End-2014 OWGR Top 10 Prediction

So, what will the OWGR Top 10 look like at the end of 2014?

(Hopefully somebody will remember to check back here in a years time.)

Ok I'll kick off:

1. Woods
2. Mcilroy
3. Scott
4. Stenson
5. Kuchar
6. Day
7. Z Johnson
8. D Johnson
9. Rose
10. Poulter

1. Woods
2. Harrington!
3. Scott
4. Stenson
5. DJ
6. Dufner
7. Rose
8. Day
9. Spieth
10. Ishikawa

1. Scott
2. Woods
3. Rose
4. Stenson
5. McIlroy
6. Donald
7. D. Johnson
8. Schwartzel
9. Dufner
10. Mickelson

1.Stenson
2.Rose
3.Pube Head
4.Kuchar
5.Scott
6.Mickelson
7.G-Fat
8.Sergio
9.Day
10. Snedeker

1. Tiger
2. Stenson
3. Zach Johnson
4. Scott
5. Kuchar
6. Rory
7. Rose
8. Phil
9. Luiten
10. Spieth

super_realist wrote:1.Stenson
2.Rose
3.Pube Head
4.Kuchar
5.Scott
6.Mickelson
7.G-Fat
8.Sergio
9.Day
10. Snedeker

You want this, don't you? The hate is swelling in you now. Take your Jedi weapon. Use it. I am unarmed. Strike me down with it. Give in to your anger. With each passing moment you make yourself more my servant. Good. Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you.  

Well, if 9C doesn't perform, he'll drop even quicker than Donald and Westwood have in the last 12 months.

Well quite.

Monty what do you reckon?
1-10 Tiger?

Reckon if 9C does perform, he won't drop quicker than Donald and Westwood.
Rory still looks a bit fragile to me, Stenson looks amazing.
I don't really follow the OWGR but I think TW, Rory and Stenson will battle it out for top spot next season (if they can get past the elk smelling VJ)

Woods
Stenson
Scott
Mickelson
Kuchar
Rose
Spieth
Sneds
Dustin
Horshel

it is conceivable that TW would miss every cut next year and still be in the top 10

Don' t think so Hendo.

Assuming Woods leads every major after 2 rounds, and then does a bottle job over the weekend, but wins a few regular tour events and WGCs at courses which are wide open off the tee.... then I see him retaining top spot for the considerable future.

or if Stenson continues to accrue points at his current rate he'll be #1 by Augusta. So many scenarios

ishikawa- lol

Woods
Scott
Rose
McIlroy
Stenson
Kuchar
Garcia
Dustin
Phil
McDowell

Would love Rose to be at no 1. Has the game but the desire?

Only one shout for a S.African.
If the real Charl Schwartzel could show up at just half his tournaments he'd be right up there, especially as he springboards off the S.African season. Interesting to see how he does in Thailand this week.
And then there's Oosthuizen also - be nice if he'd come back fully fit for a change.

hend085 wrote:ishikawa- lol

It's happening you wait and see haha, actually didn't want to be boring but I believe he will eventually live up to his potential.

Scott
Woods
McIlroy
Stenson
Rose
Mickelson
Garcia
Snedeker
Kuchar
Dustin Johnson

kwinigolfer wrote:Only one shout for a S.African.
If the real Charl Schwartzel could show up at just half his tournaments he'd be right up there, especially as he springboards off the S.African season.

Except... and unfortunately... I think the REAL" Charl Schwartzel is the one that doesn't putt so good... but in those week's he finds something with the flat stick... then he's a potential world beater.

Woods
Stenson
McIlroy
Rose
Scott
Kuchar
D.Johnson
Garcia
Mickelson
Z.Johnson

Assuming no longterm injuries...

Woods
McIlroy
Stenson
Scott
Rose
Snedeker
D Johnson
Poulter
Day
McDowell

As there is a change in the top spot I thought it would be interesting to see how our top 10 predictions are panning out.
Here are mine (current ranking in the brackets)
Dufner and Donald are the ones who are really letting me down.

1. (1) Scott
2. (2) Woods
3. (8) Rose
4. (3) Stenson
5. (10) McIlroy
6. (19) Donald
7. (14) D. Johnson
8. (18) Schwartzel
9. (22) Dufner
10. (11) Mickelson

1. (2) Tiger
2. (3) Stenson
3. (13) Zach Johnson
4. (1) Scott
5. (4) Kuchar
6. (10) Rory
7. (8) Rose
8. (11) Phil
9. (46) Luiten
10. (9) Spieth

Woods (2)
Stenson (3)
Scott (1)
Mickelson (11)
Kuchar (4)
Rose (8)
Spieth(9)
Sneds (29)
Dustin (14)
Horshel (53)



ishikawa (86) lol

Woods (2)
Stenson (3)
McIlroy (10)
Rose (8)
Scott (1)
Kuchar (4)
D.Johnson (14)
Garcia (7)
Mickelson (11)
Z.Johnson (13)

hend085 wrote:Woods (2)
Stenson (3)
Scott (1)
Mickelson (11)
Kuchar (4)
Rose (8)
Spieth(9)
Sneds (29)
Dustin (14)
Horshel (53)



ishikawa (86) lol

Still plenty of time for Isihikawa to change that haha!

If Ryo wins the next 3 majors, he'll move inside the top 5...

His name is Ryo and he represents Japan,
Just slightly thinner than a broomstick putter man,
And when he drives he really goes after it with the hands,
Oh Ryo, Ryo doesn't mind the putter ban.

  

incontinentia wrote:His name is Ryo and he represents Japan,
Just slightly thinner than a broomstick putter man,
And when he drives he really goes after it with the hands,
Oh Ryo, Ryo doesn't mind the putter ban.

I'm now imagining Ishikawa on a yacht

Scott (1)
Woods (2)
McIlroy (10)
Stenson (3)
Rose (8)
Mickelson (11)
Garcia (7)
Snedeker (29)
Kuchar (4)
Dustin Johnson (14)

Not doing that bad with my predictions only really Sneds miles away from top 10.

Following this week's OWGR thread, not many had Furyk (or Bubba or Fowler) on their list...

Pedro:  Are you wanting to tally up the scores?

According to Prince Dracula the final Top 10 of the year is as follows

1 Rory McIlroy
2 Henrik Stenson
3 Adam Scott
4 Bubba Watson
5 Sergio Garcia
6 Justin Rose
7 Jim Furyk
8 Jason Day
9 Jordan Spieth
10 Rickie Fowler

You can find the final Top 40 here

https://twitter.com/VC606/status/544170816796385280

FWIW, Tiger is going to finish year at #32

Some Rogue Picks:  

Harrington is at #~270
Sneds at ~#58
Ishikawa at ~105th

Some guy called Woods screwed up my prediction, as he did most people's.
But not super_ . . . . . . . . . !

Thanks GPB.
Final tally. For the sake of simplicity I awarded point for each correct player in top 10: (If somebody wants to award points differently, be my guest...)

ray: 5
sirb: 5
lorus: 4
super: 6
themighty: 5
hend: 4
kwini: 5
sand: 5
pedro: 5
Jas: 5

Super had 6 of 10 correct (and the only one leaving Tiger out). No-one had the correct #1 though (Rory), and no-one thought Bubba, Furyk or Fowler would be in the top 10 at the end of 2014.

I'll start a new thread for 2015...