From the Comish:
I always find this time of the Fantasy Golf season interesting. We (as a collective whole) seem to suck really bad in July. 30 picks. 1 Top-10. 2 CUTs. A grand total of $1,638,927.00. We also added SIX names to the the Mathematically Elongated List.
The boys move onto the grand daddy of them all: The Open Championship, with a few heading to Truckee California for the Barracuda Championship.
Purse - $3.1 million to winner
Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood)
Purse - $4,000,000
Scott Hansen Memorial Mathematically Elongated List (Formerly known as The Mathematically Eliminated List
Tournaments remaining = 4
Estimated available money = $6,700,000.00
Mathematically Eliminated:
Eileen, Gary, Jeff, Marc, David, Eric, Taylor, Bryan
On the Mathematically Eliminated bubble:
Brett, Rob, Jean, Scott
Musings by Jéan: [2025 Archive]
Mr. Commish,
We fly over the pond this week for what is fast becoming a pretty prestigious event. The Genesis Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick had traditionally been used mainly by European players as a final tune-up for the British Open. But now, thanks to the partnership and collaboration with the DP World Tour, it attracts all the big boys and produces what is truly a star-studded field. This gentleman performed really well here last year. Currently ranked 34th in the world with six career victories internationally, I am expecting big things. His PGA TOUR bio says nothing other than he is from Wolverhampton, England, so that gives me creative license to say his hobbies include karaoke nights with friends, parasailing, plein air painting, and beer can collecting. Give it up for my guy, Mr Aaron Rai!
Not to be forgotten is a secondary event taking place in the land of bourbon, bluegrass, and legendary lawman Raylan Givens. Welcome to something called the ISCO Championship at the Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky! There is only one player in the field inside the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings, so good luck to all of us. I'm going with this guy. A bit of a character, he loves sushi, and once dreamed of an NBA career but decided he wasn't tall enough. He is perhaps most famous for proposing to his then girlfriend on the 18th at Pebble Beach a decade ago. With zero career wins to this point, he's actually ranked 63rd in the FedEx Cup points, so he's quietly having a fine season and is inside the top 70 for playoff qualification. There is no better time to add that first win to the curriculum vitae than right here this week. Playing out of The Woodlands, Texas, three cheers for the former San Jose State Spartan great, a Colorado native who (per his Twitter profile pic) clearly hates the Chiefs, "Homeless Hubbs" himself, Mr. Mark Hubbard!