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The US Open draft worked pretty well in the end — everyone enjoyed having unique players and a proper draft order, of sorts....
So I've stuck with a similar idea for The Open at Birkdale next week, and this time we’ve got a full week to get it organised.

Draft Order (based on last year's Majors rankings):
1) Bil522
2) TLO Idaho
3) Xpert DBA
4) maoling
5) baller
6) mostonmike
7) D-Train
8) rockycola
9) Sibelius Hindemith
10) Walla Walla Dawg II
11) desbcoach
12) N.E. Others

(The rankings calculator is shown on the graphic for transparency.)

How the Draft Works
Simple stuff:
Pick one player from each group, following the draft order.

- Bil picks his 5 players
- Then TLO picks his 5
- Then Xpert DBA
- And so on down the list

Everyone ends up with five unique players.

Scoring Rules
- Your best 3 scorers will count for your final total.
- You must have at least 3 players make the cut to stay in contention.
- A 6th player will be allocated at the end of the draft. This allocation happens in reverse order of the initial draft (meaning desb or WWD gets the first player from the remaining pool).

Targets & Deadlines
To keep things moving smoothly:

- Bil, TLO, Xpert DBA → please complete picks by Friday
- maoling, baller, myself→ aim for Sunday
- D-Train, rockycola, SH → aim for Tuesday
- WWDII, desbcoach → Wednesday is the final day (time-zone buffer)

If we get ahead of schedule, even better.

If you are away or missing?
- You can pre-submit your choices if you want saying "1st pick" and "2nd pick" preferences for each group if you want. That works quite well if you are next in-line.

- If we get an absentee - I might have to make decisions to keep the line moving. I will probably bump you down 1 place if you take more than a day or so to pick or allocate if you take 2 or more days. Obviously I won't need to make any calls until around Friday if Bil hasn't got his choices in,,,,

Previous Winners:
2023 Walla Walla Dawg II
2024 D-train
2025 Bil522

At the US Open, 6th pick in the draft won and 8th pick who was just allocated their squad finished 2nd

And I will give it at least 24 before Sibelius Hindemith challenges why its called "The Open". And someone will say its not a draft.. .

Can't believe its the fourth year of this contest.

I will give you my first choice and second choice in case Bil takes one of my first choices.

1st 2nd
Mcllroy /Scheffler
Gutterup/Burns
M. Fitzpatrick/Lowry
Tom Kim/C.Smith
English/Woodland

Cheers TLO. I know Bill’s health isn’t always in the best shape. So let’s give him until midnight tonight (Fri) PDT.

Since you are thinking McIlroy for your first pick, it's safe to say Bil would take Scheffler. Therefore, if I set a hard deadline of midnight Fri PDT for Bil, I can allocate him Scottie, lock in McIlroy for you, and move the line on to Xpert dba.

Bil effectively takes the priority pick but moves down to 3rd. If he’s not been in touch by the time Xpert has selected, I can allocate him the rest of his team, but his squad will already feature the obvious number 1 draft pick.

Xpert here is what you need to do:
Hang on until midnight tonight Fri PDT.
I will have updated the list by then and you can cleanly pick from there.
Can you aim for about 4pm PDT Saturday to get yours in, but the England game will be happening so there will be inevitable additional time for you if you want it.

Ok, I will hang on until tomorrow and see what I have left to choose from.

Thanks

So

Bil522
Scheffler - allocated as obvious first pick
Sam Burns - allocated
Tyrell Hatton - allocated
Cameron Smith - allocated
Tom McKibbin - was allocated Max Homa but requested a swap.

TLO Idaho chooses
Rory Mcllroy
Chris Gotterup
Matt Fitzpatrick
Tom Kim
Harris English

XpertDBA
Jon Rahm
Russell Henley
Tommy Fleetwood
Min Woo Lee
Brian Harman

maoling
Ludvig Aberg
Dustin Johnson
Justin Rose
Adam Scott
Gary Woodland

baller
Xander Schauffele
Justin Thomas
Sepp Straka
Si Woo Kim
Max Homa

mostonmike
Aaron Rai
Keegan Bradley
Bob McIntyre
Corey Connors
Matthew Jordan

D-Train
Patrick Cantlay
Will Zalatoris
Shane Lowry
Ryan Fox
Patrick Reed

rockycola
Cameron Young
J.J. Spaun
Kristoffer Reitan
Ryan Gerard
Jacob Bridgeman

Sibelius Hindemith
Joaquin Niemann
Jake Knapp
Alex Noren
Lucas Herbert
Frederic Lacroix

desbcoach
Wyndham Clark
Brooks Koepka
Harry Hall
Louis Oosthuizen
Thomas Detry

Walla Walla Dawg II
Collin Morikawa
Ben Griffin
Nicolai Højgaard
Sungjae Im
Laurie Canter

I will go with:

Jon Rahm
Russell Henley
Tommy Fleetwood
Min Woo Lee
Brian Harman

Scheffler failed to make the cut in the Genesis Scottish open yesterday after 78 consecutive tournaments where he made the cut.

A little out of touch so far this summer on board happenings and tourneys. In between hand surgeries and a death in the family. Thanks for putting together another tournament! Am I still on deck or at the plate yet? And I can only pick players from the individuals column tiers who have not already been selected, yes?

maoling wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 11, 2026 4:11 pm

A little out of touch so far this summer on board happenings and tourneys. In between hand surgeries and a death in the family. Thanks for putting together another tournament! Am I still on deck or at the plate yet? And I can only pick players from the individuals column tiers who have not already been selected, yes?

Sorry to hear about the family loss - I know when people drop off the board for a bit its probably due to something serious. I bet the whole board wishes you well.

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I am going to allocate Bil522 the following players.
Scheffler - allocated as obvious first pick
Sam Burns - allocated
Tyrell Hatton - allocated
Cameron Smith - allocated
Max Homa - allocated

maoling - your pick, you pick one from each group and I've crossed out those already picked.

baller on deck