If you’re bragging to your friends about winning your Masters pool, take a seat and meet the real champ. Jack Lenaeus, a senior at Carrollton High School, has a legitimate reason to boast about his picking prowess.
Lenaeus won the official Masters Fantasy contest — the one Augusta National runs itself at Masters.com — and prevailed over 682,000 patrons. His “Gnome on the Greens” team finished 45 under par.
“I realized by Friday night when I was like 27 under that I was doing good,” Lenaeus said. “I found out immediately on Sunday because my mama (Laura) texted me. I had been watching the back nine and when she told me I won, I was like, ‘Oh, my word!’”
Credit: Photo courtesy of Laura Lenaeu
Credit: Photo courtesy of Laura Lenaeu
The Masters Fantasy game required participants to select players in five various categories. Lenaeus chose Rory McIlroy (past champions), Scottie Scheffler (U.S. player), Justin Rose (international player), Michael Brennan (first-timer category) and Cameron Young (wild card).
Lenaeus put a lot of thought into selecting his team. There was a method to his choices and it paid off.
“It was based on how they have been thriving over the past few weeks, how good they’ve been doing,” he said. “The guys I picked have been doing really good and, based on that, that’s how I made the picks.”
He hit the jackpot on the grand prize. It included three dozen Pro VI golf balls, five hats, two umbrellas, two tournament chairs, two pin flags, a dated watch, a leather valuables pouch, leather headcovers and a leather golf bag.
Lenaeus has physical limitations — partial blindness and hearing issues — that prevent him from playing golf. But he watches as closely as possible and listens attentively to the broadcasts.
He works for a Carrollton radio station during football season and aspires to go into broadcasting as a career. His distinct voice and enthusiastic love of sports will likely serve him well when he enters the University of West Georgia next fall.
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