Quote of the day
"[Caddie Steve Williams] was my eyes on that putt. It was really dark, and he's seen a lot of putts at this golf course; somewhere he might have been able to recall that one." -- Masters champion Adam Scott, who drained a long putt to win on the second extra hole. Williams – formerly Tiger’s caddie – advised Scott that the break was more than Scott initially expectedDaily blurb
Congrats to the GuruGolf winners for the Masters:
Best ball: Birdie man cometh (-48)
Worst ball: t2g_2 (+57)
This was a big week for roster value creation, as the two golfers with the highest ownership – Fred Couples and Angel Cabrera – both scored big value gains, due to their low price and excellent performance. From a GuruGolf valuation perspective, the three most “useful” golfers of the tournament (from strictly a scoring perspective) were Cabrera, Thorbjorn Oleson, and Bubba Watson. Watson may seem like a surprising name for that list, but his notorious 10 on a par three doesn’t hurt his value any more than a double bogey would have, and he had a total of 20 birdies – topped only by Olesen (21 birds, one eagle). By comparison, Adam Scott had only 15 birdies.
My RIBC team had a disastrous weekend. My first round pick – Giancarlo Stanton – missed the entire weekend with a shoulder contusion, and may miss the next series as well. My 2nd round pick was Jose Reyes – ‘nuff said. And although my 3rd rounder, Michael Bourn, led off Sunday’s game with a first pitch home run, he later left the game with a lacerated finger that is likely to sideline him for a few more games.