Once again, we had an amazing response to our pool and we want to thank all of you for joining. We love doing all things golf and really enjoy running these pools for you, so it is great to see the interest is strong.
Possibly one of the best U.S. Opens in many years was just played with so many players in contention going into the back nine, and apparently very little air to share as the "choking" was on full display!!!
Speaking of choking, after taking a look at the results, a few facts really stood out - #1 being the fact that as you all saw in the newsletter:
Sadly, this is actually an improvement over his PGA Championship result where 93% of the field beat him!
Speaking of choking, after taking a look at the results, a few facts really stood out - #1 being the fact that as you all saw in the newsletter:
- 90% of pool entrants beat TJ's score in the PGA Championship Pool.
Sadly, this is actually an improvement over his PGA Championship result where 93% of the field beat him!
Couple of other fun facts:
- The best possible earnings / score for the pool was $5,474,307
- Out top finisher had earnings / a score of $ 5,107,163 or 93% of best possible score – fantastic picking!
- 1 more fun fact on TJ - he scored $848,000 (17% of winners total and 15% of max total)
- The most popular pick in the pool was Corey Conners one again with 86% of participants selecting him.
- Jon Rahm, the eventual winner, was the most popular non-Canadian pick with 65% of players choosing him.
All our winners have been notified already about their wining but here is the big announcement for the rest of us:
Thanks again to all who entered the contest and keep an eye out for our next pool as we turn our focus overseas to The Open Championship. Look for entry information July 12 in your email.
- 1st place and 3 bonus entries into the “Win a Trip to Ireland Contest” = Ian McGuire
- 2nd place and 2 bonus entries into the “Win a Trip to Ireland Contest” = Tom Miller
- 3rd place and 1 bonus entries into the “Win a Trip to Ireland Contest” = Ryan Lindstrand
Thanks again to all who entered the contest and keep an eye out for our next pool as we turn our focus overseas to The Open Championship. Look for entry information July 12 in your email.