Yes indeed, fellow MdDivots denizens, it's this year's British Open Contest. Pick the best finishing player from each of these countries / continents. The winner will be entrant with the highest total earnings.

The nationalities and earnings are as identified on the official web site http://www.opengolf.com , subject to my following conditions:

1 Ireland is the entire island, not any political subdivisions.
2 North & South America includes the USA, as there are only two non-US players to choose from.
3 England includes Wales, as there are only two Welsh players to choose from.
4 Amateurs will be credited with the same amount of winnings as pros in the same place.
5 Entries / modifications accepted until 06:29 AM GMT, Thursday 14 July 2011.
6 Comments / questions / feedback are always welcome.

First prize is a brand new box of Srixon ZStar X.
Second prize is two brand new sleeve of Pinnacle Gold Distance, and two brand new sleeve of Pinnacle Gold Precision.
Third prize is the admiration of all the other contestants.
Good luck

Scotland
England
Ireland
Continental Europe
Africa
Asia
Oceania
North & South America

Thanks for setting this up again, maybe it will inspire a few more posts...which could be a good or bad thing;-)

I'd like to be able to hype it on a few other boards, but I understand that other boards don't want their space used to promote this board & contest. Pingboy over at GEA said no, which is entirely within his rights. Do you subscribe to any other boards?

I haven't looked at GEA in years.

Why not ? They are probably talking about what effect the new resins will have on the composition of golfball covers and it's relationship to carbon footprint.

HMMMMMMMMM.....maybe that COULD be of some interest. Hey ; i'll bet they have more than four guys that post !


JUST SAYIN. :0)

Don't worry.........Bradley is going to start posting any day now. His theories on modern Euro socialism and it's effect on your short game are facinating. I think i was thrown off of GEA for being such a smartass. I think it may have been Pingboy at the time. Didn't much care for my sense of humor. It seems , he was born without a sense of humor ....as were his father before him and HIS father before that. I don't remember if i was actually thrown out , or if i didn't have anything to add to the discussion on golf towels , and the debate about size and absorbancy that was raging at that time. It was such a harrowing episode. I was despondent for months afterward. I implored them to accept my sincerest apologies , but alas i had angered the men of GEA and my entreaties were ignored. A sad chapter to be sure .

Like I said, haven't wanted to add my scientific expertise there in years...

Let's get these picks in, best odds you can ever get in winning something.

AFR=AFRICA
AM = N & S AMERICA
ASIA = Asian countries
CE=CENTRAL EUROPE
ENG=ENGLAND & WALES
IRL = ALL OF IRELAND
OCE = AUSTRALIA & FIJI
SCO=SCOTLAND


Here is the list in alpha order by region. Look at the last column and match to above key.

Thomas AIKEN South Africa AFR
George COETZEE South Africa AFR
Ernie ELS South Africa AFR
Retief GOOSEN South Africa AFR
Trevor IMMELMAN South Africa AFR
Martin MARITZ South Africa AFR
Louis OOSTHUIZEN South Africa AFR
Rory SABBATINI South Africa AFR
Neil SCHIETEKAT South Africa AFR
Charl SCHWARTZEL South Africa AFR
Angel CABRERA Argentina AM
Camilo VILLEGAS Colombia AM
Jonathan BYRD USA AM
Mark CALCAVECCHIA USA AM
Chad CAMPBELL USA AM
Stewart CINK USA AM
Ben CRANE USA AM
Ben CURTIS USA AM
John DALY USA AM
Jason DUFNER USA AM
David DUVAL USA AM
Bob ESTES USA AM
Rickie FOWLER USA AM
Harrison FRAZAR USA AM
Jim FURYK USA AM
Robert GARRIGUS USA AM
Lucas GLOVER USA AM
Bill HAAS USA AM
Todd HAMILTON USA AM
Charley HOFFMAN USA AM
JB HOLMES USA AM
Charles HOWELL III USA AM
Zach JOHNSON USA AM
Dustin JOHNSON USA AM
Jerry KELLY USA AM
Anthony KIM USA AM
Jason KNUTZON USA AM
Matt KUCHAR USA AM
Tom LEHMAN USA AM
Justin LEONARD USA AM
Spencer LEVIN USA AM
Davis LOVE III USA AM
Hunter MAHAN USA AM
Steve MARINO USA AM
Phil MICKELSON USA AM
Ryan MOORE USA AM
Kevin NA USA AM
Sean O'HAIR USA AM
Mark O'MEARA USA AM
Jeff OVERTON USA AM
Ryan PALMER USA AM
Webb SIMPSON USA AM
Brandt SNEDEKER USA AM
Kyle STANLEY USA AM
Kevin STREELMAN USA AM
Steve STRICKER USA AM
Chris TIDLAND USA AM
Peter UIHLEIN (A) USA AM
Bo VAN PELT USA AM
Nick WATNEY USA AM
Bubba WATSON USA AM
Tom WATSON USA AM
Gary WOODLAND USA AM
Mark WILSON USA AM
Hiroyuki FUJITA Japan ASIA
Tetsuji HIRATSUKA Japan ASIA
Yuta IKEDA Japan ASIA
Ryo ISHIKAWA Japan ASIA
Hiroo KAWAI Japan ASIA
Tadahiro TAKAYAMA Japan ASIA
SM BAE Korea ASIA
KJ CHOI Korea ASIA
Jung-Gon HWANG Korea ASIA
KT KIM Korea ASIA
Seung-Yul NOH Korea ASIA
YE YANG Korea ASIA
Chih-Bing LAM Singapore ASIA
Thongchai JAIDEE Thailand ASIA
Prayad MARKSAENG Thailand ASIA
Prom MEESAWAT Thailand ASIA
Markus BRIER Austria CE
Nicolas COLSAERTS Belgium CE
Lucas BJERREGAARD (A) Denmark CE
Anders HANSEN Denmark CE
Thorbjorn OLESEN Denmark CE
Gregory BOURDY France CE
Gregory HAVRET France CE
Raphael JACQUELIN France CE
Martin KAYMER Germany CE
Bernhard LANGER Germany CE
Matteo MANASSERO Italy CE
Francesco MOLINARI Italy CE
Edoardo MOLINARI Italy CE
Floris DE VRIES Netherlands CE
Joost LUITEN Netherlands CE
Alejandro CANIZARES Spain CE
Sergio GARCIA Spain CE
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ Spain CE
Pablo LARRAZABAL Spain CE
Alvaro QUIROS Spain CE
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED Sweden CE
Peter HANSON Sweden CE
Fredrik JACOBSON Sweden CE
Robert KARLSSON Sweden CE
Alexander NOREN Sweden CE
Henrik STENSON Sweden CE
Gary BOYD England ENG
Paul CASEY England ENG
Lee CORFIELD England ENG
Brian DAVIS England ENG
Luke DONALD England ENG
Simon DYSON England ENG
Kenneth FERRIE England ENG
Ross FISHER England ENG
Craig HINTON (A) England ENG
Andrew JOHNSTON England ENG
Simon KHAN England ENG
Tom LEWIS (A) England ENG
Simon LILLY England ENG
Richard McEVOY England ENG
Francis McGUIRK England ENG
Ian POULTER England ENG
Robert ROCK England ENG
Justin ROSE England ENG
Thomas SHADBOLT England ENG
Andy SMITH England ENG
Graeme STORM England ENG
Lee WESTWOOD England ENG
Danny WILLETT England ENG
Adam WOOTTON England ENG
Rhys DAVIES Wales ENG
Simon EDWARDS Wales ENG
Mark LASKEY Wales ENG
Darren CLARKE Northern Ireland IRL
Graeme McDOWELL Northern Ireland IRL
Rory McILROY Northern Ireland IRL
Padraig HARRINGTON Republic of Ireland IRL
Robert ALLENBY Australia OC
Aaron BADDELEY Australia OC
Kurt BARNES Australia OC
Jason DAY Australia OC
Richard GREEN Australia OC
Nathan GREEN Australia OC
Brad KENNEDY Australia OC
Rick KULACZ Australia OC
Bryden MACPHERSON (A) Australia OC
Matthew MILLAR Australia OC
Geoff OGILVY Australia OC
Adam SCOTT Australia OC
Vijay SINGH Fiji OC
Stephen GALLACHER Scotland SCO
Scott JAMIESON Scotland SCO
Martin LAIRD Scotland SCO
Paul LAWRIE Scotland SCO
Sandy LYLE Scotland SCO
Peter WHITEFORD Scotland SCO

Scotland..............Gallacher
England...............Poulter
Ireland...............McIlroy
Continental Europe....Quiros
Africa................Schwartzel
Asia..................Ishikawa
Oceania...............Day
North & South America.Watney

Africa.............. Oosthuizen
Americas................. Watney
Asia........Choi
Continental Europe...........Eduardo Molinari
England.............Westwood
Ireland......McIlroy
Oceania..........Scott
Scotland.........Laird