2011/2012 Winter Eclectic Award Ceremony

Amid much fanfare please allow me to introduce your 2011/2012 Winter Eclectic Champion:

SetupDeterminesTheMotion

Tied for second: Ban_Bam and ChrisGG

Here are the final scores:

FINAL LEADERBOARD (3.31.2012)

Score Rounds Name
-18 (F) SetupDeterminesTheMotion
-17 (F) Ban_Bam
-17 (F) ChrisGG
-16 (F) JDandfries
-14 (F) Raycastleunited
-14 (5) Maverick
-14 (F) NavyBlueShorts
-13 (6) Noshankingtonite
-12 (F) JAS
-12 (F) Doc
-12 (5) OldParwin
-12 (F) Mercurio
-12 (F) GolferMartin
-11 (6) Hend085
-11 (F) Davie
-11 (F) Hibbz
-10 (F) turnip
-10 (6) MustPuttBetter
-8 (5) Drive4Show
-8 (3) Eyetoldyouso
-7 (3) theshanker
-3 (7) Nay Bother

These were purely based on score to par. Using the patent pending course and score equalisation system (can be licensed for a small fee) here is your true 2011/2012 Winter Eclectic Champion:

SetupDeterminesTheMotion

Second: Ban_Bam
Third: ChrisGG

FINAL EQUALISED LEADERBOARD (3.31.2012)

Score Rounds Name
-16.75 (F) SetupDeterminesTheMotion
-16.53 (F) Ban_Bam
-16.29 (F) ChrisGG
-15.56 (F) JDandfries
-14.00 (F) Raycastleunited
-13.81 (5) Maverick
-13.61 (F) NavyBlueShorts
-12.46 (6) Noshankingtonite
-11.83 (F) JAS
-11.50 (F) Doc
-11.50 (5) OldParwin
-11.17 (F) Mercurio
-11.00 (F) GolferMartin
-10.69 (6) Hend085
-10.69 (F) Davie
-10.39 (F) Hibbz
-9.58 (F) turnip
-9.58 (6) MustPuttBetter
-7.78 (5) Drive4Show
-7.56 (3) Eyetoldyouso
-6.81 (3) theshanker
-2.83 (7) Nay Bother


Other awards go the following:

Award for lowest scoring per round: Maverick -2.8 per round (really -3 as he is off +1)
Honorable mention: Eyetoldyouso -2.7 per round

Award for the most honest and entertaining golfer: Nay Bother
Honorable mention: Turnip

Award for starting like a train and getting bored before Christmas: Drive4Show
Honorable mention: Eyetoldyouso

Award for first to finish: Hibbz
Honorable mention: Davie

Award for quickest to lose interest: Mary_S (played 14 holes, got dark, never finished round 1)

Award for most first hole sob stories: Turnip (try starting from the 10th next time)

Award for most organised golfer: Mercurio (full fixture list provided in November)

Many thanks must go to all those valiant competitors who took part and told their stories of fame, fortune, woe and banditry.

Grumps

And many thanks to you, GG, for running this great comp!

I'm sure there was a lot of effort went into it and I'm also sure that we all appreciate it

Big round of applause for you!

No worries Davie, it kept me interested in the site whilst I wasn't playing golf over the really mild winter we had. Not that I was bitter and twisted about not playing or anything like that.

Congrats setup !

But above all a huge thanks to grumpy for organising this.

I would like to know more about your course equalisation system ... Maybe could be sold to the USGA?

Ray, been trying to give this answer for a while. I'm trying hard not to give away the secret as it's called winging it

It's based off of the SSS for each course and comparing that to a baseline of 72. Scores on courses that don't have an SSS of 72 get adjusted against the baseline. As your course had an SSS of 72 you didn't get any adjustment.

Third! Was helped by a couple of low rounds on the proper greens in decent condition at the end of March. Well done Setup. And a massive thanks to 1GG for organising it!