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http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=150961&tclass=
let the debate begin! Voting for round one ends Thurs at 7PM, voting for sweet sixteen will immediately commence and end at 7PM on sat night
ST. ANDREWS REGIONAL
1. PETE DYE
2. WILLIAM FLYNN
3. COORE/CRENSHAW
4. GEORGE THOMAS
5. PERRY MAXWELL
6. JIM ENGH
7. SCOTT MILLER
8. TOM WEISKOPF
9. BAXTER SPANN
10. TOM SIMPSON
11. PRESS MAXWELL
12. JOHN LOW
13. FORREST RICHARDSON
14. ARTHUR HILLS
15. PB. DYE
16. KELLY BLAKE MORAN
MATCHUPS
DYE v. MORAN
WEISKOPF v. SPANN
PERRY MAXWELL v. LOW
RICHARDSON v THOMAS
COORE/CRENSHAW v. HILLS
ENGH v. PRESS MAXWELL
MILLER v. SIMPSON
PB DYE v. FLYNN
AUGUSTA REGIONAL
1. DONALD ROSS
2. C.B. MACDONALD
3. OLD TOM MORRIS
4. TOM FAZIO
5. STANLET THOMPSON
6. DAVID MCKAY KIDD
7. MIKE STRANTZ
8. MIKE HURDZAN
9. JAY MORRISH
10. KEN DYE
11. DICK WILSON
12. VON HAGGE
13. PALMER/SEAY
14. TED ROBINSON
15. JOE FINGER
16. ELLIS MAPLES
MATCHUPS
ROSS v. ELLIS MAPLES
HURDZAN v. MORRISH
THOMPSON v. VON HAGGE
PALMER/SEAY v. T. FAZIO
OLD TOM v. ROBINSON
KIDD v. WILSON
KEN DYE v. STRANTZ
FINGER v. MACDONALD
CYPRESS POINT REGIONAL
1. ALISTAIR MACKENZIE
2. SETH RAYNOR
3. GEORGE CRUMP
4. RTJ
5. HUGH WILSON
6. REES JONES
7. JEFF BRAUER
8. HENRY FOWNES
9. GREG NORMAN
10. GEOFFREY CORNISH
11. RICK SMITH
12. MIKE DEVRIES
13. CUPP/KITE
14. DICK NUGENT
15. RON GARL
16. MARK MUNGEAM
MATCHUPS
MACKENZIE v. MUNGEAM
FOWNES v. NORMAN
WILSON v. DEVRIES
CUPP/KITE v. RTJ
CRUMP v. NUGENT
REES JONES v. SMITH
BRAUER v. CORNISH
GARL v. RAYNOR
BANDON REGIONAL
1. A.W. TILLINGHAST
2. TOM DOAK
3. H.S. COLT
4. JACK NEVILLE
5. JACK NICKLAUS
6. RTJ II
7. BRIAN SILVA
8. GIL HANSE
9. MAX BEHR
10. DESMOND MUIRHEAD
11. JOE LEE
12. GARY PANKS
13. GARY PLAYER
14. DAN MAPLES
15. JIM FAZIO
16. DAVIS LOVE
MATCHUPS
TILLIE v. LOVE
HANSE v. BEHR
NICKLAUS v. PANKS
PLAYER v. NEVILLE
COLT v. DAN MAPLES
RTJ II v. LEE
MUIRHEAD v. SILVA
J. FAZIO v. DOAK
BANDON WINNER PLAYS ST. A’S WINNER
AUGUSTA WINNER PLAYS CYPRESS WINNER
This looks like it might set up Final Four match-ups between modern masters (Doak v. C&C) and deceased designers (Ross v. MacKenzie), which makes sense. Could be a CBMac or Old Tom upset of Ross in some clashes, however. NGLA alone might warrant that. I am sure that you set up your brackets for this scenario to play out…
Wouldn’t it be fun if the final was Modern Tom v. Old Tom?
The best way to make this thing fair and unpredictable would be to identify an architect’s six best courses and then randomly choose one for each matchup and then have the merits of those two selected courses determine who advances to the next round.
Certainly a bold exercise to seed the living guys, in any event.
I like this idea, but I like the idea of doing it with golf courses too. Jay, will you do that bracket next?
Here’s my first round picks:
“St. Andrews”
Dye
Spann
Maxwell
Thomas
C&C
Engh
Simpson
Flynn
“Bandon”
Tilly
Hanse
Panks
Neville
Colt
Lee
Silva
Doak
“Augusta”
Ross
Hurdzan
Thompson
Fazio
Old Tom
Kidd
Strantz
Macdonald
“Cypress Point”
Mackenzie
Fownes
Devries
cupp/kite
nugent
smith
brauer
Raynor
dye
spann
maxwell
thomas
hills (I play a hills course once a week)
maxwell
miller
dye
Ross all the way
hurdzan
thompson
fazio
robinson
wilson
dye
macdonald
machenzie
fownes
wilson
kite
nugent
jones
cornish
raynor
tillie
hanse
nicklaus
player
maples
lee
silva
doak