GCA Mock Fantasy Draft - NEED JUDGES

[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/Arthur Hills - Oitavos Dunes, Olde Stone, and Country Club of Columbus
57. JC Jones: Fownes - Oakmont
58. Jay Flemma:  William Flynn - Atlantic City C.C., Cherry Hills, Rolling Green
59. Jaeger Kovich: Tilly - Somerset Hills, Winged Foot East, and Baltimore CC East
60. Jud Tigerman: Langford- Lawsonia, Skokie, Harrison Hills

Round 5
61. Jud Tigerman: Doak - Stonewall (old), Rennaisance Club, Stone Eagle
62. Jaeger Kovich: Coore & Crenshaw - The Plantation Course, Talking Stick (North) and Hidden Creek
63. Jay Flemma: Perry Maxwell - University of Michigan, Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club, Colonial!
64. JC Jones: Willie Park, Jr. - Maidstone, Huntercombe and Olympia Fields
65. Mac Plumart: ON THE CLOCK
66. Alex Miller:
67. Ron Montesano:
68. Eric Smith:
69. Tim Bert:
70. Kalen Braley:
71. Patrick Hodgdon
72. Jim Colton:
73. Dell Sims:
74. JNC_Lyon:
75. Rob Rigg:

[Jaeger Kovich]

Jim - Woops!! Talking Stick is fine with me...

Glad to see all the trash talking!.. Did you guys really sit and wait and complain and wait for my picks yesterday?! so sad!... I figured I would just "autopick" today, but guess that wasn't good enough for the nut house either!!

[Ronald Montesano]

Didn't Mac say something about auto-picking, too?  Was that just for round four?  Commish?

[Mac Plumart]

I think I am up...


"The Honorable Company of Cart-balling Golfers" select...

Desmond Muirhead...Stone Harbor (and the "Clashing Rocks" on the par 3 7th) , Boca Raton West, #1 and #2

Now that is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mac Plumart]

Just in case you aren't familiar with the gem that is/was Stone Harbor...check this link out.

http://www.isteve.com/golf_art.htm

 About 3/4 of the way down the page is a picture of the "Clashing Rocks"...yeah...it looks like a venus fly trap.  BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!  And in this fantasy draft it is all mine!  

Seriously, this article is well worth the time it takes to read.

Here's a quote from that article from Mr. Muirhead...

"This hole has been published in hundreds of magazines worldwide, in art and architecture as well as golf. It was based on Jason and the Argonauts. The symbol came from my subconscious where it had probably been hanging around for a great many years. According to Jungian psychology, it is a mandala, a Sanskrit word meaning perfect circle which is the most common archetype drawn in psycho-analysis. The central form is female and the jagged forms are male."

All I can say is WOW!

[Alex Miller]

Willie Watson: Olympic (Lake), Harding Park, and Belvedere.

Hey Commish, Boy have we got a trade for you. I'll send it to you for approval but all parties have agreed. I'll let you boys tremble in suspense in the meantime.  

[Mac Plumart]

Jay...

I've got a trade for you...

Muirhead's Stone Harbour for Strantz's Tobacco Road

What do ya think?

[Ronald Montesano]

River Oaks, a course not five minutes from my house, is a Muirhead.  It sits on an island in the Niagara River, five miles above Niagara Falls, the ultimate land of clashing rocks.  Way to keep the spirit of mirth alive, Mac...Who's next?

[JC Jones]

Willie Watson: Olympic (Lake), Harding Park, and Belvedere.

Hey Commish, Boy have we got a trade for you. I'll send it to you for approval but all parties have agreed. I'll let you boys tremble in suspense in the meantime.  

Anyone who has paid any attention to my near 1000 posts on this site will surely know why Mr Miller picked Belvedere.  That's right, it's coming my way.

THE DEAL HEARD ROUND THE WORLD:

Jones trades Oakmont to Flemma.
Jones trades Colt: Rye, Eden and Toronto to Miller

Flemma trades Philly Cricket and Quaker Ridge to Miller

Miller trades Raynor: Yale and Mid-Ocean to Jones
Miller trades Watson: Olympic (Lake), Harding Park and Belvedere to Jones

[Ronald Montesano]

Wayne Stiles/John Van Kleek--Putterham Meadows, Taconic, Woods Hole

[Ronald Montesano]

Eric Smith is currently off line...Commish, do we have any autopix from him?

[Jim Colton]

Willie Watson: Olympic (Lake), Harding Park, and Belvedere.

Hey Commish, Boy have we got a trade for you. I'll send it to you for approval but all parties have agreed. I'll let you boys tremble in suspense in the meantime.  

Anyone who has paid any attention to my near 1000 posts on this site will surely know why Mr Miller picked Belvedere.  That's right, it's coming my way.

THE DEAL HEARD ROUND THE WORLD:

Jones trades Oakmont to Flemma.
Jones trades Colt: Rye, Eden and Toronto to Miller

Flemma trades Philly Cricket and Quaker Ridge to Miller

Miller trades Raynor: Yale and Mid-Ocean to Jones
Miller trades Watson: Olympic (Lake), Harding Park and Belvedere to Jones

This trade is approved.  No word from Eric.  He has until 3 AM Eastern.

[Patrick Hodgdon]

Willie Watson: Olympic (Lake), Harding Park, and Belvedere.

Hey Commish, Boy have we got a trade for you. I'll send it to you for approval but all parties have agreed. I'll let you boys tremble in suspense in the meantime.  

Anyone who has paid any attention to my near 1000 posts on this site will surely know why Mr Miller picked Belvedere.  That's right, it's coming my way.

THE DEAL HEARD ROUND THE WORLD:

Jones trades Oakmont to Flemma.
Jones trades Colt: Rye, Eden and Toronto to Miller

Flemma trades Philly Cricket and Quaker Ridge to Miller

Miller trades Raynor: Yale and Mid-Ocean to Jones
Miller trades Watson: Olympic (Lake), Harding Park and Belvedere to Jones

Jones wins big in this one imo.

[Alex Miller]

Who needs Olympic and Harding when you've got SFGC and Cali of SF right next door. Now I have Rye and Eden and kept Fishers Island! Oh yeah, I also now have arguably the 5 best courses Tilly ever built (Sleepy Hollow does NOT count). I'm not upset.

[Ben Sims]

...I also now have arguably the 5 best courses Tilly ever built (Sleepy Hollow does NOT count). I'm not upset.

As the Wu Tang Clan advised us at Wu Tang Financial all those years ago.  "You need to diversify your bonds."

Sage advice

[JC Jones]

Who needs Olympic and Harding when you've got SFGC and Cali of SF right next door. Now I have Rye and Eden and kept Fishers Island! Oh yeah, I also now have arguably the 5 best courses Tilly ever built (Sleepy Hollow does NOT count). I'm not upset.

I think Miller and Flemma walk away from this deal better than me, however, I heart Belvedere and would have given up just about everything I've drafted so far to ensure that I got it.  The point of this is to get courses you'd want to play at for the rest of your days, I want Belvedere to be on that list for me.

[Alex Miller]

Who needs Olympic and Harding when you've got SFGC and Cali of SF right next door. Now I have Rye and Eden and kept Fishers Island! Oh yeah, I also now have arguably the 5 best courses Tilly ever built (Sleepy Hollow does NOT count). I'm not upset.

I think Miller and Flemma walk away from this deal better than me, however, I heart Belvedere and would have given up just about everything I've drafted so far to ensure that I got it.  The point of this is to get courses you'd want to play at for the rest of your days, I want Belvedere to be on that list for me.

Yeah, and if anyone wants to play a one of those Tillies again they better come talk to me.   If anything I gained diversity by getting some Colt. I can live without Watson's courses because I have my SF gems.

[Ronald Montesano]

Miller...tough luck...I hear Burbeck designed all those Tilly claims.

So much of what we're doing here is personal...for me, playing Putterham was terrific at age 16...finding out years later that Stiles and Van Kleek created it, along with Taconic, sealed the deal.  Woods Hole, Charles River and Myopia look like the type of courses I'd like to play into my old age...manageable length with terrific locations and eternally interesting ground features.

[Jay Flemma]

JC, Alex...If you are waiting for my approval...GO

Jay gets Oakmont, Alex gets Philly Cricket and Quaker, JC gets Yale and Mid-Ocean...pull the trigger...and then add your side deal too?

[JC Jones]

JC, Alex...If you are waiting for my approval...GO

Jay gets Oakmont, Alex gets Philly Cricket and Quaker, JC gets Yale and Mid-Ocean...pull the trigger...and then add your side deal too?

You'll have to excuse Jay, he's engrossed in his baseball game right now.

[Jay Flemma]

No JC, I'm here!  Get Alex and lets do this!

Party at Oakmont!  C'mon!

[JC Jones]

No JC, I'm here!  Get Alex and lets do this!

Party at Oakmont!  C'mon!

Jay, the deal has been done and approved by the commish.  Check your PMs

[Rob Rigg]

What's the score now?

Let's keep this ticking over - who's up? Let's get through this round before night night time!

[Tim Bert]

I know I'm  skipping Eric but there is no way he is going to pick these courses an I am tryig to watch the Phillies. I will not be around tonight if for some reason this loops back around yet again.

Cupp

pumpkin ridge witch hollow
crosswater at sunriver
Vanderbilt legends north

I need somewhere to play locally because my wife just informed me we are not moving as a result of this fantasy draft.

  

[Rob Rigg]

Tim - I think you need to visit Toronto more often, especially to visit the Cupp'sters work up there at Beacon Hall, it is more interesting than Witch and XWater!

You have time to make a change . . .