# Another Masters Contest **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670 "2008-04-09T21:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/1 "2008-04-09T21:34:34Z")
This one doesn’t exclude Tiger, but gives you a handicap for picking him. I heard a similar contest on our local sports radio, and it seemed to make sense. Here are the rules: 1. Pick _three_ golfers to get your best score. 2. If you pick Tiger, you incur a 4 stroke penalty. 3. All three of your golfers must make the cut, else you are eliminated. 4. Lowest total score of your three combined win. 5. Tiebreaker Part 1: Total score for all days of the winner. 6. Tiebreaker Part 2: Final score of the winner on the last day played. 7. If, for any reason, the tournament is shortened (rain, tornadoes, flying pigs), then a par will be used to fill out the scoring. Example 1: Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Davis Love III. Winner at 277, Final Round at 69. Mickleson shoots 295, Singh is at 289, but Davis Love III doesn’t make the cut. Doper is eliminated. Example 2: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Mike Weir. Winner at 280, Final Round at 70. Woods shoots 280 (and wins with a 67 on the final round), Mickelson is at 295, Weir shoots 297. Total is 872 + 4 point Eldrick handicap, for a total of 876. Example 3: Singh, Zach Johnson and Ernie Els. Winner at 280, Final Round at 68. Singh shoots 289, Johnson shoots second at 287, Ernie Els shoots 300. Group score is also 876. Doper 3 wins since he tied with Doper 2, but won the second tie-break. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/2 "2008-04-09T21:38:30Z")
What the hell, I bought a lottery ticket the other night. Els, Ernie Mickelson, Phil Garcia, Sergio ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/3 "2008-04-09T21:59:41Z")
Even with the handicap…I’m going with Tiger. Let’s also roll the dice with Retief Goosen and my pick from the other thread, Geoff Ogilvy. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/4 "2008-04-10T03:04:35Z")
Don’t forget to put in tiebreakers. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/5 "2008-04-10T03:16:26Z")
My three: Geoff Ogilvy Fred Couples Jim Furyk Tiebreaker 1: 279 Tiebreaker 2: 70 ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/6 "2008-04-10T04:06:45Z")
My three: Tiger Woods Geoff Ogilvy Vijay Singh TB1: 275 TB2: 69 ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/7 "2008-04-10T04:23:10Z")
Tiger Woods Stewart Cink Zach Johnson TB1:277 TB2:69 ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/8 "2008-04-10T11:48:36Z")
My tiebreakers: 1)276 2)68 ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/9 "2008-04-10T13:17:14Z")
I’ll pick John Rollins,Vijay and Retief 1. 284 2)67 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/10 "2008-04-10T13:32:59Z")
Tiger, Ogilvy, Mickelson 1. 277 2. 68 ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/11 "2008-04-10T14:57:29Z")
Stewart Cink, Tiger, Mike Weir. 1. 282 2. 68 ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/12 "2008-04-10T18:36:37Z")
Woods, Singh, Mickelson 276 69 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/13 "2008-04-10T18:53:50Z")
Woods Harrington Mickelson 277 68 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/14 "2008-04-11T04:31:06Z")
ShermanAter - 218 Yeticus Rex - 219 MadTheSwine - 220 HongKongFooey - 221 Shibb - 221 SpoilerVirgin - 221 Kid\_A - 222 Dinsdale - 222 MonkeyMensch - 223 Just five strokes separate the field, still anyone’s game. No one picked Justin Rose or Trevor Immelman, today’s co-leaders. Best player(s) picked so far are Zach Johnson and Jim Furyk. Worst round of our picks was John Rollins. Note that above are adjusted for Tiger’s handicap but for ties are just in alphabetical order. Won’t worry about tie breakers until the end. ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-masters-contest/444670/15 "2008-04-13T06:40:28Z")
TTT for a third round update.