Think NCAA March Madness on disc golf. We are building the most spectator friendly disc golf event. Compelling match play complete with an online pick'em bracket.

Vibram Disc Golf presents the Players Cup.
Twin Parks Country Club is our host.
Paragon Disc Golf is our Final Four Sponsor.
DGA is the Pick'em Bracket Sponsor.

Fill out your brackets and get ready to watch one of disc golf's most exciting events.

http://www.playerscup.org/

Hey all, as your Vibram Players Cup Matchplay Championship Bracket Pick 'Em Manager, I'm here to facilitate the Pick'Em contest so that Steve can focus on more important things, like actually running the tournament. If you have any questions regarding the contest, I'll be happy to try and answer them as best as I can.

Good luck in the contest!
Best regards,
-Jeff

Just a heads-up that the prizes awarded for the Player's Cup DGA Pick 'Em Bracket include:



Eight (8) Vibram X-Link Soft discs (retail value $144)
A pair of Vibram Five Fingers shoes (retail value $75-$140, depending on model)
A spot on the Vibram Tester Team (estimated retail value: priceless!)



It's totally FREE to enter your bracket (http://www.mysideline.com/u/20084/custom/default.htm)...sign up today (http://www.mysideline.com/u/20084/custom/default.htm)!

Results are up after the first round (http://www.mysideline.com/u/20084/custom/default.htm)!

We have a 7-way tie for 1st between the following entrants:



Marucci, Anthony
Pletcher, Jacob
Zombie, Black
lane, g
Anderson, Mike
Brett Comincioli
Kurzava, Ryan



who all picked 29 out of 32 matches correct in round 1.

Good luck to everyone in the next round(s)!

Results are up after the second round (http://www.mysideline.com/u/20084/custom/default.htm)!

Huge upsets today came when second seed in the Ibex region, 1032-rated Bradley Williams, lost to 15th seeded D. Loomis in the first round, and 2009 World Champion Avery Jenkins lost in the second round to Adam Hunt.

In the Pick 'Em contest, we have a 2-way tie for 1st between Anthony Marucci and Mike Anderson, and a 3-way tie for third place between:



Murphy, Scott
Cartwright, Travis
Augustine, Alyssa



Congrats to all the Sweet 16 players who have advanced to the second day, and good luck to everyone in the Pick'Em contest!

For those following the Pick 'Em, bracket closely, you'll notice that someone put in an "ALL_FAVORITES_EXPERIMENT" where he or she picked the better seed in the entire contest. Despite yesterday's upsets, this entry is currently tied for 6th place after 2 rounds!

It shall be interesting to see as the rest of the tournament progresses where this entry ultimately finishes, but I think the lesson to be learned is that opposed to the NCAA "March Madness" basketball tournament where there are "Cinderella" teams and upsets galore, the better seed in our disc golf tournament seems to wins a great deal of the matches early on. This occurred last year as well.

Good luck the rest of the way to our players, and to everyone in the Pick'Em contest!

The Elight Eight are set!

Congratulations to Dave Feldberg, Paul Ulibarri, Cale Leiviska, Eric McCabe, Nolan Grider, Jeremy Koling, Will Schusterick, and Ricki Wysocki for making the final 8 of the The World Match Play Championship, presented by Vibram Disc Golf (http://"http://www.vibramdiscgolf.com/). :cool:

The obvious upset of the last round was 4th-seeded Nolan Grider taking out #1-seeded and current PDGA World Champion Paul McBeth. Smaller "upsets" were #3-seeded Eric McCabe taking out #2 seed Nate Doss in the Ridge quadrant, and #3-seeded Paul Ulibarri knocking out #2 seed Nikko Locastro in the Ascent quadrant.

In the Pick 'Em contest, Benjamin Ruby is in first place with 78 points. Just one back, Anthony Marucci and Allen Stewart are tied for 2nd place. James Farmer and Travis Cartwright are tied for 4th only another point back with 76.

When viewing the results, please take note that you can now click on "Player Scenarios (http://"http://www.mysideline.com/u/20084/custom/playerscenarios.htm)" and check out your best possible finish place, and who to root for as your Champion, Runner-up, and other Round 4 players. :)

Good luck the rest of the way to our players, and to everyone in the Pick'Em contest!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINAL FOUR!

Dave Feldberg, Cale Leiviska, Jeremy Koling, and Ricki Wysocki are our Final Four in the winner's bracket of the The World Match Play Championship, presented by Vibram Disc Golf (http://"http://www.vibramdiscgolf.com/).

In the end, two #1 seeds, a #2 seed, and surviving the tumultuous Ibex quadrant was the #3-seeded "Big Jerm" making the final four.

In the Pick 'Em contest, Adam Fisher is in first place with 92 points. Tied for 2nd place are Chris Eads, Keith Bowers, and Carter Allen with 89 points. Alone in fifth but only one point back is Elias Garcia with 88 points. When viewing the results, please take note that you can still click on "Player Scenarios (http://"http://www.mysideline.com/u/20084/custom/playerscenarios.htm)" and check out your best possible finish place, and who to root for as your Champion over your Runner-up. :p

When doing so, you'll notice that while we're giving out prizes to a number of places, as far as actually winning the Pick 'Em contest, Keith Bowers and Elias Garcia can do no better than second place. Carter Allen wins if R Wysocki and D Feldberg prevail in the semis, and then R Wysocki takes the tournament over D Feldberg. Adam Fisher wins as long as Cale Leiviska beats Dave Feldberg in the semis, and then LOSES to either J Koling OR R Wysocki in the Finals. Chris Eads's championship hopes all fall on Feldberg - if the Borg wins his semi-final and finals matches, then Eads wins the Pick 'Em no matter whether Feldberg beats Big Jerm or Wysocki in the finals. Eads can also win the Pick 'Em even if Big Jerm beats Feldberg in the Finals, because no one in contention picked Koling to win the Player's Cup.

Throwing a wrench into the entire system is that if Cale beats Big Jerm in the finals, Jason Toothtaker marches from a tie in 6th place to win the Pick 'Em contest. Furthermore, by picking C Leiviska and R Wysocki to prevail in the semifinals and then Cale to win it all, Robert McCall #42261 would come all the way from a tie for 49th place to win our contest! :eek:

What cool drama! :cool:

THE FINALS ARE SET!

#2-seeded and 1038-rated Ricki Wysocki (http://www.pdga.com/player_stats/53970) from Fort Mill, SC will take on #1-seeded Cale Leiviska (http://www.pdga.com/player_stats/39608) from Saint Paul, MN this afternoon at Twin Parks Country Club.

In 2010, Nikko Locastro won the Vibram Open and the Players Cup.
In 2011, Nate Doss won the Vibram Open and the Players Cup.
In 2012, Cale Leiviska won the Vibram Open. He is in the finals.

Wysocki and Leiviska battled for the victory at the Vibram Open in August, taking it to the final hole where Ricky Wysocki's upshot on hole 18 sailed wide while Cale Leiviska parked his approach to secure the birdie on 18 and the Vibram Open Championship.

Who will win this head-to-head rematch?!?

On the ladies side, Valarie Jenkins faces Catrina Allen in the Finals.

In the Pick 'Em contest, Adam Fisher is in the lead and wins it all if Wysocki beats Cale in the Finals.

HOWEVER, by picking C Leiviska and R Wysocki to prevail in the semifinals and then Cale as Player's Cup champ, Robert McCall #42261 would come all the way from a current tie for 19th place to win our contest! How freakin' cool with that be! :cool:

CONGRATS TO Ricki Wysocki (http://www.pdga.com/player_stats/53970), OUR VIBRAM PLAYERS CUP MATCHPLAY CHAMPION!


Congratulations also to Adam Fisher for winning our Bracket Pick 'Em contest! :cool: