Ok, gang, here are the details for the 2009 Players Championship Golf Pool. Please note the following:

1. Only registered forum members are eligible to win.

2. Only one free entry per registered member, you MUST use your forums display name (e.g. "ChrisB") to be eligible.

3. The winner will be the entry with the lowest aggregate score for their team at the end of all four rounds.

4. This time around, instead of using the Vegas Odds, I have used the World Golf Ranking (as of Sunday, May 3) for the Top 50 golfers, and then for anyone that wasn't ranked in the top 50, I set their rank to 50. Your team total rank MUST add up to 100 or greater, or the system will reject your entry form.

3. Top Prize $100 Golfsmith gift card, Second Prize $50 Golfsmith gift card, third prize $25 Golfsmith gift card. If there is a tie for each position, all parties tied will win the prize. (Yikes, I know, this could get costly, but just giving back some love here)

4. Entry form will be disabled on or about midnight, Wednesday, May 6, 2009 Eastern Standard Time. Don't forget to get your entry in, and tell all your golf buddies too!

Good Luck!

2009 Players Championship Golf Pool Entry Form

2009 Players Championship Golf Pool - LEADERBOARD

Also...

Please use this thread to post relevant questions for the pool so everyone has access to the questions in one place.

Also...

You can access the LEADERBOARD at any time during the tournament. Scores will only be updated after each round has been completed on a daily basis. Golfers that did not make the cut will be scored at 80 for the round.

If anyone sees any problems with the list of players, the functionality of the pool itself, or the rankings, please contact me via PM immediately. Please have patience with this, as it's our second attempt at hosting something like this. We will continue to learn from it, and build on the functionality over time.

Current forum members please note: This pool was designed as a fun way to drive membership also. If you have friends that golf and might have fun with something like this, please forward this post to them and encourage them to sign up for the forums and participate in this pool. It's completely free.

Ok, everyone... Entries for the 2009 Players Championship Pool are DUE BY MIDNIGHT. I will be shutting down the new entry form in anticipation of the first round tomorrow. If you have any questions, please post them ASAP.

So it starts.

Good luck everyone!

Looks like I'm tied for first place in the pool at the moment. What does it really matter if none of the scores are in yet? I'm still in first place.

Hey, I'm workin on it.. I'm workin on it...

Wow, Aimee off to a strong start again!!

Nice going Aimee;

I on the other hand, sure know how to put a curse on anyone I pick. don't ask me how I do it, it's just a gift.

Well, thank God I didn't pick the same people as you Don.

Will be interesting to see how things pan out today.

Chris, can you put a "hot link" on the forums home page to go to the standings?

Hey gang, unless all rounds are complete by 6:30 tonight, I'm going to be away from the PC until probably 9 or 10pm. Therefore, the updates on the LEADERBOARD for the 2009 Players Championship Pool will be a little late this evening. I apologize for the delay in advance.

Aimee, umm let me see...

Ok, I added it to a Hot Links section where all the review category links are on the right under the "Who's Online", etc. blocks... Let me know if that works..

Link works

Klun; If we do this again for the next major, you would be wise to not entry your picks until after I enter mine. Then you know exactly who NOT to pick for your team. Should give you a pretty good edge based on my picks the first two events.

Good Luck Aimee...I'm giving you guys some extra help by not entering this time. Just had too much going on. Good luck to all.

OK, Round 2 scores are updated. Let me know if you see anything amiss.. I was doing this at... ummm... 12:12am.. yikes.. I think I hear a screaming kid... nite nite...

Aimee!! What the heck? Your team blew up.. I was surprised after running the numbers in you went from numero uno to next to last? Let me know if any of those numbers look funny, just surprising, but I guess it's possible..

Doc... Doc.... Doc... do you have some magical knowledge about how these things work? Where were you last week when I was betting on the Derby? Doc?

I know it's a crap shoot when my wife is in third.. she doesn't realize she's not eligible to win, as that would be nepotism.. oh well, she's having fun anyway..

Kevboy... a little retribution from the last round perhaps? More fun than sheep shaggin' on the cliffs outside Cardiff, huh? Not that you know anyone in Wales..

apart from the father in law!!!

2nd place not bad, but of course typical that DocT is ahead of me

Chris,

The total column only has the Round 2 scores, shouldn't this be Rd 1 plus Rd 2? Then when you sort based on the added up rounds you get a whole different order. Kevboy then jumps into the lead 3 over Doc T, and Aimee jumps from 17th to 8th and I moved up from 11th to 9th.

Yeah, I think Klun's right. The total is not being quite calculated correctly it doesn't seem like.

I think I was so tired last night I forgot to run the last SQL script.. duh.. will work on that now.. sorry gang (it's just my secret way to keep you all coming back multiple times a day to check..)

Ok, it's fixed. Sorry!!

The Round 3 scores have been updated.. Please have a look at the LEADERBOARD and let me know if you see anything that doesn't seem to be calculated right.

DocT in the lead, kevboy is tied with newcomer TomS (Tom, speak up if you're out there! Nice choices... )

Pretty impressive run by Cejka, wonder if he'll choke on the last day or pull through... personally, I'd like to see him take it, as I like to see someone that can get ahead and control their nerves and continue to play well without breaking apart. What do you guys think?

It seems one of my two remaining golfers didn't make the cut after Saturdays round, so I'm down to just Tiger on my team. I think I'm like 45 strokes behind the top team. Hard to imagine picking a team of 4 golfers and having 3 of the them miss the cut. It must be a curse hanging over my head. All three of my picks have been playing quite well so far this year. This has to be one of the strangest leader boards I've seen in a long time. I give up trying to pick a team of 4 golfers. I think I just put a curse on three nice guys trying to earn a living. Sorry guys.

Today is the last round.

Remember, it ain't over till the last putt is sunk.

Good luck to all!

Final Round has been updated. Please review the scores and if everything looks right we have:

TomS - First Place - $100 Golfsmith Gift Card
Kevboy_Telford - Tied for Second - $50 Golfsmith Gift Card
DocT - Tied for Second - $50 Golfsmith Gift Card
LoriB - Third Place - $25 Golfsmith Gift Card

Winners - Please PM (Private Message) me and provide your full contact details (normal procedure for those who have won in contests and giveaways before).

Hope you all had FUN! This was sort of a much smaller showing than the Masters, and that's understandable, but let's really pump this up for the U.S. Open. Please get the word out. I'd like to have at least 100 folks in that pool. Depending on sales and advertising revenues over the next month or so, I'll consider upping the prizes yet again.

Thanks everyone for playing - and - don't forget about the May giveaway. As you can see from the site news section on the left, hardly anyone has entered so far for this month. All you have to do is be in the Top Posters list (on the left), and submit one equipment and one course review. Takes literally 10 minutes and there's hardly any competition. Please help us out by contributing and building up the reviews here at GolfGearReview.com.

Now off to put the kid to bed...

Nite.

Congrats to TomS!