Wachovia Championship

So I've been absent a couple of weeks. Sorry about that, but a big thanks to Mark Strausberg for filling in. I hope to have more of Mark's insight on the site in the future!

So this week is the Wachovia Championship, with it's long, storied history dating back to 2003. Then again Joey Sindelar won here in 2004, and it's seemed like forever since we have seen him on a leader board.

Ok, enough with the Sindelar cheap-shots, let's get to the picks!

ESPN Best Ball Challenge

My Picks

Vijay Singh – He's a past winner here, and having a nice season.

Stewart Cink – I've always liked Cink, and this year he's solid. I look for him to post a top 10 this week.

Anthony Kim – I may be going to this well too often, but this kid has game, and he showed some of it last week. Add in his fifth place finish here last week, and I think he is a good play.

Trevor Immelman – He's been sold here in the past. Let's hope he still has some of that Masters magic left!

Yahoo! Fantasy Golf

A Pool

Adam Scott – Ride him while he is hot!

Vijay Singh

B Pool

Anthony Kim

Lucas Glover – Has posted two top 10s in four tries at this event.

Nick Watney – In three tries here Watney has finished no worse than 24th.

John Senden – Senden is having a solid season, and he finished 10th here last year.

C Pool

Trevor Immelman

Jose Maria Olazbal – He finished 16th here last year, but I think this is a bit of a gamble.

CBS Sportsline.com Fantasy Golf Challenge

Golfers	Salary
Vijay Singh	$287,000
Adam Scott	$280,500
Anthony Kim	$222,000
Lucas Glover	$131,000
Stephen Marino	$75,000
TOTAL	$995,500

PGATour.com Fantasy Pick'em

GROUP 1: Vijay Singh

GROUP 2: Adam Scott

GROUP 3: Trevor Immelman

GROUP 4: Brandt Snedeker

GROUP 5: Anthony Kim

GROUP 6: John Senden

TIE BREAKER: Hunter Mahan

Wade “Southpaw” Alberty was a regular columnist for TalentedMrRoto.com, writing about both golf and baseball, while constantly partoling the forums, and he has also written for ESPN.com. Wade is a lifetime golfer and has worked in the golf industry and played intercollegiate golf. He can help you set your weekly lineup, fix your swing, tweak your short game and tell you what clubs to buy. When he isn't playing fantasy sports, you can find Wade hacking up the links in St. Louis or at Busch Stadium cheering on his Cardinals.

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Strausberg on The Master

Hey it's Wade here, due to my previously mentioned emergency I am short on time this week, but Mark Strausberg has stepped up to the plate and provided some great insight!

So without further delay I present the Master-ful (pun intended) stylings of Mark Strausberg.

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ESPN:

Woods-If you have to ask why, please return to your cave.
Scott-He's been playing extremely well and he withdrew last week because of strep. I think the extra rest might actually help him more. And I'll admit, I threw a 10 spot on him at 25-1 to win when I was in Vegas a few months ago. I'll be rooting hard for this one.
B. Watson-Southern Boy who can really bomb it and makes birdies. If it rains on Friday, it plays to his game.
J. Wagner-With only 6.2 left to spend, not a lot of choices. And honestly, I don't have a lot of faith in this pick. But if you're going to play the hot hand, for this price, it's hard to beat.


ESPN-Masters

I'm playing this much more aggressive than I'm playing the other games. For one, it is this tournament and that's it. Secondly, you can make a change to your lineup from one day to the next.
Phil-Everyone is going to choose Tiger and in Best Ball, players final standing is irrelevant. Even if it did, recall that Lefty has won the Green Jacket more recently than Tiger has. For 3 million less, I'll roll the dice.
Harrington-You know who is first, but did you know Paddy is 2nd in birdies?
Rose-I admit it, this is just a gut call. Fortunately, he does have the talent to hopefully make me look smart. And that takes some serious talent.
Langer-It was either him or Watson, both two time winners. Langer's been playing well and he won it more recently. I don't expect much, but he could make the cut and I would not be surprised to see him help on a hole or two.

Yahoo:
A
Woods-If you have to ask why, sorry to hear about your coma.
Choi-Carded a 3rd place finish in 2004. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in that range this year as well.

B
Cink-He's having a career year. I'm betting he keeps it up.
Goosen-Has finished 2nd at Augusta twice, including last year. What's good for the Goose is good for you too.
Appleby-Finished T-6th last year at Augusta and has 5 Top 10s this year.
Villegas-Has the distance and can also putt well. I like to have at least one "gamble" in my Bs and he's it.

C
Donald-The best player in Group C.
Couples-Playing really well right now, plays well at Augusta, and while Phil and Tiger might be more popular amonst the masses than Freddy, they have detractors and NOBODY dislikes Couples. Nothing wrong with going with the sentimental pick.

CBS Sportsline

Woods-If you have to ask why, you should know that I think the Amish people are amazing craftsman and you should be proud of your brethen's work. Scott-See above
Cink-See above
Couples-See above, but I can also have him at the minimum price? Giddyup!
Wagner-See above. But if you're not buying it and think $8,000+ is leaving too much money on the table, you could do a lot worse than Brian Bateman. He did win the Buick Open last year.


PGATour.com

Woods-The other guys are all pretty good choices, especially if you don't want to pick Tiger, but if you have to ask why then I didn't know that Amish people could suffer comas in caves....
Cink-See above, but I wouldn't fault you in the least choosing any of the other guys.
Sabbatini-The suits at CBS would love a Sabbatini-Woods final pairing. Ain't gonna happen. But its happened before...
Appleby-See above
Weekely-I probably should have gone with Harrington (see above), but I like to mix it up a little, and I stron....nope, not going to make that bad joke. But I do thoroughly enjoy rooting for the guy.
Goosen-See above, but seeing Snedeker in the Top 10 would not surprise me.




Mark Strausberg has been playing fantasy sports since back when Jose Canseco was a first round fantasy pick and not a 'best-selling author'. Mark's work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, and of course the talentedmrroto.com. He wishes he could play golf as well as his analyzes it, but he has also been known to suffer from "paralysis by analysis". Mark would also like to thank the Hooker for this opportunity, but he's worried that his wife might find out and not understand. If you want to let him know what an idiot he is, drop him a line at mstrausberg@hotmail.com

I set aside time tonight to write my column. The Masters is my favorite tournament, and I love the mystic and overall feel that it brings with it.
Unfortunately I had an emergency come up tonight and won't be able to write a proper column tonight.
I will try to post my picks tomorrow. I apologize.

Last week sucked! I have not had that bad of a week in fantasy golf in a long time.
It was so bad I don't want to talk about it anymore. Let's look ahead to this week's Shell Houston Open.

ESPN Best Ball Challenge

My Picks

Adam Scott - The defend champ.



Stuart Appleby – Appleby has been playing some great great golf this season, and his record here is great, with two victories and two second place finishes in seven tries.

Kevin Na – A bit of a gamble here as Na hasn't played well the last couple of events, but he's been solid here in the past, so I'm going to take a gamble.



Anthony Kim – Kim finished fifth here last year, in his only try at the Shell. With what he has shown this season, I think he is a great gamble this week.



Yahoo! Fantasy Golf
A Pool
My Picks

Adam Scott



Hunter Mahan


B Pool
My Picks

Stuart Appleby


Anthony Kim



Justin Leonard



John Mallinger

C Pool
My Picks

Fred Couples



Jose Maria Olazabal




Wade “Southpaw” Alberty was a regular columnist for TalentedMrRoto.com, writing about both golf and baseball, while constantly partoling the forums, and he has also written for ESPN.com. Wade is a lifetime golfer and has worked in the golf industry and played intercollegiate golf. He can help you set your weekly lineup, fix your swing, tweak your short game and tell you what clubs to buy. When he isn't playing fantasy sports, you can find Wade hacking up the links in St. Louis or at Busch Stadium cheering on his Cardinals.



Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Drop Wade a note at Southpaw@Southpaw32.com