2014 CHAMPIONS!

Final Results - Team Lehmann 11 vs. Team Gabriel 9

Card	Players	Thru	Score
card	Team Gabriel:Burnham/Stahl (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:Schomberg/Lee (Scramble)	18	Team Gabriel1 up
card	Team Gabriel:Buschy/Butt (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:Fritz/Felmlee (Scramble)	18	Team Lehmann1 up
card	Team Gabriel:Buschy/BVB vs Team Lehmann:Missinne/Rindahl	12	Team Lehmann7 and 6
card	Team Gabriel:Byers/S. Vogel vs Team Lehmann:Lee/Felmlee	18	Team Gabriel1 up
card	Team Gabriel:Gabriel/Burnham vs Team Lehmann:Hanson/N. Lehmann	16	Team Lehmann3 and 2
card	Team Gabriel:Gabriel/Johnson (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:Hanson/Greenfield (Scramble)	18	Team Lehmann1 up
card	Team Gabriel:Hawkins/Gauer vs Team Lehmann:B. Olson/M. Iverson	17	Team Gabriel2 and 1
card	Team Gabriel:Hawkins/Gauer (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:Lehmann/Lehmann (Scramble)	17	Team Lehmann2 and 1
card	Team Gabriel:Heim/Schmidt (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:B. Olson/Korbel (Scramble)	18	Team Lehmann1 up
card	Team Gabriel:Heim/Vern vs Team Lehmann:Z. Lehmann/Korbel	18	halved
card	Team Gabriel:Johnson/Marske vs Team Lehmann:Greenfield/Jason Duval	18	Team Gabriel1 up
card	Team Gabriel:Lindstrom/S. Vogel (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:Missinne/Minnick (Scramble)	17	Team Gabriel2 and 1
card	Team Gabriel:Malloy/Byers (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:J. Iverson/Rindahl (Scramble)	18	Team Gabriel2 up
card	Team Gabriel:Malloy/Sheehy vs Team Lehmann:Nowak/J. Iverson	17	Team Gabriel3 and 1
card	Team Gabriel:Pederson/B. Vogel (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:Duval/Duval (Scramble)	15	Team Gabriel5 and 3
card	Team Gabriel:Pederson/Stahl vs Team Lehmann:Minnick/Fritz	18	Team Lehmann1 up
card	Team Gabriel:S. Olson/B. Vogel vs Team Lehmann:Sundeen/Jeremy Duval	18	Team Lehmann1 up
card	Team Gabriel:S. Olson/Vern (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:Nowak/Lunde (Scramble)	18	halved
card	Team Gabriel:Schmidt/Lindstrom vs Team Lehmann:Schomberg/Lunde	14	Team Lehmann5 and 4
card	Team Gabriel:Sheehy/Blaeser (Scramble) vs Team Lehmann:M. Iverson/Sundeen (Scramble)	13	Team Lehmann6 and 5

BVB's First Round Match Up Breakdown

Well it's finally here. After months of anticipation we are less than a week out From RCVII "The quest for the Windsormaker".  After a long 12 months captain Blake leads his band of brahs back to avenge an excruciating loss to Team Lehmann in RCVI.  The draft has taken place and the first round match ups are set.   Lets break things down and try and figure out who will be drinking from the Windsormaker at the end of next Saturday.

OLSON/MIVEY (ZACH) vs. GAUER/THE HAWK (GABE)

Got to love this matchup.   #1 overall pick Benny O teams up with Kitty MIverson to take on the Eden Prairie All Star pairing of the other Blake G and The Hawk.  The Hawk will be pulling out from his home in the Big D to make another trip to Spooner GC.  Someone with that dedication cannot be underestimated.  Mivey will be looking to improve on some disappointing rounds in the past few RCs.  I'm guessing the Hawk feeds Mivey enough drinks to make him irrelevant in the match up.  This is coming down to Da Nut and The Well Dressed Blake Gauer.  I predict Benny will get shaky with the putter after drinking too many Gatorades and getting a sugar high.  I also predict The Hawk gets slapped by a beer cart girl and sobers up enough to help out Blake.

BVB's Pick- GAUER/HAWK

N. LEHMANN/HANSON (Z) vs. GABRIEL/BURNHAM (G)

We got a familiar match up here.  Can this be the year that Nate and Scott figure out how to get into Blakes head?  I'm predicting seeing Nate in the clubhouse between rounds with the familiar "Blakes fucking too good" look on his face.  It's OK buddy we know you do your damage in the second round.

BVB's Pick- Captain Blake/Burnham

Z. LEHMANN/KORBEL (Z) vs. HEIM/THOMPSON (G)

Captain Zach and Lefty Korbel take on Heim and Vern in another interesting match up.  This match-up will depend on if Lehmann can figure out some short game issues that nearly cost him an embarrassing loss in a pre RC practice round.  Will the success from last year get too his head?  I'm guessing he hits the practice range hard and Korbel greases a few birdies for them to overcome the home course advantage Gabriel's veteran players have in this match up.

BVB's Pick- Zach/Korbel

MISSINE/EDDIE vs. BVB/GRAY BUSCH

Yes everyone they are back.  The most successful duo in Ryder cup history BVB and Buschy look to continue their dominance.  The minute the pairing was released Team Lehmann started rethinking any thoughts of a repeat.  You do have to give Lehmann credit by trying to contain them by pairing them against Big E and The Jones Artist Eddie.  Big E was able end BVB's undefeated match record two RC's ago, and has probably been the MVP of the last two Cups.  Eddie is unknown commodity but has definitely brought some good smack to the Pre Cup press conferences.  Gray Busch and BVB are just too much to handle.  Predicting this one ends early.  Also pretty good chance Buschy gets Big E hammered in this matchup and takes him out of the second round.

BVB's Pick- BVB/GRAY BUSCH

SUNDEEN/ JE. DUVAL (Z) vs. SAM O/ BILLY V (G)

This one should should be a better drinking match up than anything.  I see 8 am whiskeys and a bunch of bogies in this one.  Will Sam be able to steal his top pick brothers thunder by carrying his squad to a first round upset?  Can Taylor and Jeremey keep focused when Billy makes naked snow angels in the 16th hole bunker?

BVB's Pick- PUSH

FRITZ/ JOHNNY (Z) vs. PEDERSON/STAHL (G)

Two RC Virgins will be featured in this dual.  Fritz and Stahl probably don't know what they are in for, so it will be interesting to see how they hold up on the second 18.  Jumping into a alcohol fueled drinking golf battle is no easy task.  Luckily for Fritz he has been spending plenty of time with the Nowaks to prepare.  Pederson and Stahl bring chemistry from spending time holding Blake's hair products for him.

BVB's Pick- PEDERSON/STAHL


GREENFIELD/ JA DUVAL (Z) vs. JOHNSON/BUTTLOVE (G)

This match-up will be all mental.  Greenfield has been lighting up the RC CUP message boards posting hole by hole analysis of every shot he has taken and every beer he has drank since the draft.  Duval isn't afraid to try and get into an opponents head either.  Blake countered with two calm confident competitors in Butt Love and Jake.   Jake will drop a few bombs to keep this close.

BVB's Pick- GREENFIELD/JA DUVAL

SHOMBERG/ LUNDE (Z) vs. TSCHMIDT/DAVEY (G)

Pretty sick of Shombergs boyfriend Drunkstin gushing reviews of Ross's pre-cups practice rounds.  I heard he cranked a few monster drives at a contest following a fresh shaft polishing by Dustin.  Lunde always brings his A dress game to the cup so we will see if that translates into some RC success.  TSchmidt will be carrying Davey in this one.  From out of the Duck at Bar close to the first tee.  Going to be a tough match-up for Team Blake

BVB's Pick- SHOMBERG/LUNDE


LEE/FELMLEE (Z) vs. BYERS/SCOTTY V (G)

Scotty V back in a action after faking an ACL tear to get off our annual Labor Day Spooner Softball team (savvy move, we were horseshit).  Pat Byers comes in refreshed after reading a few good novels and pounding a few bottles of Cabernet.  They take on Rich Lee and Craig in which should produce plenty of fireworks, and bunker shots.  Liked what I saw in practice from the Tall One.

BVB'S PICK- BYERS/SCOTTY V

BWANDON/JIVEY (Z)  vs. DRUNKSTIN/MALLOY (G)

Highly anticipated match up right here.  Can Bwandon and Ivey rekindle their bromance?  Its been along journey for these two eskimo brothers.  These former tent buddies once were considered groomsman in each other weddings.  Then a sad thing called Graduation happened.  They still had occasional weekend booty calls, but as time passed so did the late night you tube sessions.  Now all that is left is what could have been.  Maybe this is the first step toward reconciliation.  Can Drunkstin keep his drinking under control to help 5 tool player Malloy (driving, chipping, putting, cigar smoking, whiskey drinking)?  Will he be too tired from his long journey from Omaha.  Will he be up all night cornhusking Shomby?  A lot of questions there so i think I may have to go with..................................

Not so fast my friends.  Got to put my faith in Malloy in this one.  Ivey will be yelling at Bwandon by the 11th.

BVB's Pick- MALLOY/DRUNKSTIN


Looks like Team Blake will be looking good going into the second round.  Lot of close match-ups once again but the determination of Team Blake is going to be too much to handle.  Many of us have had a long year thinking about what took place on the back 18 last year.  Throw in the chance to elephant walk around SPGC clubhouse with the Windsormaker and everyone on #teamblake is fired up.  I still see this coming down to the wire with myself needing to make a putt on 18 to put it away.  Post game interview will go something this this.

2014 Match Up's

Just over a week to go!

Team Lehmann		Team Gabriel
Ben Olson & Mike Iverson	vs.	Blake Gauer & Ryan Hawkins
Nate Lehmann & Scott Hanson	vs.	Blake Gabriel & Tim Burnham
Zach Lehmann & John Korbel	vs.	Curtis Heim & Matt Thompson
Taylor Sundeen & Jeremey   Duval	vs.	Sam Olson & Billy Vogel
Brandon Nowak & Jordan Iverson	vs.	Pat Malloy & Dustin Sheehy
John Fritz & Johnny Minnick	vs.	Nick Pederson & Chris Stahl
Ross Schomberg & Erik Lunde	vs.	Tony Schmidt & Davey Lindstrom
Scott Greenfield & Jason Duval	vs.	Jake Johnson & Butt Love
Eric Missine & Eddie Rindahl	vs.	Chad Busch & Bryce Blaeser
Rich Lee & Craig Felmlee	vs.	Pat Byers & Scott Vogel

2014 Match up Thread...

In the same mode as the draft we will be posting the pairings via the comments section below...Best of luck in your match ups!

2014 Teams and Match Ups @ 9:30 am

Here is a summary list of the two teams.  We will be announcing pairings and match ups at 9:30 am central standard time, today.

Zach

Ben Olson

Scott Hanson

Nate Lehmann

Jordan Iverson

Zach Lehmann

Brandon Nowak

Mike Iverson

John Korbel

Ross Schomberg

Erik Lunde

Taylor Sundeen

Eric Missine

Scott Greenfield

Eddie Rindahl

Richard Lee

John Fritz

Johnny Minnick

Jeremey Duval

Jason Duval

Craig Felmlee

Blake

Blake Gabriel

Pat Malloy

Curtis Heim

Blake Gauer

Ryan Hawkins

Matt Thompson

Tim Burnham

Tony Schmidt

Dustin Sheehy

Dave Lindstrom

Sam Olson

Chad Busch

Nick Pederson

Bryce Blaeser

Jake Johnson

Scott Vogel

Butt Love

Chris Stahl

Pat Byers

Billy Vogel

Draft Analysis

After much anticipation, the annual Ryder Cup draft went down on Tuesday night.  Pre-draft drama went all the way to the very start, as injury concerns caused two participants to drop out at the last minute.   Two fresh virgins had to replace Stumpf and Vance causing chaos at the top up the draft board.

As predicted, Benny Olson was selected #1 overall for the second consecutive year.  He put a strong push right before the draft by unleashing a hole by hole breakdown of Spooner Golf Club.  By comparing golf holes to prison rape, Erectile Dysfunction pills, and wieners, the number one spot was locked up. 

Below is a breakdown of a few of the surprises based on my original mock draft:

Biggest Movers

•  Grey Busch (5 Rounds)  The veteran shot up the draft boards, rising 5 rounds earlier than originally projected.  Not a huge surprise that a core Team Gabriel member with an excellent match play record was snatched early.  He and BVB have become a first round force, and his drinking leadership is very influential on the younger drinkers on the team.
• Jordy GOLFBALL (4 Rounds) The biggest surprise at the top of the draft was Jordan Iverson moving into the 4^th round.  In my mock draft I had him being taken in the 8^th round.  No player sparked pre-draft conversation like “Jordy Golfball”.  Once he stopped pre-draft workouts the attention never went away from JIVEY.  The possibility of sitting in a golfcart for 18 holes and rekindling a bromance was too enticing for Lehmann to pass up.
• BWANDON NOWAK  (2 Rounds)  Kind of a surprise Zach snatched BJ to start the 6^th round.  The two have a love/hate relationship, but after seeing pictures of the two playing swords together in Bwandons Wedding Slide show I should have known Zach would be looking to mend the fences.
• T SCHMIDT (2 Rounds)  Anthony Rh was taken by Blake in the 8^th Round.  Identified as a HIGH rising prospect, Blake couldn’t let Zach roll up his squad with a dynamic player like Tony.

Biggest Drops

• Scott Greenfield  (4 Rounds)  After taking a year off from the festivities, Scott’s draft stock was uncertain.  After a few emails that almost got half the field fired from work, I think red flags around this crafty veteran caused the drop
• Ross Shartborg (2 Rounds) Poor Ross was left waiting in the Green Room for more rounds than he anticipated.  Spending too much with Drunkstin can be detrimental to anyone’s health, and since the two are basically dating, I think both Captains were scared off.

Moment of Silence

I would like to take a moment of silence for one of our Ryder Cup brothers who is unable to join us this year.  He is a man who always brought excitement to the Cup.  The squealing of the tires of his ride as he entered SPGC was the unofficial starting gun of the tourney each year.  His whip was a mean black machine, far too cool for any of us regular cats to handle.  It was nearly perfect except, for dents in the trunk from a bowling ball rolling around inside it.  The man I am talking about is Top Dawg aka Scoops.  Last week he birthed a beautiful baby girl.  He will be defending and protecting his new child, and unable to attend this year’s event.  Not to worry, he will be back next year, and I am sure he will be eager to show off all the latest and greatest gizmo and gadgets  he was able to pick up to help his golf game.  Let’s take this as a lesson my friends.  Memorial Day weekend is important for all of us.  Let’s take caution during the month of September.  I propose a wrap it up September next year

Overall it was another very strong performance by BVB on his mock draft.  14 players were correctly picked in the round they were drafted in.  30 of 40 players (75%) were within one round of their actual selection.  If there is one person who dominates all aspects of the Ryder cup (match winning %, dressing awesome %, awesome blogging %, and now mock drafting) it is THE BVB. 

I will be back for more analysis after the pairings are announced.