Craig I have a message for you.

Dear Mr. Perks,

Please withdraw from The Players Championship. I ask you to give up your spot so a golfer like Kevin Na may have a chance to compete. Hell, I'd even be happy to see Craig Kanada get in. Craig at least has won something since you last broke 70 in a PGA Tour event. I met his girlfriend last week at the Wachovia and she seems like a real nice person too.

Last year you shot 79-76 on route to missing the cut for the 3rd consecutive year. You just are not good anymore. Sure, you are 2nd on tour in sand saves and 1st in putting, but that is because you hit too many bunkers and miss too many greens. My putting average is low too, but that's because I can chip the ball close when I miss.

So I beg of you to w/d now rather than on Friday.

Sincerely,
Shades

Sixty Frigging Nine!

What a difference a driver makes... I've been struggling for the last month with my big boy, and finally had to sit it for a home-made driver that Stan the Man built for me. I hit it at the range this afternoon, and had the itch to play afterwards.

What a great idea!

I had a 6 birdie round of 69... with a damned bogey on 18. Three birdies on the four par 5s, a couple deuces on the par 3s (including the sweetest "little" 6-iron I've ever hit in my life on a 220 yard downwind par 3 16th... I hit it in there about half a foot), and one hole out from about 80 yards for birdie, after I got tangled in some trees on 9. It was pretty much a round where everything went right.

This round was a couple weeks too late for the Eat Crow Open, but I'm glad it finally showed up!

Simple Pleasure

Was I the only one other than Timmy that enjoyed watching fireball Rory Sabbatini hit his driver into the water on #14. It was playing about 309 yards on Sunday. Tiger took the driver out of his bag. Sabbatini then took his driver out, teed up the ball and pulled it left into the water. Tiger then put his driver back in the bag and pulled out an iron. Either Tiger changed his mind or got into Rory's head.

If only I had guys from my FPGP team that I could trash talk about. Instead I was just a golf fan pulling for ABT (Anyone But Tiger), except for Rory. I wanted so bad to see Rory throw a club.

Robbin Williams on Golf

Robin Williams - Golf
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FPGP, watch a movie on the road or at home

Illegally downloaded movies onto Youtube and Dailymotion for your viewing pleasure:

www.onlinecinema.org

Now I hope that changed the subject and gave you something to look for on the internets for your entertainment.

Stop naming "niceties"

JG is being ruined by the nice treatment of the FPGP! It's obvious. So, I beg you to stop this while the season is still young.

I'll start with the first taunt.

Hey Gore, I got one word for you, NATIONWIDE. There, that oughta do it!

Go low G's

The cut at the Wachovia (pronounced "Walk-all-ovah-ya") is going up, but I am pulling for my G's, Gainey and Gore, to go low. I was at the tournament on Thursday and followed my friend from Charleston, who I helped finance his first mini-tour, and our FPGP friend JG for 2 holes. Both are on/near the cut line as I type this. How about a little reverse FPGP mOjO for both.

Go low G's!!

You've probably heard this one, but...

A nun walks into Mother Superior's office and plunks down into a chair. She lets out a sigh heavy with frustration. "What troubles you, Sister?" asks the Mother Superior."I thought this was the day you spent with your family."

"It was," sighed the Sister. "And I went to play golf with my brother. We try to play golf as often as we can. You know I was quite a talented golfer before I devoted my life to Christ."

"I seem to recall that," the Mother Superior agreed."So I take it your day of recreation was not relaxing?"

"Far from it," snorted the Sister. "In fact, I even took the Lord's name in vain today!"

"Goodness, Sister!" gasped the Mother Superior,astonished. "You must tell me all about it!"

"Well, we were on the fifth tee...and this hole is a monster, Mother, a 540 yard Par 5, with a nasty dogleg left and a hidden green...and I hit the drive of my life. I creamed it. The sweetest swing I ever made. And it's flying straight and true, right along the line I wanted...and it hits a bird in mid-flight not 100 yards off the tee!"

"Oh my!" commiserated the Mother. "How unfortunate! But surely that didn't make you blaspheme, Sister!"

"No, that wasn't it," admitted Sister. "While I was still trying to fathom what had happened, this squirrel runs out of the woods, grabs my ball and runs off down the fairway!"

"Oh, that would have made me blaspheme!" sympathizedMother.

"But I didn't, Mother Superior!" sobbed the Sister."And I was so proud of myself! And while I was pondering whether this was a sign from God, this hawk swoops out of the sky and grabs the squirrel and flies off, with my ball still clutched in his paws!"

"So that's when you cursed," said the Mother with aknowing smile.

"Nope, that wasn't it either," cried the Sister,anguished, "because as the hawk started to fly out of sight, the squirrel started struggling, and the hawk dropped him right there on the green, and the ball popped out of his paws and rolled to about 18 inches from the cup!"

Mother Superior sat back in her chair, folded her arms across her chest, fixed the Sister with a baleful stare and said...

"You missed the short putt, didn't you?"

FPGP OPEN

Based on my last comment, I figured I'd run with the ball...
Let's work on two things...

1. We need to find out who is actually interested in playing in an FPGP Open.
2. We need to figure out availability.

Once we have that stuff locked down, we should be able to settle on a location... but let's take care of 1 and 2 first.

Who's in? And assume you have to get on a plane... this may be a home game for some, but given our geographical differences, it won't be for all. If you are "in if it is in Florida" or something wishy washy like that, note it.

Consider me "in" and I'll just toss out Labor Day Weekend as an option. I think if we are going to do this, we need to do it right and make it 3 days of golf... so something where we can fly/drive in on Thursday night and play Fri-Sun (36 / day is fine too)... I know I am definitely hopping on a plane, so I want the most bang for the buck. My schedule is wide open at the end of the summer/early fall right now, so I am amenable to just about anything... I just need to lock it in before my frigging case load starts getting full for that time of year.

To sweeten this a little, I'll go on record now and offer this bet... I'll take Robbo heads up... match play... I'll give him a stroke a hole... STRICT USGA rules... no prefered lies/gimmes (unless actually given)/no lateral drops OB/ etc. We did this chest thumping dance a few years ago, and nothing ever came of it... so I am putting it out there again. I'll give Excal the same action if he wants it. For that action though, we all play the same tees... you either step back to the tips with me, or I move down to the front with you. You can't get 18 strokes and 500 yards. Another variation... same rules/tees, but 12 strokes and I don't hit my driver all day.

Let's make this happen.

MIA again ...

Speaking of no-shows, I hereby present Jonathan "Mary" Kay(e). I propose this to be his official FPGP nickname (proper credit goes to da Bandit).

TTG going to the bank? Not yet, just the Wachovia.

Yeah, I've talked way to much about my boy Tommy "2 Gloves", but now there is reason to mention him again. He is playing this week on the PGA Tour, but it wasn't without some drama.

UPDATE 4/30/07

Here is this week's update... not a lot of big movement other than that created by my and Vic's dumping of DiMarco.

362 ..... Steve T. / Tex
316 ..... Vic / Talonflier
312 ..... Da Bandit
285 ..... Johnny V.
248 ..... Joel / Excal
190 ..... Jeff / Shades
164 ..... Stan the Man
3 ..... Stevie V.
-43 ..... Tev
-55 ..... Krust
-122 ..... Robbo / Buzz
-200 ..... Timmy D. / Bimma
-201 ..... Murph / MG

What a dog fight for last place!!!

Byron Nelson Weekend

What a weekend... quick summary:

Thursday: Spent the morning following JG's group at Cottonwood. Shades and I were like a couple school girls after that birdie-birdie start. Spent the afternoon over at TPC following random players. My wife, Shades, Stan the Man and I had dinner with JG and MG on Thursday night... big fun.

Friday: Two rounds of golf... the second was at TPC Craig Ranch. JG pulled some strings for me and the boys and got us out there. Amazing. We are eternally grateful, and actually felt bad that we were playing a better track than JG was that day. :-) By day's end, Shades was in an 8-down hole to me, and another friend had shot a cumulative 204 for 36. Yowzas.

Saturday: Spent the day at the Nelson... bounced from JG's group to various beer tents, then did the "Dallas thing" and spent the afternoon at the Pavillion looking at the beautiful people, drinking too much, and getting a scorching sun burn. The gang came back to Chez New Tex where we had a little BBQ and Beerfest late into the night.

Sunday: One last round of golf. I closed out Shades 8 and 7, but he took my friend Jim for $25 in the Sucker Bet of the Century. My friend Shane (Mr. 204) took me for a dinner bet though... I gave him a stroke a hole in match play, and the fucker hit an iron off every tee. Bastard. He beat me 2 and 1. I knew I was in trouble when I was even par through 7 holes on the back 9 and couldn't get on him. Note to self. A shot a hole in match play is a ton. Shane missed a 3 footer for par on the last hole and carded a 96. That is an even 300 for 3 rounds. His new nickmane is "Earl Anthony." You just can't make this stuff up.

The worst thing about a weekend like that... The Monday Morning Reality. Ugh.

I'll have an FPGP update for you guys later today... Shades is en route to Charleston, so don't expect a "pretty" one until tomorrow or later tonite.

Trades

Vic is dumping DiMarco and picking up Ryan Moore.

I am dumping DiMarco and picking up JG.

So it is written, so it shall be done.

Vic and New Tex Trades

Vic apparently didn't get the message about telling Jeff about trades... I had one that I wanted to pull the trigger on this week, and thankfully it was not the exact same trade.

I sent Jeff my trade info, so if you have a trade to do this week, let me, him, or both of us know and we'll get it posted late night.

Toe down

Now that Kuehne decided to play an event, I thought that perhaps Kaye would surface. But no!!! Come on Jonathan, it's gut check time, and I need points!!!

The Pain Train Departs Thursday at 8:30...

The tee times for the Nelson were just released... JG goes at 8:30 at Cottonwood on Thursday... seems like a good starting spot to me... the easier of the two courses, 4th group out... I smell a low number, and I doubt it is coming from Robert Gamez or Scott Verplank.

I know it was a long shot... but I was reallllllly hoping for a JG / Trashcan pairing.

Meanwhile, Shaun Micheel is paired with Chris Couch... I told Shades that he better hope that the right guys shoot 78 and 68 in that group. Then again, it could be fun to watch Shades crying like a baby at a golf course without a golf club in his hand.

The Mickelson / Singh pairing will draw the big crowds over at the TPC... but the savvy golf fans (that is, me and Shades) will be following JG across the street. He has Kuchar in the group in front of him, so I may need to give him a little pep talk as well.

He's no Tim Couch.... Yet!

I'm a Hank Kuehne or Craig Perks top 10 away from making some real noise in this thing. Oh and by-the-way Mr. Couch. I dropped Axe because he and his pink head covers (not that there is anything wrong with that) seemed happy with just making the cut. Your stats were much better than his, but don't start pulling the same deal as Axe. You and most golf fans know that your little cross handed chip-in last year at the NOLA event was about as lucky as winning the lottery. You did get some decent coin for that even though you sure did look like you wanted to just have a top 10 in that event last year. Let's see you win again. Maybe this time without having to rely on all that luck at the end. When Gut-check is better on my team than you, we have a problem. At least try to be better than the other known Couch. He didn't last long in his sport and your window on the PGA looks even shorter.

Mr. Couch, please understand that you are not the sole reason for the demise of my FPGP team. But when Craig Perks and Hank Kuehne haven't even played in 1 event and have more FPGP points (and those are far more important than FEDEX points) we have to try to light a fire under you butt.

2007 Results: Chris Couch

UPDATE 4/23/07

No change in the top 3 money positions, but it is getting a little tighter under the cut line.

A Special Feeling

I know this is a golf blog but since New Tex has a bet going with somebody that involves golf and face painting, I think it fits.

A Pro in Every Sense of the Word.

What can I say? JG is the man. Can't putt worth a lick, but "the man" nonetheless. Ha!

In all seriousness, it was a very humbling experience. The man is an amazing golfer, but an even better "guy." We had a ton of laughs, mostly at my expense, and I got to watch some jaw dropping drives. The man is seriously intimidating off the tee, unless you are not intimidated by 310 yard ropes that are consistently down the sprinkler line, and that is not even close to being an exaggeration. There are two par 4s at the TPC Craig Ranch that are "driveable"... he hit it stiff on one, and was a bad bounce away from stiff on the other. I mean, the man doesn't try to drive the greens... he tries to hit it close from 330. That's just sick, and frankly, intimidating.

The best thing that happened to me in the match was winning the toss for the first tee. I pull hooked one left and JG hit one in a decent spot. From 129 and over a tree or two, I stuck it in there about 15 feet. The putt was uphill and left to right... after JG missed his birdie putt, he said "looks dead down hill and right edge, eh?" Perfect. Now I knew we'd be giving shit to each other! I missed the putt, but it was a "stroke hole" so I was suddenly 1 up. I continued to scramble around and JG couldn't make a putt, so my 1 up lead was good for a while. On 6, I duck hooked one on a par 5. JG was gracious enough to ask if I wanted to hit another one, but I didn't, as my ball was still in play. He blasted it about 320 dead down the middle. I hit a decent 3-wood back into play. His 2nd shot came up short in a bunker. My sand wedge was about 25 feet past the pin, and he blasted out to about 8 feet. This was the critical point in the "match." I figured I had to make mine... and I did! I gave a little victory dance and what not... I think I told him to "hit it close" with his putt. And he just nailed it dead center. Ouch. I guess I'll get to go to my grave saying "I forced a Tour Pro to make an 8-footer to avoid going 2-down to me"... as if that means something.

On the next hole, he hit it stiff with his driver... sick... just sick. I clearly woke up a sleeping giant. I joked "hey, you pushed it you hack"... as if I could rattle the dude that just hit it 6 feet from 330... He missed his putt, but I made a slappy par, so we were even. I actually won the next hole clean (i.e., no strokes) with a par, and I was 1 up thru 7. The erratic (i.e., God Awful) driver caught up to me, and JG won 8 and 9. One down thru 9. The real problem was that he got the damned tee... you want tough? Follow JG off the tee. He is a machine. The man can drive his golf ball... of course, I pressed, trying to keep up, which is stupid... and hit the ball all over the course.

I was dormie 4 on the 15th tee... 190 yard par 3, playing dead down wind. JG hit 7 iron about 20 feet past the hole. I hit 8-iron (woot!!!) about 12 feet pin high... he missed and I had a putt to continue the match, but left it short right... just like the amateur hack I am. Four and three... a pretty sound whooping.

I really don't know what we shot, as I was focused on the holes... I know I turned in 39, and JG was even or 1-under. I think I was 41 or 42 on the back, and he was another 1 or 2 under. So, 80-81 for me, 70-71 for him, and he never made a putt. The man cut through a 7000 yard track in 30 mph wind like a hot knife through butter, and I was just trying to survive.

In terms of the more important things... the man is a prince. Many a "good shot" were sent my way, even when I'd hit it 30 feet long with a sand wedge, or something else that was clearly not a "good shot" by his standards. Many laughs were had... can you believe he actually printed out my/our comments and brought them to the course???... all in good fun.

We all get behind this guy because he has proven to be way cool on the blog... I mean, let's face it, he didn't run into a JG Fan Club site. But seriously... this is one of the good guys. He's someone worth rooting for. He can golf the hell out of his ball, he can be gracious and funny, and he can sling back a few beers at your house after a round. Truly a pro, and overall super guy. I for one am humbled by the grace and overall character of the man.

Now get it done this week big guy... we'll have one helluva victory party for you!

Call from the turn (JG vs NT)

All Square thru 9.

On Being the Prohibitive Underdog...

I got my inspiration... watch out JG!

Prediction

I say that New Tex loses by hole #14, and that's being kind! Anyone else wanna jump in before the news breaks?

Tiger Is An Ass

The field for the Byron Nelson was just released, and Tiger is not on it. A common thought is that "Tiger doesn't like the courses" but I find that to be horseshit. He won here in 98, and he played almost every year (never finishing out of the top 10) until he acually (gasp) missed the cut at the Nelson a couple years ago, breaking his ridiculous streak of made cuts. He didn't play last year.

Normally, I defend Tiger and his selection of tourneys... but this is an event which will HONOR one of the great figures in golf. Mickelson... here. Singh... here. Garcia... here. Luke Donald... here. The list goes on and on. In fact, just about every prominent American player seems to be in the field. Even HANK "OH MY BACK" KUEHNE is teeing it up, and he may need to be fitted for traction after his first round.

I think this is pretty classless on Tiger's part. Byron passed away last fall, which means there has been ample opportunity to change / affect schedules and what not. For a man who is chasing history, his absence from this year's Nelson shows a lack of appreciation for that history. Shame on you Tiger.

Na done gone!

The spirits have spoken. Na has withdrawn from the event in New Orleans. Coincidence, I think not!!!

New Trade Policy / Eat Crow Open Update

To keep things on the up and up, please send all future trade requests to Jeff... since I am in the thick of it, and still have a trade to make myself, I think I'd have an unfair advantage if people sent me their trade info. I don't want to be labeled "Bandit 2."


The Eat Crow Open is set for late Sunday afternoon. Rumor has it that JG is letting me choose the format. Pretty confident for a guy hopping off a plane and going to the golf course. Clearly he has no respect for my match play record during my senior year in h.s. (14-2). Sure, that was almost 20 years ago, and I played a bunch of no-talent hacks in Massachusetts, but that is not the point. Still, although I think my best format is probably "drink a beer after every hole" that is probably not appropriate. We'll go with "match play, please... thanks."


What is the over under on what hole JG closes me out? And if any of you say "10th" I am going to be very hurt. If JG says "10th" then it is on!!! Ha! Yeah, right... ugh.


If possible, I'll call Jeff with the status after the front nine, so he can post a little "live scoring" here. As always, no news will be bad news for me. I don't know that I am going to take the time to call with a "yeah, JG shot 32 on the front to my 43, and I am 8 down with 9 to play... time to press" message. My best play may be to suffer an Al Czervik-esque injury, and get Danny Noonan to sub for me.


On that note, I will be seeking advice from my spiritual guru this weekend. No, not my friggin sports psychologist friend. Carl Spackler!

Shades Makes Trade: Axley Gets Axed

Shades is dumping Eric Axley for Jason Schultz.

This trade will be effective for this week, and reflected in our next update.

So it is written... so it shall be done.

Trade?????

Hey, what happened to the trade that was "announced" by da Commish? Has this mysterious post gone the way of White House emails!?!?

Eat Crow Open, 2007

FPGPers,

While the network cameras will be tuned to the golf in New Orleans this weekend, there is much bigger match occuring in the Dallas area. As you will surely recall, our pal JG started commenting on the blog one fateful day in June, after I posted something to the effect of "I could beat him if he gave me two shots a side" and he retorted with a "I'll take that bet." Well... it's gonna happen.

MG and I had talked about all of us getting together next week for dinner, and I couldn't help but put out the "offer" to play with JG if he was skipping the NOLA tourney. Not only was there a gracious acceptance of my offer, but a counter offer to play out at the TPC Craig Ranch course (which is likely the future home of the Byron Nelson tourney). Wow. So there you have it... New Tex v. JG. The Big Mouth vs. The Big Bomber.

I have but two conditions for the match, and of course, since I am the one with the big mouth, will accept my fate if these conditions are not agreed to.

1. I have no desire to play from the 7500 yard "PGA Tour" tees. The 7000 yard "Championship Tees" are about as much golf course as I can chew on.

2. Match play gives me a slugger's chance, as I will surely blow up on a couple holes... Vegas has me as a 30:1 underdog in a stroke play format... 8:1 in match play. Let's make it competitive JG!

I'll accept my fate if JG wants to play stroke play from the tips... I guess this is my pathetic way of asking for some mercy, and in a public format. Shit, I really am pathetic.

UPDATE 4/16/07

Well, Johnny V.'s stay at the top was short-lived... even the most powerful mojo/voodoo couldn't keep Kevin Na from sailing Da Bandit and New Tex right by him. Mr. Na also propelled Jeff right into the middle of the pack, where he has little chance of winning, and even less chance of finishing dead last. Maybe if Kuehne can just get off the pain train... or ask Kelli to play in his stead. Ouch.



And we have a helluva battle going on for last place also!

Where to play during the FPGP Open (poll)

Prior to voting please know that there are 7 choices. I took the top 7 from the golf digest "top 50" review of MB golf courses. Of the top courses I did not include those in NC and those that were not in Myrtle Beach except for True Blue, which is in Pawley's Island.

Best Wishes

To Mr. Na:
Bon chance demain, heh, heh, heh .....

We need to get Jam Boy in the FPGP

Here is his latest blog posting. For those that don't know who Jam Boy is, he is a caddy at some golf course in I think Tennessee.

Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey...

Ok, enough already. In an attempt to either change the direction of my FPGP team or get me into a last place finish, I am going to start trying to reverse jinx my guys. Nothing else is working, so why not.

GO KEVEN NA, GO! GO LOW!

UPDATE 4/9/07

Goosen shoots Johnny V. to top of leaderboard!

New Tex Takes Down Excalibur!

It waddn't perty... but I'll take it.

Excal only had three players make the cut.

Furyk, who finished tied with my Singh,... push
Mickelson, who finished tied with my Ogilvy... push
And Chaz Howell, who was bested by a stroke by both my DL3 and Adam Scott...

So, by a narrow margin, New Tex triumphs!

That's fitty.

And the Winner of the First Major is...

The Rodent is the winner and takes a narrow lead into U.S. Open. With the U.S Open rough and slick greens, picking stable (make the cut) players will be the key to survival. Congratulations Robbo, the rodent gets the last laugh!

Robbo - 1174 (289, Toms/72*, Stenson/72*, Scott/72*, Singh/73*, Mickelson/77)
Talonflier - 1177 (290, Casey/71*, Scott/72*, Singh/73*, Howell III/74*, Mickelson/77)
Vodoo - 1179 (286, Goosen/69*, Cabrera/71*, Donald/73*, Singh/73*, Olazabal/77)
Boca Bandit - 1196 (294, Cabrera/71*, Ogilvy/73*, Singh/73*, Mickelson/77*)

Rodent Scurries Ahead by Two, Smells Cheese...Needs Shower

Moving Day (at least at the bottom of the tank)

The Bandit was done in by Ogilvy's Tin Cup impression on #15 and we now see how important it is to have a full stable of options to facilitate dumping a high score or two. With 3 common players on Talonflier and Robbo teams, it is really a 2v2 with Howell III and Casey going against Toms and Stenson for this Major and the $40 prize. Still Vodoo could rise from the grave and snatch victory if his stable puts up four very good scores. The Bandit is looking to stop the bleeding because these scores carry over for the season title, the "Protective Cup". The good news is the scores carryover for the Cup, but you pick new players each Major.

Robbo - 885 (300, Mickelson/73*, Toms/74*, Scott/76*, Stenson/77*, Singh/79)

Talonflier- 887 (301, Mickelson/73*, Howell III/75*, Scott/76*, Casey/77*, Singh/79)

Vodoo - 893 (302, Goosen/70*, Donald/75*, Olazabal/78*, Cabrera/79*, Singh/79)

Boca Bandit - 902 (312, Mickelson/73*, Cabrera/79*, Singh/79*, Ogilvy/81*)

Cubs and the World Series

Catsup and hot dogs

Peace and the Middle East

Bleach and ammonia

And now; Philp and the Masters

Cash in your winnings folks, Armageddon is not far away!!!

Round 2 Round Up

Rodent's lead has the half life of Cialis and it's not very big to start. Some scary moments as some of us were within a whisper of not fielding a full team for the last two rounds (BTW, the rule is you get the score of the higest pro in the field for each day if you are short a player). Everyone lost Els, and the Bandit watched Chad Campbell exit early (guess he needs some more hormone shots). Vodoo has vaulted into last place.

Robbo - 585 (296, Singh/71*, Mickelson/73*, Els/76*, Stenson/76*, Toms/78, Scott/78)

Talonflier - 586 (288, Casey/68*, Singh/71*, Mickelson/73*, Els/76*, Howell III/77, Scott/78)

Boca Bandit - 590 (289, Ogilvy/70*, Singh/71*, Mickelson/73*, Cabrera/75*, Els/76, C.Campbell/77)

Vodoo - 591 (Singh/71*, Donald/74*, Olazabal/75*, Cabrera/75*, Goosen/76, Els/76)

Dear Bret Wetterich

CUT IT OUT!

Uh, have you seen your swing? Seriously dude... you can't play like this at Augusta. Can't do it. Not for four days. So, let's make a deal... how about you continue to score well for a few more holes, and then you just tank. Everyone will understand, because your swing looks like it is taking place in a phone booth. You'll still have great stories to tell the grandkids... "back in 07, I was leading The Master's halfway through the 2nd round... then I shot 80-82, but that's not important."

Anyway... just start playing like that swing should dictate...

Kthanks,
Steve

Robbo Charges Into the Early Lead

Today's Round-Up

Robbo -289 (Scott/74*, Toms/70*, Stenson/72*, Singh/73*, Els/78, Mickelson/76)

Vodoo -296 (Donald/73*, Olazabal/74*, Singh/73*, Goosen/76*, Cabrera/77, Els/78)

Talonflier -298 (Singh/73*, Scott/74*, Howell III/75*, Mickelson/76*, Casey/79, Els/78)

Boca Bandit -301 (Singh/73*, Mickelson/76*, Ogilvy/75*, Cabrera/77*, C.Campbell/77, Els/78)

* denotes round used in score

No Justice

In case you didn't know already, Joel/Excal is at The Masters today. I find this to be completely ironic, as I've never met anyone with such blatant disregard for the rules and traditions of golf, and there he is at the most hallowed grounds! This is a guy who routinely carries 18-20 clubs in his bag (several drivers, putters, and wedges, none of which have ever been struck solidly), routinely tees the ball up 3 feet in front of the tee markers, and despite all of this, has never hit a ball more than 220 yards. HE is at The Masters.

Well, as the man would say...

NO JUSTICE!

Kids

I was at the driving range tonite and heard the funniest exchange between two little kids on the putting green. I guess they were having a little putting contest amongst themselves, and one kid says "I'll be Tiger Woods... you're Phil Mickelson."

The other kid yells "I don't want to be Phil Mickelson!!!"

I almost peed my pants.

Golf Anyone?

Hey Florida FPGPers... I am going to be in Daytona on May 22nd for work... Would anyone be interested in playing golf on the afternoon of the 21st? I have no clue if any of you are close or not, but I'd probably be able to get into Daytona on the 21st sometime in the morning, and we could tee it up in the afternoon.

Master's Side Bet

OK Joel/Excal... let's do this thing. $50 for best team, $25 if you pick the winner. Five players each, no Tiger, highest combined earnings wins. I'll even let you pick first.

UPDATE 4/2/07

Here are this week's numbers... that little Shit From McKinney continues to screw me in this frigging pool... on the strength of Hunter Mahan's performance in Houston, Vic has leapfrogged me and landed in 3rd place. Bandit continues to hold a slight margin (and a trade) over Stevie V.

284 ..... Da Bandit
277 ..... Johnny V.
229 ..... Vic / Talonflier
209 ..... Stevie T. / Tex
161 ..... Joel / Excal
134 ..... Stan the Man
32 ..... Stevie V.
17 ..... Jeff / Shades
15 ..... Krust
-14 ..... Tev
-92 ..... Robbo / Buzz
-132 ..... Timmy D.
-209 ..... Murph

No pretty pictures this week

I will be skiing in Idaho this week. So I will not be posting any of the images (team data and such). If you need that data, email New Tex. I'm sure he would love to forward that info on to you per your request.

Bogus Basin Mountain (link)

Quad

Ugh... long story short, I played with Krust today out in his neck of the woods (Mansfield National). A decent, but pretty easy course that was playing way too short... I should have played the tips. Thru 15, I was +1 and seemingly in complete control. Then the 16th hole happened. A wonderful 9... A Quad. A Near Double Par. Finished with a 78 despite that atrocity.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Masters Challenge

After many years of trial and error I believe I have found the best tournament pool format for the Majors; tell me if your interested? It relies on the standard college match format with each team consisting of six players, each day you record the best four scores of your team (4 out of 6)and that becomes your day total, add your four days together and you have you tournament score...low tournament score wins. It gets interesting in the pro format because you can lose a player if he fails to make the cut meaning you have one less round to choose from in making your low four. A tie is broken by match of cards of the last day's round in reverse order (18 backwards) of the opposing #1 players on the two tied teams (almost never occurs). My proposal is this: $20 per team (one per FPGPer) per Major ($80 total); $10 of which goes to the pot for that Major and $10 carries over to the pot for the lowest total for all four Majors. You can pick a new team each Major, you must declare one player as your #1, Tiger is not available for anyone. Thoughts? I will send the money up front because I know it upsets New Tex to have his piles confused; being a federal employee I have no problem with circular accounting--- I manage the Social Security lock box.

FEETS DON'T FAIL HIM NOW!!!

Another Texas Victory for Justin???

JG's new sponsor?

No. Not the Houston Astros, but rather Major League Baseball? Gore was shown a lot on the Golf Channel's coverage of the Shell Houston Open. He was sporting a Houston Astros cap during his round.

Smile Pretty

A link to his website: www.justinleonard.com

FPGP RULING

This comes straight from the top...

"Any attempt to jinx Justin Leonard, for example by making posts such as 'Look how well Justin is playing' will be greeted with a $100 fine by the commish."

Just keep your snack shutes quiet!

Deafening Silence

Well... Shades decided to not post the ass-whoopin' he put on me today. Hmmm... the psychological warfare for the Nelson golf weekend begins.

I am in Charleston for work, and flew in early to play a round with Jeff at Oak Pointe on Kiawah. I'd like to blame my shitty ass game on being tired from getting up super early, or on being stuck on a 3 hour flight... but crap... I just stunk it up out there today. I put up a fugly 83 to Shades' 80. My bogey-par-double-double finish was like watching a monkey fuck a football.

On the bright side, it looks like I get 3 strokes in April. Sweet.

Nice course... more "target golf" than I am comfortable with, particularly since Shades offers no guidance whatsoever. The course seemed to be designed with my game in mind, as I found every sand trap on the damned place, a water hazard or two, and various other spots that "members" like Jeff seem to avoid with ease. The classic was the last hole... it looks a lot like the 18th at the Ocean Course... Jeff says "it's 230 to carry the hazard." It is so flat, all of the bunkers in the distance look like they are beside the green, so I say "uhhh... ok" and proceed to hit what I thought was a good ball... then I hear "oh, that's in the trap." Well, shit. A 270 yard frozen rope 3-wood, right into the middle of a bunker that looked like it was 350 yards away. Shit again.

And yeah, Shades did provide a yardage book... but I like to play by "feel." (OK, I am choking on my own spit on that one...).

NCAA Pool...

I just got the latest update on the pool that some of you joined... there is no possibility for any of us to cash. If you want the spreadsheet, let me know and I will email it to you.

Oh, and MG... you may need a collection agency to get your bet $$$ from Talonflier... he still hasn't coughed up the $10 he owes me for that pool. There may be a new Rodent in the midst...

UPDATE 3/26/07

Here is this week's update... Johnny V. has vaulted into second as a result of my going backwards on the Brett Wetterich performance. Damn him. It is a flimsy second place though, as Johnny V. has already made his trade, and I can grab 100 points right now by dumping JL. To keep some of this in mind, I'll color the FPGP players names who have made trades in blue. This should show up when Jeff makes this more 'perty.

276 .... Da Bandit
251 .... Johnny V.
214 .... Stevie T.
171 .... Vic / Talonflier
132 .... Stan the Man
126 .... Joel / Excal
22 .... Krust
15 .... Stevie V.
13 .... Jeff / Shades
-21 .... Tev
- 61 .... Robbo / Buzz
-133 .... Timmy D.
-266 .... Murph

Hey New Tex and Bandit

SHORT THIS



Brett Wett earns a nice check ($800K) at the WGC-CA event at Doral.

Joel da Mime

I found Philp!!!

Or is this him?

UPDATE 3/19/07

Here is this week's update... the big mover was Johnny V., by virtue of Rocco Mediate's performance.

As always, if you want a trade to be effective for this week's event, I need an email by Wednesday.

One Hole

I always figured that on any given hole, I could take down a Tour guy like JG. Unfortunately, I usually play 17 shitty ones around it... anyway, today was one of those holes. The 10th at the place I play is a 545 yard par 5, that winds around downhill and to the left. Today it was playing downwind. I nutted a ball off the tee about 350, hit 7-iron in from 195, and drained a 20 footer for eagle. It was my 12 minutes of "holy shit, maybe I can play this game." Of course, it was sandwiched around a bogey on 9 and a bogey on 11... but that is not the point. For one hole, the world was right. I was playing with Krust, and showed him the 7-iron before I hit it so he could attest to it... I knew I was going to make an eagle on that hole... I don't know why.I shot 74, which was not half bad considering I was half drunk and it was windy out. I shot 78 in the morning which was a tragedy... bogeyed four of the last five holes.

The wife is out of town, so I snuck in a "quick" 36 today.Another mini highlight for the day... I made a pair of 2s on the same par 3. Last week I made a friggin' triple bogey on that little hole... today, I made an 8 footer in the morning and a tap in (hit the pin with the tee shot... what the hell?) in the afternoon.

On the day, I had 5 birdies, and eagle, and a hole lot of slapping the ball around the course. Let's start talking trash boys... it's not just about making fun of the best players in the world. That stupid "mygolfrecord.com" has my handicap at 1.9, and I am almost starting to believe it. Woot!Update tomorrow...

There may be a Hank Kuehne sighting in a few days.

My boy, Hank, is listed in the field for next weeks Nationwide tour. While not the PGA tour, it does mean that Hank is alive and able to swing a golf club. Given the quality of my team this is a very nice baby step. And how funny that another of my guys is playing there too, Craig Perks. One guy to watch is Kevin Gessino-Kraft. I've seen "Krafty" play a couple of times. He's got some game.

And that was you Nationwide Tour Update.

How did Justin Leonard make the cut at Arnold Palmer's tourney?

Did he find his groove and shoot a great score to get into contention?
Was it the shoes?
Was he fortunate enough to have the cut move back to +3?
Did Tev let the "real" Justin Leonard out of his basement captivity?

Or was it that fine swing with the big stick?

Leonard In Position to Make Cut

JL battled back with a smooth even par round today. He's a half decent round away from making his first cut of the season.

In other news, there are freeze warnings in hell.

Mickelson: "I'd Hit Driver Again."

Interesting post on espn.com today from Mickelson... you can read it here.

Trade 3/15/07

We had one trade this week. Johnny V. has picked up Brad Faxon and dumped Bob May.

New Feature

I added a link to the sidebar which will take you to all of the updates posted this year called ALL UPDATES. If you are looking for some historical data on how bad your picks are, this is the place to go.

NCAA Pool...

I sent the spreadsheets to Megan, Stevie V., Vic, Jeff and Da Bandit, so check your email InBoxes...

You can fill out as many sheets as you want, just save them as separate spreadsheet files. Don't forget to put your name on each one also.

Anyone Out There Playing Well Yet???

I had another red-letter schizo round today... a not very inspiring 82 which included a pair of doubles, a triple, and two hole outs... one from a bunker for a par, and one flop shot from behind the 18th green for a birdie... the proverbial "keep ya coming back" shot. I seem to have two shots right now... "pretty damned good" and "sweet holy shit, have you ever played this game before." As a great example, on the #1 handicap hole, a bitchy little tight downhill then uphill par 4, about 430 or so that was playing into the wind, I hit a "stinger" 3-wood off the tee (it runs downhill a good bit and you can actually go to0 far if you hit the ball long... for Joel this would be "not an issue.") practically against the 150 post... and then I duck hooked a 7-iron. So... hit it 280, into the wind, with a 3-wood... and then hit your iron shot 30 yards short/left of the green. Nice. That all of my clubs still exist in one piece each is the biggest miracle of all. I was joking that I felt that I could shoot any score from 70 - 90... well, if I play 20 rounds this year, I might just shoot every one. Scratch off 82, 81, 77, and 75 so far. The real question right now is which will come first, the 70 or the 90.

Anyone else playing yet?

UPDATE 3/11/07 - Post PODS Tournament

Sometimes the best moves are the ones we don't make. Offline, Bandit told me he was thinking of dumping Jonathan Byrd... turns out he held at just the right time as Byrd made a decent check and vaulted forward about 40 spots. Gang, Mr. Bandit is completely in the driver's seat right now.

New Tex Can Predict The Future

He sure can. How do I know? He sent me an instant message via the Microsoft IM Network. It read,"Asswhooping".

On Friday morning I took my kids to school and was going to sit down at my desk and check out a few stock charts. That's when I saw the "Asswhooping" prediction. I simply replied by asking if Jesper Parnevik had teed off yet. See, he was making this prediction because at the time, prior to half the field teeing off on Friday. New Tex would have been up a ton of Fed Ex points in our weekly side wager had the tournament been over at that point. He had VJ and Jesper in the top 10 after Thursday's round and my guys were just hanging around the cut line. I guess New Tex had a special feeling down below. No not that one, a different one. One that made him feel an Asswhooping was en-route. HE WAS RIGHT! An Asswhooping occurred. Ol' Shade's here almost beat New Tex 2 to 1 in the FED EX points (1200 to 600) this week.

While our YTD totals are still in New Tex's favor by a pretty good margin, we have learned one thing. New Tex can predict an Asswhooping before it happens.

On another note, Boca Bandit should have gone in on our side wager action. He kicked some serious ass this week and is leading in Fed Ex points.

PGA Tour Fantasy Salary Cap

SirShanksAlot talks about a friend of ours

A guy with a website called "sirshanksalot" wrote a blog about JG and Nike. He then speculates that Cobra would be the best fit for him. JG, I don't really care who you use for equipment. That's obviously up to you. But you would be part of an interesting group of top young guys that are Cobra Tour Professionals, like Camilo Villegas, Geoff Ogilvy, Ian Poultier and JB Holmes. I would recommend against dressing like Villegas and Poultier though.

Get the FPGP on your Yahoo or Google Homepage

Just click the link on the right to add it to your Yahoo or Google homepage. I'll see about adding one for Microsoft too.

Callaway Balls?

I have blogger set up to alert me when someone makes a comment on the blog, which is why I tend to respond quickly. Unfortunately, there is only room for one email address in that blogger settings field, so you guys are screwed... haha. Anyway, I mention this because JG had left some comments down on the 2/25/07 Update post that were far enough back that you may not have noticed. He just asked whether any of us have ever hit Callaway balls, so I thought I'd just repost the thought here and let everyone chime in. I expect a dissertation from Shades.

Me... never. I've pretty much hit Titleists my whole life. I don't like Pro Vs though, as I tend to spin them too much and inconsistently, which messes up my already fragile short game. I typically just hit the NXTs now... they are reasonably priced and pretty consistent and have a "harder" feel to them than the Pro Vs, which I like. Back in the day, I'd hit 100 compression Titleists because I wanted to feel my mishits, so I guess I've always like a harder feeling ball.

Anyone else?
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As a side note, I just noticed Jeff's post about that mygolfrecord.com website (this thing lets me know when comments come in, but not new posts... weird). It really is a neat little web site for tracking some basic stats, and it doesn't cost anything. If we are ever going to get an FPGP golf outing together, we'll need to figure out shots, so this could be a good central place for us to enter scores.

NCAA Pool?

If anyone is interested in getting in to a $10 NCAA basketball brackets pool, hit me with an email or comment here... I have a friend running one, and I will distribute the spreadsheet for you to fill in next week.

This Week's Trades

Well, I can see this is going to be chess match between Bandit and I... he intimated that he was going to pull the trigger this week, but alas... he did not. Personally, I am committed to riding the damned Justin Leonard Train for a few more weeks. Anyway... 2 trades.

Tev trades Jim Furyk for Retief Goosen

Stevie V. trades Justin Leonard for Jason Gore

These trades are effective this week.

MyGolfRecord.com

Fellow FPGPers, New Tex and I are putting our golf scores and some of our golf stats on the web for all to view and you can too. Go to www.mygolfrecord.com and set up your free account. You can track your golf stats, show what's in your bag, see your handicap and more. Then once your account is set up add me (Shades) and New Tex (Steve) as friends. Then you will get to see our stats and scores and we can see yours.

Trades Are Comin' In!

My Inbox had two trade requests this morning... since no trade takes effect until the start of the next tourney, I'll keep these little gems to myself until first thing tomorrow (I do not intend on making a trade today). Remember gang, if you want the trade to take effect this week, I need your requests by tonite.

Jeff is a Slacker

Because the old boy hasn't updated the sidebar data during this crucial trade period, I'll send the spreadsheet to anyone who wants to take a look.

UPDATE 3/5/07

Here is this week's update... no changes in the top 3. Krust is starting to sneak up the board, and has cracked into the positive numbers and leading this year's rookie class. He even has Capt. Medical Examption (Jeff) covered. Jeff's score took a bit of a hit this week as the Gossett line moved from 216 to 220. Two of his positive picks are actually in the Gossett Zone right now.

Jeff should have the rest of the data updated and pretty by tonite... you should have all you need to make a trade by tomorrow morning, if you wish to do so. Email me if you have any questions.

293 .... Da Bandit
236 .... Stevie T. / Tex
224 .... Vic / Talon
143 .... Joel / Excal
139 .... Stan the Man
93 .... Johnny V.
4 .... Krust
-11 .... Jeff / Shades
-31 .... Tev
-94 .... Rob / Buzz
-128 .... Stevie V.
-183 .... Timmy D.
-308 ....Murph

There were no changes to our Gossett players this week. By the way, if anyone has Justin Leanord's contact info, I'd appreciate that... yeah... thanks. I need to drive over to Southlake and find out what the hell is going on. That little shit is killing me.

Let The Trading Begin

The Greg Owen Period is now over... the Trading Period begins tomorrow at the conclusion of the Honda. Remember, you can't trade short picks... you also don't have to make a trade this week or any other week for that matter... there is a couple month window, so pull the trigger when/if you are ready.

We'll get an update done tomorrow afternoon/night. Stupid Monday playoff pushes everything back here at FPGP Central.

My Game

Is completely schizophrenic so far this season... today was my third round of the year. My first two rounds have been so-so... 77-81. Today was psychotic... I had 5 birdies but managed to shoot 75. It was pretty much all or nothing out there today... I made the turn in 34 (-2), bogeyed 11 to go back to -1, then birdied 12 to get back to 2 under... and completely collapsed coming in. I really didn't hit the ball that great all day, but the putter was red hot and I never hit into any major trouble... but some swing hiccups finally got the best of me and I bogeyed 5 of the last 6 holes. I am at the point now where I feel like I can shoot anywhere from par to 70-85. Ugh.

Can I trade a guy for a 2nd short guy?

Just wondering even though what I need is 2 or 3 trades.

Big Break VII

Shades reminded me that the Big Break VII was on last night. I've not watched much of this series, but this new season is a "reunion show" that features Shades' pal, Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey. Since it was that or the Oscars, I figured I'd give it a look.

What a joke.

This is what the Golf Channel spews as entertainment for golf fans? First, it is more "reality show" than golf, which makes me sick. Second, it is pretty clear that at least half of the players are flat out no good, or at least not good enough for the grand prize (an exemption on the Nationwide, LPGA, or Champions' Tour, depending on who wins). The show features 16 "players" half men, half women. The first 30 minutes of the show was the drama surrounding who would be partnered with who. Here's a thought... "who the hell cares?" From there, they did three challenges to "seed" the teams. Ok, this was starting to make sense.

Challenge 1 was the "break glass" challenge. They stick a small plate of glass about 20 yards away from a teeing area, and the players needed to hit a shot that would break the glass. I admit, this was cool... because I COULDN'T DO IT. I can't hit the ball that low with control, so I thought this was a neat skill. That said, some of the women actually topped their shots. Ugh.

Challenge 2 was a stinking "closest to the pin" shot from 180 yards. Granted, the wind was pretty strong, but out of 16 players, no one hit what would be an impressive shot. A few of the women flared out woods that were just awful. One of the men hit a damned duck hook with a 4-iron, right into the lumber yard. Shades' friend hit a respectable enough shot to 30 feet... One guy tried to hit a cut driver to be a show-off. I mean, this was a joke. Hell, the old lady hit a full-bore driver and didn't carry a sand trap. If I want to watch an old lady hit a driver 180 yards, I'll just wait until Joel comes down during the Colonial weekend in May. Heyyo!

Challenge 3 was a "lob shot" challenge. The players had to hit their shots from behind some tallish (not tall) wooden structure with a door in the middle (so they could walk through the door to see where the ball ended up... sigh). About 1/3 of the players HIT THE DAMNED DOOR with their shot. Are you kidding me? The best shot was to about 4 feet, hit by one of the women. A lot of them flew way too long. This is "golf entertainment?"

Here's the deal... If I am going to watch golf on TV, I need to watch competition that doesn't look like me, Shades, Joel, and the rest out there slashing around the course. The actual quality of the golf counts. This is why I avoid watching the old men and young women. I am sure all of these players are decent in their own right, but based on what I've seen so far, I can't imagine any of them having a chance of success on any of the Tours they looking to get exemptions into.

UPDATE 2/25/07

Ok folks, here is the first of what will hopefully be weekly updates. As I said, with this week's update the Gossett Rule is being invoked. As you know, the Gossett Rule applies to PGA Tour players who have not earned a dollar on Tour. Those players have as their "money ranking" score the last player on the list, plus one. If you look at the money list here, you'll see that Grant Waite is currently at the bottom of the money list, ranked 215th. Thus, this week any PGA Tour players who have not earned a dollar are ranked 216. Interestingly, these are some of Jeff's best picks.

The players affected by the Gossett Rule are:

Olin Browne
Brad Faxon
Jonathan Kaye
Hank Kuehne
Justin Leanord
Scott McCarron
Craig Perks
Patrick Sheehan

Once these players make a cut (assuming they do) they will be off the Gossett Rule schneid.

On with the rankings... what a shock... Defending champ 'da bandit' is in the lead.

Krust, Tev and World Match Play

Looks like Tev and Krust could gain a few points going into the full weekly scoring updates with Chad Campbell, Trevor Immelman and Geoff Ogilvy in the final 4 of the World Match Play. Krust has the first 2. Meanwhile...All I have going for me is that Gut-check finally made a cut and then proceeded to do his best Eric Axely impression by moving backwards on "moving day". Atta boy Gut-check. Way to match the rest of "Team Shades" play as of late.

WGC Leaderboard?

Does anyone know the link for the match play leaderboard? I can't find it. I have the Cancun leaderboard link up on the sidebar.

Updates, Trades, Gossett...

Starting next week we will try to have an update up after each tourney. With the trade window opening on March 5th, we want to make sure everyone has the most current data available to inform their trading decisions.

Also, beginning with the next update the David Gossett Rule will be in effect. As you know, the Gossett Rule simply states that if a player has not yet made a cent on Tour, their "ranking" will be defined as the lowest currently ranked player plus one. So, let's say that Justin Leanord continues to hit the golf ball like a 12 year old girl and continues to miss cuts and there are 190 players on the PGA Tour Money List... his ranking will be 191. Speaking of which, does anyone have Leanord's address here in Dallas? I'd like to pay him a visit.

Do you know what these are?

It's not as dirty as you think. Click HERE to find out what these are.

JG WD's From Nissan Open

JG or MG, please give us an update. We know the big guy has been struggling the last few weeks. We hope he's ok and it's nothing serious that bothering him.

My only thought is that it must be the pressure of the FPGP on him and it's taking its toll.

WTF?

Who the hell woke up Rocco? He's en fuego.

You're gonna use this guy in your new ad?

UPDATE 2/11/07

Here is a slightly more meaningful update, current through Pebble Beach. There are still a good number of players who are not factoring in yet though, so take this with a grain of salt. That means you, Excal.



Don't worry Krust... still a full season to break though into the positive numbers.

Do you have this guy?

If not, then the 2007 FPGP could be over for you before it even really began. Matt Kuchar started at 241 on the FPGP 2007 money list. Should he complete his Top 10 finish at Pebble Beach, then anyone with Kuchar may well have 200 points by him alone. And that my friends is good news for New Tex, Da Bandit and Vic. Should they finish the 2007 FPGP in in the top 3, one could look at their smart selection of the guy who can't help but always smile, Matt Kuchar.

Hammerin' Hank Kuehne

Not only did I get word from New Tex that Hank could be out of commission until later this year, but this is the news I found on him:

Hank Kuehne, who struggled with back problems last year and had a hip operation during the off-season, has begun dating tennis star Venus Williams. Kuehne was served with divorce papers during last year's Pebble Beach event, five months after the birth of his son, Henry III.

What shit luck for that guy. No not dating Venus, but the divorce papers during and event and back problems to boot. UGH! That might explain his shooting 69 - 76 - 78 back in the 2006 Pebble Beach event.

My only question is where was this information in December, just 2 months ago? It's pretty sad when the FPGP blog is one of the more informative and entertaining sites on the freakin' internet(s). And still, nowhere can you find any information that he will be out until later this year, if anything golf related at all. Even the best golf pubs can't write a story that doesn't in some way include Tiger Woods, and that's not a knock against Tiger but rather golf journalists.

Thanks Veej!

Thanks for that 64 yesterday Vijay... it was just what the doctor ordered... combined with Garrigus' collapse on the back nine, my little weekly fantasy team overcame a huge lead by Shades' team...

All square Shades... 2-2.

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Next full FPGP update will be next week...

Dear Axley and Na,

I appreciate you making the cut at the FBR. I really do. But there is no excuse for shooting over par on so-called "moving day" when 95% of the field is under par. I understand that Davis Love III is one of the few of you over par for the day, but that is not an excuse. When you are in your 40's, make a cut and shoot over par on "moving day" as a guy who has won a major, then you might be able to get away with it.

Sincerely,
Shades
FPGP Member

Golf Anyone?

If any of y'all are interested...

Shades is going to come down to Dallas for The Nelson in April, and Excal is coming down in May for The Colonial. If anyone is interested in coming down for the tourneys, watching some great golf, playing some shitty golf, drinking too many beers, and eating too much red meat, let me know... we have more than enough room at the house.