TST 2017 Fantasy Golf

[OrangeHog]

My squad showed up this week...finally!!!  Made a stupid decision to bench Fowler yesterday, though.

[Shindig]

150 points for the week.  Steele, Mickelson, and Holmes helped.

 

It would have been 158 if I had remembered Friday night instead of Saturday morning to swap Charley Hoffman in for Justin Thomas.  This should be a lesson in performance chasing!

 

Ranked 31, far removed from 30... but there's plenty of time!

[Wally Fairway]

The first real test of the fantasy season - three courses, and morning & afternoon groupings.
Tentative team is selected, but waiting for pairings to make adjustments.

Good luck - I managed a decent week with Rickie & Matsuyama, they made up for losing 1/2 my team to the cut.

[boogielicious]

11 hours ago, Wally Fairway said:

The first real test of the fantasy season - three courses, and morning & afternoon groupings.
Tentative team is selected, but waiting for pairings to make adjustments.

Good luck - I managed a decent week with Rickie & Matsuyama, they made up for losing 1/2 my team to the cut.

It makes my head hurt.

[Wally Fairway]

So pairings and course rotation are posted, time to get out you Ouija boards to figure out your team for the week.

Here is my helpful (or not so helpful tip), from Rob Boltons twitter feed:
1) Pebble; 2) MPCC; 3) Spy
1) Spy; 2) Pebble; 3) MPCC
1) MPCC; 2) Spy; 3) Pebble

And it is looking to be wet Thur/Fri - so who knows what that will mean for schedule, always an issue if they can't finish a round and have to shuttle players back & forth the next day

Edited February 8, 2017 by Wally Fairway

[gogolfing]

Rain delays....the bane of Yahoo Fantasy Golf!

[CarlSpackler]

25 minutes ago, gogolfing said:

Rain delays....the bane of Yahoo Fantasy Golf!

Yep. No changes today.

[CarlSpackler]

I made changes while round 2 was still being played this morning, but they didn't take effect for round 3. Sigh. 

[Shindig]

Huh, I used to think about alternate courses (not as much times) back in the "best ball" fantasy era.  It hasn't dawned on me to do this in the current format.  I'll keep a heads up. 

 

DJ Spieth and Rahm have been good to me this week!  Debating swapping out Rose for Snedeker... worth a start of his to collect something if he finishes well tomorrow, which I think he will?  ... well I have a few hours to ponder!

[gogolfing]

17 minutes ago, Shindig said:

Huh, I used to think about alternate courses (not as much times) back in the "best ball" fantasy era.  It hasn't dawned on me to do this in the current format.  I'll keep a heads up. 

 

DJ Spieth and Rahm have been good to me this week!  Debating swapping out Rose for Snedeker... worth a start of his to collect something if he finishes well tomorrow, which I think he will?  ... well I have a few hours to ponder!

Yes, good strategy to use for Career Builder and Torrey Pines too. I think this is the last tournament of the season that uses multiple courses....

[Wally Fairway]

On ‎2‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 11:04 PM, Shindig said:

Huh, I used to think about alternate courses (not as much times) back in the "best ball" fantasy era.  It hasn't dawned on me to do this in the current format.  I'll keep a heads up. 

 

DJ Spieth and Rahm have been good to me this week!  Debating swapping out Rose for Snedeker... worth a start of his to collect something if he finishes well tomorrow, which I think he will?  ... well I have a few hours to ponder!

Nice picks for you at Pebble, I glanced at my results & even if I would change my players every round and pick the 20+ points on my bench I'd still be about 25 points behind that lineup.

[Wanzo]

This is my first year playing, what's your strategy when it comes to playing some of the more consistent players?  Is it wise to sit some of the main guys (dj, speith, day), periodically even if you think they are the best choice so you can play them later in the year?  I finally made the climb towards the top of the leaderboard but a little concerned I might be shooting myself in the foot for the long season. 

[Wally Fairway]

4 hours ago, Wanzo said:

This is my first year playing, what's your strategy when it comes to playing some of the more consistent players?  Is it wise to sit some of the main guys (dj, speith, day), periodically even if you think they are the best choice so you can play them later in the year?  I finally made the climb towards the top of the leaderboard but a little concerned I might be shooting myself in the foot for the long season. 

That is a great question and IMO you only get to play someone in 10 tournaments so there is no penalty if you play them when they play well. The issue is playing them when the don't play well, miss a cut, someone runs away for several rounds and effectively zeros the field or WD and they are in your lineup. No tournaments have bonus points (ie majors are not double points).
It does get interesting when there are limited field events, especially at the end of the season. But my best advice is to play whoever you think is hot, or plays well at a certain event or course. I shot myself in the foot by not playing Justin Thomas in week 2 after having him in my lineup week 1.
At the end of the day/week/season make the best choice at the time and hope they play well.
 

[boogielicious]

Well I did poorly at Pebble! 

[Toffeelover]

Hey guys, am I too late to join the Yahoo group again?

I've been playing since week 1, just forgot to join the group

[Wally Fairway]

1 hour ago, Toffeelover said:

Hey guys, am I too late to join the Yahoo group again?

I've been playing since week 1, just forgot to join the group

I did that with a group a year or two ago, if I recall correctly you join and all of your weeks count.
If not join anyway, because why not

Oh yeah and WELCOME

[Toffeelover]

Cheers, I'm in, looking to improve on my 20th position last year.

[boogielicious]

11 hours ago, Toffeelover said:

Cheers, I'm in, looking to improve on my 20th position last year.

Welcome! I'm a rookie and am hovering in the lower half!