Bay Hill Invitational

[Thrash13]

Well, Arnie's tournament is this weekend, and I wanted to get everyone's opinion on the event. This is when golf season starts IMO, as the Player's Championship is next weekend and the Masters in a few weeks. I love this time of year for sure.

Anyway, who are some of the guys you all look for to play well this weekend at Bay Hill?

I know Chad Campbell ended up running away with it last year, and he has been playing well the last couple weeks. I look for him to be near the top this weekend, and the top guys will probably be near the top as well. My pick to win this weekend is Ernie Els. There are certain holes where a long hitter is definitely at the advantage this week, as there are tight pin placements that require long iron approaches. Some of the big hitters are the only ones with that high long iron shot in their bag. So I look for the big hitters to dominate, and I'm picking Ernie.

I'm not sure if this board does a little preview of the events or not, but I would definitely enjoy discussing the events and making some predictions and stuff. I'm not sure if anyone would like that or not.

[iacas]

You probably won't get any answers from us until after the first round starts. We don't want to give away our ESPN picks.

This "board" doesn't do a preview per se, but the site itself does.

[Mr High Anxiety]

You probably won't get any answers from us until after the first round starts. We don't want to give away our ESPN picks.

Hehe, yeah I agree. I have a good feeling about my team this week.

[Thrash13]

Well darnit, I wish I would have found this place sooner. I thought about joining a fantasy golf league this year, but I don't know enough people to get one going. It sounds like the fantasy league here is pretty fun!

Maybe next year!

And maybe after round 1, everyone can discuss their thoughts, etc.. on the tourney. I'll know next week.

And I did see the previews on the main site. They were all very solid.

[Mr High Anxiety]

Maybe next year!

You don't have to wait that long.

The first segment ends after this tournament. You can join the Sandtrap league and then when the Players Championship starts everybody starts over for segment two. http://games.espn.go.com/bestball/frontpage Register there and join group Sand Trap with the password bunker.

[Thrash13]

Ok, I registered. Thanks for the invite man! I am looking forward to getting involved a little with PGA Fantasy Golf.

[Thrash13]

Well, Vijay tied it all up on 18. And then he hit his 2nd in the water short of the green. It actually ended up well short. Kenny Perry ended up getting a par anyway and won by 2. It was a solid finish down the stretch as Vijay once again put the heat on the leader. But he also fell short of winning once again.

He is back to #1 in the world I believe after looking at Erik's scenarios here in another post.

I am looking forward to next week for sure, as the Player's Championship is my personal favorite tournament and Sawgrass is my favorite course.

Lastly, congrats to Graeme McDowell for finishing in a tie for 2nd and getting a big time paycheck and a spot in next week's field.

[iacas]

He is indeed #1 again. Vijay's shot wasn't too short - he hit the rocks. So, maybe two yards short of being dry. But he wanted to be pin high or a little beyond, so he was 10 yards short of what he wanted.

Two weeks in a row Vijay's lost it on the last hole. Maybe he needs to hire Ernie's mental doctor!

[Thrash13]

Yeah, I thought he was really short at first, but when I was watching Golf Central I saw that it hit the rocks. But like you said, it was still too short for what he wanted.

Yeah, I'll be ready to see how the big guns play this next week..

[iacas]

Yeah, I thought he was really short at first, but when I was watching Golf Central I saw that it hit the rocks. But like you said, it was still too short for what he wanted.

I wasn't expecting Doral again this week, but it would have been nice for the #1, #3, and #5 players in the world to have made it interesting. I fast forwarded through much of today's play.

[Mr High Anxiety]

I fast forwarded through much of today's play.

Same here.