2008 Fantasy Golf League by TwoOverPar.com
Welcome to the 2008 TwoOverPar.com Fantasy Golf League. This free game (utilizing yahoo fantasy sports) gives you the chance to guide a group of professional golfers from the early season events starting with the Mercedes-Benz Championships in January right through The Tour Championship in September.
To participate in the TwoOverPar.com Fantasy Golf League, all you need is a free Yahoo! ID, so get yours now and get on the course. To play, all you have to do is pick 8 golfers each week, 4 starters and 4 back ups which can be rotated over that weeks golf tournament. Not all players participate in every tournament. Keep an eye on the "Notes" column on your team page when deciding which players to select and make active. These notes are available each week at approximately noon PT on Tuesday and indicate which golfers are playing in the current tournament. Your golfers must be picked prior for that weeks golf tournament deadline.
In order to join the group, just go to the game front page and click on the "Sign Up" button to create a team. After completing registration, or if you already have a team, click the "Create or Join Group" button and follow the path to join an existing private group. Then, when prompted, enter the following information...
Group ID#: 203
Password: 2over72
That’s it, your ready to play!!
Feel free to forward this e-mail to your friends and golfing buddies, all are welcome!!
Once you have joined, please provide us with the following information:
Name (first and last), E-mail, Yahoo ID
TwoOverPar would like to thank NJ Golfer’s Tee Times for sponsoring the first place prize for our fantasy league with a 2008/2009 Passport To New Jersey Golf - Golf Pass. With the Passport To New Jersey Golf - Golf Pass, you can save 20 to 50% on greens fees all over South Jersey. For more information on Passport To New Jersey Golf - Golf Pass, go to www.passportnjgolf.com or click on the banner.
2008 Fantasy Golf League Prizes
First Place: 2008/2009 Passport To New Jersey Golf - Golf Pass- Provided by NJ Golfer’s Tee Times
Second Place: $50.00 Gift certificate for Golf - Provided by Two Over Par
Third Place: Divot Repair Tool - Provided by Two Over Par
Honorable Mention Awards (Scores for the items below will be updated throughout the season)
Total Cumulative Points at the Turn (End of first half):
High Score for a Single Tournament - Out (First Half):
High Score for a Single Tournament - In (Second Half):
Most Individual Week Wins - Out (First Half):
Most Individual Week Wins - In (Second Half):
First Player to reach: (If two players reach in same week, points determine winner)
1,000 points:
2,000 points:
3,000 points:
4,000 points:
5,000 points:
Enjoy the golf season, check out : www.twooverpar.com, regional golf course information, history, reviews, blog and forum.
If there are any questions, please send me an e-mail.
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Thanks
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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Men on the Bag, The Caddies of Augusta National
I finally finished Men on the Bag, The Caddies of Augusta National written by Ward Clayton. If you’re a Master’s fan, you will enjoy reading about the forgotten caddies of Augusta National. The caddies of Augusta National are some of golf's most fascinating characters. They've worked for Presidents, many of the world's most powerful men, and every Masters champion until 1983 when the regular "Tour caddies" took most of their jobs. Their stories reveal a side of golf few have seen and all will enjoy. The book covers many topics including a peek into the life of the caddies (Stove Pipe, Burnt Biscuits, Cemetery, Iron Man, Pappy Stocks and many others), stories on how or why they received their pitcular nickname, Tiger Woods first caddie, description of the caddie shack, explains the history of the white jumpsuit, the transformation from Augusta National caddies to player tour caddies, the first woman caddie at Augusta National, the first white caddie at Augusta National and ending the book with a few pages on local Augusta natives and the most known Augusta Native and ‘golden’ boy, Charles Howell III. A short read (only 220 pages), it is a unique look at the ‘lost or forgotten’ history of the Augusta National caddies.
Monday, December 3, 2007
A Round with Mother Nature @ McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links
McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links
3016 Ocean Heights Ave Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Yards: 4962, Par 71 (Forward Tees)
Website: www.mcculloughsgolf.com
Score: 92 (47 out, 45 in)
Date: December 2, 2007
Played McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links over the weekend with my father-in-law, a public access Scottish links style course built atop a previous landfill. This course is very hilly (for south Jersey), has a few blind tee shots, undulating fairways and greens, thick gnarly rough, bunkers guarding the greens on numerous holes, no trees except on holes 15 and 16, and lots and lots of wind.
What an interesting day of golf, shot a round of 92 in the wind, rain, driving sleet and an occasional snow fall all within a 4 hour round in which our twosome where the ONLY players on the course, the entire day. Had a few highlights during this nasty round of winter golf, heading to hole 15, 2 strokes behind my playing partner, his drive hooks deep into the woods. I step up with the driver and drove the green, a 90 degree dog-leg right, played my typical slice nicely around the tree line corner, drove the cart up to the green and found it on the complete opposite side of the green as the pin flag. Three putted from 80’ for a par, go figure, my partner holed out with an 8, I’m up by 2 strokes with three holes to go. Hole 16 was a push. We both had nice drives on 17, and then I chucked two 15 yard chips for a 7 and am up by 1 stroke heading to 18. I pulled out the driver, aimed a little left (large lake down the entire right side) and crushed the longest and straightest drive of the day. My partner pushed his drive into the lake. He takes his penalty and hits his approach to the green 10 yards deep into the rough to the left of the green. For my second shot, with a 45 to 50 yard chip over a small hill with two bunkers carved to the side of the hill, I took dead aim at the flag, pulling the chip left of the green about 4 yards off the green. My golfing partner chips onto the green and makes his put for a 5. I set up for my chip onto the green and chunk it onto the fringe, oops. Sitting three from the fringe, take the 9 iron, choke down on the shaft and chip it onto the green, it tracks down to the hole and in for a par 4 and a 2 stroke victory.
From the web site ‘Combining the traditions and features of both old and new, McCullough's presents players a distinctly different Irish-Scottish golfing experience - wide open fairways, tricky powerful winds, remarkable grass mounds and bunkers, vast natural waste areas, and true undulating greens - reminding players of the challenge and allure of true British Isles golf. '
Considering the wintery conditions, the course was in good playable shape, very wet and only one tee box really weather damaged. Overall, the tee boxes, fairways and greens were in good condition. One complaint: no driving range. The only warning I have to players (anytime of the year), keep it in the fairway, this is a previous landfill, and if you’re not in the fairway, where are a few areas around the course with mysterious mushy areas which should not be explored looking for a wayward golf ball. Liz the bartender was very nice and friendly, lots of TV’s, cold beer and a good variety on the menu.
3016 Ocean Heights Ave Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Yards: 4962, Par 71 (Forward Tees)
Website: www.mcculloughsgolf.com
Score: 92 (47 out, 45 in)
Date: December 2, 2007
Played McCullough’s Emerald Golf Links over the weekend with my father-in-law, a public access Scottish links style course built atop a previous landfill. This course is very hilly (for south Jersey), has a few blind tee shots, undulating fairways and greens, thick gnarly rough, bunkers guarding the greens on numerous holes, no trees except on holes 15 and 16, and lots and lots of wind.
What an interesting day of golf, shot a round of 92 in the wind, rain, driving sleet and an occasional snow fall all within a 4 hour round in which our twosome where the ONLY players on the course, the entire day. Had a few highlights during this nasty round of winter golf, heading to hole 15, 2 strokes behind my playing partner, his drive hooks deep into the woods. I step up with the driver and drove the green, a 90 degree dog-leg right, played my typical slice nicely around the tree line corner, drove the cart up to the green and found it on the complete opposite side of the green as the pin flag. Three putted from 80’ for a par, go figure, my partner holed out with an 8, I’m up by 2 strokes with three holes to go. Hole 16 was a push. We both had nice drives on 17, and then I chucked two 15 yard chips for a 7 and am up by 1 stroke heading to 18. I pulled out the driver, aimed a little left (large lake down the entire right side) and crushed the longest and straightest drive of the day. My partner pushed his drive into the lake. He takes his penalty and hits his approach to the green 10 yards deep into the rough to the left of the green. For my second shot, with a 45 to 50 yard chip over a small hill with two bunkers carved to the side of the hill, I took dead aim at the flag, pulling the chip left of the green about 4 yards off the green. My golfing partner chips onto the green and makes his put for a 5. I set up for my chip onto the green and chunk it onto the fringe, oops. Sitting three from the fringe, take the 9 iron, choke down on the shaft and chip it onto the green, it tracks down to the hole and in for a par 4 and a 2 stroke victory.
From the web site ‘Combining the traditions and features of both old and new, McCullough's presents players a distinctly different Irish-Scottish golfing experience - wide open fairways, tricky powerful winds, remarkable grass mounds and bunkers, vast natural waste areas, and true undulating greens - reminding players of the challenge and allure of true British Isles golf. '
Considering the wintery conditions, the course was in good playable shape, very wet and only one tee box really weather damaged. Overall, the tee boxes, fairways and greens were in good condition. One complaint: no driving range. The only warning I have to players (anytime of the year), keep it in the fairway, this is a previous landfill, and if you’re not in the fairway, where are a few areas around the course with mysterious mushy areas which should not be explored looking for a wayward golf ball. Liz the bartender was very nice and friendly, lots of TV’s, cold beer and a good variety on the menu.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Philadelphia Cricket Club - Wissahickon Course
Philadelphia Cricket Club - Wissahickon Course
6025 West Valley Green Road, Flourtown, Pennsylvania 19031
Yards: 6,354, Par 71 (Yellow Tees)
Website: www.philacricket.com
Score: 110 (61 out, 49 in)
Date: October 18, 2007
6025 West Valley Green Road, Flourtown, Pennsylvania 19031
Yards: 6,354, Par 71 (Yellow Tees)
Website: www.philacricket.com
Score: 110 (61 out, 49 in)
Date: October 18, 2007
Played Philadelphia Cricket Club the Wissahickon Course on Thursday the 18th. And is you can see from the score, I am back to my usually golfing (hacking) ways, but this was the hardest track I have ever played.
Quick Course Info: The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the only golf club in the country to have opened a golf course in each of the past three centuries. Our St. Martin’s course was opened in 1898 and was designed by Willie Tucker.
Famed architect and Club member, A. W. Tillinghast, built the Flourtown Course in 1922. Named “Wissahickon” in 2002, it is renowned for it’s difficult par 4’s, most notably 9 and 18, which both stretch over 450 yards from the championship tees. The course also contains 8 other par 4’s over 400 yards that will test your game to the limit.
Quick Course Info: The Philadelphia Cricket Club is the only golf club in the country to have opened a golf course in each of the past three centuries. Our St. Martin’s course was opened in 1898 and was designed by Willie Tucker.
Famed architect and Club member, A. W. Tillinghast, built the Flourtown Course in 1922. Named “Wissahickon” in 2002, it is renowned for it’s difficult par 4’s, most notably 9 and 18, which both stretch over 450 yards from the championship tees. The course also contains 8 other par 4’s over 400 yards that will test your game to the limit.
This golf facility was just as I had expected, way beyond excellent, from our arrival, to the food and drinks, and the golf course was second to none. The staff is happy to help you in anyway, very large practice area with a double ended driving range, putting green and practice sand trap, the course was in perfect shape. The teeing area had very few divots with 5 different sets of tees, the fairways were like carpet with generous widths to land your tee shot down the mature tree lined fairways, and the greens were fast, unpredictable and well guarded with sand bunkers. Our forecaddie (ED), got a work out with us, but helped us limp through the course and did an excellent job.
This was a great course which I hope to play again someday, and a must play course if you get a chance.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Bear Trap Dunes
Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club
7 Clubhouse Drive, Ocean View, DE 19970
Yards: 5817, Par 72 (Grizzly / Kodiak - Club Tees)
Website: www.beartrapdunes.com
Score: 81 (41 out, 40 in)
Date: October 6, 2007
Played Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club over the weekend and shot my lowest round ever (Previously 82 @ Bear Trap). From the web site 'Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club offers one of the area’s most unique and memorable golf experiences on the Eastern Shore. Winding bentgrass fairways lined with native wetland grasses drift into natural sand dunes. Impeccably groomed oversized greens and four strategically placed sets of tees beckon golfers of every skill level.'
The course was in great shape, little wet and a few minor dead patches of grass. The tee area was a little rough, the fairways were in fantastic shape and the greens were a little slow at first, but once the fog burned off and the sun came out, they became quicker toward the end of the round.
7 Clubhouse Drive, Ocean View, DE 19970
Yards: 5817, Par 72 (Grizzly / Kodiak - Club Tees)
Website: www.beartrapdunes.com
Score: 81 (41 out, 40 in)
Date: October 6, 2007
Played Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club over the weekend and shot my lowest round ever (Previously 82 @ Bear Trap). From the web site 'Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club offers one of the area’s most unique and memorable golf experiences on the Eastern Shore. Winding bentgrass fairways lined with native wetland grasses drift into natural sand dunes. Impeccably groomed oversized greens and four strategically placed sets of tees beckon golfers of every skill level.'
The course was in great shape, little wet and a few minor dead patches of grass. The tee area was a little rough, the fairways were in fantastic shape and the greens were a little slow at first, but once the fog burned off and the sun came out, they became quicker toward the end of the round.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Two Over Par Golf Blog
Welcome to the Two Over Par Golf Blog. You may use this blog to post course reviews and news, funny stories, search for fellow golfers in your area, etc... you get the point. Just a quick background on myself, I am a weekend hacker who loves the game and history of the sport, and created this web site (www.twooverpar.com) and this blog for golfers who share the passion for the game.
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