Arnold Palmer coming up next. Players Championship following

Manager Golfers expected to play

Kevin Henrik Stenson, Marc Leishman, Kyle Stanley

Commish Sungjae Im, Si Woo Kim, Alex Noren, Brian Harman,

B.T.O. Justin Rose, , C.T. Pan,

Jim Patrick Reed, Rory Mcilroy, Chez Reavie, Max Homa, Charley Hoffman, Maverick McNealy

Laustin Tommy Fleetwood, Corey Conners, Matthew Fitzpatrick

Monica Harris English, Matt Jones, Patton Kizzire,

Paul Viktor Hovland,, Will Zalatoris, Lanto Griffin

Doug Paul Casey, Hideki Matsuyama, Sam Burns,

The Doctor Rickie Fowler, Kevin Kisner, Cameron Champ

Big J Jordan Spieth, Bryson Dechambeau, Jason Day, Billy Horschel, Jason Kokrak

2021 Season about to begin

We did it. It wasn’t pretty but we got it done. Special thanks to the kids in IT for their help. What you didn’t see was the work to try and eliminate echo noise and get the pre-draft background music just right. And then all the challenges. But it still worked!

Great to see Kevin. Been a number of years. Will be interested to see if Kevin can pick as good a team for himself as his brother does for him.

B.T.O. - we’ll see how your strategy works. At this moment, your #3 guy is in surgery. Is that the kind of year it’s going to be for you?

Big J went with Jordan Spieth for $1.90 with his opening pick. Interestingly - he is the cheapest guy on his team. And his entire team begins with either a “J” or a “B”. Very odd.

Let’s play golf. Expected to play:

Kevin Brooks Koepka, Daniel Berger, Abraham Ancer, , Marc Leishman,
Commish Jon Rahm, Sungjae Im,
B.T.O. Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose
Jim Patrick I cheat Reed, Rory Mcilroy,
Laustin Tommy Fleetwood, Matthew Wolff, Scottie Scheffler, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Carlos Ortiz
Monica Patrick Cantlay, Webb Simpson, Harris English,
Paul Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott, Lanto Griffin
Doug Xander Schauffele, Cameron Smith, Hideki Matsuyama,
The Doctor Justin Thomas, , Kevin Kisner, Matt Kuchar, , Cameron Champ
Big J Bryson Dechambeau, Joaquin Niemann, Jason Day, Billy Horschel, Jason Kokrak

2021 FGL Draft

February 20th. Don’t know how we’ll do it yet but the Commissioner’s Office will get on it.

2020 - it's finally over!

What a season. And as the dust settles, your Commissioner brings home his 3rd Tommy O Award. Shocking. All I can figure is that I must have cheated. Very fortunate to be able to grab Dustin Johnson with the 8th pick in the first round. Also, Dan HamBerger had a career year which helped.

Bastard Team O’Brien and myself tie for the sidebet pot with 28 points from the Augusta tournament. And right behind us were Jim and Paul with 26 points each.

I admit I was worried that Bryson DeChambeau would have another incredible tournament. Instead, Bernard Langer at the age of 63 actually finished better than Bryson. Well - it is 2020.

Second place on the FGL leaderboard goes to Manager Kevin. He holds on and edges B.T.O. by just 2 points..

The Master’s is scheduled to move back to April in 2021.. My hunch is that they still won’t have patrons.

Commissioner’s office has no idea yet about the 2021 FGL Draft. For 20 years it’s been the opening bell for Spring. With just three months until we kick it up again, will have to figure something out. I figure that since Biden can’t get any work done yet, perhaps he can help with this transition. Stay tuned.

Sergio Out

Sorry Kevin. But he’s got too much Corona. No Master’s for him.

Fragmented 2020 season about to close

The Master’s - a event like no other. FINALLY!!!!!

Manager Golfers expected to play
Kevin Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia
Commish Dusty Johnson, Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker, Cameron Champ
B.T.O Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith, Bubba Watson, Chez Reavie
Jim Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Zach’s Johnson
Laustin Patrick Cantlay, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Kisner, Collin Morikawa, Abraham Ancer
Monica Homer Simpson, Adam Scott, Lanto Griffin, Louis Oosthuizen, Brendon Todd,
Paul Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood Mac, Sungjae Im,
Doug Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Byeong Hun An, Paul Casey, Scottie Scheffle,
The Doctor Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Phil
Big J Tony Finau, Tiger, Matthew Fitzpatrick

Al McGuire Memorial Outing

Big J and Doug took a day off work and Big J put in a 5 hour drive for our first annual Al McGuire Memorial Golf Outing. It was a beautiful day in mid-October. Golf wasn’t so pretty but everything else was!

The "Lost" Season coming to an end.

The Master’s will be in mid-November and also be or final tournament of this bizarre season. Chambeau has been practicing with a longer driver which he is already excited about. My Dusty Johnson is out for now with COVID. He has some symptoms but has not yet called back to let me know his hopes of being ready for the trip to Augusta.

On a different note, was able to get Doug, Big J and former FGL manager Tim out to Shaker Run at the end of September. And last Saturday, the 10th, I got myself out on the golf course. Less than 2 weeks from getting my spleen drainage tube pulled out and just under two months from the stroke - it felt good to be able to get out on the links. Probably better than some of the pills I’ve been taking!

How does Kevin do it?

I’m baffled. He rarely picks his own team. And yet, his FGL record is outstanding. With the US Open, Kevin moves into 1st place as we roll towards the end of our 2020 season. All the experts said you had to play from the fairway to have any chance to win. And yet, DeChambeau is determined to hit it as far as he can and muscle it out of the rough. He ended up being the only player under par and it wasn’t close. Bryson wins the Major sidebet without having his #1 player (Koepka) in the field. And his last pick, Harris English, finished top 10 and is Kevin’s #2 top point scorer. Doug - if you can pick so well for Kevin, why not for yourself?

Monica had a great tournament with all 6 of her guys making the cut. 24 points for her!

Al - how do you explain yourself? 1st pick in the 2020 draft and yet 5 of your 6 guys miss the cut? You should be embarrassed. -8 points for the tournament and into the basement with you!

Only amateur to make the tournament has a last name of PAK. No relation to our PAK.

PGA has some silly tournaments coming up that we just never use. Father / son outings - things like that. So we will end 2020 with the Masters in November. I know - none of this feels right. Hopefully 2021 makes a bit more sense.

Danny Noonan finally gets to caddie!

Michael O’Keefe (Danny Noonan from Caddyshack) finally got to be a caddie at the big dance! Monday and Tuesday, he got to caddie the practice rounds at the US Open. That’s a peach, hun!

https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2020/09/14/caddyshack-danny-noonan-winged-foot-us-open/

COVID strikes again

Sorry Doug - but your Scottie Scheffler has tested positive and is OUT for the US Open.

Time for the US Open. (Koepka withdraws - sorry Kevin)

I’m hearing they’d like the winning score to be around +8. That should get some guys fired up.

Manager Golfers Expected to play 

Big J Tony Finau, Tiger, Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Fitzpatrick,  

B.T.O. Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith, Bubba, Ryan Palmer, Chez Reavie

Jim Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar,  Zach Johnson,  

Laustin Patrick Cantlay, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Kisner, Collin Morikawa, Alex Noren, Abraham Ancer

Monica Webb Simpson, Adam Scott, Lanto Griffin, Louis Oosthuizen, Brendon Todd, Brian Harman

The Doctor Justin Rose, lil Ricki,e Gary Woodland, Phil, Keegan Bradley, Kevin Streelman

Paul Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Sungjae Im

Doug Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Byeong Hun An, Paul Casey, Scottie Scheffler, Martin Kaymer

Kevin  Bryson DeChambeau,  Sergio Garcia,  Harris English

Commish Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Daniel Berger, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker, Cameron

Champ

And then there is even more.....

8/12 - I suffered a nasty stroke in the left side of my brain. There has not been a single positive thing the past week other than getting home Tuesday. My language is a huge struggle but with just two tournaments yet, I think we’ll be just fine to close out 2020.

Sorry about the delay.

I was out for a few weeks with fluid around my lung as well as blood in my spleen. I can assure you all that hurts - or I’m whimp. Back home home learning to walk, eat and all that again. Sorry for the FGL delay. I summarized all scores over the weeks. Let me know if I missed any scores. Congrats to Mgr Jim on Jon Ram’s Memorial win. Also - well done to Dave recently for JT’s top scores. But comes on BTO - you had every guy make the PGA Championship cut and none score top 10? Oh well - I’m over it! Three tournaments left - two are Majors - scattered over the next few months. Good luck.

Most of us spend an extra week in Dublin.

Gives the guys some time to play other courses while they’re here - Like Safarri, Rolling Meadows, Marysville Country Club But anyway, it’s finally here -our first Major of the season - The Memorial!!!!!

Manager Golfers expected to play: 

Big J Tony Finau, Tiger Woods, Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Scott Piercy

B.T.O. Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith, Bubba Watson, Ryan Palmer, Chez Reavie

Jim Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Charley Hoffman, Zach Johnson,  

Laustin Patrick Cantlay,  Kevin Kisner, Collin Morikawa, Alex Noren, Abraham Ancer

Monica Webb Simpson,  Lanto Griffin, Louis Oosthuizen, Brendon Todd, Brian Harman

The Doctor Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Phil Mickelson, Keegan Bradley, Kevin Streelman Paul Rory McIlroy,  Sungjae Im, Harry Higgs, Matthew NeSmith,

Doug Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Byeong Hun An, Paul Casey, Scottie Scheffler,  

Kevin Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau,  Sergio Garcia, Rory Sabbatini, Harris English

Commish Dustin Johnson, Jason Day, Daniel Berger, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker, Cameron Champ

Kevin extends lead

Frenchy had another huge week and won the Rocket Mortgage tournament in Motown. Hopefully he’s done for the year now! Guy has been on fire!

Middle of the pack (Jim, Doug and BTO) also scored -1 for the tournament.

So far this season as we approach the halfway point (and no Majors yet), Tiger [Big J] and Martin Kaymer [Doug] have not played a single FGL event. At the other extreme, Im [Paul] has played in every event. Hovland and Niemann [Big J], Hun An [Doug], Higgs [Paul}, Robert Reed [Jim], Bubba [BTO], have played in all but one FGL tournament.

Big July 4th weekend!

For thousands of years, the Nathans Hot Dog eating championship has taken place on July 4th. (Joey Chestnut always wins.) I recall watching that competition one year at Bob’s Bar after an IDI event. Oh yes - the IDI. Another amazing event. Yep - it’s an odd year. There was no parade and no potato salad. Doug was not the grand marshall for any event. And yet, we played on. Special thanks to Doug and Big J for joining me for an amazing afternoon.

Let's head to Dublin!

Two weeks in a row at Murfield Village starting with the WorldPay Championship

Manager Golfers expected to play 

Big J Viktor Hovland, Joaquin Niemann, Matthew Fitzpatrick  

B.T.O. Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Jim Palmer, Chez Reavie

Jim Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Matt Kuchar, Charley Hoffman, Zach Johnson, Fabián Gómez

Laustin Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa

Monica Lanto Griffin, Louis Oosthuizen 

The Doctor Pete Rose, lil Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Phil, Keegan Bradley, Kevin Streelman

Paul   Sungjae Im, Harry Higgs, Matthew NeSmith

Doug Xander Schauffele, Marc Leishman, Byeong Hun An, Scottie Scheffler  

Kevin Brooks Koepka,, Pat Perez, Rory Sabbatini

Commish   Jason Day, Hideki Matsuyama, Brandt Snedeker, Cameron Champ

It's I.D.I. week! With everything going on, can the Founding Fathers pull off another incredible event?

Travelers in the books

Dustin Johnson gave your Commissioner a big win which helped move me up to third place.

B.T.O. had 4 guys miss the cut. That’s never good. Negative points for the Lumberman.

Hovland managed to slip down to 11th place for Big J, helping to ensure that he is now in the basement.

The virus continues to take its toll. Keep your guys safe or get them sick right now so they are around for the Majors!