FINAL UPDATE - BANDIT WINS IN A LANDSLIDE

Pardon my French, but UN-FUCKING-BELIEVABLE.

Jeff will make it all pretty... your top 3:

1. Bandit with 497 points, wins $1,116
2. Tev with 433 points, wins $478
3. Tex with 383 points, wins $100

This frigging pool has turned into Bandit's own personal annuity!

The Penultimate Update

Bandit makes late season charge!!!

Imagine my surprise this morning when I did the update and saw these results... I've barely watched / followed golf over the last month or so.

434 ... Tev
397 ... Bandit
393 ... Steve T. / Tex
357 ... Shane/Jay
347 ... Jeff / Shades
260 ... Shize
248 ... Stevie V.
227 ... Vic
200 ... MG
197 ... Stan the Man
182 ... Johnny V.
131 ... Excal
120 ... CASWAS
56 ... Robbo
1 ... DTM
-59 ... David / Mark
-211 .... Ryan

UPDATE 10/13/08

Shades' roller coaster ride continues... while he had a great performance by Chris Stroud this week, he also had a great performance from his short pick, Mark Wilson. The net effect: there is a remarkably small gap separating 3rd and 4th place. Tev continues to hold a dominating lead... I think the only way anyone catches him is if Calcavechia actually plays and finishes a tourney in the top 5. We'll see.

UPDATE 10/6/08

Our first update in a few weeks... and we have a significant change. Shane/Jay have overtaken Shades for 3rd place. We have some nice battles going down the stretch.

433 .... Tev
394 .... Steve T. / Tex
362 .... Shane/Jay
351 .... Jeff / Shades
290 .... Bandit
252 .... Shize
235 .... Stevie V.
231 .... Vic
227 .... Stan the Man
162 .... Excal
150 .... Johnny V.
147 .... MG
118 .... CASWAS
-16 .... DTM
-58 .... Robbo
-79 .... David / Mark
-209 .... Ryan

UPDATES

I have a trial starting in Midland, TX (yee ha!) on Monday, and I'll be out there for a couple weeks... so no updates until I get back.

UPDATE 9/10/08

Tev is stretching out his lead, and Jeff has a little breathing room in 3rd... and there is a helluva battle for 5th place!

UPDATE 9/2/08

Tev grabbed some breathing room this week...


409 .... Tev
390 .... Steve T. / Tex
362 .... Jeff / Shades
354 .... Shane/Jay
257 .... Stan the Man
254 .... Bandit
240 .... Vic
240 .... Shize
218 .... Stevie V.
152 .... Excal
146 .... MG
145 .... Johnny V.
80 .... CASWAS
12 .... DTM
-57 .... David / Mark
-85 .... Robbo
-205 .... Ryan

UPDATE 8/25/08

It's getting ridiculously close... Tev has a 4 point advantage for 1st place, and Shades' hold on 3rd place has shrunk to 5 points...

UPDATE 8/19/08

Here is this week's update...

It is getting VERY tight in the money positions. Tev now has a 5 point lead on me, and Jeff has a mere 12 point lead on the Da Rooks, Shane and Jay, for 3rd place.


409 .... Tev
404 .... Steve T. / Tex
362 .... Jeff / Shades
350 .... Shane/Jay
280 .... Stan the Man
255 .... Bandit
249 .... Vic
222 .... Shize
203 .... MG
198 .... Stevie V.
161 .... Excal
136 .... Johnny V.
82 .... CASWAS
12 .... DTM
-34 .... David / Mark
-86 .... Robbo
-212 .... Ryan

UPDATE 8/11/08

Not a lot of change this week...


423 .... Tev
413 .... Steve T. / Tex
390 .... Jeff / Shades
347 .... Shane/Jay
298 .... Stan the Man
273 .... Bandit
266 .... Vic
230 .... Shize
217 .... Stevie V.
182 .... Excal
162 .... MG
139 .... Johnny V.
104 .... CASWAS
12 .... DTM
-18 .... David / Mark
-110 .... Robbo
-205 .... Ryan

UPDATE 8/4/08

423 .... Tev 423
412 .... Steve T. / Tex
388 .... Jeff / Shades
344 ... . Shane/Jay
304 .... Stan the Man Vic 280
275 .... Bandit
219 .... Shize
207 .... Excal
175 .... Stevie V.
171 .... MG
93 .... Johnny V.
85 .... CASWAS
15 .... DTM
-49 .... David / Mark
-117 .... Robbo
-224 .... Ryan

Pretty good stuff going into the PGA and Fed Ex Cup. If Shane/Jay stood pat on Ian Poulter, they'd be in the money right now... rookie mistakes.

UPDATE 7/29/08

Sorry I didn't get this up yesterday...

UPDATE 7/21/08

Some big time shakeups in the FPGP this week... Big time play from Ian Poulter, and some decent play by Nick Flanagan and dare I say it... David Duval, who finally got off the Gossett... coupled with Ken Duke destroying the "short" hopes of Stan and Vic... and we have a new top 3.

And a special thanks to Excal for taking the "prohibitive favorite", Sergio Garcia, in our bet this week. Yes, always wise to pick the guy who choked his way into 2nd place the year before, rather than taking the defending champ, bum wrist and all. That's $100, and it gets me dormie for the year.

UPDATE 7/7/08

And the most competitive season in FPGP continues...

On the back of Fredrik Jacobsen, Tev (aka, Jeff's Third Team) has taken the lead.


391 .... Tev
355 .... Stan the Man
350 .... Vic
334 .... Steve T. / Tex
278 .... Shades
264 .... Shane/Jay
251 .... Bandit
206 .... Excal
180 .... Shize
166 .... MG
162 .... Stevie V.
101 .... CASWAS
8 .... DTM
-33 .... David / Mark
-70 .... Johnny V.
-153 .... Robbo
-203 .... Ryan

UPDATE 6/30/08

Well, well, well... this pool just keeps getting more and more interesting. Big time performances by Woody Austin and Ken Duke have dragged me and Stan the Man back to the crowd a bit. Here are your numbers:

362 .... Stan the Man
342 .... Steve T. / Tex
324 .... Vic
316 .... Tev
291 .... Shades
267 .... Shane/Jay
234 .... Bandit
210 .... Excal
179 .... Shize
176 .... MG
169 .... Stevie V.
90 .... CASWAS
-11 .... DTM
-27 .... David / Mark
-59 .... Johnny V.
-157 .... Robbo
-203 .... Ryan

UPDATE 6/23/08

Before getting to the update, I wanted to point out that it was a big weekend for FPGPers... the big news comes from Shane of the Shane/Jay "darooks" team. Proving once again that a hole in one is 99.99999% luck, Shane made one on Saturday. Also on Saturday, David of the David/Mark team shot a remarkable 81 while playing with me at Frisco Lakes... it's remarkable because two days earlier, he shot 98. And finally, JG got to play some competitive golf on the weekend for the first time in a while... hopefully the big guy is feeling better now and can start cashing some bigger checks.

Ok, on with the update... Stan the Man has taken the lead.

No Update

Sorry peeps... with the Monday playoff pushing back the updated money list and a fun trip to Wichita this afternoon (yippee), I don't have time to get to the spreadsheets this week. We'll get 'er updated next week for sure. Probably.

UPDATE 6/2/08

Before getting to the update, I wanted to let everyone know that Tev made a trade last week, but I forgot to post that info. He dumped Jim Furyk and picked up Frederick Jacobsen.

Ok, here's this week's data. Jeff hasn't updated the sidebar for a couple weeks, so I'm not going to bother with sending him the spreadsheets. You can see all of the individual team data by clicking on the FPGP Data link, and then clicking on the "FPGP Picks" link in that file.

389 .... Steve T. / Tex
361 .... Stan the Man
331 .... Vic
328 .... Tev
308 .... Shades
266 .... Shize
261 .... Bandit
259 .... Shane/Jay
227 .... MG
226 .... Excal
176 .... Stevie V.
99 .... CASWAS
-5 .... DTM
-57 .... David / Mark
-95 .... Johnny V.
-169 .... Robbo
-265 .... Ryan

UPDATE 5/27/08

We have a new leader...

360 .... Steve T. / Tex
355 .... Stan the Man
337 .... Tev
336 .... Vic
316 .... Shize
311 .... Shades
263 .... Bandit
256 .... Shane/Jay
220 .... Excal
189 .... MG
185 .... Stevie V.
41 .... CASWAS
-83 .... DTM
-105 .... Johnny V.
-117 .... David / Mark
-178 .... Robbo
-318 .... Ryan

It looks like Da Bandit's move to trade Lil Timmy Clark backfired... ouch.

Remember people, THIS IS THE LAST WEEK TO MAKE A TRADE. If I don't hear from you by Friday, then that's it. You can look at the more fine grained data on the FPGP DATA link on the sidebar, if you need that kind of info to make an informed trade decision.

UPDATE 5/19/08

Before getting to this week's update, a big FPGP tip-of-the-hat to Shades... our boy played in the Charleston City Am this weekend and won his flight. Way to go Shades!

Ok, on with the update... like the great Phoenix rising from the ashes, your (not so) humble defending champ / commish has a team on the come baby, just one point behind Stan the Man. How did you guys miss Kenny Perry this year? Yikes. Anyway, not a lot of movement other than that...

361 .... Stan the Man
360 .... Steve T. / Tex
340 .... Vic
336 .... Tev
302 .... Shades
279 .... Bandit
275 .... Shize
250 .... Shane/Jay
219 .... Excal
201 .... MG
196 .... Stevie V.
18 .... CASWAS
-128 .... DTM
-141 .... Johnny V.
-172 .... David / Mark
-207 .... Robbo
-349 .... Ryan