GCA Mock Fantasy Draft - NEED JUDGES

[Tim Bert]

I like the no winner approach.  I'm shooting for personal satisfaction, which is why I'm stretching the rules here a bit but I don't care.  My second course isn't in the dirt and my third course isn't a course, but whether or not Jim revokes them I have the satisfaction of knowing that in my fantasy world only I can have access to these places.  Seriously, I don't see why we can't speculate on future sites if we are willing to live with the risk that it never gets done and we have nowhere to play.

Nuzzo:
Wolf Point
Aztec Club
Swanson Golf Center

[JNC Lyon]

Nah...that would devolve into fights and a popularity contest...maybe Jim should send it to a panel of OUTSIDE experts like the SI roundtable to get their opinions?

Any vote will cause fights and controversy.  Either way though, there should be a winner, if only to make people post their picks more quickly!

[Jud_T]

How about only actual GCA's get to vote? Remeber the criteria is not the BEST courses, but the best courses to play for the rest of your life.....

[Eric Smith]

In my fantasy world....when I tire of playing golf at my clubs in the UK and the land down under, I always enjoy a summer-long respite in and around Amsterdam, playing a couple of Harry Shapland's Dutch classics that I am very fortunate to belong to.  (I do enjoy hosting fellow gcaers at my clubs in Holland as they always seem to have a grand time.) Come on over anytime.
 
In the 4th round of the 2009 GCA.Com Mock Fantasy Draft I choose:
 

 
H.S. Colt
 
Woodhall Spa
Kennemer
De Pan

[Jud_T]

nice snag eric, 2 on my short list....

[Tim Bert]

nice snag eric, 2 on my short list....

Jud - I thought your short list was as follows:

"Next: Waialae, PV, Kingsley, Rolling Rock, Beverly, NGLA, Butterfield, Old Mac"

...in which case I have 3 on your short list!

[Rob Rigg]

TBert - Nice work - I was thinking of doing the same in a later round but forgot about the Swanson Golf Center to round out the three.

However, I still have a similar trick up my sleeve (unless someone else goes the sneaky route before me).

Jim - I would rather that my team name was "Grundle" . . .

[Garland Bayley]

C'mon dudes,

Where's the love for Langford and Moreau?

So many here say they would rather play at Lawsonia than at Whistling Straits, so where is it?

[Jud_T]

Hey- no comments from the peanut gallery!

Tim- U da man! but I think my picks hold up.....

[Jim Colton]

54. Ron M: ON THE CLOCK
55. Alex Miller:
56. Mac Plumart:
57. JC Jones:
58. Jay Flemma: 
59. Jaeger Kovich:
60. Jud Tigerman:

Feel free to send me autopick's via PM if you know you're not going to be around.

Let's go w/ 8 rounds.

[Ronald Montesano]

Montesano steps to the podium amid the interest of no one and selects:

Bass Rocks, Kebo Valley and Myopia Hunt by Mr. Herbert Leeds

[Ronald Montesano]

Round 1:
1. Jud Tigerman: MacKenzie - Crystal Downs, Cypress Point, Palmetto
2. Jaeger Kovich: CBM - The National, Shinnecock, Chicago Golf
3. Jay Flemma: Strantz - MPCC Shore, Bulls Bay, Tobacco Road
4. JC Jones: Ross - Pinehurst #2, Seminole, Wannamoisett
5. Mac Plumart: Dye - Kiawah Ocean, Pete Dye Golf Club of WV, and The Golf Club
6. Alex Miller: Tillinghast - San Francisco Golf Club, Bethpage Black, Winged Foot (West)
7. Ron Montesano: Perry Maxwell - Old Town Club, Southern Hills and Prairie Dunes
8. Eric Smith: Old Tom - Royal County Down, Muirfield, Royal Dornoch
9. Tim Bert: Doak - Pacific Dunes, Ballyneal, Old Mac
10. Kalen Braley: William Flynn - Philly Country Club, The Country Club (Shinny already picked so no soup for you!)
11. Patrick Hodgdon - Coore & Crenshaw - Sand Hills, Friars Head, Bandon Trails
12. Jim Colton: HS Colt - Pine Valley, Royal Portrush, Sunningdale (Old)
13. Dell Sims: Raynor - Camargo, Shoreacres, Yeaman's Hall
14. JNC_Lyon: Ross - Oak Hill East/West, Teugega
15. Rob Rigg: Thompson - Highlands Links, St George's, Banff Springs

Round 2:
16. Rob Rigg: Thomas - Riviera, LACC - North, Bel Air
17. JNC Lyon: Emmet - Leatherstocking, Garden City, Seawane
18. Dell Sims: MacKenzie -  Augusta, Royal Melbourne, Pasatiempo
19. Jim Colton Doak - Barnbougle, Rock Creek, Sebonack
20. Patrick Hodgdon: Hugh Wilson - Merion East & West, Cobb's Creek
21. Kalen Braley: Mike Young - Longshadow, Wolf Creek (GA), Southern Hills (GA)
22. Tim Bert: Mike DeVries - Kingsley, Greywalls, Mines
23. Eric Smith: Tom Simpson - Ballybunion (Old), Cruden Bay, Morfontaine
24. Ron M: Walter Travis - Yahnundasis, Ekwanok, Lookout Point
25. Alex Miller: Raynor - Yale, Mid-Ocean, Fishers Island
26. Mac Plumart: Fazio - Shadow Creek, Gozzer Ranch, The Green Monkey
27. JC Jones: God--The Old Course
28. Jay Flemma:  ross - oakland hills, white bear, the balsams (panorama)
29. Jaeger Kovich: Colt - Swinley Forrest, and St George's Hill (Muirfield already picked)
30. Jud Tigerman: Old Tom - prestwick, lahinch, machrihanish

Round 3
31. Jud Tigerman: Coore/Crenshaw - austin golf club, old sandwich, lost farm
32. Jaeger Kovich: - James Braid - Carnoustie, Gleneagles, and Royal Aberdeen
33. Jay Flemma:  Tilly...Philly Cricket (Wissahickon), Sleepy Hollow, Quaker Ridge
34. JC Jones: Colt - Colt - Rye, Toronto, St Andrews Eden
35. Mac Plumart: Willie Fernie - Troon, Turnberry (Ailisa), Shiskine.
36. Alex Miller: Jack - Cabo del Sol, Muifield Village, and Harbourtown
37. Ron Montesano: Ross - Charles River, Aronomink, CC Rochester
38. Eric Smith: MacKenzie - Kingston Heath, New South Wales, Royal Adelaide
39. Tim Bert: Ross - Holston Hills, Beverly, Newport
40. Kalen Braley: Engh - Black Rock, Sanctuary, Lakota Canyon
41. Patrick Hodgdon: Doak - Cape Kidnappers, Bay of Dreams, and Lost Dunes
42. Jim Colton: CH Alison - Hirono, Kawana, Naruo
43. Dell Sims: RT Jones:  Valderamma, Peachtree GC, Spyglass Hill
44. JNC_Lyon: Raynor--Mountain Lake (FL), Country Club of Fairfield, Fox Chapel.
45. Rob Rigg: Hanse - Castle Stuart, Rustic Canyon, Boston Golf Club

Round 4:
46. Rob Rigg: Hackett - Carne, Eniscrone, Waterville
47. JNC_Lyon: Ross - Essex County Club (MA), Plainfield, Country Club of Buffalo
48. Dell Sims: Jack Neville - Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove
49. Jim Colton: Pete Dye - Casa de Campo, TPC Sawgrass, The Honors Course
50. Patrick Hodgdon: Mackenzie: Valley Club of Montecito, Jockey Club (Cancha Colorada), Titirangi
51. Kalen Braley: Brauer - Giants Ridge, Sand Creek Station, Wilderness at Fortune Bay
52. Tim Bert:  Nuzzo - Wolf Point, Aztec Club, Swanson Golf Center
53. Eric Smith: Colt - Woodhall Spa, Kennemer, De Pan
54:  Ron Montesano:  Leeds - Bass Rocks, Kebo Valley, Myopia Hunt

Plant your flag/basket sticks at: 
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=111888163639549696145.0004770112d8b02f7a86e&ll=42.354485,-87.138062&spn=1.071678,2.469177&z=9

[Alex Miller]

Hey Rob,

I know who AV Macan is and I know that choosing Kyle Phillips for the Cali Club is better

KP for Cali Club of SF, Kingsbarns, and Dundonald


(And the crowd goes wild!)

[Jay Flemma]

Could someone please be good enough to put my wicker baskets in the map for me?  I'll take black for my color, if not available, then red.  team name "The Brothers Grim."  Thanks.

We may be here a while...Mac is still not online:)

[Jud_T]

Jim,

sent you autopix....

[Ronald Montesano]

1.  I sent autopix, also, just in case...

2.  Send Patrick a PM and he will explain how to plant flags in GoogleMaps...it wasn't hard to learn and I was struggling on my own.

3.  Don't forget your PMs to the next dude in line.

[Alex Miller]

Sent a PM to Mac, don't know what he's up to. I also would love to know how to plant those flags.

[Rob Rigg]

Alex - not cool at all! I had KP down for that list of courses as another option as well - just not sure about Dundonald

I still have a couple of options alive but I will probably have to head back to the drawing board for my back to back pics since they won't happen for about twelve hours and you guys are "t'ieves, t'ieves I tell you!"

[Jim Colton]

Round 1:
1. Jud Tigerman: MacKenzie - Crystal Downs, Cypress Point, Palmetto
2. Jaeger Kovich: CBM - The National, Shinnecock, Chicago Golf
3. Jay Flemma: Strantz - MPCC Shore, Bulls Bay, Tobacco Road
4. JC Jones: Ross - Pinehurst #2, Seminole, Wannamoisett
5. Mac Plumart: Dye - Kiawah Ocean, Pete Dye Golf Club of WV, and The Golf Club
6. Alex Miller: Tillinghast - San Francisco Golf Club, Bethpage Black, Winged Foot (West)
7. Ron Montesano: Perry Maxwell - Old Town Club, Southern Hills and Prairie Dunes
8. Eric Smith: Old Tom - Royal County Down, Muirfield, Royal Dornoch
9. Tim Bert: Doak - Pacific Dunes, Ballyneal, Old Mac
10. Kalen Braley: William Flynn - Philly Country Club, The Country Club (Shinny already picked so no soup for you!)
11. Patrick Hodgdon - Coore & Crenshaw - Sand Hills, Friars Head, Bandon Trails
12. Jim Colton: HS Colt - Pine Valley, Royal Portrush, Sunningdale (Old)
13. Dell Sims: Raynor - Camargo, Shoreacres, Yeaman's Hall
14. JNC_Lyon: Ross - Oak Hill East/West, Teugega
15. Rob Rigg: Thompson - Highlands Links, St George's, Banff Springs

Round 2:
16. Rob Rigg: Thomas - Riviera, LACC - North, Bel Air
17. JNC Lyon: Emmet - Leatherstocking, Garden City, Seawane
18. Dell Sims: MacKenzie -  Augusta, Royal Melbourne, Pasatiempo
19. Jim Colton Doak - Barnbougle, Rock Creek, Sebonack
20. Patrick Hodgdon: Hugh Wilson - Merion East & West, Cobb's Creek
21. Kalen Braley: Mike Young - Longshadow, Wolf Creek (GA), Southern Hills (GA)
22. Tim Bert: Mike DeVries - Kingsley, Greywalls, Mines
23. Eric Smith: Tom Simpson - Ballybunion (Old), Cruden Bay, Morfontaine
24. Ron M: Walter Travis - Yahnundasis, Ekwanok, Lookout Point
25. Alex Miller: Raynor - Yale, Mid-Ocean, Fishers Island
26. Mac Plumart: Fazio - Shadow Creek, Gozzer Ranch, The Green Monkey
27. JC Jones: God--The Old Course
28. Jay Flemma:  ross - oakland hills, white bear, the balsams (panorama)
29. Jaeger Kovich: Colt - Swinley Forrest, and St George's Hill (Muirfield already picked)
30. Jud Tigerman: Old Tom - prestwick, lahinch, machrihanish

Round 3
31. Jud Tigerman: Coore/Crenshaw - austin golf club, old sandwich, lost farm
32. Jaeger Kovich: - James Braid - Carnoustie, Gleneagles, and Royal Aberdeen
33. Jay Flemma:  Tilly...Philly Cricket (Wissahickon), Sleepy Hollow, Quaker Ridge
34. JC Jones: Colt - Colt - Rye, Toronto, St Andrews Eden
35. Mac Plumart: Willie Fernie - Troon, Turnberry (Ailisa), Shiskine.
36. Alex Miller: Jack - Cabo del Sol, Muifield Village, and Harbourtown
37. Ron Montesano: Ross - Charles River, Aronomink, CC Rochester
38. Eric Smith: MacKenzie - Kingston Heath, New South Wales, Royal Adelaide
39. Tim Bert: Ross - Holston Hills, Beverly, Newport
40. Kalen Braley: Engh - Black Rock, Sanctuary, Lakota Canyon
41. Patrick Hodgdon: Doak - Cape Kidnappers, Bay of Dreams, and Lost Dunes
42. Jim Colton: CH Alison - Hirono, Kawana, Naruo
43. Dell Sims: RT Jones:  Valderamma, Peachtree GC, Spyglass Hill
44. JNC_Lyon: Raynor--Mountain Lake (FL), Country Club of Fairfield, Fox Chapel.
45. Rob Rigg: Hanse - Castle Stuart, Rustic Canyon, Boston Golf Club

Round 4:
46. Rob Rigg: Hackett - Carne, Eniscrone, Waterville
47. JNC_Lyon: Ross - Essex County Club (MA), Plainfield, Country Club of Buffalo
48. Dell Sims: Jack Neville - Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove
49. Jim Colton: Pete Dye - Casa de Campo, TPC Sawgrass, The Honors Course
50. Patrick Hodgdon: Mackenzie: Valley Club of Montecito, Jockey Club (Cancha Colorada), Titirangi
51. Kalen Braley: Brauer - Giants Ridge, Sand Creek Station, Wilderness at Fortune Bay
52. Tim Bert:  Nuzzo - Wolf Point, Aztec Club, Swanson Golf Center
53. Eric Smith: Colt - Woodhall Spa, Kennemer, De Pan
54:  Ron Montesano:  Leeds - Bass Rocks, Kebo Valley, Myopia Hunt
55. Alex Miller: Kyle P - Cal Club, Kingsbarns, and Dundonald
56. Mac Plumart: Drew Rogers - Oitavos Dunes, Olde Stone, and Country Club of Columbus
57. JC Jones: ON THE CLOCK
58. Jay Flemma: 
59. Jaeger Kovich:
60. Jud Tigerman:

I have a few autopicks, so beware as the round could turn back around relatively quickly.

[Jay Flemma]

I'm here and ready to go should JC pick quickly...I also have the next round ready as well since I circle back around quickly.

[JC Jones]

Fownes - Oakmont. 

Yup, I did it.  Now I have Oakmont in summer, and Seminole in winter.  If I feel like it, I can jet to England for some Colt or up to Scotland for TOC.

[Jay Flemma]

Darn you!  I was hoping for that one!  Grr!

Fine...William Flynn!

Rolling Green, Cherry Hills, Atlantic City Country Club

JC - What course of mine might you want in trade for Oakmont?

[JC Jones]

Darn you!  I was hoping for that one!  Grr!

Fine...William Flynn!

Rolling Green, Cherry Hills, Atlantic City Country Club

JC - What course of mine might you want in trade for Oakmont?

Its going to have to be a 3 team deal b/c you've got nothing I want

[Jay Flemma]

I might give you two courses for Oakmont if they were the right two...interested?

What do you want in a three way so I can reach out to that party...

I hope we don't have to wait another six hours for Jaeger.  That was ridiculous yesterday.

[JC Jones]

I might give you two courses for Oakmont...interested?

You might have to send some Tillie to Alex and I get some of his Raynor to get this to work.