses the cut, for round 3 he will receive the highest score in the clubhouse for that day's round. The same applies to round 4.
Mid tournament DQ's and WD's will be scored with any finished rounds standing and any remaining rounds treated the same as a MC. Golfers who withdraw before the tournament, if not replaced before first tee 4/5 will have each round scored as a MC.
At the end of the tournament, each entrant’s lowest 5/6 scores will be added together with the lowest score winning. If a huncher selects the winning golfer from tier two or lower, they will receive a $25 bonus. Payouts after bonuses will be 85/15 for first and second. Pending number of entries a third place winner will be added.
Tier One: The Studs
Dustin Johnson 8/1
Rory McIlroy 8/1
Tiger Woods 17/2
Justin Thomas 9/1
Jordan Spieth 12/1
Bubba Watson 14/1
Justin Rose 14/1
Jason Day 16/1
Phil Mickelson 16/1
Jon Rahm 18/1
Tier Two: The True Huncher’s Edge
Rickie Fowler 20/1
Paul Casey 22/1
Sergio Garcia 25/1
Hideki Matsuyama 40/1
Patrick Reed 40/1
Tommy Fleetwood 40/1
Alex Noren 45/1
Henrik Stenson 45/1
Louis Oosthuizen 50/1
Tyrrell Hatton 50/1
Tier Three: Guys with Funny Names
Thomas Pieters 60/1
Adam Scott 65/1
Matt Kuchar 65/1
Brian Harman 66/1
Xander Schauffele 70/1
Bryson DeChambeau 75/1
Marc Leishman 75/1
Brandt Snedeker 85/1
Brooks Koepka 90/1
Branden Grace 100/1
Tier Four: The Long Shots
Charl Schwartzel 100/1
Charley Hoffman 100/1
Daniel Berger 100/1
Kevin Kisner 100/1
Pat Perez 100/1
Patrick Cantlay 100/1
Rafael Cabrera Bello 100/1
Tony Finau 100/1
Gary Woodland 110/1
Kevin Chappell 125/1
Tier Five: The Depths of Obscurity
Matthew Fitzpatrick 125/1
Cameron Smith 150/1
Jimmy Walker 150/1
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 150/1
Lee Westwood 150/1
Luke List 150/1
Ryan Moore 150/1
Shubhankar Sharma 150/1
Zach Johnson 150/1
Adam Hadwin 175/1
Tier Six: The Also-rans
Bill Haas 175/1
Brendan Steele 175/1
Emiliano Grillo 175/1
Francesco Molinari 175/1
Haotong Li 175/1
JB Holmes 175/1
Russell Henley 175/1
Webb Simpson 175/1
Bernd Wiesberger 200/1
Byeong Hun An 200/1
Jason Dufner 200/1
Jim Furyk 200/1
Martin Kaymer 200/1
Ollie Schniederjans 200/1
Patton Kizzire 200/1
Ross Fisher 200/1
Shane Lowry 200/1
Si Woo Kim 200/1
Charles Howell III 225/1
Kevin Na 225/1
Russell Knox 225/1
Andy Sullivan 250/1
Austin Cook 250/1
Billy Horschel 250/1
Chris Wood 250/1
Danny Willett 250/1
Keegan Bradley 250/1
Kyle Stanley 250/1
Scott Piercy 250/1
Steve Stricker 275/1
Peter Uihlein 300/1
Fred Couples 350/1
Jeunghun Wang 350/1
Wesley Bryan 350/1
Grayson Murray 400/1
Joaquin Niemann 400/1
Patrick Rodgers 400/1
Ted Potter Jr 400/1
Jordan L Smith 500/1
Vijay Singh 750/1
Yuta Ikeda 750/1
Harry Ellis 1000/1