Final 2012 Fantasy Golf Update
The 2012 HOG Space fantasy golf season came to a close last week at the TOUR Championship. Yes there are a few more Tour events and you are welcome to continue to make your picks through the fall series, but the final results and winners have been determined!
Who gets the killer VR_S Irons frome Nike Golf or the apparel makeover from FootJoy? See final table of results below. This has been a fun year of fantasy golf, with a lot of new blood and new winners to go with the long time HOG Space fantasy golf veterans. I appreciate all your participation in the league and look forward to next year.
Next Season
I plan on making some changes for next season, so please feel free to chime in and let me know how things could be improved or what you’d like to see done differently. If you’d like to sponsor next season’s fantasy golf with prizes, let me know.
Thanks Sponsors
Part of what makes this league the best fantasy golf league around is the great prizes. I want to personally thank each and every sponsor: Nike Golf, Bridgestone Golf, FootJoy, Champ Spikes and Sun Mountain. Without your great prizes the league would not be what it is. You have my gratitude. Let’s talk about next year!
Please Claim Prizes ASAP
Use the site contact form here, Facebook or TheGolfSpace.com‘s message system to contact me for claiming your prize. I’ve shipped out most of the weekly prizes from the season, but there are a few stragglers who haven’t sent in their info. Final date to claim prizes will be November 30, 2012. Any unclaimed prizes beyond that point will be donated to junior golf, or used as other prizes for future site contests/giveaways. (more…)
Little Creek Resort – Click to zoom
I had the pleasure of taking a trip up to the northwest last month. I toured around the fine city of Seattle, Washington as well as going up into Vancouver, BC, Canada. I’d heard of a cool new course up there called Salish Cliffs and made arrangements to play the course. Very happy I did. You can read my review of Salish Cliffs here. While there I stayed at Little Creek Resort in Shelton, Washington. This is a resort/casino owned by the Squaxin Island Tribe, the native people of South Puget Sound. Today I’m reviewing the resort. Let’s go.
Location
Little Creek Resort is located about 1.5 hours southwest of Seattle in the town of Shelton, Washington, just off of highway 101. The resort is a short drive northwest of Olympia, Washington.
The area is mountainous, with very dense forest and beautiful pines. The air is fresh and the area is very quiet. No traffic, noises or pollution. This is a great place to get away from the concrete jungle.
Standard Deluxe Room – Click to zoom
Lodging
The resort is impressive. One of the nicest and largest indian reservation casino resorts I’ve seen. The rooms are new and clean, and very spacious.
There are four types of lodging options at Little Creek:
- Standard Deluxe Room (where I stayed) – California king or two queen beds, coffee maker, flat screen TV
- Deluxe Spa Room – California king bed, jetted jacuzzi tub, flat screen TV, stereo, coffee maker
- Two-Room Spa Suite – California king bed, queen size sleeper sofa, refrigerator, stereo, flat screen TV (2), leather chair
- Super Suite – Full king bed, full bathroom with jacuzzi tub, private bathroom, furnished living area, stainless steel appliances, full service for 8, executive office area with PC, CD player/stereo, 42″ plasma TV with surround sound
General Property
The resort’s construction, architecture and interior design is quite impressive, much more on the inside than the outside. The hotel lobby area is beautiful, with a large atrium going up five floors. (more…)
I’ll admit that I’m not a fan of golf sites whose only attraction for members/readers is giving away free golf gear. We know who they are. I haven’t done many contests over the the last 8+ years because I believe that great content will win over readers and I stand behind that. I’ve turned down many offers to give away stuff. Apparel company Energy Athletic approached me with an offer of giving away some of their cool golf polos and I initially said no. But they were persistent. We discussed ways of doing a contest which would be fun and different than those other sites. I like the point which came up in our talks which was, “why not reward HOG fans for being HOG fans?”
Click the shirts above or the Facebook logo below to go to the HOG FB page and enter the contest!
Facebook Photo Contest
I’m going to award FOUR Energy Athletic shirts to the four best photos submitted to the Hooked On Golf Blog Facebook page. You’ll have to “like” the page of course, then you can post an image to the HOG timeline. We are looking for “energetic” golf photos, to go with the Energy Athletic theme. I’m anxious to see what kind of fun pics we see, and hope that we get a good number of submissions. Post a photo and have a great shot at a free shirt, which is charged with negative ions by the way. See the review link below. (more…)
What are your thoughts now that this amazing 2012 Ryder Cup has come to a close? Comment below. I’ve been staring at my computer screen for nearly three hours, trying to jump start my brain into sharing my thoughts. After starting on my 3rd cup of coffee, I’m ready.
Depending on your affiliation, this is either a historic comeback or a massive choke job. For Europe I’d call it as many have, “Miracle at Medinah.” For the USA I’d call it, “Meltdown at Medinah.”
Seve
What an amazing comeback for Europe. Being a BIG Seve Ballesteros fan, I can’t help but think he was there. I picked Europe to win the Ryder Cup, figuring they’d be inspired by Seve. I anticipated that Europe would win the foursomes and fourballs, and hang on for the victory through the singles, which the USA typically dominate. It was the exact opposite.
European players celebrate victory by dumping Moet & Chandon champagne on each other. Shame they didn’t drink it! Click to see more…
MVP’s
Ian Poulter was a captain’s pick. You have to give Europe’s captain Jose Maria Olazabal a thumbs up for this one. Poulter was no doubt the MVP, with 4 wins and NO losses. The wins weren’t all he provided though, as he seemed to be the one to spark the team with the win to put Europe within striking distance after Saturday at 10-6. The performance Poulter put on Saturday afternoon was unreal. He was possessed, making five consecutive birdies to finish. I’m not sure I’ve seen a more clutch match play competitor. Like him or not, Poulter was no doubt the MVP for Europe.
Rory McIlory did not dominate as much as I thought he would, but he does score MVP points for coming in 2nd in total points along with Justin Rose at 3 points. McIlory and Rose are the two European players who played in all five matches. I agree with Olazabal playing Rory in all five matches. How can you not play him?
On the American side it was very refreshing to see the new blood perform so well. Despite the loss in the Sunday singles to world #1 Rory McIlory, Keegan Bradley gets my nod for USA MVP. He truly fired up the team and especially Phil Mickelson. Those two as a pair were 3-0. Phil’s only point loss was in singles, to Justin Rose. And on that loss, I have to admit it felt awkward to see Phil giving Rose thumbs up every time Rose beat him on a hole. It was good sportsmanship, but it looked odd. Jason Dufner comes in 2nd in points and 2nd in my opinion for MVP. Out of four matches, he scored 3 points; only one loss. Zach Johnson was clutch as well, also 3 points in 4 matches.
Steve Stricker
I’ve been a fan of Steve Stricker forever. I’d really love to see him win a major championship. Unfortunately for this Ryder Cup, Stricker comes in as the not-so-MVP. Of four matches, he scored no points, losing the deciding match to Martin Kaymer, who was not playing terribly well coming into the Cup. You never know, but at his age I wonder if this was his last Ryder Cup. Given Stricker’s record this Ryder Cup, one can definitely call into question Captain Davis Love’s decision to make Stricker a captain’s pick. More on the captain’s picks below.
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods’ record in the Ryder Cup is not good, unless you were only to count his singles matches. He started off very poorly, driving the ball all over the place and actually knocking out two spectators with errant shots during the week. He did reel it in and started playing better in the 3rd match, but he and Stricker failed to record any wins in their three two-man matches. As anchor of the team, Tiger’s singles match became irrelevant when Kaymer beat Stricker. Tiger ended up scoring the only halved point of the entire Cup with a tie in his singles match, thus recording a winless appearance in 2012. Tiger only scored .5 points in four matches, just a little better than Stricker’s zero points. What is it with Tiger in the Ryder Cup? That’s been a discussion for many years.
Jim Furyk
Another disappointing American appearance was captain’s pick Jim Furyk. In three matches Furyk scored one point. Rubbing salt in the would was his final hole, 3-putt loss to Sergio Garcia in the singles matches Sunday. Rough year for Furyk, who said this year’s Ryder Cup was the low point of his year.
Davis Love III
How much credit for the loss do you attribute to team captain Davis Love III? He wasn’t the hitting the shots. He didn’t make Furyk 3-putt the final hole in his singles match. Also, the USA team had built up a nearly insurmountable lead of 10-6 after two days.
Captain’s picks performance will certainly be a source of criticism for DLIII. Lets look at the captain’s picks and their matches-points: Furyk played in three matches and scored one point. Brandt Snedeker played in three matches and scored one point. Steve Stricker played in four matches and score zero points. The only bright spot was the 4th captain’s pick Dustin Johnson. The bomber was the only player on either team without a loss other than Ian Poulter. Johnson won three out of three matches. A tally of the matches versus points scored from the captain’s picks is not stellar. Total matches: 13 – Total points/wins: 5.
Final Thoughts
This Ryder Cup will no doubt go down in history as one of the greatest. It will be talked about and referred to for decades, just like the USA comeback, “The Battle of Brookline” in 1999.
RYDER CUP SUNDAY SINGLES
| L. Donald |
Europe Wins 2 & 1 |
B. Watson |
| I. Poulter |
Europe Wins 2Up |
W. Simpson |
| R. McIlroy |
Europe Wins 2 & 1 |
K. Bradley |
| J. Rose |
Europe Wins 1Up |
P. Mickelson |
| P. Lawrie |
Europe Wins 5 & 3 |
B. Snedeker |
| N. Colsaerts |
USA Wins 3 & 2 |
D. Johnson |
| G. McDowell |
USA Wins 2 & 1 |
Z. Johnson |
| S. Garcia |
Europe Wins 1Up |
J. Furyk |
| P. Hanson |
USA Wins 2Up |
J. Dufner |
| L. Westwood |
Europe Wins 3 & 2 |
M. Kuchar |
| M. Kaymer |
Europe Wins 1Up |
S. Stricker |
| F. Molinari |
Halved |
T. Woods |
Europe’s singles wins bring total to 14.5 against 13.5 for the USA. Europe wins the Ryder Cup.
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