Circle Three

The Young Bucks Follow Up.  You may remember that Chris Young "Bucks" gave us his early season predictions.  Well, lucky for us, he's back with a little bit of an August follow-up.  So, enjoy his words and feel free to respond with your own opinions.

-Circle Three

I gave you the YoungBucks predictions back in February and am well over due for a follow up, so here you go.

*In the Juniors division Jayce Slesar has locked up the win and appears to be moving up to AM2 for Wrightsville. Congrats Jayce! Good to see you moving up, you deserve it. It's been great to see some young players out enjoying the GMPS this year!

*In the Women's Intermediate division we still have a battle between Gretchen and Sara and with 3 events left the division is still up for grabs. Gretchen has been dedicated and much improved this year and I look for her to repeat and move on up to Adv Womens division for next year. A win at Wrightsville should lock it up for Gretchen, but if Sara can grab a W then things could get interesting.

*In the Men's Intermediate division I did not have much back in February. A mass exodus to the AM1 division left me scratching my head for predictions. I gave the early edge to Mize and Ira Divoll, but then they also followed suit and moved up. I said that 2-3 players would battle it out and the player playing the most events would have an edge. Currently, that looks to be true with Robbie Bean in the lead after playing all 7 GMPS events thus far. He has no wins though and nothing in the 90's, so he has some work to do if he wants to hold onto his lead. In second place and only playing 4 events we have Doug Wiemer. Doug has 4 very solid scores and is in a good position to take the title, but he will need to play at least 2 more events to do so. In third place in AM2 we have Dan Walsh. Dan has also played all 7 events, but has no scores above 78.57. Dan will need to win or get 2nd at the next 3 events if he is going to make a bid at the title. Just behind Dan is Todd Bouchard. Todd has a 90, but all his other scores are 71 and below, so much like Dan, Todd will also need to win an event or 2 if he wants to take the title. Rounding out the Top 5 is Jordan Potvin. Jordan is getting hot and is very dedicated to getting better and it is paying off with a win at LPO and second at BCO. With a win at Wrightsville Jordan can jump up into the top 3 and be in a good position for a run at the title. YoungBucks predictions are as follows......

1^st Jordan Potvin  2^nd Doug Wiemer  3^rd Robbie Bean

*In the Advanced Women's division we have Jen Frantz at the top. Jen is well ahead of both Dana and Heather House. If Dana can win at Wrightsville then we could have a battle, otherwise Frantz is our Champion. Thanks to Gretchen and the "Ladies Only" rounds, we have a slew of new women competitors in the GMPS and it is great to see!

1^st Jen Frantz

*Back in February I looked at 5 players that would have the opportunity to take the title in AM1. I mentioned Dave Carter, Matty O., Seth McQuade, Josh Wedel and Christian Keidel. The only player left from those predictions that has a shot at the title is Seth McQuade. Seth has some momentum, coming off a win at Calais. Seth will need to win 2 more events of the last three though if he wants to surpass Edwin who has 2 100's and 2 89's. Right now it's a 2 man race. I talked with Brad at the N. Calais Open and he will not be able to attend Wrightsville or Burke, so that puts him out of contention. The rest of the Top AM1 players will need to start winning if they want a shot at the  AM1 title because Edwin and Seth are well ahead of the pack. To quote Circle 3, "100's Win!”and right now in AM1 that is definitely the situation. Teed, Kaulius, DeVico and Powell still have a shot, but they all have their work cut out with only 3 events left in the Series. 

1^st Edwin Bedell

Thanks again to Circle 3 for letting YoungBucks contribute to the GMPSeries predictions!

See ya on the course soon...

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