It has been a long few years for everyone. I for one feel like I've aged at least 10 years and have for sure put on 50 lbs of bourbon weight. Enough about my sob story, let's start another tradition on CigarGeeks (Yes, the Indy 500 pool will be coming back in a month as well) and get some fun/positive stuff going on here.
Introducing the 1st (hopefully) Annual Cigar Geeks Masters Fantasy Golf Tournament!
Here is the whole skinny:
We will be running this one through Masters.com. They have a great platform for the scoring system we will use (outlined below) and you can also enter for prizes on their public tournament.
Enter by letting us know in the thread below AND by sending me a PM with your email address. I have created a private league on the Masters site and the email address is used to send you everything you need to know/how to submit your entry.
Veteran status or higher on Geeks is a must.
Everyone participating will put up a 5'er of good quality cigars (looking for $7 to $15 per stick). After the conclusion of the tournament, we will declare a winner from our group based on the scoring system and send our 5'er to the winner within a week of the conclusion of the even. If you do not intend to pay up or abide by the rules as set forth, be warned that negative feedback will result unless other arrangements have been approved by me.
Per the Masters, here is how the scoring and picks work:
Scoring
The scoring for the contest is separate from the usual Masters 72-hole medal-play format. The Modified Stableford format rewards aggressive play, so players who are prone to make more eagles and birdies are probably more attractive as picks. The scoring is as follows:
Hole by Hole Scoring
Double Eagle: 8 points
Eagle: 5 points
Birdie: 2 points
Par: 0 points
Bogey: -1 point
Double Bogey or more: - 3 points (ouch)
End of Round Bonuses
A Round One pick completes a Round: 1 point per Round
End of Tournament Bonuses
Picked Low Amateur: 5 points
Picked Tournament Champion: 5 points
Selections
Please have you initial selections completed Wednesday night, April 6th.
Participants pick one player from each of these categories:
1) First-time Masters participants (pros and amateurs):
Amateurs and first timers have always been an integral part of the Masters, with co-Founder Bobby Jones being one of the most famous and accomplished amateurs of all time. Continue the tradition by picking who you think will become one of the legends of tomorrow. Risk/reward plays a big role here: Having the Low Amateur on your roster will net you five bonus points. Or you can play the safer route and pick one of the first-time professionals. Some pertinent historic information: Only three first-time players have ever won the Masters – Horton Smith in the first Masters (1934), Gene Sarazen (1935) and Fuzzy Zoeller (1979).An amateur has never won the Masters, even though Frank Stranahan (1947), Ken Venturi (1956) and Charlie Coe (1961) all finished second. Last year was the first time in five Masters that an amateur didn't make the cut, and the longest drought was four years (2006-9).
2) Former Masters Champions:
The most battle-tested group in the field. Of the 85 Masters Tournaments contested, 31 have been won by former champions. These players know the course better than anyone in the field, keeping many in contention well into their 50s.
3) United States players (born in the United States):
The largest group of players in the field. American-born players won the first 24 Masters and have taken home the Green Jacket in three of the last four.
4) International players (born outside the United States):
International players have won five of the last 11 and 10 of the past 26 Masters. The longest drought for an international winner has been four Masters in the last 50 years (2004-7).
If you don't know much about a player, read up on their bio or see what the press has to say about them from the In the Media tab as selected by IBM's Watson. Watson has also highlighted key stats in the Statistics tab.
There are no ties for prizes, so users will also be prompted to submit a tiebreaker at the conclusion of completing their roster selections.
New for 2022, participants will receive a bonus at the end of each round for every player that was picked pre-Tournament. If you picked Player X prior to the Tournament and another participant swapped Player X in after the cut, you would receive 1 more point for your original pick.
Your roster is automatically added to "My Group" so you can watch every shot from your team. Also, you can sign up for the Newsletter to get nightly updates on the action.
Any questions, let me know. Anything missing? Let's figure it out since this is our first go 'round.
Also:
Changing Your Eliminated Picks
If one (or more) of your golfers has been eliminated from play (either by withdrawal, disqualification or at the 36-hole cut) you can replace that golfer with another golfer in the same category as long as the next round has not yet begun.
PM sent
I'd be a player. Cool.
Sounds like fun! I'm in!
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Dang, I think I'll crawl out of my hole for this one.
What the heck. I'll play. No idea what I'm doing. Maybe thats a good thing!
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QuoteRDF - 3/30/2022 4:31 PM
Dang, I think I'll crawl out of my hole for this one.
Love to have you. PM me an email address and I'll send you an invite link.
Ok, Ok I'm in sign me up. :dancing: :biggrin:
QuoteBeegerply - 3/31/2022 7:24 AM
Ok, Ok I'm in sign me up. :dancing: :biggrin:
Wouldn't be a golf contest without the newly minted guru of small balls and big sticks.
PM me your email and I will get you the link to join.
QuoteDeener27 - 3/31/2022 8:40 AM
QuoteBeegerply - 3/31/2022 7:24 AM
Ok, Ok I'm in sign me up. :dancing: :biggrin:
Wouldn't be a golf contest without the newly minted guru of small balls and big sticks.
PM me your email and I will get you the link to join.
:lmao: :lmao: that's funny :biggrin: pm sent
Please use your Geeks handle when creating your team name. I can't see who is who on my dashboard.
QuoteBeegerply - 4/1/2022 7:03 AM
QuoteDeener27 - 3/31/2022 8:40 AM
QuoteBeegerply - 3/31/2022 7:24 AM
Ok, Ok I'm in sign me up. :dancing: :biggrin:
Wouldn't be a golf contest without the newly minted guru of small balls and big sticks.
PM me your email and I will get you the link to join.
:lmao: :lmao: that's funny :biggrin: pm sent
Invite link sent to your email.
Thanks for joining.
We are 3.5 days away to enter. Don't necessarily need to be a huge golf fan to participate.
:bump: :bump: :bump: :bump:
Final day to get in the contest. Really nothing to it other than to pick golfers and have some fun.
Let me know if you want in and I will get you the invite link.
Looks like we are set and everyone is in.
Tee times today delayed 1-1/2 hours but should be starting soon.
Good luck everyone!
After the first, exciting day at Augusta here is where we stand:
1) beegerply 25 points
2) Deener27 18 points
3) cfickter 13 points
4) Brlesq 13 points
5) Caveman Steve 11 points
6) RDF 6 points
As I have noticed, things can change in a heartbeat with this tournament so it is still anyone's game.
Side note: Tiger is T10...which is amazing in itself.
See you guys tomorrow and looking forward to another day of scoreboard watching!
After the first, exciting day at Augusta here is where we stand:
1) beegerply 35 points
2) Brlesq 25 points
3) Deener27 21 points
4) Caveman Steve 20 points
5) cfickter 19 points
6) RDF 18 points
7) StogieDad 6 points
Brlesq and RDF were the largest point scorers for the day at 12. Impressive scoring numbers for a very challenging day for the golfers weather-wise.
Remember, if you have a golfer that has been cut, you may swap them out starting tonight. Make sure you get your swaps in before play begins tomorrow.
Good luck everyone!
Made a BIG run today but fell short. Congrats to Byron! Well done. Got off to a great start and never looked back.
Had fun with this.
Do it again next year
Wire to wire, looks like I lived up to guru name, lol
Byron lived up to his Guru moniker of stick and balls. As such, he is the official winner of the Cigar Geeks Stogies and Bogies contest.
He must have had some insider knowledge being so damn close to the John Deere Classic. :biggrin:
At any rate, congrats to you, Champion Geek of the Year.
We will get the winnings in the mail to you this week.
Thank you to everyone for participating this year and I hope we can grow our field next year, as this added more fun to my Masters watching this year.
Let us know as the winnings arrive Byron, so that we can keep things on track.
See you all next year!
Thanks, I will update on there arrivals. No insider info just somewhat of a golf nut. :biggrin:
Here are the final standings:
1) beegerply 59
T2) Brlesq 52
T2) Caveman Steve 52
4) RDF 46
5) Deener27 45
6) cfickter 32
7) StogieDad 26
There was a tie break question: How many birdies will be made at this years Masters and the total for the whole field was 827.
Congrats brother, I will get that out this week!
Good picks, Byron! I'll get something out this week.
QuoteStogieDad - 4/10/2022 10:23 PM
Congrats brother, I will get that out this week!
Thanks I'll be watching :biggrin:
QuoteBrlesq - 4/11/2022 1:20 AM
Good picks, Byron! I'll get something out this week.
Thanks Bruce I will :biggrin:
Winnings are on the way to Byron. 9405503699300222619645
QuoteDeener27 - 4/13/2022 6:26 PM
Winnings are on the way to Byron. 9405503699300222619645
:dancing: I'll be watching and waiting :biggrin:
Congrats Byron, mine heading out today as well! USPS 9405503699300222691733
QuoteRDF - 4/13/2022 8:44 PM
Congrats Byron, mine heading out today as well! USPS 9405503699300222691733
Thanks Randy :biggrin:
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QuoteStogieDad - 4/15/2022 2:25 AM
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Thanks for the heads up :biggrin:
You seem to do pretty well in these contest bro! Congrats! I didn't participate but well done! :smoker:
QuoteBewareDaPenguin - 4/17/2022 9:03 AM
You seem to do pretty well in these contest bro! Congrats! I didn't participate but well done! :smoker:
There's always next year. It was a bunch of fun.
Mine went out Friday. Might've tossed the tracking by accident. Will post if it turns up.
Congrats and enjoy the spoils!
:smoker:
QuoteCaveman Steve - 4/17/2022 12:26 AM
Mine went out Friday. Might've tossed the tracking by accident. Will post if it turns up.
Congrats and enjoy the spoils!
:smoker:
Thank you sir Ill be watching. :biggrin:
Sorry mine running late. Out tomorrow for sure.
Will Post tracking
QuoteCfickter - 4/17/2022 9:02 PM
Sorry mine running late. Out tomorrow for sure.
Will Post tracking
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Congrats once again
winnings on the way to you 9405503699300226923663
QuoteCfickter - 4/18/2022 10:03 PM
Congrats once again
winnings on the way to you 9405503699300226923663
Thanks Chuck :biggrin:
All the winnings have arrived, I will post what everyone sent, great selection of cigars. FYI my old mind doesn't allow me to post photos never been able to. Thanks again guys it was fun. :biggrin:
QuoteCfickter - 4/18/2022 10:03 PM
Congrats once again
winnings on the way to you 9405503699300226923663
It made it Chuck lol :biggrin: