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2009 Prognostication Quiz: Post 9 of 14, Golf


Tiger Woods came very close, but lost the PGA Championship this past weekend. He was leading by two strokes going in to the final day, and he had never relinquished such a lead in his past. This time, Y. E. Yang outplayed Tiger and won the PGA Championship. This is as close as Tiger came to winning a Major this year. In the end, he was shut out for 2009.

That means that the answer to Question 9 of the 2009 Prognostication Quiz is E. Tiger will win no Championships. Eleven people wished lots of bogies on Tiger and advance one point:

Ted
Pete C.
Matthew
Grant
Katie
Larry
Michael
Adrian
Missy
Rob
Cameron

This breaks the tie between the husband and wife previously atop the leader board: Ted now advances to six points, while Zoe stays behind at five points. Pete C. and Matthew also advance to join Zoe in a tie for second place.

Leader board

6 Ted
5 Pete C.
5 Zoe
5 Matthew
4 Grant
4 Tina
4 Katie
4 Stephanie
4 Ben
3 Ekrem
3 Pamela
3 Liz
3 Jeremiah
3 Larry
3 Leanne
3 Heather
3 Peter M.
3 Gloria
3 Michael
3 Kevin
3 Jeff B.
3 Jan
3 Marcus
3 Adrian


A whopping 10 people were eliminated by guessing Tiger would do better than he did:
Ryan
Russell
Greg
Valerie
Rachel F.
Eric
Sarah
Zhiqi
and finally, Janet and Jeff C., the counterpart marriage standing in marked contrast with Ted and Zoe at the top.

That's 13 people total that have been mathematically eliminated, or 30% of the field. Just five questions left for the other 70%!

Question 10 Update:
Next up is the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced at 4 a.m. CDT on Friday, October 9. Katie and Stephanie supported Rights; Pete C. and Grant chose a geographical region; Zoe, Tina, and Ben wanted Development; and skeptics Ted and Matthew opined "none of the above."

Question 12 Update:
Hello Hurricane Bill! The first hurricane of the 2009 season. By this point last year, we'd already had two hurricanes, though. This looks like a slow year for hurricanes. Grant and Tina are hoping for 6 or 7 hurricanes (Answer B), while Ted, Zoe, Katie, and Ben are hoping for 8 or 9 (Answer C).

Question 13 Update:
The Dow Jones is smack in the middle of Answer D, 9,000 to 9,500; Pete C. and Grant would be happy if it stayed there. Leading economic indicators continue to suggest that the economy continues strengthening, though, so we might get over the 9,500 mark and into Answer E, which would reward the prescience of Ted, Katie, and Ben. Matthew is hoping for over 10,000, while Stephanie hopes it dips below 9,000.

Comments

  1. Anonymous2:31 PM

    Yeah. I figured that most people either voted for "two" or "zero". Since I voted for "two" (and was already out of the running) I was really rooting for Tiger to win so as to give points to as few people as possible.

    (hey, he's won something like half of his tournaments this year, why couldn't he have won half his majors???)

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  2. Ellen Andresen Youssif9:25 PM

    Hmmmm...and how many people aren't listed above. I assume I was out before this??? I think you should list all of us who are out, so WE don't get confused. :o)

    Ellen

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  3. Rachel3:11 PM

    I sure am glad the pressure is off now!

    Rachel F.

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