2022 US Women's Open - Player's Pool

[Golf Dino]

Hi everyone,

 

Given the positive feedback from the ANA/CHEVRON Major tournament, it seems only natural to do it again for this major too. 

 

So, here are the "RULES to PLAY" 

 

Concept:   A Fantasy Pool for the 2022 US Women's Open Championship 
No Wagering or Pool Contribution Required

 

So it is a Free/No cost Pool to encourage all Forum Regulars to participate.  
Based on the feedback here is an overview:

FORMAT:

1.   Pick 5 - Players Total (Winner is the one with the lowest Aggregate Score at the end of Play on Sunday Wins - all four rounds) 
2.  Players missing the cut get assigned an automatic Score of 79
3.  Tie Breaker -- If the Player that Wins the event is in your Picks;
4.  IF Still Tied, then Player that shoots the lowest score on Sunday wins;
5.  If Still Tied, then the next best player (Top 4 scores from your picks is considered and then the lowest agreggate score wins);

If still tied - then open to additional suggestions!  

Submit your Picks by Wednesday June 1, 2022 - 6:00 p.m. local time

IF THERE ARE SUGGESTED CHANGES TO THE FORMAT, LETS DISCUSS THEM. 

ALSO FEEL FREE TO SED YOUR PICKS TO ME BY DM STARTING ON SUNDAY MAY 29TH.   I WILL SEND MY PICKS TO ANOTHER CONTESTANT SO AS TO AVOID ANY NOTIONS OF CHERRY PICKING!  😂 

 

Edited May 25, 2022 by Golf Dino

[HankScorpio]

Thanks @Golf Dino for doing this.  I missed out on the Chevron pool and that looked like a lot of fun.  I will definitely participate this time around.  

[Golf Dino]

@Trugravity 

 

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I’d planned on attending the 2022 Women’s US Open as was supposed to be my “I’m Back” moment after having been in a horrific accident 11 months ago, leaving me a paraplegic. Thus my absence from the forum as I’ve focused more on regaining some semblance of life. Anyway, I’d planned on departing Saturday but, after dodging Covid for a couple years, tested positive Thursday morning. I know, I have all the luck

 

Sorry about the terrible timing . . . but, perhaps you would like to join us in this little escapade!  No money involved.  We just pick our Five players and see which one of us wins the pool on Sunday!

[ChronicSlicer]

@Golf Dino has my 5 legit picks, figured why not throw around 5 more for fun.

Celine

Hannah G

Kupcho

Madelene 

Gabi Ruffels

[Golf Dino]

45 minutes ago, ChronicSlicer said:

@Golf Dino has my 5 legit picks, figured why not throw around 5 more for fun.

Celine

Hannah G

Kupcho

Madelene 

Gabi Ruffels

 

And what is this little bit of subterfuge or "deception"??   😂😂😂   

[Golf Dino]

 

Hey Everyone . . . 

 

Just a thought -- seeing as there are 30 Amateurs in the Field, why don't we expand the picks to 6 players of which 1 MUST be an amateur? 

 

For the purpose of Pool scoring, we will tally only the top - 5 scores.  That way if you have an MC, the "punishment" is not so bad.   

 

Also, in the event of a tie-breaker, we can use the lowest score of the amateur player.  So it would look something like this: 

3.  Tie Breaker -- If the Player that Wins the event is in your Picks;
4.  IF Still Tied, then Player that shoots the lowest score on Sunday wins;

5.  IF Still Tied, then the lowest score of the amateur player will win;
6.  If Still Tied, then the next best player's score is used (e.g.: Top 4 scores from your picks is considered and then the lowest agreggate score wins);

If still tied - then open to additional suggestions!  

[HankScorpio]

Just now, Golf Dino said:

 

Hey Everyone . . . 

 

Just a thought -- seeing as there are 30 Amateurs in the Field, why don't we expand the picks to 6 players of which 1 MUST be an amateur? 

 

For the purpose of Pool scoring, we will tally only the top - 5 scores.  That way if you have an MC, the "punishment" is not so bad.   

 

Also, in the event of a tie-breaker, we can use the lowest score of the amateur player.  So it would look something like this: 

3.  Tie Breaker -- If the Player that Wins the event is in your Picks;
4.  IF Still Tied, then Player that shoots the lowest score on Sunday wins;

5.  IF Still Tied, then the lowest score of the amateur player will win;
6.  If Still Tied, then the next best player's score is used (e.g.: Top 4 scores from your picks is considered and then the lowest agreggate score wins);

If still tied - then open to additional suggestions!  

Fantastic idea  👍

[JungleJimbo]

@18majors shared this USWO Player Field  tweet on another thread ... but maybe posting this again here = will help as a handy reference for folks still working on your team selection

(thanks @Golf Dino for administering this ... i only saw this belatedly a few mins ago, thanks to you mentioning this on that other USWO thread!)
 

 

[Golf Dino]

Okay . . . here is the complete Field List as of today (May 30, 2022).  Amateurs are denoted with the (a).

 

77th USWO Field List.pdf

[JungleJimbo]

4 hours ago, MagicClassic407 said:

Does anyone here know? Is there an "alt list" for USWO at this point??

 

4 minutes ago, Golf Dino said:

Okay . . . here is the complete Field List as of today (May 30, 2022).  Amateurs are denoted with the (a).

 

77th USWO Field List.pdf 144.55 kB · 0 downloads

@Golf Dino thanks... is there an "Alternate List" published somewhere?

It's not on the USGA website (i think). https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2022/u-s--women-s-open/2022-us--womens-open-player-bios.html 

[ChronicSlicer]

21 hours ago, Golf Dino said:

 

And what is this little bit of subterfuge or "deception"??   😂😂😂   

This is me just hoping if my true 5 flop, these 5 could possibly ease the sting a bit 🤣

[woahnelly]

10 minutes ago, ChronicSlicer said:

This is me just hoping if my true 5 flop, these 5 could possibly ease the sting a bit 🤣

Not one Korean in your pool is not a winning move 😂

[ChronicSlicer]

29 minutes ago, woahnelly said:

Not one Korean in your pool is not a winning move 😂

True, but remember this is not my legitimate pool 😉

[Stooch]

So  I read the 1st post when the thread was made and haven't been back till I was ready to make my picks, seems things changed so let me know if I got it wrong

 

Minjee Lee

Lexi 

Nasa 

Jeongeun Lee6

Brooke Henderson

Anna Davis

 

I just realized I picked a whole grouping lol

[woahnelly]

31 minutes ago, Stooch said:

So  I read the 1st post when the thread was made and haven't been back till I was ready to make my picks, seems things changed so let me know if I got it wrong

 

Minjee Lee

Lexi 

Nasa 

Jeongeun Lee6

Brooke Henderson

Anna Davis

 

I just realized I picked a whole grouping lol

 

Bold prediction - Leblanc does better than Brooke 🙂

[Stooch]

22 minutes ago, woahnelly said:

 

Bold prediction - Leblanc does better than Brooke 🙂

 

You should put money on it, I bet it will be a great get rich quick scheme 🙂

[Argonne69]

Nasa

Ariya

Lexi

Jin Young

Angel

 

Anna Davis (a)

 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Argonne69

[JungleJimbo]

On 5/31/2022 at 6:22 AM, Golf Dino said:

 

Hey Everyone . . . 

 

Just a thought -- seeing as there are 30 Amateurs in the Field, why don't we expand the picks to 6 players of which 1 MUST be an amateur? 

 

For the purpose of Pool scoring, we will tally only the top - 5 scores.  That way if you have an MC, the "punishment" is not so bad.   

 

Also, in the event of a tie-breaker, we can use the lowest score of the amateur player.  So it would look something like this: 

3.  Tie Breaker -- If the Player that Wins the event is in your Picks;
4.  IF Still Tied, then Player that shoots the lowest score on Sunday wins;

5.  IF Still Tied, then the lowest score of the amateur player will win;
6.  If Still Tied, then the next best player's score is used (e.g.: Top 4 scores from your picks is considered and then the lowest agreggate score wins);

If still tied - then open to additional suggestions!  

 

20 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Nasa

Ariya

Lexi

Jin Young

Anna Davis (a)

 

@Argonne69 Isn't the SOP = "5 pros + 1 amateur"? @Golf Dino?

[woahnelly]

My picks

 

Jin Young Ko

Lexi Thompson

Hye Jin Choi

Hae Ran Ryu

Mao Saigo 

 

Ingrid Lindblad (A)

 

[HankScorpio]

3 minutes ago, woahnelly said:

My picks

 

Jin Young Ko

Lexi Thompson

Hye Jin Choi

Hae Ran Ryu

Mao Saigo 

 

Ingrid Lindblad (A)

 

Ingrid is paired with the 🐐.  You think she will be nervous?  That has gotta be cool for Ingrid getting to play with Annika.

[woahnelly]

6 minutes ago, HankScorpio said:

Ingrid is paired with the 🐐.  You think she will be nervous?  That has gotta be cool for Ingrid getting to play with Annika.

 

That was part of my reasons for picking her , I think she will be up to the challenge, also So Yeon in her group is very friendly and mainly a contrarion pick to everyone else using Davis and Zhang 🙂

[Trugravity]

Lydia Ko

Jin Young Ko

Minjee Lee

Jennifer Kupcho

Jess Korda 

 

Thanks, Golf Dino!!!!

[HankScorpio]

23 minutes ago, Trugravity said:

Lydia Ko

Jin Young Ko

Minjee Lee

Jennifer Kupcho

Jess Korda 

 

Thanks, Golf Dino!!!!

Not sure if you saw, but Golf Dino suggested one more pick that has to be an amateur.  If you haven't already, send him your amateur pick in addition to your pro picks.

[HankScorpio]

My picks

Jin Young Ko

Minjee Lee

Celine Boutier

Nasa Hataoka

Hye Jin Choi

Anna Davis (a)

[Golf Dino]

31 minutes ago, Trugravity said:

Lydia Ko

Jin Young Ko

Minjee Lee

Jennifer Kupcho

Jess Korda 

 

Thanks, Golf Dino!!!!

 

 

Hi . . . you're welcome.   BUT, we need you to add an amateur player to the list of picks.  🙂 

[Golf Dino]

Hey everyone . . . please get your picks in to me by end of today (6:00 p.m. PACIFIC)/ 9:00 p.m. EASTERN

 

@North Texas @MagicClassic407 @18majors @iBanesto @agolf1 and anyone else I missed!  

[8602081]

A Lim Kim

Jin Young Ko

Lydia Ko

Minjee Lee

Lexi Thompson

 

Rose Zhang (a)

[Argonne69]

30 minutes ago, 8602081 said:

A Lim Kim

Jin Young Ko

Lydia Ko

Minjee Lee

Lexi Thompson

 

Rose Zhang (a)

 

 

My heart said Lydia is a good pick, but she's just too wayward off the tee these days. 

 

A Lim is a bit of a dark horse, which is odd to say for a winner two years ago. She has the length, and is decent around the greens, but she's been a little down lately. She hasn't had a top 20 since March. 

 

I know I'll be kicking myself for not picking Minjee. No real reason to exclude her given her recent results, but she's never had a top 10 in the USWO. 

 

Edited June 1, 2022 by Argonne69

[8602081]

47 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

 

 

My heart said Lydia is a good pick, but she's just too wayward off the tee these days. 

 

A Lim is a bit of a dark horse, which is odd to say for a winner two years ago. She has the length, and is decent around the greens, but she's been a little down lately. She hasn't had a top 20 since March. 

 

I know I'll be kicking myself for not picking Minjee. No real reason to exclude her given her recent results, but she's never had a top 10 in the USWO. 

 

 

I agree about A Lim.. but if things start to click for her.. I think she's got a good chance..  I don't see much weakness in her game..

I guess you can say the same for most players.. but I always liked her game.

 

 

[ChronicSlicer]

3 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

I know I'll be kicking myself for not picking Minjee. No real reason to exclude her given her recent results, but she's never had a top 10 in the USWO. 

 

I certainly hope that changes this time around 😬