GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #38

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GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #38

WGC - HSBC Champions

01 - 04 November 2012 ___ Mission Hills, Olazabal Golf Course, Shenzhen, China

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard - Final Round

Pos. Name ______________ Cuts ________ Rd1 ___ Rd2 ___ Rd3 ___ Rd4 ___ Finish ___ Total


1. faldono1fan _________ N/A (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ______ 200 _____ 240

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ N/A (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ______ 200 _____ 220

3. Redrage _____________ N/A (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 20 ______ 130 _____ 190

4. Davie _______________ N/A (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ______ 130 _____ 170

5. LadyPutt ____________ N/A (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ______ 120 _____ 160

6. raycastleunited _____ N/A (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ______ 130 _____ 150

7. BlueCoverman ________ N/A (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _______ 30 ______ 90




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All bar one picked Ian Poulter who had back to back 65s to win his second WGC title; can you guess who didn't? Choking day came up oh so fast for BlueCoverman. After sitting pretty at the top of the leaderboard from round 1 bragging about his pick of Adam Scott it wasn't a pretty finish to the GCUK Fantasy League WGC - HSBC Champions.

Everyone except BlueCoverman earned 120 points for that first place finish. Some went even better by having another finisher in the Top 20 adding an extra 10 points to their score. Two GCUK Fantasy Leaguers managed a 1-2 finish by picking Jason Dufner adding an extra 80 points to their score.

Faldono1fan earned victory by the sole difference of Jbe Kruger. His nightmare start to the week earned worst round dishonours and those 20 points were enough to see off 1GrumpyGolfer, who caught a touch of LPRPitis over Jbe Kruger.

Nick Watney shot low round of the day, a -10, 62, and those 20 points were enough to give RedRage 3rd place. Nobody chose David Lynn or Greg Chalmers who had surprisingly good by comparison worst rounds of the day. They both shot 77 leaving the worst round bonus points on the table. Nobody had the misfortune to pick Mu Hu who managed to go round that course on average 10 shots worse per round than the eventual winner.

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Final Round Low Score (20 Points):
Nick Watney -10
1. RedRage

Final Round Worse Score (20 Points):
David Lynn +5
1. None

Final Round Worse Score (20 Points):
Greg Chalmers +5
1. None

Last Place (20 Points):
Mu Hu +19
1. None


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A day of scoring for both the players and the GCUK Fantasy Leaguers in Round 3 of the WGC - HSBC Champions event in China. But there doesn't appear to be any relief for LPRPitis as Davie appears to be the latest to succumb to this debilitating disease.

With the whole league still under quarantine Ian Poulter stepped for almost all GCUK Fantasy Leaguers, his round of 65 was only good enough for the joint 4th best score. Snedeker and Westwood both had good chances for the mythical 59. Snedeker couldn't get his birdie putt at the last to drop and you could see him willing it into the hole but it wasn't to be. BlueCoverman earned his points from the worst round of the day; Dustin Johnson slumped to a back nine 47, he had everything from a birdie through to a quadruple bogey!

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3rd Round Low Score (20 Points):
Brandt Snedeker -12
1. None

3rd Round Low Score (20 Points):
Dustin Johnson +12
1. BlueCoverman

3rd Round Top 10 (20 Points):
-6 and lower


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A short and not so sweet update for Round 2 of the WGC - HSBC Champions event in China. LPRPitis is reaching epedemic levels and is breaking out across the GCUK Fantasy Leaguers. 1GrumpyGolfer seems to be the worst affected as he remains rooted to the bottom of the leaderboard with zero points but in the reserve performance table he would be joint top with the big jessie, BlueCoverman.

With the whole league being quarantined no updates were needed to the leaderboard except to change it to round 2. What really happened was that reserve picks Louis Oosthuizen and Ernie Els tore up the course with -9, 63s leaving points on the table. No picked Kenichi Kuboya who had the worst round of the day by some distance so his performance also left points unclaimed.

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2nd Round Low Score (20 Points):
Ernie Els -9
1. None

2nd Round Low Score (20 Points):
Louis Oosthuizen -9
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (20 Points):
Kenichi Kuboya +11
1. None


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A mixed bag of scoring at the WGC - HSBC Champions event in China. Braggard BlueCoverman held off making his picks until raycastleunited had picked. He then scoffed at those Cat A picks stating that Rose and Donald had no chance. His pick of Adam Scott shared Low Round of the day bragging rights with Louis Oosthuizen but those bragging rights come with a price. Braggard BlueCoverman pointed out his pick of Adam Scott sitting pretty at the top of the leaderboard he earned the little used Bragging Penalty that docked him 20 points.

LadyPutt earned points in the traditional way by picking Shane Lowry; he shot -6, finishing in a tie for 3rd place. Davie, RedRage and the returning faldono1fan earned their points in a negative way. Their pick of Jbe Kruger was easily and clearly the worst player of the day. His +11, 83 was the worst by 4 shots easily sealing the Worst Round dishonours.

Commiserations and get well soon wishes should go to 1GrumpyGolfer as he succumbed to LPRPitis disease. Named after one of our more popular players who has the knack of picking reserves which do better than the official picks. He would have had a Top 5 Low Round score and Worst Round but those performers were part of his bench and so the points were left unclaimed.

Louis Oosthuizen was ignored by everyone and so his performance also left points unclaimed.

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1st Round Low Score (20 Points):
Adam Scott -7
1. BlueCoverman

1st Round Low Score (20 Points):
Louis Oosthuizen -7
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (20 Points):
Jbe Kruger +11
1. RedRage
2. Davie
3. faldono1fan

1st Round Top 5 (20 Points):
-6 and lower


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The WGC –HSBC Champions tournament is another limited field, no cut event featuring 50 of the top 100 players in the world rankings. Unfortunately the world number 1 and 2 players have decided to skip the event and feature in a big money exhibition match.

This year sees the event move to Mission Hills in China. The Olazabal course will be known to some of the field as it has hosted the World Cup of Golf between 2007 and 2009.

The WGC was won in spectacular style by Martin Kaymer, he shot a final round 63 to storm through the field and ultimately pip Freddie Jacobsen by three shots.

As this is a no cut event the points available for cuts will not be available.

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Everyone please notify others of changes in field before tournament starts and invalid or incomplete picks from participants.

Rankings based on the Official World Golf Ranking for October 29th 2012:

CATEGORY A
Luke Donald 3
Lee Westwood 4
Justin Rose 5
Adam Scott 6
Bubba Watson 8
Brandt Snedeker 9
Jason Dufner 10
Louis Oosthuizen 11
Keegan Bradley 14
Dustin Johnson 15
Nick Watney 16
Peter Hanson 17
Phil Mickelson 19

CATEGORY B
Graeme McDowell 22
Ernie Els 24
Ian Poulter 26
Paul Lawrie 27
Carl Pettersson 30
Francesco Molinari 31
Nicolas Colsaerts 33
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 34
Martin Kaymer 35
Bill Haas 36
Branden Grace 38
John Senden 39
Robert Garrigus 41
David Lynn 42
Scott Piercy 44
Thomas Bjorn 45
Geoff Ogilvy 47
Jamie Donaldson 49
Rafael Cabrera Bello 50
Richie Ramsay 53
Greg Chalmers 55
Shane Lowry 57
Hiroyuki Fujita 58
Thorbjorn Olesen 62
Marcel Siem 63
Kyle Stanley 64
Bernd Wiesberger 66
Marcus Fraser 71
George Coetzee 73
Alvaro Quiros 75
Mark Wilson 77
Thaworn Wiratchant 82
Marc Leishman 84
Johnson Wagner 88

CATEGORY C
Yuta Ikeda 93
Robert Rock 94
Danny Willett 95
Jeev Milkha Singh 96
Gaganjeet Bhullar 108
Joost Luiten 111
Brendan Jones 121
Toshinori Muto 125
Thongchai Jaidee 129
Thomas Aiken 134
Hyung-Sung Kim 140
Kenichi Kuboya 146
Brad Kennedy 155
Robert Allenby 158
Jbe' Kruger 160
Jaco Van Zyl 171
Julien Quesne 174
Hennie Otto 178
Garth Mulroy 181
Siddikur Rahman 200
David Lipsky 236
Masanori Kobayashi 251
Prom Meesawat 261
Han Lee 268
Tadahiro Takayama 284
Scott Hend 300
Mu Hu N/A
Ik-Je Jang N/A
WC Liang N/A
A-Shun Wu N/A
Xin-jun Zhang N/A

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

Event #39 _ Nov 08 - Nov 11 ___ Childrens Miracle Network Classic _____________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Magnolia & Palm Golf Courses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

Event #40 _ Nov 15 - Nov 18 ___ CME Group Titleholders ______________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ The TwinEagles Club, Naples, Florida, USA

Event #41 _ Nov 22 - Nov 25 ___ DP World Tour Championship, Dubai ____________ Weighted 3
_______________________________ Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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RULES

Picking players: Unless stated, pick a total of 6 players as follows:

Pick 2 players from each category, plus a reserve per category.

Event winner: The person with the most total points at the completion of each event will be declared the winner. In case of a tie, those involved will match-off each picks' final position score in descending order. i.e. Player A's best finish vs. Player B's best finish, Player A's 2nd best finish vs. Player B's 2nd best finish, etc... until one's pick finishes better than the other(s).
If there is a tie after all 6 picks have been matched against each other, those involved will be declared co-winners.

Order of Merit: The person with the most total points at the completion of the season will be declared the GolfChatUK Fantasy League Champion. If there is a tie for total points at the completion of the season, those involved will be declared Co-Champions.

Player Withdrawals: If you pick a player who withdraws during a tournament, that player will be treated as nil scoring. If a player withdraws before starting the tournament then your reserve will be put in that player's place. It is up to you to check that your players are in the starting field.

Holidays / Absences: If you will be absent for an upcoming event (e.g holidays) you may post the numbers on the most recent fantasy league event and the respective tournament(s) that apply.
Example: Pick 2 players and 1 reserve from each category and the relative event number or name: Players 4 and 8, reserve 9 from Category A, players 1 and 7, reserve 3 from Category B, players 1 and 2, reserve 12 from Category C, Event #12.

Failure to submit picks: If you do not submit picks you will be awarded zero points.

Deadlines: Picks must ideally be submitted before the first drive is struck on the first day of the tournament. However, late picks submitted after the tournament has begun must be for players who have yet to start (or are not showing a score on europeantour.com), and these will not be valid unless they are seconded by any other league member.

All fantasy league disputes and discrepancies will be considered by the League Judge: LadyPutt. All decisions made by the League Judge are final.

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SCORING SYSTEM

______________ Weighted 1 ____ Weighted 2 ___ Weighted 3

Winner ___________ 60 ___________ 120 __________ 180
2nd ______________ 40 ____________ 80 __________ 120
3rd ______________ 30 ____________ 60 ___________ 90
4th ______________ 20 ____________ 40 ___________ 60

5th - 10th _______ 15 ____________ 30 ___________ 45
11th - 15th ______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
16th - 20th _______ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15

Last Place _______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

Low Round * ______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Worse Round * ____ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Round 1 Top 5 * __ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Round 3 Top 10 * _ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Bragging Penalty* -10 ___________ -20 __________ -30


* Points awarded for round only

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