March Madness: Update
By Lauren Deason, PGATOUR.com Editorial Coordinator
How's your March Madness office pool going? If it's anything like previous years, the person who thought Davidson had the prettiest colors is in the lead.
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Although this year the selection committee got it right -- all four No. 1 seeds are in the Final Four for the first time in history -- so it was easier to come up with the correct final teams.
We had 27 PGA TOUR players fill out entire brackets at the start of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and nine Champions Tour players picked their Final Four selections prior to the Elite 8.
John Merrick was the best guesser in the PGA TOUR bracket challenge -- out of 60 possible correct picks he's gotten 46 right. Guy Boros is runner-up with 45, while Bill Haas and Garrett Willis each picked 44 teams accurately.
The Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tar Heels, UCLA Bruins and Memphis Tigers will compete for the national championship. Out of the 36 PGA TOUR and Champions Tour players who made Final Four selections for PGATOUR.com, every golfer has at least two of those schools remaining.
Naturally, since the four No. 1 seeds are going to the final showdown, that can account for some of the lucky guesswork. If Davidson had upset Kansas, for instance, some of our golfers would have had only one team remaining in San Antonio, Texas.
Only six golfers -- Curtis Strange, Andy Bean, Charley Hoffman, Garrett Willis, Kent Jones and Chris Smith -- have all four still standing. Several players thought the University of Texas would travel to their home state to play in the finals, while others incorrectly picked Cinderellas to sweep their way to the Final Four.
Here's how the standings look for all 36 players:
Four correct
Curtis Strange, Andy Bean, Charley Hoffman, Garrett Willis, Kent Jones, Chris Smith
Three correct
Davis Love III, Bill Haas, Jay Haas, Scott Hoch, Tom McKnight, D.A. Weibring, Jerry Kelly, John Merrick, Ryan Palmer, Kris Cox, Kevin Stadler, Lee Janzen, Todd Hamilton, Travis Fulton, Glen Day, Paul Stankowski
Two correct
John Cook, Bob Gilder, Don Pooley, Duffy Waldorf, Dicky Pride, Billy Andrade, Stewart Cink, Kyle Thompson, Dudley Hart, Jay Delsing, Jay Williamson, Ryan Armour, Jim McGovern
| Player | Events | Points |
| Tiger Woods | 5 | 17,745 |
| Phil Mickelson | 11 | 10,846 |
| Stewart Cink | 11 | 9,449 |
| Player | Today | Thru | Total |
| Garcia, Sergio | -1 | F | -5 |
| Goydos, Paul | 2 | F | -5 |
| Quinney, Jeff | -2 | F | -4 |
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