The Official 2014-2015 PGA Tour Fizzle/Sizzle Thread

[eclark53520]

Alright, I think everyone here knows the rules, however, for any newcomers I will lay them out below:

• Pick 1 PGA Tour professional golfer to Sizzle, this means you believe his WGR score will go up between now and the end of the PGA season.
• Pick 1 PGA Tour professional golfer to Fizzle, this means you believe his WGR score will go down between now and the end of the PGA season.

I want to say picks are due before the start of this weeks tournament, but we can discuss that since it's not much time between then and now.

I will start a spreadsheet and note the current WGR scores of everyone's picks, at the end of the year, I will get their scores again and do the calculations. The calculation is below:

(SizzleEndWGR - SizzleStartWGR) + (-(FizzleEndWGR - FizzleStartWGR)) = Total Adjusted Score

So for an example - Both the Fizzle an the Sizzle gain, the gain of the fizzle hurts your score.

Sizzle Start Score : 10
Sizzle End Score: 20
Fizzle Start Score: 5
Fizzle End Score: 10

( 20 - 10) + ( - ( 10 - 5) ) =
( 10 ) + (-(5)) =
( 10 ) + ( -5 ) = 5


If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask. If anyone wants to put some skin in the game, I'm willing to hold as I have done before for this forum.

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

Alright, I think everyone here knows the rules, however, for any newcomers I will lay them out below:

• Pick 1 PGA Tour professional golfer to Sizzle, this means you believe his WGR score will go up between now and the end of the PGA season.
• Pick 1 PGA Tour professional golfer to Fizzle, this means you believe his WGR score will go down between now and the end of the PGA season.

I want to say picks are due before the start of this weeks tournament, but we can discuss that since it's not much time between then and now.

I will start a spreadsheet and note the current WGR scores of everyone's picks, at the end of the year, I will get their scores again and do the calculations. The calculation is below:

(SizzleEndWGR - SizzleStartWGR) + (-(FizzleEndWGR - FizzleStartWGR)) = Total Adjusted Score

So for an example - Both the Fizzle an the Sizzle gain, the gain of the fizzle hurts your score.

Sizzle Start Score : 10
Sizzle End Score: 20
Fizzle Start Score: 5
Fizzle End Score: 10

( 20 - 10) + ( - ( 10 - 5) ) =
( 10 ) + (-(5)) =
( 10 ) + ( -5 ) = 5


If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask. If anyone wants to put some skin in the game, I'm willing to hold as I have done before for this forum.

I will list the top 100 and where they are in the WGR (with points) so everyone has the info. Thank you Lark for running the spreadsheet on this!

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

Rank Name Avg Points
1 Rory McIlroy 11.6492
2 Adam Scott 8.9885
3 Sergio Garcia 7.7569
4 Jim Furyk 7.6014
5 Henrik Stenson 7.4574
6 Justin Rose 7.2293
7 Bubba Watson 7.0706
8 Jason Day 6.6669
9 Matt Kuchar 6.3911
10 Rickie Fowler 5.8304
11 Phil Mickelson 5.6936
12 Martin Kaymer 5.1534
13 Jordan Spieth 5.052
15 Zach Johnson 4.7296
16 Tiger Woods 4.7112
17 Dustin Johnson 4.657
18 Graeme McDowell 4.5437
19 Jimmy Walker 4.2819
20 Hideki Matsuyama 4.1365
21 Hunter Mahan 4.0775
22 Chris Kirk 4.0752
23 Victor Dubuisson 4.0051
24 Charl Schwartzel 3.8872
25 Jamie Donaldson 3.6833
26 Keegan Bradley 3.6761
27 Patrick Reed 3.6728
28 Steve Stricker 3.6411
29 Bill Haas 3.5092
30 Thomas Bjorn 3.4429
31 Jason Dufner 3.4236
32 Luke Donald 3.3781
33 Webb Simpson 3.3317
34 Stephen Gallacher 3.2313
35 Kevin Na 3.206
36 Joost Luiten 3.1284
37 Miguel A Jimenez 3.1074
38 Ian Poulter 3.0367
39 Brandt Snedeker 3.0158
40 Graham Delaet 2.996
41 Ryan Palmer 2.9379
42 Thongchai Jaidee 2.9182
43 Ryan Moore 2.8978
44 Lee Westwood 2.8734
45 Marc Leishman 2.8729
46 Brendon Todd 2.796
47 Gary Woodland 2.7074
48 Kevin Streelman 2.6563
49 Francesco Molinari 2.64
50 John Senden 2.6006
51 Ernie Els 2.5745
52 Mikko Ilonen 2.5367
53 Russell Henley 2.4593
54 Kevin Stadler 2.4458
55 Shane Lowry 2.3685
56 Angel Cabrera 2.3667
57 Jonas Blixt 2.3466
58 Matt Every 2.2904
59 Harris English 2.2833
60 Matt Jones 2.2776
61 J.B. Holmes 2.2741
62 Louis Oosthuizen 2.1849
63 Paul Casey 2.1264
64 Marc Warren 2.0902
65 Koumei Oda 2.0645
66 Brooks Koepka 2.0644
67 Bernd Wiesberger 2.0364
68 Brian Harman 1.9896
69 Pablo Larrazabal 1.9889
70 Cameron Tringale 1.9816
71 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 1.9454
72 Charley Hoffman 1.9209
73 Tommy Fleetwood 1.8744
74 Freddie Jacobson 1.868
75 Geoff Ogilvy 1.847
76 Richard Sterne 1.8313
78 Tim Clark 1.7609
79 George McNeill 1.7275
80 Chris Stroud 1.7245
81 K.J. Choi 1.7031
82 Rafael Cabrera Bello 1.6948
83 Ryo Ishikawa 1.6876
84 Anirban Lahiri 1.6718
85 Nick Watney 1.6575
86 Ben Martin 1.6569
87 Kevin Chappell 1.6438
88 Chesson Hadley 1.6387
89 George Coetzee 1.6375
90 Matteo Manassero 1.6108
91 Kim Hyung-sung 1.5849
92 Edoardo Molinari 1.584
93 Noh Seung-yul 1.5603
94 Fabrizio Zanotti 1.5588
95 Danny Willett 1.5518
96 Brendon de Jonge 1.5274
97 Charles Howell-III 1.5237
98 Morgan Hoffmann 1.5203
99 Daniel Summerhays 1.5189
100 Simon Dyson 1.5186

 

[eclark53520]

Thanks FWS!

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

Thanks FWS!

No prob, now if I can just make good picks this year. Negative points is no bueno.

 

[Splunge]

Sizzle- Patrick Reed
Fizzle- Bubba Watson

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

Sizzle - Tiger Woods
Fizzle - Jim Furyk

 

[limpalong]

So... if I pick Dustin Johnson to fizzle and he doesn't play this season due to the "powder problem"..... ??????

 

[limpalong]

Fowler to sizzle... Hope Ricky can have two good years in a row.
Michelson to fizzle... Phil is one of my favorites, but I believe he's about toast on Tour.

 

[eclark53520]

So... if I pick Dustin Johnson to fizzle and he doesn't play this season due to the "powder problem"..... ??????

Playing means nothing, he should still have a WGR score at the end of the season.

 

[azgreg]

So... if I pick Dustin Johnson to fizzle and he doesn't play this season due to the "powder problem"..... ??????

Playing means nothing, he should still have a WGR score at the end of the season.

This was my strategy last season with Stricker. He didn't play much and as a result his ranking dropped, but not enough.

 

[MattyB]

Sizzle - Louis Oosthuizen
Fizzle - Bubba Watson

Not too many names below Louis that I think could win some comps.

 

[anonymous golfaholic]

Sizzle - Tiger Woods
Fizzle - Jim Furyk

I like those picks.

I'll go with:

Jimmy Walker - Sizzle
Henrik Stenson - Fizzle

 

[azgreg]

Sizzle - Billy Horschel
Fizzle - Phil Mickelson

 

[Fairwaysplitter3320]

I like those picks.

I'll go with:

Jimmy Walker - Sizzle
Henrik Stenson - Fizzle

I really hope Tiger comes roaring back and takes a dump in Limp's oatmeal.