Trivia Question

What do Cesar Izturis, Roy Halladay, Cecil Fielder, Felix Hernandez, Jesse Barfield, Shawn Green, and Joc Pederson all have in common?

Cesar Izturis Jr. Update

After more than two weeks as an international free agent, Cesar Daniel Izturis (son of Cesar Izturis) has officially signed with the Mariners. The Izturis dynasty will continue.

An Update on Cesar Izturis's Academy

Every July 2 the new league year starts for signing international free agents, as Cesar Izturis has started his academy fairly recently, this is the first year he has had players sign with teams here is the list of his players who have signed. Terms of the contracts have not been released for any of the Venezuelan players for safety of the players and their families. 

Catcher Oscar Alvarez has signed with the Dodgers

Shortstop Hugo Cardona has signed with the Blue Jays

Andres Cordero has signed with the Diamondbacks

Catcher Axel Andueza has signed with the Diamondbacks

Infielder Richard Porteles has signed with the Diamondbacks

Jose Sulbaran has signed with the Diamondbacks 

Outfielder Jose Arocha has signed with the Diamondbacks

Shortstop Cesar Daniel Izturis has signed with the Mariners for 550K

World Cup of Golf

The little known World Cup of Golf is coming up this year, and they are switching back to the team format for the first time in a few years. The format for the World Cup is that they have 28 teams with the highest golfers from 28 different countries, and those players would select a player in the top 100 in the Official World Golf Rankings, if there are no golfers in the top 100 then the next highest golfer that is between 101-500 in the OWGR would be chosen. However if there are no golfers in the top 500 in the OWGR then the golfer gets to choose his teammate. To me this seems like a very confusing process, so I am coming up with a new format of choosing teams for the World Cup of Golf. In this format there is a 64 team tournament, with the 4 highest players from each country in the tournament. The teams will be chosen by going through the OWGR and I will add 4 golfers to each team until I get to 64. The seeds for the tournament will be chosen based on the lowest combined number of their world golf ranking.


1 Seed   Combined OWGR 12

USA

2. Dustin Johnson
3. Jordan Spieth
5. Bubba Watson
7. Rickie Fowler

2 Seed      Combined OWGR 74

England

9. Danny Willett
11. Justin Rose
24. Chris Wood
30. Paul Casey

3 Seed  Combined OWGR 111

South Africa

10. Branden Grace
14. Louis Oosthuizen
22. Charl Schwartzel
65. Jaco Van Zyl

4 Seed Combined OWGR 129

Australia

1. Jason Day
8. Adam Scott
44. Marc Leishman
76 Scott Hend

5 Sweden  Combined OWGR 229

6. Henrik Stenson
47. David Lingmerth
77. Rikard Karlberg
99. Alexander Noren

6 Seed   Combined OWGR 231

South Korea

31. Byeong Hun An
42. K.T. Kim
73. Jeunghun Wang
85. Soomin Lee

7 Seed   Combined OWGR 295

Japan

17. Hideki Matsuyama
84. Hideto Tanihara
91. Yuta Ikeda
103. Shingo Katayama

8. Seed Combined OWGR 349

Spain

12. Sergio Garcia
28. Rafael Cabrera-Bello
145. Pablo Larrazabal
164. Alejandro Canizares


9. Seed   Combined OWGR 387

Thailand

37. Thongchai Jaidee
51. Kiradech Aphibarnrat
142. Prayad Marksaeng
157. Thanyakorn Khrongpha

10.  Seed   Combined OWGR 444

France

75. Victor Dubuisson
110. Gregory Bourdy
125. Julian Quesne
134. Alexander Levy

11 Seed   Combined OWGR 555

Denmark

49. Soren Kjeldsen
64. Thorbjorn Olesen
132. Lucas Bjerregaard
310. Thomas Bjorn

12. Seed     Combined OWGR 567

Scotland

27. Russell Knox
158. Richie Ramsay
171. Marc Warren
211. Martin Laird

13. Seed   Combined OWGR 597

Germany

52. Martin Kaymer
141. Alex Cejka
196. Maximilian Kieffer
208. Marcel Siem


14. Seed  Combined OWGR 693

China

131. Wu Ashun
140. Li Haotong
203. Dou Ze Cheng
219 WC Liang

15. Seed  Combined OWGR 695

Canada

124. David Hearn
144. Graham DeLaet
178. Adam Hadwin
249. Brad Fritsch

16.Seed   Combined OWGR 774

New Zealand

48. Danny Lee
190. Ryan Fox
207. Michael Hendry
329. Josh Geary

17.  Seed    Combined OWGR 819

Ireland

26. Shane Lowry
152. Padraig Harrington
291. Seamus Power
350. Paul Dunne

18. Seed    Combined OWGR 905

Argentina

43. Emiliano Grillo
69. Fabian Gomez
379. Angel Cabrera
414. Estanislao Goya


19. Seed   Combined OWGR 1018

India

62. Anirban Lahiri
198. S.S.P. Chawrasia
377. Chiragh Kumar
381. Rahil Gangjee

20. Seed    Combined OWGR 1311

Finland

256. Mikko Ilonen
289. Roope Kakko
314. Mikko Korhonen
452. Oliver Lindell

21. Seed   Combined OWGR 1334

Northern Ireland

4. Rory McIlroy
78. Graeme McDowell
549. Michael Hoey
703. Darren Clarke

22. Seed   Combined OWGR 1369

Belgium

66 Thomas Pieters
166. Nicolas Colsaerts
539. Christopher Mivis
598. Thomas Detry

23. Seed   Combined OWGR 1431

Italy

55. Francesco Molinari
318. Nino Bertasio
472. Renato Paratore
586. Matteo Delpodio


24. Seed   Combined OWGR 1438

Philippines

138. Miguel Tabuena
313. Angelo Que
490. Juvic Pagunsan
497. Antonio Lascuna


25. Seed    Combined OWGR 1511

Netherlands

63. Joost Luiten
444. Jurrian Van der Vaart
500. Daan Huizing
504. Darius Van Driel

26. Seed   Combined OWGR 1642

Wales

74. Jamie Donaldson
101. Bradley Dredge
720. Oliver Farr
747. Stuart Manley


27. Seed   Combined OWGR  1718

Mexico

330. Rodolfo Cazaubon JNR
436. Sebastian Vasquez
465. Carlos Ortiz
487. Abraham Ancer

28. Seed   Combined OWGR 1774

Malaysia

227. Danny Chia
317. Gavin Green
403. Nicholas Chia
827. Arie Ahmad Irawan

29. Seed Combined OWGR 1809

Taiwan

323. C.T. Pan
335. Wen Tang Lin
566 Wei Chih Lu
585. Chien Yao Hung

30. Seed Combined OWGR 2406

Colombia

306. Camilo Villegas
423. Juan Sebastian Munoz
772. Diego Velasquez
954. Ricardo Celia

31. Seed  Combined OWGR 2599

Brazil

267. Adilson da Silva
551. Lucas Lee
638. Alexandre Rocha
1143. Rafael Becker


32.  Seed Combined OWGR 2661

Chile

265. Felipe Aguilar
680. Nicolas Geyger
796. Mark Tullo
920. Guillermo Pereira

33. Seed  Combined OWGR 2680

Portugal

126. Ricardo Gouveia
390. Jose Filipe Lima
766. Ricardo Santos
1398. Tiago Cruz

34. Seed Combined OWGR 2699

Austria

50. Bernd Wiesberger
707. Manuel Trappel
929. Benjamin Rusch
1013. Robin Goger

35. Seed Combined OWGR 2809

Norway

491. Espen Kofstad
647. Eirik Tage Johansen
739. Kristian Krogh Johannessen
932. Christian Aronsen

36. Seed Combined OWGR 2898

Zimbabwe

319. Brendon de Jonge
393. Scott Vincent
492. Mark Williams
1694. Mark Cairns

37. Seed Combined OWGR 3764

Venezuela

237. Jhonnatan Vegas
816. Wolmer Murillo
875. Felipe Velasquez
1836. Santiago Gohiri

38. Seed Combined OWGR 3930

Sri Lanka
651. Mithun Perera
1066. N. Thangaraja
1088 Johnson Poh
1125. Quincy Quek

39. Seed   OWGR 4026

Bangladesh

303. Siddikur Rahman
971. Md. Shakhawat Sohel
1238. MD Zamal Hossain Mollah
1514. Md Matin

40. Seed Combined OWGR 4132

Singapore

462. Mardan Marmat
822. Chih Bing Lam
1012. Deng Shan Koh
1836. James Leow

41. Seed Combined OWGR 4547

Switzerland

771. Joel Girrbach
1208. Nicolas Thommen
1269. Julien Clement
1299. Raphael de Sousa

42. Seed Combined OWGR 5397

Indonesia

835. George Gandranata
1434. Danny Masrin
1539. Rory Hie
1589. William Sjaichudin

43. Seed Combined OWGR 5627

Fiji

119. Vijay Singh
1836. Anasa Seruvatu
1836. Bill Suguturaga
1836. Tomasi Tuivana

44. Seed  Combined OWGR 5918

Czech Republic

845. Stanislav Matus
1401. Filip Mruzek
1836. Petr Janik
1836. Martin Max Tauchert

45. Seed Combined OWGR 6487

Uruguay

1062 Juan Alvarez
1753. Juan Lizarralde
1836. Martin Alvarez
1836. Guillermo Ferrari

46. Seed Combined OWGR 6487

Vietnam

979. Michael Tran
1836. Duy Dong
1836. Van Doan
1836. A Lau

47. Seed Combined OWGR 6555

Guatemala

1130. Jose Toledo
1753. Pablo Acuna
1836. Roberto Lowenthal
1836. Rodrigo Rodas

48. Seed Combined OWGR 6638

Zambia

1130. Madalitso Muthiya
1836. Charles Chibale
1836. Patrick Mwendapole
1836. Moses Chewe

49. Seed  Combined OWGR 6739

Morocco

1231. Younes El Hasani
1836. Badr Satori
1836. Mehdi Toudaoui
1836. Yassine Touhami

50. Seed Combined OWGR 7174

Slovenia

1666. Tim Gornik
1836. Grega Gregorincic
1836 Mark Trnovec
1836 Aljaz Brumen

51. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Poland

1836. Marcel Hejger
1836. Filip Kowalski
1836. Bartosz Myszka
1836. Ian Ashenden

52. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Myanmar

1836. Hlaing Min Htet
1836. Kyaw Thet Oo
1836. Hein Si Thu
1836. Aung Winn

53. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Peru

1836. Andres Baertl
1836. Niceforo Quispe
1836. Wolfgang Pedal
1836. Luis Felipe Del Solar

54. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Kenya

1836. Kenneth Bollo
1836. John Kariuki
1836. Albert Orende
1836 Ooko Obura

55. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Papua New Guinea

1836 Wari Ai
1836 Morgan Anato
1836 Sammy Bob
1836. Cain Bruce

56. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Tunisia

1836 Sami Hajri
1836 Elyes Barhoumi
1836 Nizar Barhoumi
1836 Rabeh Bedoui

57. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Turkey

1836. Kemal Ari
1836 Leon Acikalin
1836. Ramazan Duman
1836. Deha Senay

58 Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Russia

1836. Alexander Osipov
1836 Ilya Kurochkin
1836 Samuel Pereltsveyg
1836. Iskandar Tursunov

59 Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Slovakia

1836. Anze Leskovar
1836 Tomas Jusko
1836 Petr Valasek
1836 Michal Brezovsky

60. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Ecuador

1836. Walberto Haro
1836. Esteban Missura
1836 Andres Arango
1836 Hector Bolagay

61. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

1836 Nurlan Makulbekov
1836. Ku Kang Byung
1836. Daulet Tuleubayev
1836. Nurtai Saldarov

62. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Namibia

1836. Roux Jeffery
1836 Graeme Fransman
1836. Nuan Huysamen
1836 Joe Nawanga

63. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Uganda

1836. Vincent Byamukama
1836. Ronald O'Tile
1836 Denis Anguyo
1836 Philip Kasozi

64. Seed Combined OWGR 7344

Honduras

1836 Francisco Torres de Los Santos
1836. Geoffrey Maldonado
1836 Eduardo Alvarez
1836 Henry Kattan