Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Is it better to know less?

When it comes to Match Play, we'll find out if it's better to make picks based on hours of research or knowing almost nothing at all. Here is a summary of how Robin (after splitting a pitcher of sangria with me) made her first round Match Play picks:

Woods over Henry - "Woods, duh."
Allenby over Clark, O'Hern over Glover, Howell over Sabbatini, Stenson over Johnson, and Donald over Jimenez - "Because they are ranked higher." (This followed a painful ten minute discussion over seeding, which I think she still doesn't understand).
Baddeley over Katayama and Pettersson over Choi - "Asians can't play golf."

Mickelson over Green - "Phil!!!" (ASU ties)
Campbell over Rose - "Is Campbell the funny looking New Zealand guy who smiles a lot? (giggling) I like him."
Clarke over Garcia - "People don't play golf in Spain."
Howell III over Appleby - "Howell III reminds me of Gilligan's Island."
Dredge over Els - "People play golf in Wales more than in South Africa.'
Poulter over Bryant - "Poulter is like poultry, so I'm picking him."
Bjorn over Immelman - "Bjorn, because it sounds like the singer girl who wore the bird suit."
DiMarco over Wetterich - "Because it's 6 versus 11."

Furyk over Quigley - "How do you pronounce that? (Me: "Furyk") Furyk, since I've heard of him."
Campbell over Cabrera - "Because he's the underdog and from the US."
Love III over Crane - "I like Love, it makes me smile."
Oberholser over Toms - "Oberholser, because it's funny."
Singh over Rollins - "I guess they play golf in Fiji, because they have lots of resorts."
Karlsson over Ames - "Who plays golf more, Swedes or Canadians? It's too cold to play golf in Canada and I've never heard of any golf courses in Canada."
Harrington over Westwood - "Got to go for the Irish guy."
Cink over Singh - "(Laughing) His last name is Cink. Done."

Scott over Micheel - "Because he's ranked #1."
Pampling over Yang - "Koreans don't play golf."
Casey over Weir - "Canadian versus English? English."
Monty over Edfors - "Is this a Scottish guy? He's got to be in there."
Verplank over Goosen - "Verplank! It sounds like if you dropped a remote off the couch. We'll go with Verplank because it's funny."
Durant over Fasth - "US."
Ogilvy over Stricker - "Ogilvy because it's a hair care product from the '80's."
Goydos over Olazabal - "His name is Maria? Pansy."

1 comment:

Mitch Cumstein said...

Asians don't play golf?! Tell that to S.S.P. Chowrasia, Thaworn Wiratchant and Jeev Singh.