260 entrants (just under half) used all 300 allotted points and all but 7 used at least 290. zeesrent was the cockiest entrant, leaving 19 points on the board.
Four entrants paired Scheffler and a zero-point golfer, but the Least Balanced is either T Daigle who spent 230 in the first two columns or Long Tom who only left 2 points for the final two columns. The Most Balanced roster belongs to Green Jacket, who ranged just 8 points from Lowry at 55 to Bhatia at 47.
The Most Popular roster is GruDawg, with the top two selections, 3 of the 7 golfers who were picked >100x and no golfer picked <77x. His golfers were picked an average of 111.3x. The Class Nerd is Friar67, who has no golfers picked >44x and three who were picked <10x, including a solo pick. His golfers were picked an average of 18.7x.
41 entrants selected golfers from 6 different countries, including my ZZ Scarlett entry that is a rare 6-Continent squad. The 7 entrants listed at left have All-American rosters, while the 10 Commie bastards at right have NO Americans.
England recalimed its spot on top of the pairings list for foreign countries, with 43 entrants picking at least two red coats, including 4 who picked three.
Despite an MC at the PGA Championship last month and a mediocre finish at Augusta, the GSC is bullish on Lowry at Oakmont. The Irishman leads seven golfers who were picked to more than 100 rosters at 171x. DeChambeau was the golfer we spent most points on by far, using 8 percent of our collective budget on him. Lowry and English are the most common pairing at 41x.
31 of 156 golfers went unpicked with Smith J the only Snub worth more than 10 points.
Last week's winner Fox was by far the most popular selection under 30 points. Grillo and Olesen stood out among the under 20 crowd. For 10 points or less, the college stud amateur Koivun was the leader.
While not Snubbed, LIV golfers Koepka, Johnson D and Mickelson were underpicked, as was the slumping Clark.
FINAL
22 entrants advanced their entire roster to the weekend, 13 of whom finished on the leaderboard, including the Top 3. Bonzo (DFL) and GriffySnacks (2nd to last) had the weekend off.
Oakmont wreaked havoc on our top picks, with the final 3 columns outperforming the first three with 226 less MCs and almost a full stroke per golfer better.
Lowry was clearly the biggest Bust, missing the cut by 9 as the Most popular pick. DeChambeau also caused a lot of carnage. Spaun was the biggest Steal as only 8 entrants picked him. Somehow motown soul still managed to finish 331st.
PRE-TOURNEY NOTES
ANOTHER Father-Son combo
on Father's Day
After waiting 23 years for our first Father-Son combo to win Majors, we've now completed 3 in the past 5 Pools. samrich becomes the latest to accomplish the feat, joining his son HayRich (348th this week) who won the 2013 British. This is the first time the son's win came first and the first time the family won two different Majors.
While things got ugly in a good way at Oakmont on Sunday, samrich used a tried-and-true GSC formula to have a relatively stress free day. He got early 67s from a couple big names who were out of contention (McIlroy and Rahm) then sat back and watched everyone else implode.
HayRich said "I've been giving my Dad hell for over a decade for never winning. He's about to be a grandfather in a month and I think he's more excited about winning this. No one has grinded harder than him over the last 20 years to get this one over the line. In our GSC group chat we are calling it the Father's Day Miracle at Oakmont. Unfortunately some are saying the Sox trading Devers is the price he had to pay."
samrich rose to 2nd in the GSC Cup race, where Joey Converse (3rd this week) has opened an 18-shot lead.
Ed Hannan's Hudson Hybrids took 2nd after his Charlie's Irons took 2nd last month in the PGA. Both teams are Top 30 in the Cup.
samrich (2nd from right) joins son HayRich (far right) as a Major winner. Here they are seen at Essex CC with T Lyne and C Lyne.
FLASHBACK - 2013 BRITISH POOL
