From February to April this year, Safeway ran its Monopoly promotion. I had to do the shopping for a couple of big events, so at the cash register after some large purchases I was given stacks of Safeway Monopoly tickets, each a little paper packet from which you tear out a coupon that’s possibly an Instant Winner (e.g. A free bagel, or 50% off sour cream) and four game pieces to place on a.
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$19.99
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products page urlMake this wildly different Monopoly game a favorite go-to game for game nights and other fun get-togethers. Lean into those iconic (yet unspoken) Monopoly moments in which rules are bent, money is borrowed, and funny business is welcomed. The outlandish suggestions on the board, cards, and rules encourage players to express their inner cheater to own it all while they buy, sell, dream, and scheme. Fake a die roll, steal some bills from the bank, and even skip out on rent. Complete a cheat to get a reward, but fail a cheat and pay the consequences! No houses in this edition 0013 only hotels 0013 and pretend handcuff unit may leave players 'chained' to the board.
• Includes gameboard, plastic handcuff unit, 6 tokens, 15 Cheat cards, 16 Title Deed cards, 16 Chance cards, 16 Community Chest cards, 16 hotels, 2 dice, money pack, bank tray, and game guide.
• Follow, bend, or break the rules to win in this edition of the Monopoly game
• Players can try to get away with as many cheats as possible
• Cheat cards tell players which cheats to attempt
• Plastic handcuff unit 'chains' cheating players to Jail space
• Ages 8 and up
• For 2 to 6 players.
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What’s goin’ on fantasy golf fans?! After a one week offseason we are back! The 2017-2018 year is upon us and the The Safeway Open is here to kick it off.
The Safeway Open will take place at Silverado Country Club in Napa California. This course has played host to this event for the past three seasons, giving us a reasonable sample size to look at. Silverado is a 7,200 yard Par 72 that puts a strong emphasis on accuracy off the tee and a solid approach game. The last three winners here have all finished at -15 or better, so there are plenty of birdies to be made. The stats I will be looking at this week are Strokes Gained Approach, Birdie or Better %, Strokes Gained Putting, Fairways Gained and Scrambling.
What makes the Safeway Open an intriguing event, is the flooding of fresh new talent to the PGA Tour. It also adds a wrinkle into projecting results for this event because we just don’t know enough about a lot of the new faces. This is the best time of the year to pay close attention to the new guys on tour and see how they might stack up for the rest of the fall series and into 2018.
Alright, let’s get to the picks!
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My favorite golfers for the week – for Cash and GPP contests.
Kevin Na – $9,400
With no real desire to spend the big money for a golfer at the top, Kevin Na will be my cash game anchor this week, allowing for a more balanced roster construction. Na played very well to end the 2017 season, with two top 10s in his last four events. He has also had incredible success at this event – 7th in 2016, 2nd 2015. Accurate, good approach game and when he is on, Na can make a lot of birdies. He is as safe as they come this week – a nice bonus to go along with a discounted price tag.
Peter Uihlein – $8,800
I hope this isn’t the shiny new toy syndrome, but Peter Uihlein is super intriguing. After spending the entire season on the European Tour, Uihlein showed up to his first Web.com tour event and won it. He also contended a few times on the European Tour this season. It is a bit of a risky pick to roll with a guy who has very limited experience playing on the PGA Tour. However, if Uihlein is going to pick up a PGA Tour win in the 2017-2018 season, the fall swing season seems like an ideal time to get the job done.
Ollie Schniederjans – $8,300
Similar to Uihlein, Ollie Schniederjans has to be one of the favourites to pick up his first career win in the fall swing series. Ollie had a great 2017 season, although it didn’t end quite as well as he had hoped. He was the runner up at the Wyndham not too long ago, but went on to miss two cuts and come T66 at the BMW Championship. Ollie shouldn’t have an issue scoring at Silverado, as he is one of the best birdie makers in the field. If he can club down at the right times to keep the ball in play, I expect Ollie to be contending on Sunday.
Graham DeLaet – $7,500
Canadian bias? Perhaps. But Graham DeLaet is getting little respect with his $7,500 price tag. He was battling a back injury at end of his 2017 season, but has had some time to rest up. If he wasn’t 100%, he wouldn’t be coming back to compete in the Safeway Open. He is one of the best ball strikers in this field and when he is on, can easily be in a late pairing on Sunday. The trouble with DeLaet is if he misses fairways and misses greens, he does not have the short game to keep his head above water. That is the risk I am willing to take at his reasonable price.
Bronson Burgoon – $7,300
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After losing his PGA Tour card for the 2017 season, Bronson Burgoon is back in our lives. Burgoon is intriguing because of his impressive end to the 2017 Web.com playoffs. He only played 10 events in 2017, but managed to make eight cuts and finish inside the top 10, three times. His last two events were both top 5 results, so he is in great form entering the fall swing series. With a lack of notable names in the low $7K range, finding a golfer with this type of recent form is rare.
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