FINAL Pool Stats

28 years of Remp's Golf Pool. . .
In our 28 years, we have had 4,772 entries.
710 different golfer have been selected.

First Season (1997) - 42 teams (lowest) $40 Entry Fee.
First Prize - $400  Winning a Major - $100.

Final Season (2024) - First Prize - $1,000  Winning a Major - $500

Greatest Number of Entries (2008) - 245 teams - $60 Entry Fee. 
The pool was getting too large and in 2009 the Entry Fee was raised.
 

28 Year Total Prizes - over $449,000.
 

Most popular golfers in 28 Years. . .
Most Selections:
Rory McIlroy, 1201 selections.
Tiger Woods, 1108 selections.
Phil Mickelson, 975 selections.
Adam Scott, 951 selections.

Most Majors and Money Titles in 28 Years. . .
Paul Lis and Bob McIntosch - Won 7 Majors each.

Jim Shantz, Joe Gatto, Mark & Lloyd Johnston
- All won 2 Money Titles each.

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  2024 Year-End Statistics

In the Money This Year. . . 

There were 158 teams in the pool this year.

84 different teams won some money this year.

60 different teams were in the Top 17 Money Spots
  at least one time this year.

The Pool Leaders. . .

This year there were ONLY 3 different teams
  who held First Place at some time during the year.

Pool Leaders
Martin's Mulligans led for 28 weeks.  Finished - 1st.  Lowest position - 28th.
Grayson Trask led for 5 weeks.  Finished - 4th.  Lowest position - 24th.
Frenchie Golf 2 led for 9 weeks.  Finished - 65th.  Lowest position - 95th.

The Battle for the Basement. . . 

2 teams were shutout the first week and were tied for Last Place in the pool.

After that, 6 different teams held Dead Last Place (158th) this year:
The Cellar Dwellers

Routan Clan  Finished - 158th.  Weeks at the Bottom - 27.
Buzzard's  Finished - 157th.  Weeks at the Bottom - 1.
Parkwood 2  Finished - 127th.  Weeks at the Bottom - 5.
LI V Long & Prosper Finished - 119th.  Weeks at the Bottom - 4.
KAT Finished - 94th.  Weeks at the Bottom - 1.
Shayne's Golf Players Finished - 126th.  Weeks at the Bottom - 2.

This Year's Ups and Downs

I Like the View From Up Here. . .
  Grayson Trask spent 41 out of 42 weeks inside the Top 17 Money Spots.

Scave Rorg was in the Top 17 for 40 out of 42 weeks.

Sometimes I Feel Like an Anchor. . . 

Largest Drop in Position - Down 146 spots
 Sauble Storm 
Highest - 5th
  Finished - 155th

Blast Off. . .

Largest Jump in Position - Up 137 spots
 LIV Gamble
Lowest - 150th
  Finished - 13th

Steady as She Goes. . . 

Smallest Range - 15 spots
 Wonder Down Under
Highest - 139th  Lowest - 154th
Finished - 147th

You Just Have to be More Consistent. . .

Frenchie Golf 2 had two weekly win,
  as well as five Top Ten finishes. 

Despite these good results, Final Position for Frenchie Golf 2 - 65th.

You Don't Have to Finish Well
  to Finish Well. . .

 Kelowna Kluckers had no Weekly wins,
no Top Three finishes and only 3 Top Ten finish. 

Final Position for Kelowna Kluckers - 11th.

The highest low position . . .

Grayson Trask, never below 24th place.
  

The lowest high position . . .

Wonder Down Under, never above 139th place.

Highest Finish and Nothing to Show For it. . .

Benniebook Jr finished in 23rd Place
but won no money this season.

Most weeks in Top 17
  and missing the money spots . . .

Davis Golf Fund - 24 weeks
  (finished 25th, but won $40)

Multiple Weekly Winners . . .
  The Back Nines and Putts Picks each had three weekly wins. . .
and we can't forget The Back Nines won TWO MAJORS!

I'll Give You a Head Start. . .

 The Back Nines finished 14th Overall in the pool
  despite being below 100th place after the first 19 weeks of the year. 

More Research Required Next Year. . .

29 teams out of 158 did not win back their original $42,000,000.
  

The Big Names were
  Scottie Scheffler and Hideki Matsuyama. . .
   The Top 7 teams in this year's pool all had Scottie Scheffler.
Lowest team with Scottie Scheffler - Parkwood 2  (127th)

Hideki Matsuyama was on the Top 5 teams
as well as 17 of the Top 20 teams. 

 Best Buy at $775,000 . . .

Bryson DeChambeau cost $775,000 and earned $6,993,000.
  7 teams selected him.
  Highest:  LIV Gamble - 13th in the pool.
  

Matthieu Pavon cost $775,000 and earned $5,254,412.
  No teams selected him.

Maverick McNealy cost $775,000 and earned $4,708,358.
  7 teams selected him.
Highest:  The Back Nines - 14th in the pool.

What Was I Thinking? . . .

7 teams selected golfers who won NO money.

3 teams picked Aaron Wise

2 teams selected Gordon Sargent

One team selected Kramer Hickok
One team selected Matthias Schwab.

 We've all made poor decisions, so we probably shouldn't embarrass
those team by mentioning their names.
  (Action Jaxson, Boodles, Diamond Dogs, LD2950, MORGS, SKOWPAR and The Wise Choice) 

Best and Worst Possible Teams . . .

Here are the best and worst possible teams
  that could have drafted with $42,000,000.

How many of these players did you have?

Thanks to everyone for 28 great years!