Welcome to our Picks of the Week game! Rules are simple: Each week Bernardo and I will select one golfer entered in the current tournament. Whichever golfer finishes highest earns one of us a point. Exceptions: 3 points if our golfer wins the whole thing, Major Championships are doubled (so that's a possibility of 6 points), and tied finishes result in 0 points. Oh, and once we use a golfer, we can't use him for the rest of year. We're doing this until the TOUR Championship. Bernardo has won this 2 times in a row, so let's see if he can go for the three peat!
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JJ: We are finally at the last major championship of the year. Once the U.S. Open comes into the picture, it's lightning fast to the PGA Championship. It's famously known as "Glory's Last Shot". We have Tiger with immense pressure to finally win. We have Rory here not just trying to defend his title, but to also make the cut. We have Phil trying to ride the momentum of his British Open win and start a little major champ streak. But with all of that said, I'm going to go with a "under the radar player" in this tournament: Sergio Garcia. I know Sergio has had a roller coaster year filled with controversy, but I think he can win this week at Oak Hill. He, like Tiger, is due for a major at some point, and with such a weird year already in effect, it wouldn't surprise me if he won. So, I'll hope for the best and pick him this week. Vamos Sergio!
Bernardo: For golf’s final major of the year,
I’m going with Jason Dufner. This stud has been superb this year when it comes
to playing in majors. He finished T4 at the U.S. Open and finished in the top
20 at The Masters and British Open. That’s
a pretty solid resume for the year. Not to mention he finished T4 last week at
Tiger’s tournament, I mean the Bridgestone Invitational. He’s looking for a win
in 2013 and a bit of revenge after losing in a playoff against Keegan Bradley
back in 2011 at this event. Good
Dufnator!
JJ's used: Brandt Snedeker, Jason Dufner, Padraig Harrington, Luke Donald, Rory McIlroy, Billy Horschel, Retief Goosen, Jason Day, Charles Howell III, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, David Toms, Keegan Bradley, Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler
Bernardo's used: Keegan Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Phil Mickelson, Aaron Baddeley, Tiger Woods, Graeme McDowell, Sergio Garcia, Ian Poulter, Steve Stricker, Brian Davis, Adam Scott, Justin Rose, Jason Day, Matt Kuchar, Nicolas Colsaerts
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