2006 GCA architects final four

[Jay Flemma]

With the polls set to close at 7PM tonight, I'm getting some great results.  There's a couple big upsets and some fascinating clos eshaves.  Baxter vs. Tom W. is just fantastic, Rees vs. Smith is neck and neck along with others.  Remember you can vote here, at my blog, in my email or at the bracketmaker link.

Next round starts later tonight after I make the final tally.

[Jay Flemma]

Here we go.  The double digit seeds that won upsets were Tom Simpson, Rick Smith and Mike DeVries.  Send me emails or go to my website or the brackets to vote.  The link is here - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=150961&tclass=

Voting closes 9PM Sunday night:

St. Andrews Regional

1. Pete Dye v. 8 Tom Weiskopf
4. George Thomas v. 5. Perry Maxwell
3. Coore/Crenshaw v. 6. Jim Engh
2. William Flynn v. 10. Tom Simpson

Bandon Regional

1. A.W. Tillinghast v. 8. Gil Hanse
4. Jack Neville v. 5 Jack Nicklaus
3. Harry Colt v. 6.  RTJ II
2. Tom Doak v. 7 Brian Silva

Augusta Regional

1. Donald Ross v. 9. Jay Morrish
4. Tom Fazio v. 5. Stanley Thompson
3 Old Tom Morris v.  6. David McKay Kidd
2. C.B. Macdonald v. 7. Mike Strantz

Pinehurst Regional

1. Alistair Mackanzie v. 8. Henry Fownes
4. RTJ v. 12. Mike DeVries
3. George Crump v. 11. Rick Smith
2. Seth Raynor v. 7 Jeff Brauer

Dont forget that if you already "filled out a bracket and missed some picks, just re-send me your votes for what games you got wrong.

E.G.  Lots of people picked Baxter Spann.  (That would have been a hell of a matchup 'tween he and Dye.)  Just email me with your choice of dye v. weiskopf and any other misses.

[Jay Flemma]

 Sweet Sixteen for golf course architects

We have us an underdog! Mike DeVries, a 12 seed, ousts RTJ! Also I predicted at Houston's Clear Thinkers, Stanley Thompson beat Fazio. Here are the sweet sixteen matchups.

St. Andrews Regional

1 Pete Dye vs. 4 George Thomas (who survived a really close match w/Perry Maxwell)
2. William Flynn vs. 3 Coore and Crenshaw

For those of you who keep emailing me, Flynn did Merion and Shinnecock. That's why he's a 2 seed.

Bandon Regional

1. A.W. Tillinghast v. 5 Jack Nicklaus (who trounced Neville in the "pair of Jacks" game)
2. Tom Doak v. 3. Harry Colt

For those same emailers, please google "Harry Colt" and you'll see why he's seeded higher than Nicklaus and, to the same crew, uhhhh, Neville did Pebble.

Augusta Regional

1 Donald Ross v. 5. Stanley Thompson
3. Old Tom Morris v. 2 C.B.Macdonald

and finally in the Cypress Point Regional

1. Alistair Mackenzie v. 12 Mike DeVries
3. George Crump v. 2. Seth Raynor

Voting ends Thursday at 1PM

[Joe Hancock]

Note to Mike D.

I'll buy you a congratulatory beer. I'm not saying it's over at this point, however.....

Joe

[Mike_DeVries]

As a huge fan of the first 2 days of the NCAA tournament, when big upsets happen regularly, I am honored to be thought of as such.  And with George Mason making a run to the Final Four, maybe I have a chance -- NOT!  Pretty hard to overcome my biggest influence and the greatest golf course architect of all time, Dr. Alister MacKenzie.

Joe, start chilling that brew for me!  

Mike

[Jay Flemma]

Mike, really glad to see you checking in...with Mackenzie as an influence, happilky we have alot more great stuff to look forward to inthe future.

Looks like your seed will go up next year now won't it!