b101's mock draft
Before we get into this - good news! Given the number of late signups, we've decided to extend the teams to 15 vs 15
It's all guesswork, but here's how I see the captains drafting this thing. Feel free to work out which of my takes are serious and which are... less so. I have zero idea what Petty or McConnell are thinking so here goes...
Pick 1 - RJM takes Golfwolfuk
Mostly a spite pick here. Work out who Petty likes most and take them. RJM very happy to let Fritsch slide knowing Petty won't take him.
Picks 2 and 3 - Petty takes Staypuft39 and SindreRev
Petty follows spite with spite, ignoring the hell out of the DAM and picking up one for collab and one for pure visual masterpieces.
Picks 4 and 5 - RJM takes Mayday91283 and csugolfer60
Making hay from Petty's DAM disdain here. McConnell takes two potential first overall picks at great value. Mayday refuses to speak to McConnell through anything other than Drake memes, which are just confusing. Requests for Dario to take it easy in a new game fall very much on deaf ears. Promptly promises to make a course that "will break the judges’ souls”. McConnell left shaking his head. It's all going wrong.
Picks 6 and 7 - Petty takes Energ1ser and SkinniePost
Strong picks for the collab game here - Petty gets people to work on the course in different timezones whilst providing a ton of creativity and tree-measuring.
Picks 8 and 9 - RJM takes Dylan and Jwtexan
More good value here. McConnell's team talks again go south when Dylan refuses to do anything other than a Ross course and wrecks the collab. Wes just giggles.
Picks 10 and 11 - Petty takes CrazyCanuck1985 and MattF27
Petty throws RJM's draft board into chaos, taking Fritsch at crazy low value (whilst still demoting him to double digits). Great eye candy round for Petty here with Andre on board as well.
Picks 12 and 13 - RJM takes tpetro and joegolferg
RJM rallies well with two good picks here. Petro hands Dylan a teddy bear and gets him back in the collab. Joegolferg promptly links his Twitter into the Discord and wrecks everything once more.
Picks 14 and 15 - Petty takes Babybull and Cib0rg
Babybull goes relatively early here but pleases the old-school rock fetishist in Petty. Cib0rg comes along under strict instructions to make a tougher course than Blunderbuss. Cib0rg is confused. Robots only do CC Am difficulty.
Picks 16 and 17 - RJM takes mattyfromcanada and 15eicheltower9
Some interesting picks here. Matty brings size and a pogo stick (for no real reason) and Tower brings a friend as well. Shame burneracct is a rubbish designer, but two for the price of one. Victor Lane currently going through his very own Aaron Rodgers moment.
Picks 18 and 19 - Petty takes whodatmatt and arielatom
Clubhouse sorted with Whodat, Petty mutes ariel in the Discord within 5 minutes flat and regrets the pick.
Picks 20 and 21 - RJM takes lessthanbread and agrainger12
Two great value picks here with RJM prizing aesthetics in the middle rounds. Mayday and Dario still refuse to talk to him, so he's hoping for a good stint from the newbies.
Picks 22 and 23 - Petty takes daprairiehawk and Spartan4knight
Deciding he's got a lot of heavy hitters, Petty goes full out trash talk in this round, telling his picks to "just break McConnell". Little does he know that RJM's already there... Victor Lane watch continues. In a weird coincidence, the TGCTours Twitter account has stopped covering the draft and started a poll on the favourite hole at Hallstatt North. There are few responses.
Picks 24 and 25 - RJM takes rod81simo and DoubtfulObelisk
Strong upgrades to the strategy room here for RJM, who's starting to find a balance. Bringing in some Cheetos, Diet Sundrop and a Drake record seems to have soothed the room.
Picks 26 and 27 - Petty takes nitro22 and gcsinsane
Petty now decides to go for up-and-comers, charging some of his elder statesmen to mentor them and cure gcs of his drug problem. Instead, the insane one floods the room with cheap weed deals. First takers are Fritsch and SkinniePost, who immediately goes into another year-long retirement. Not a good pick.
Picks 28 and 29 - RJM takes Lifeonaboard and TTVBearforLife
McConnell takes guys whose names he's heard of, hoping they don't upset the room. He's immediately surprised that they're actually good designers.
Pick 30 - Petty takes Vctrylnsprts.
Troll job over. Petty and McConnell shake hands on a 30th pick well done.
If you weren't drafted, read literally zero into this. If you were drafted, read literally zero into this.