British Open Contest

Whatever you decide will be fine from me!!!!

I love these contests!!!

As of right now there are 45 U.S. players, 42 from GB&I and 69 from elsewhere.  That's a reasonable breakdown I think. 

Any objections to Clive's format?  If not, I'll put it together before the end of the day.

I object, but only because it was Clive who suggested it.

I can dig up an astounding prize, if asked nicely.  Maybe a sweater vest or something.

Alright, here we go.  I simplified slightly from Clive's proposal.  You get to pick one guy from each of the three groups.  Tiger is excluded as I think pretty much everyone would pick him.  If you guys disagree with that let me know and we'll make him eligible.  Total winnings for your three players wins.  Hopefully there are enough prizes to cover in the event of ties.  Please, if you notice a change in the field let me know.

Prizes

U2 - Rattle and Hum DVD -- Uisce
AC/DC - If You Want Blood You've Got It CD -- Uisce
Billy Joel - The Stranger CD -- Uisce
Sleeve or two of golf balls -- Fuzzy
Ghey Clothing -- Clive's Assless Chap Emporium
Sleeve of Laddie Xtremes -- Dystopia/Spacey
Tour Tempo: Golf's Last Secret Finally Revealed Book -- Dystopia

Rules

One player from each of the three groups
Tiger Woods excluded
Posts must be made/modified no later than midnight eastern on Wednesday
Winner(s) selects one item from prize list
Prize selection order by post made/modified time in case of ties

Group I - GB&I

Ross BAIN --  Scotland
Peter BAKER --  England
Benn BARHAM --  England
Jon BEVAN --  England
John BICKERTON --  England
Paul BROADHURST --  England
Paul CASEY --  England
Darren CLARKE --  Northern Ireland
David COUPLAND (A) --  England
Brian DAVIS --  England
Luke DONALD --  England
Nick DOUGHERTY --  England
Bradley DREDGE --  Wales
Scott DRUMMOND --  Scotland
Nick FALDO --  England
Ross FISHER --  England
Alastair FORSYTH --  Scotland
Mark FOSTER --  England
Kevin HARPER --  England
Padraig HARRINGTON --  Republic of Ireland
David HIGGINS --  Republic of Ireland
David HOWELL --  England
Tony JACKLIN --  England
Justin KEHOE --  Republic of Ireland
Paul LAWRIE --  Scotland
Sandy LYLE --  Scotland
Llewellyn MATTHEWS (A) --  Wales
Graeme McDOWELL --  Northern Ireland
Paul McGINLEY --  Republic of Ireland
Douglas McGUIGAN --  Scotland
Rory McILROY (A) --  Northern Ireland
Colin MONTGOMERIE --  Scotland
Steve PARRY --  England
Ian POULTER --  England
Richie RAMSAY (A) --  Scotland
Justin ROSE --  England
David SHACKLADY --  England
Graeme STORM --  England
Anthony WALL --  England
Paul WARING (A) --  England
Lee WESTWOOD --  England
Oliver WILSON --  England

Group II - International

Steven ALKER --  New Zealand
Robert ALLENBY --  Australia
Stephen AMES --  Canada
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED --  Sweden
Stuart APPLEBY --  Australia
Aaron BADDELEY --  Australia
Thomas BJÖRN --  Denmark
Desvonde BOTES --  South Africa
Gregory BOURDY --  France
Markus BRIER --  Austria
Ben BUNNY --  Australia
Angel CABRERA --  Argentina
Michael CAMPBELL --  New Zealand
KJ CHOI --  Korea
Adilson DA SILVA --  Brazil
Pelle EDBERG --  Sweden
Johan EDFORS --  Sweden
Mattias ELIASSON --  Sweden
Ernie ELS --  South Africa
Niclas FASTH --  Sweden
Peter FOWLER --  Australia
David FROST --  South Africa
Sergio GARCIA --  Spain
David GLEESON --  Australia
Retief GOOSEN --  South Africa
Richard GREEN --  Australia
Adam GROOM --  Australia
Anders HANSEN --  Denmark
Peter HANSON --  Sweden
Gregory HAVRET --  France
Mark HENSBY --  Australia
Anders HULTMAN --  Sweden
Trevor IMMELMAN --  South Africa
Toshi IZAWA --  Japan
Raphaël JACQUELIN --  France
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ --  Spain
Robert KARLSSON --  Sweden
Tomohiro KONDO --  Japan
Chih Bing LAM --  Singapore
Scott LAYCOCK --  Australia
Dong-Hwan LEE --  Korea
Seung-Ho LEE --  Korea
Won Joon LEE --  Australia
Jose-Filipe LIMA --  Portugal
Francesco MOLINARI --  Italy
Toshinori MUTO --  Japan
Geoff OGILVY --  Australia
Nick O'HERN --  Australia
José Maria OLAZABAL --  Spain (withdrawn)
Rod PAMPLING --  Australia
Carl PETTERSSON --  Sweden
Terry PILKADARIS --  Australia
Ewan PORTER --  Australia
Andres ROMERO --  Argentina
Rory SABBATINI --  South Africa
Achi SATO --  Japan
Charl SCHWARTZEL --  South Africa
Adam SCOTT --  Australia
John SENDEN --  Australia
Paul SHEEHAN --  Australia
Jeev Milkha SINGH --  India
Vijay SINGH --  Fiji
Henrik STENSON --  Sweden
Richard STERNE --  South Africa
Toru TANIGUCHI --  Japan
Hideto TANIHARA --  Japan
Mike WEIR --  Canada
Yong-Eun YANG --  Korea
Matthew ZIONS --  Australia

Group III - USA

Rich BEEM --  USA
Jonathan BYRD --  USA
Mark CALCAVECCHIA --  USA
Chad CAMPBELL --  USA
Stewart CINK --  USA
Ben CURTIS --  USA
John DALY --  USA
Chris DiMARCO --  USA
Joe DURANT --  USA
Jim FURYK --  USA
Lucas GLOVER --  USA
Todd HAMILTON --  USA
J J HENRY --  USA
Charley HOFFMAN --  USA
Charles HOWELL III --  USA
Zach JOHNSON --  USA
Jerry KELLY --  USA
Matt KUCHAR --  USA
Tom LEHMAN --  USA
Justin LEONARD --  USA
Spencer LEVIN --  USA
Davis LOVE III --  USA
Hunter MAHAN --  USA
Shaun MICHEEL --  USA
Phil MICKELSON --  USA
Ryan MOORE --  USA
Arron OBERHOLSER --  USA
Sean O'HAIR --  USA
Mark O'MEARA --  USA
Pat PEREZ --  USA
Tom PERNICE JR --  USA (alternate added Wednesday)
Michael PUTNAM --  USA
Brett QUIGLEY --  USA
Loren ROBERTS --  USA
John ROLLINS --  USA
Kevin STADLER --  USA
Steve STRICKER --  USA
Vaughn TAYLOR --  USA
David TOMS --  USA
Scott VERPLANK --  USA
Duffy WALDORF --  USA
Nick WATNEY --  USA
Drew WEAVER (A) --  USA
Boo WEEKLEY --  USA
Brett WETTERICH --  USA
Tiger WOODS --  USA

I'll make my picks later tonight. I'm really hoping to get "the stranger" from Uisce.

Monty
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