2021 PGA Championship - U Pick 'Em Game - General Chit Chat

[clackamascoug]

Welcome to the US Open warm up major - otherwise known as the PGA. It's at Kiawah Island.

We're going to play two games inside this Championship - but all you have to do is pick your player for each day - and I'll do the rest.

Game #1 - Pick a person each day - your score for the day is your score for the day. If your Sat Sun guys get cut - pick anybody - you want. You might even pick a dog on those days - just to get a feel for who's playing well and sub them in on Friday night. (same game we've been doing)

Game #2 - Pick your man for the day - and his odds of winning will be noted. I'll think of something fun - unless one of you guys comes up with a clever way to use the odds in a game situation. We can work on it till Wednesday night.

2021 PGA Championship field, odds, contenders


Rory McIlroy 10-1
Dustin Johnson 12-1
Jon Rahm 12-1
Justin Thomas 14-1
Bryson DeChambeau 14-1
Jordan Spieth 16-1
Xander Schaufele 16-1
Brooks Koepka 20-1
Collin Morikawa 22-1
Viktor Hovland 25-1
Hideki Matsuyama 25-1
Patrick Cantlay 28-1
Daniel Berger 33-1
Tyrrell Hatton 33-1
Webb Simpson 33-1
Patrick Reed 33-1
Tony Finau 33-1
Will Zalatoris 40-1
Justin Rose 40-1
Tommy Fleetwood 40-1
Cameron Smith 40-1
Scottie Scheffler 45-1
Louis Oosthuizen 50-1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 50-1
Jason Day 50-1
Paul Casey 50-1
Abraham Ancer 50-1
Sung-Jae Im 60-1
Joaquin Niemann 60-1
Adam Scott 60-1
Gary Woodland 66-1
Shane Lowry 66-1
Sergio Garcia 66-1
Marc Leishman 66-1
Harris English 66-1
Corey Conners 66-1
Sam Burns 66-1
Brian Harman 80-1
Max Homa 80-1
Garrick Higgo 80-1
Lee Westwood 80-1
Bubba Watson 80-1
Si-Woo Kim 80-1
Francesco Molinari 90-1
Billy Horschel 100-1
Matt Wallace 100-1
Rickie Fowler 100-1
Matt Kuchar 100-1
Keegan Bradley 100-1
Cameron Champ 100-1
Robert Macintyre 125-1
Kevin Kisner 125-1
Branden Grace 125-1
Jason Kokrak 125-1
Martin Kaymer 125-1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 125-1
Kevin Na 125-1
Matt Jones 125-1
Henrik Stenson 125-1
Ian Poulter 125-1
Brendon Todd 125-1
Phil Mickelson 125-1
Sebastian Munoz 150-1
Brandt Snedeker 150-1
Alex Noren 150-1
Bernd Wiesberger 150-1
Thomas Pieters 150-1
Stewart Cink 150-1
Victor Perez 150-1
Zach Johnson 150-1
John Catlin 150-1
Mackenzie Hughes 150-1
Danny Willett 150-1
Byeong Hun An 150-1
Rasmus Hojgaard 150-1
Dylan Frittelii 175-1
Rafa Cabrera Bello 175-1
Matthias Schwab 200-1
Thomas Detry 200-1
Ryan Palmer 200-1
Joel Dahmen 200-1
Hudson Swafford 200-1
Thorbjorn Olesen 200-1
Kevin Streelman 200-1
Padraig Harrington 200-1
Tom Lewis 200-1
Adam Hadwin 200-1
Erik van Rooyen 200-1
Chez Reavie 200-1
Carlos Ortiz 200-1
Lanto Griffin 200-1
Charles Howell 250-1
Jimmy Walker 250-1
Martin Laird 250-1
Andy Sullivan 250-1
Sam Horsfield 250-1
Jason Dufner 250-1
Graeme McDowell 250-1
Omar Uresti 300-1
Jim Herman 400-1
Brian Gay 400-1
Vijay Singh 500-1
Davis Love 500-1
Y.E. Yang 500-1
Rich Been 1000-1
Shaun Micheel 1000-1
John Daly 1000-1

[clackamascoug]

Game #2 Rules

You already picked your four (4) players in game #1 - now in game #2 you have $500 to bet on your four (4) players. Wager the $500 any way you want on your four - and if you picked the winner - their odds will be multiplied by your wager - and you will win game #2. If you and someone else picked the same player to win - the tie breaker is who bet the most money on the eventual winner. If none of your picks win - you get zero dollars and you lose. The only way to win game #2 is to try and pick the winner from four (4) players and decide how you want to divvy up the amount each person is wagered with.

Make sense?

$500 to bet.

[clackamascoug]

Game 1 - score each day	Game 2 - $500 to bet
Thur- Jordan Speith	$50 at 16 to 1
Fri - Tony Finau	$100 at 30 to 1
Sat - Rory McIlroy	$250 at 10 to 1
Sun - Will Zalatoris	$100 at 40 to 1

(my table parameters were 350 pixels wide on the columns. )

[Copelius]

Thurs Finau-$50
Fri Xander- $150
Sat DJ- $300
Sun Rory- $0
(no tables were used in the making of this entry)

[RC Vikings]

Game 1 - score each day	Game 2 - $500 to bet
Thur- Serigio Garcia	$0 at 66-1
Fri - Sam Burns	$100 at 66-1
Sat - Justin Thomas	$200 at 14-1
Sun - Rory McIlroy	$200 at 10-1

[clackamascoug]

Game 1 - score each day	Game 2 - $500 to bet
Thur- Serigio Garcia	$0 at 66-1
Fri - Sam Burns	$100 at 66-1
Sat - Justin Thomas	$200 at 14-1
Sun - Rory McIlroy	$200 at 10-1

You're wasting money on Rory - I've already got $250 on him - and would beat you in a tie breaker.

[Copelius]

You're wasting money on Rory - I've already got $250 on him - and would beat you in a tie breaker.

Good point. edited

[chrisrenrut]

Here are my favourites for the weekend.

Thursday- Hatton £100 (33-1)
Friday-Rose £200 (40-1)
Saturday-Fleetwood £150 (40-1)
Sunday- Willet £50 (150-1)

[clackamascoug]

Here are my favourites for the weekend.

Thursday- Hatton £100 (33-1)
Friday-Rose £200 (40-1)
Saturday-Fleetwood £150 (40-1)
Sunday- Willet £50 (150-1)

Look at Chrisenrut - playing the game - chooses a sure bet not to make the cut - and waits to pick up the hot hand which will choke on Sunday.

Rose is a good 40-1 bet IRL.

[RC Vikings]

You're wasting money on Rory - I've already got $250 on him - and would beat you in a tie breaker.

Good point, I'm rethinking a few things today.

[clackamascoug]

Good point, I'm rethinking a few things today.

If you bet >$250 on Rory - you would force me to make a move.

[RC Vikings]

New guesses

Game 1 - score each day	Game 2 - $500 to bet
Thur- Webb Simpson	$50 at 33 to 1
Fri - Sam Burns	$100 at 66 to 1
Sat - Dustin Johnson	$100 at 12 to 1
Sun - Justin Thomas	$250 14 to 1

[falafel]

I'm sorry I didn't play this round. Its a soft protest regarding the format of Game #1.

[Donuthole]

I'm sorry I didn't play this round. Its a soft protest regarding the format of Game #1.

Yeah we’re way off course on these things. We need to get back to our U pick em roots. I took one glance at the proposed games and was like

[clackamascoug]

I'm sorry I didn't play this round. Its a soft protest regarding the format of Game #1.

You and Donut can pick the format for the US Open next month.

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