Predictions

Who will win the inaugural Not Quite the British Open Championship?

The Usual Suspects:

There's one name that's synonymous with excellent golf on the tour- Koyama. Elder K and Young K have racked up a total 6 combined top 3 finishes already this season and are both in the top 3 in the overall scoring race. Look for Elder K to maintain his dominance of the tour this weekend. His showing during his practice round at Watson's Glen was a mere blip. Young K's season has been disappointing (by his standards) since he won the historical first tournament back in April. Look for Young K to break out of his mini slump at the Not Quite British.

Better Luck Next Time:

Unlike the other members of the tour Young and John have not played a round since their last tournaments. Young has practised and has steadily improved so look for him to challenge, but he's got no real chance of winning this weekend. For John, his reality will be what we all learned in Stats 101- regression towards the mean! what does that mean? the golf gods are mean- after exptreme scores in previous rounds (missed cut in week one, 1st place at St. Andrew's) John's due for a disaster. Look for him to finish T5 or worse this weekend.

The Dark Horses:

Moses is considered a wild card each time he goes out. Self-proclaimed as regularly shooting in the 80's we're not sure if he meant full length golf courses or if he meant the first nine holes at Dentonia. In any case he's capable of winning the whole thing if he can ever finish one round of golf.

Roy has the skill set to go low. He's faired reasonably well so far but has failed to get over the top. Look for Roy to finish 2nd or 3rd.

The real sleeper is Kangsy (or Kahngsy as she prefers to be called). Peanut had a red score her last time out. She's been playing 63 rounds of golf in between tournaments and there are rumours she will change her pregame routine favouring rest and putting practice over chopping veggies and rolling rice. This spells trouble for all other players on tour.

...and the winner is:

Jackie Moon!
Jackie's been patiently waiting in the wings having preplanned when he would win his 1st tournament. He knew if he won off the bat that all tour members would get wise that the entire league has been set up so he could hoist the Full Moon trophy at season's end. With nearly half the year's events goneby, he's ready to make his move. Jackie was part of the "scouting" crew who've alrerady played Watson's Glen. Jackie conveneniently arranged for arch-nemesis John Daly to miss this event to prevent any unneccessary distractions (no-one will be yelling Jamaican profanities in this week's final round). Jackie's gotten in a few rounds of golf since his disappointing round at the Granite Club. This is Jackie's week to finish at number 1 and steal, er... earn the 20 points up that were supposedly up for grabs.