GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013-2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10 Africa Open

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10

Africa Open

Feb 13 – Feb 16 ___ East London GC, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tournament value: Weighted 1
 
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Leaderboard – Final Round

Pos. Name ____________ Cuts _______ Rd1 ___ Rd2 ____ Rd3 ___ Rd4 __ Finish __ Total

1. BlueCoverman ______ 55 (9/12) ___ 00 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____  00 ____ 140 _____ 225

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 ____ 100 _____ 150

3. LadyPutt __________ 40 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 70 _____ 130

4. Davie _____________ 50 (9/12) ___ 30 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 25 _____ 125

5. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 75 _____ 120

6. Mary_S ____________ 45 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 40 _____ 105

7. Redrage ___________ 30 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 60 _____ 100
 
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After two playoffs in the GolfChatUK Fantasy League it was only fitting that the European Tour went to a playoff to determine the winner.  After watching Oliver Fisher miss his approach shot left, Thomas Aiken found the heart of the green safely and holed a monster of a putt to seal victory.  Aiken's win spelt good news for four Fantasy Leaguers who had picked Aiken.  
 
Everyone had at least one pick score points, in RedRage's case it was the winner.  Mary_S and SetupDetermines both had two picks score points; both SetupDetermines' picks including the winner finished in the top 5 but Mary_S had one that was propping up the leaderboard.  Davie and 1GrumpyGolfer had four picks score points; Davie's didn't crack the top 10 and that hindered his chances, 1GrumpyGolfer had two in the top 3.  LadyPutt and BlueCoverman had five picks score points.  LadyPutt had three finish in the top 5 but didn't pick the winner.  BlueCoverman had four of the top 5 and that catapulted him to victory.
 
JJ Senekal had the best round of the day with a 64.  Chris Doak accumulated 84 and that dropped him like a stone for the worse round, last place combo.  Those extra points kept Mary off of the bottom of the leaderboard.
 
Next week is the WGC Accenture Matchplay and in keeping with recent GolfChatUK Fantasy League tradition a load of picks will need to be made in that event.
 
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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
JJ Senekal -7
1. None
 
Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Chris Doak +13
1. Mary_S
 
Last Place (10 points)
Chris Doak +3
1. Mary_S
 
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Round 3 finished shortly after the round 2 update and it's pretty much as you were.  A small change to the leaderboard as LadyPutt and Mary_S swap places.  The bottom five places are all separated by five points.  Davie maintains his lead over BlueCoverman after he had two "picks" in the Top 10 Low Round scores.  BlueCoverman had a good pick and a bad pick scoring points through the Top 10 Low Round scores and worst round.  Everyone else bar Mary_S had a pick in the Top 10 Low Round scores.
 
Emiliano Grillo shot 62 for the lowest round and the lead.  Adrien Saddier had a sad time out there with a 76 and a slide into last place.  Only Saddier was picked by a Fantasy Leaguer.
 
11 picks are in the top 22 players and 2 are in joint last so there are plenty of possibilities for the final round.
 
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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Emiliano Grillo -9
1. None
 
Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Adrien Saddier +5
1. BlueCoverman
 
Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Patrick Sjoland +5
1. None
 
Round 3 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower
 
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Round 2 eventually finished after a second delay and as expected not all players came back to play out their second round.  The cut line held at -5 and we said goodbye to a number of picks.  No one managed the full complement and only 3 Cat D picks made it to the weekend and Davie had 2 of them.  Both Davie and BlueCoverman fared the best with 9 of their 12 through to the weekend.  BlueCoverman earned more bonus points as he had the full set in Cat A and C.  1GrumpyGolfer, LadyPutt, and Mary_S all had 7 picks make it, all earned bonus points but Mary_S had two full sets in Cat B and C.  RedRage and SetupDetermines had 6 picks through but only SetupDetermines earned any bonus points.
 
The best round came from BlueCoverman's pick of John Hahn with a round of 61.  The worst round was a 78 again and this time Peter Whiteford had that number.
 
Round 3 is already well underway so it won't be long before we have another leaderboard update.
 
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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
John Hahn -10
1. BlueCoverman
 
Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Peter Whiteford +7
1. None
 
Cut line (5 points)
-5 or lower
 
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More picks did not mean more points.  Only 4 of 52 picks scored bonus points and pick by numbers Davie had 2 of them!  Davie had the top and the bottom of the leaderboard sewn up earning low round and worse round bonus points.  His closest challengers are the ladies as they each had a pick in the Top 5 Low Round scores.  Everyone else will have to wait for the second round to get off of the mark.
 
Number 6 or Ricardo Santos had the low round of the day with a 62.  Number 1 or Alex Haindl had the worst round with a 78.
 
-2 is the cut line and that would leave a monster field for the weekend.  Steve Surry is on that number and fingers crossed for him and a number of Fantasy Leaguers that he makes the cut.
 
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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Ricardo Santos -9
1. Davie
 
Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Alex Haindl +7
1. Davie
 
Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-7 or lower
 
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After the relative success of the 12 pick Joburg Open we're repeating the trick again this time at the Africa Open. Defending champion Darren Fichardt is almost the highest ranked player in the field but Gregory Bourdy is 5 spots ahead of him.  No one in the top 100 is playing so this time a few names will only be recognised by their mothers.  One name that is sure to be recognised is GolfChatUK's resident pro Steve Surry who is still one of the headliners in Category D.  
 
There are four Categories and you need to pick three, plus reserve, from each one.  There's additional cut bonus points on offer this time around.  If you get all of your picks through in any category you get a small bonus.  Get all 12 picks through and you get an even bigger bonus.  It's all way down at the bottom in the scoring section if you are interested.
 
This is a full field with cut event, so cut points will be available; see above.
 
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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 – February 10th 2014:
 
CATEGORY A
 
Gregory BOURDY 107
Darren FICHARDT 112
Thomas AIKEN 113
Morten Orum MADSEN 118
Gaganjeet BHULLAR 140
Shiv KAPUR 141
Emiliano GRILLO 149
Jaco VAN ZYL 152
Simon DYSON 169
Dawie VAN DER WALT 175
Justin WALTERS 182
Eduardo DE LA RIVA 185
Garth MULROY 194
Craig LEE 200
 
CATEGORY B
 
Stuart MANLEY 201
Roope KAKKO 202
Daan HUIZING 204
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED 207
Matthew BALDWIN 210
Ricardo SANTOS 216
Marco CRESPI 225
Jose-Filipe LIMA 228
David HORSEY 230
Michael HOEY 231
Jbe' KRUGER 242
Wade ORMSBY 243
Robert ROCK 245
Maximilian KIEFFER 247
Jorge CAMPILLO 248
Magnus A CARLSSON 249
Alexander LEVY 255
Adilson DA SILVA 271
Sihwan KIM 277
Richard FINCH 291
Tjaart VAN DER WALT 292
Trevor FISHER-Jr 295
Nacho ELVIRA 298
Francois CALMELS 308
Adrian OTAEGUI 310
Jake ROOS 316
John PARRY 317
Robert DINWIDDIE 324
Chris DOAK 327
James KINGSTON 332
Merrick BREMNER 335
David DRYSDALE 338
Lee SLATTERY 341
Damien MCGRANE 343
Peter WHITEFORD 345
Dylan FRITTELLI 347
Jamie MCLEARY 359
Sam WALKER 361
Jens DANTORP 363
Daniel IM 367
Brinson PAOLINI 373
David HIGGINS 374
Soren HANSEN 377
Mikko KORHONEN 379
Victor RIU 380
Jacques BLAAUW 387
Ulrich VAN DEN BERG 388
 
CATEGORY C
 
Mark TULLO 390
Oliver FISHER 391
Richard BLAND 392
Jean HUGO 398
Gareth MAYBIN 407
Jaco AHLERS 408
Matthew NIXON 416
Doug McGUIGAN 418
Lucas BJERREGAARD 428
Andreas HARTØ 430
Lorenzo GAGLI 432
Daniel BROOKS 438
Edouard DUBOIS 439
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 449
Desvonde BOTES 453
Michael HOLLICK 455
Andrew CURLEWIS 458
Simon WAKEFIELD 459
Titch MOORE 460
James MORRISON 461
Duncan STEWART 474
Rhys DAVIES 478
Jason KNUTZON 479
Oliver BEKKER 490
Ruan DE SMIDT 503
Jared HARVEY 511
Danie VAN TONDER 532
Brandon STONE 540
Vaughn GROENEWALD 551
Adam GEE 560
Keith HORNE 566
Adrien SADDIER 570
PH MCINTYRE 574
Martin DU TOIT 578
Warren ABERY 590
Bryce EASTON 597
Dean BURMESTER 609
Louis DE JAGER 622
Justin HARDING 628
Allan VERSFELD 651
Charl COETZEE 656
Mark WILLIAMS 661
Ryan CAIRNS 669
Mikael LUNDBERG 694
Phillip PRICE 695
Neil SCHIETEKAT 698
 
CATEGORY D
 
Alex HAINDL 705
Colin NEL 712
Peter HEDBLOM 727
James KAMTE 731
James HEATH 744
Heinrich BRUINERS 756
JJ SENEKAL 761
Chris SWANEPOEL 763
Darryn LLOYD 787
Anthony MICHAEL 800
Wallie COETSEE 808
Brady WATT(AM) 833
Matthew CARVELL 840
Alastair FORSYTH 841
Lyle ROWE 842
Steve SURRY 846
Shaun NORRIS 852
Tano GOYA 878
John HAHN 881
Brandon PIETERS 891
Ross McGOWAN 898
Hendrik BUHRMANN 936
Divan VAN DEN HEEVER 954
Kevin PHELAN 977
Keenan DAVIDSE 1018
Graham VAN DER MERWE 1057
Alan MCLEAN 1067
Teboho SEFATSA 1101
Tyrone FERREIRA 1105
Thomas PIETERS 1108
Grant VEENSTRA 1153
Jack DOHERTY 1187
Michiel BOTHMA 1216
Thabo MASEKO 1260
Tyrone MORDT 1356
Ryan TIPPING 1404
Pablo MARTIN BENAVIDES 1451
Madalitso MUTHIYA 1510
Brett LIDDLE 1510
Atti SCHWARTZEL 1510
Drikus BRUYNS 1510
Connor ARENDELL 1510
Patrik SJOLAND 1510
Mpho MAFISHE N/A
Neo THUBISI N/A
Le Roux FERREIRA N/A
Erik VAN ROOYEN N/A
JC RITCHIE N/A
Rhys WEST N/A
 
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Upcoming events:
____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight
 
Stay tuned for the 2013-2014 season schedule

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RULES
 
Picking players: Unless stated, pick a total of 12 players as follows:
 
Pick 3 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, PGATour.com, etc.), 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

Make Cut ___________ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All Cat A Make Cut _ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All Cat B Make Cut _ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All Cat C Make Cut _ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All Cat D Make Cut _ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All 12 Make Cut ___ 20 ____________ 40 ___________ 60

Round 1 Top 5 * ___ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Round 3 Top 10 * __ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

Low Amateur ** ____ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

* Points awarded for round only
** Where separate Low Amateur is specified in rules
 
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Ones to avoid this week are:

Cat A : Darren FICHARDT, Thomas AIKEN, Dawie VAN DER WALT Res : Shiv KAPUR

Cat B : Fredrik ANDERSSON HED, Michael HOEY, Robert ROCK Res : Sihwan KIM

Cat C: Edouard DUBOIS, Neil SCHIETEKAT, Andreas HARTØ Res : Mark TULLO

Choppers : Colin NEL, James HEATH, Alastair FORSYTH Res: Pablo MARTIN BENAVIDES

Cat A: Gaganjeet BHULLAR; Shiv KAPUR; Eduardo DE LA RIV (Res: Emiliano GRILLO)

Cat B: David HORSEY; Tjaart VAN DER WALT; Chris DOAK; (Res: Jake ROOS)

Cat C: Jaco AHLERS; Daniel BROOKS; Rhys DAVIES (Res: Oliver BEKKER)

Cat D: Lyle ROWE; Steve SURRY; Jack DOHERTY (Res: Chris SWANEPOEL)

Cheers GG!

I hate to do this .. don't think I've ever done a pick by numbers yet in all the time we've been doing this but I'm delivering training all this week and no proper internet access apart from very short messages from phone .. so can I please have 1, 4, 6 and 9 as reserve from each cat. I'll be back to my very worst picking proper next week I promise!

Okay Davie, I'll work out what they are and post for you

Davie wrote:I hate to do this .. don't think I've ever done a pick by numbers yet in all the time we've been doing this but I'm delivering training all this week and no proper internet access apart from very short messages from phone .. so can I please have 1, 4, 6 and 9 as reserve from each cat. I'll be back to my very worst picking proper next week I promise!

Davie's picks:

Cat A: Gregory BOURDY, Morten Orum MADSEN, Shiv KAPUR. Reserve Simon DYSON

Cat B: Stuart MANLEY, Fredrik ANDERSSON HED, Ricardo SANTOS. Reserve David HORSEY

Cat C: Mark TULLO, Jean HUGO, Jaco AHLERS. Reserve Lucas BJERREGAARD

Cat D: Alex HAINDL, James KAMTE, Heinrich BRUINERS. Reserve Darryn LLOYD

Oh no Davie's picking by numbers as well now...that means we're playing for second place again this week!  

BlueCoverman wrote:Oh no Davie's picking by numbers as well now...that means we're playing for second place again this week!  

I don't know Blue, he didn't pick 2 or 7 so I think we might have a chance   

Cat A: Darren Fichardt, Justin Walters & Dawie Van Der Walt (res Garth Mulroy)
Cat B: Roope Kakko, David Horsey & Max Kieffer (res Alexander Levy)
Cat C: Richard Bland, Gareth Maybin & Jean Hugo (res Desvonde Botes)
Cat D: James Heath, Alastasir Forsyth & Michiel Bothma (res Steve Surry)

A: C. Lee, D. Van der Walt, T. Aiken, D. Fichardt (r)

B: R. Kakko, R. Rock. T. Fisher jr, JBE Kruger (r)

C: E. Dubois, L. Gagli, J, Knutzon, N. Schietekat (r)

D: J. Kamte, A. Forsyth, S. Norris, S. Surry (r)

Just to add my tuppence to the format debate... not a big fan, less is definitely more for this fantasy golfer. Good luck all.

Nice one Grumps  
 
Cat A: Thomas AIKEN, Gregory BOURDY, Jaco VAN ZYL (res: Darren Fichardt)
 
Cat B: Matthew BALDWIN, Michael HOEY, David HORSEY (res: Jorge Campillo)
 
Cat C: James MORRISON, Adrien SADDIER, Brandon STONE (res: Mark Tullo)
 
Cat D: Alastair FORSYTH, John HAHN, Lyle ROWE (res: Peter Hedblom)
 
 
Good luck to all my fellow competitors, excluding Grumps obviously...2 consecutive play-off wins is more than enough  

Redrage wrote:Just to add my tuppence to the format debate... not a big fan, less is definitely more for this fantasy golfer.

Glad to hear your thoughts Red. It's not an exact science and maybe field sizes need to be taken into account for expanded picks. The Masters, for example, has less than 100 players normally so picking 12 players would be excessive. I think it worked for the Joburg Open because there were 210 players that were then cut to 65 and ties.

Thoughts on field sizes of approximately 120-156: stick with four categories and but reduce to two picks, or, back to three categories and but up picks to three. Masters and limited field events, like WGCs and ET finale series, back to original format?

I'm just trying to get the balance right, if possible, comments welcome everyone.

Cat A: Justin Walters, Thomas Aiken, Gregory Bourdy. Reserve Darren Fichardt

Cat B: Matthew Baldwin, David Horsey, Roope Kakko. Reserve Fredrik Andersson Hed

Cat C: Danie van Tonder, Brandon Stone, Justin Harding. Reserve Oliver Fisher

Cat D: Steve Surry, Alastair Forsyth, James Heath. Reserve Chris Swanepoel

Grumps how am I supposed to catch you if you keep picking the same players as me?  

He keeps picking a lot of the same players as me as well  

I see LPRPitis has struck again with Garth Mulroy  

I've stuck with some picks from last week and then picked some that did well last week.

Edit: and I would likely have picked Tyrell Hatton and Andy Sullivan had they been playing

LadyPutt wrote:He keeps picking a lot of the same players as me as well

 
May I humbly suggest LP that you enforce for the next 3 events a 'Grumps must post his picks immediately and before anybody else' rule to avoid a reoccurrence of such shady behaviour?

BlueCoverman wrote:

LadyPutt wrote:He keeps picking a lot of the same players as me as well

 
May I humbly suggest LP that you enforce for the next 3 events a 'Grumps must post his picks immediately and before anybody else' rule to avoid a reoccurrence of such shady behaviour?

  And can you do the same?  

Who me?...I believe Messrs Horsey and Forsyth were the only two picks of yours that I duplicated this week!  

BlueCoverman wrote:Who me?...I believe Messrs Horsey and Forsyth were the only two picks of yours that I duplicated this week!  

And a lot of use they turned out to be!

BlueCoverman wrote:

LadyPutt wrote:He keeps picking a lot of the same players as me as well

 
May I humbly suggest LP that you enforce for the next 3 events a 'Grumps must post his picks immediately and before anybody else' rule to avoid a reoccurrence of such shady behaviour?

Hmm, a lot of you may have to get up very early or stay up very late to get picks in before the first tee time then

I tend to pick late because I need to find time to do some work

LadyPutt wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:Who me?...I believe Messrs Horsey and Forsyth were the only two picks of yours that I duplicated this week!  

And a lot of use they turned out to be!

 
A bit harsh on Mr Horsey there LP...just outside the top 10 with a 5 under 66 is a decent start I would suggest!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:I tend to pick late because I need to find time to do some work

 
Dreadful habit Grumps, I suggest you give it up and head south to the sunshine and golf course immediately!  

I said some, not a lot! As we've now had another 9 inches of snow so far today and add that to what's to left over from last time there's about 18 inches of snow covering my garden I'm sorely tempted.

Anyway, rather than moaning about me, you might want to direct your attention to Mr Pick by Numbers; top and bottom of the leaderboard!

Don't tell me Davie is the only one with Santos...

and Haindl right at the bottom

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:
Anyway, rather than moaning about me, you might want to direct your attention to Mr Pick by Numbers; top and bottom of the leaderboard!

    

So there IS something in this pick by numbers thing!

Seriously .. don't think I've ever done it before and would rather not do it again .. just an extremely hectic start to the week with that four letter word beginning with W .. only access through phone and didn't have time to go through the big field and multiple picks .. It won't happen again unless I have a similar week .. but it really would be funny if just for once I get a big result out of it!

Davie wrote:
    

So there IS something in this pick by numbers thing!

Seriously .. don't think I've ever done it before and would rather not do it again .. just an extremely hectic start to the week with that four letter word beginning with W .. only access through phone and didn't have time to go through the big field and multiple picks .. It won't happen again unless I have a similar week .. but it really would be funny if just for once I get a big result out of it!

If that happens, I think that some of us might mislay our sense of humour!  

Mary_S wrote:

Davie wrote:
    

So there IS something in this pick by numbers thing!

Seriously .. don't think I've ever done it before and would rather not do it again .. just an extremely hectic start to the week with that four letter word beginning with W .. only access through phone and didn't have time to go through the big field and multiple picks .. It won't happen again unless I have a similar week .. but it really would be funny if just for once I get a big result out of it!

If that happens, I think that some of us might mislay our sense of humour!  

  brilliant Mary

Results coming soon, promise

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10

Africa Open

Feb 13 – Feb 16 ___ East London GC, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 1

Pos. Name ____________ Cuts _______ Rd1 ___ Rd2 ____ Rd3 ___ Rd4 __ Finish __ Total

1. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 30 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

2. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

2. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

4. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

4. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

4. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

4. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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More picks did not mean more points. Only 4 of 52 picks scored bonus points and pick by numbers Davie had 2 of them! Davie had the top and the bottom of the leaderboard sewn up earning low round and worse round bonus points. His closest challengers are the ladies as they each had a pick in the Top 5 Low Round scores. Everyone else will have to wait for the second round to get off of the mark.

Number 6 or Ricardo Santos had the low round of the day with a 62. Number 1 or Alex Haindl had the worst round with a 78.

-2 is the cut line and that would leave a monster field for the weekend. Steve Surry is on that number and fingers crossed for him and a number of Fantasy Leaguers that he makes the cut.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Ricardo Santos -9
1. Davie

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Alex Haindl +7
1. Davie

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-7 or lower

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BlueCoverman wrote:Don't tell me Davie is the only one with Santos...

I picked him last week  

Bugger, bugger, bugger! Olly Fisher in second place after a 63

Barring a last hole meltdown Davie won't be doubling up on Haindl

Aiken -6 after 6 !!!

I'm sure that I could make it seem very difficult but this doesn't appear to be the hardest course on the tour, a lot of the players are shooting very low scores!
 
When was the last time Santos had a 62 or Olly Fisher a 63?

BlueCoverman wrote:I'm sure that I could make it seem very difficult but this doesn't appear to be the hardest course on the tour, a lot of the players are shooting very low scores!
 
When was the last time Santos had a 62 or Olly Fisher a 63?

When Jesus was a boy...

Cut is looking like -5!
 
John is Hahn-dily placed after a course record equalling 61 today. Did anyone pick him?...No?. Just me then  

BlueCoverman wrote:Cut is looking like -5!
 
John is Hahn-dily placed after a course record equalling 61 today. Did anyone pick him?...No?. Just me then  

No one likes a show-off.

23 players still to finish round 2 and with the cut line hovering around -5/-4 you have to wonder how many of those with 1 or 2 holes to go will resume. 

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10

Africa Open

Feb 13 – Feb 16 ___ East London GC, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tournament value: Weighted 1
 
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Leaderboard – Round 2

Pos. Name ____________ Cuts _______ Rd1 ___ Rd2 ____ Rd3 ___ Rd4 __ Finish __ Total

1. Davie _____________ 50 (9/12) ___ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 80

2. BlueCoverman ______ 55 (9/12) ___ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 65

3. Mary_S ____________ 45 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 55

4. LadyPutt __________ 40 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 50

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

6. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 35

7. Redrage ___________ 30 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30
 
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Round 2 eventually finished after a second delay and as expected not all players came back to play out their second round.  The cut line held at -5 and we said goodbye to a number of picks.  No one managed the full complement and only 3 Cat D picks made it to the weekend and Davie had 2 of them.  Both Davie and BlueCoverman fared the best with 9 of their 12 through to the weekend.  BlueCoverman earned more bonus points as he had the full set in Cat A and C.  1GrumpyGolfer, LadyPutt, and Mary_S all had 7 picks make it, all earned bonus points but Mary_S had two full sets in Cat B and C.  RedRage and SetupDetermines had 6 picks through but only SetupDetermines earned any bonus points.
 
The best round came from BlueCoverman's pick of John Hahn with a round of 61.  The worst round was a 78 again and this time Peter Whiteford had that number.
 
Round 3 is already well underway so it won't be long before we have another leaderboard update.
 
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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
John Hahn -10
1. BlueCoverman
 
Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Peter Whiteford +7
1. None
 
Cut line (5 points)
-5 or lower
 
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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10

Africa Open

Feb 13 – Feb 16 ___ East London GC, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 3

Pos. Name ____________ Cuts _______ Rd1 ___ Rd2 ____ Rd3 ___ Rd4 __ Finish __ Total

1. Davie _____________ 50 (9/12) ___ 30 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 100

2. BlueCoverman ______ 55 (9/12) ___ 00 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 85

3. LadyPutt __________ 40 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

4. Mary_S ____________ 45 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 55

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

6. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 45

7. Redrage ___________ 30 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

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Round 3 finished shortly after the round 2 update and it's pretty much as you were. A small change to the leaderboard as LadyPutt and Mary_S swap places. The bottom five places are all separated by five points. Davie maintains his lead over BlueCoverman after he had two "picks" in the Top 10 Low Round scores. BlueCoverman had a good pick and a bad pick scoring points through the Top 10 Low Round scores and worst round. Everyone else bar Mary_S had a pick in the Top 10 Low Round scores.

Emiliano Grillo shot 62 for the lowest round and the lead. Adrien Saddier had a sad time out there with a 76 and a slide into last place. Only Saddier was picked by a Fantasy Leaguer.

11 picks are in the top 22 players and 2 are in joint last so there are plenty of possibilities for the final round.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Emiliano Grillo -9
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Adrien Saddier +5
1. BlueCoverman

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Patrick Sjoland +5
1. None

Round 3 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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Don't you mean Davie had two 'lucky number picks' in the Top 10?  

What the hell happened to Chris Doak?? A round of 84 that included an 8 and a 9 and was the worst round by 9 shots. A dramatic collapse down the leaderboard to finish last. Must have been some pep talk from Mary!

Never mind about all that...can't we talk about those who had 4 in the top 5?  

Who did?

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:What the hell happened to Chris Doak??  A round of 84 that included an 8 and a 9 and was the worst round by 9 shots. A dramatic collapse down the leaderboard to finish last. Must have been some pep talk from Mary!

Result - and he's not even in the Choppers category!   

Nice lad, seems as though he's got a sense of humour from reading his Tweets

Chris Doak ‏@ChrisDoak1 35m
Well good day today shot 2 im under my handicap so that's me cut to 15.8 YA BEAUTY #clubchampionshipinaugust


Steve surry ‏@Ssurrygpro 33m
@ChrisDoak1 Keep going doaky think the SSS is higher next couple of weeks


Chris Doak ‏@ChrisDoak1 29m
@Ssurrygpro: @ChrisDoak1 perfect can't wait down to 14 soon

Glad he's putting it into perspective, be very easy to go home and kick the cat after that.

It's a good job you didn't say that on the other site Grumps!  

BlueCoverman wrote:It's a good job you didn't say that on the other site Grumps!  

What?

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10

Africa Open

Feb 13 – Feb 16 ___ East London GC, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

Pos. Name ____________ Cuts _______ Rd1 ___ Rd2 ____ Rd3 ___ Rd4 __ Finish __ Total

1. BlueCoverman ______ 55 (9/12) ___ 00 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 140 _____ 225

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 150

3. LadyPutt __________ 40 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 130

4. Davie _____________ 50 (9/12) ___ 30 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 25 _____ 125

5. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 75 _____ 120

6. Mary_S ____________ 45 (7/12) ___ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 40 _____ 105

7. Redrage ___________ 30 (6/12) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 100

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After two playoffs in the GolfChatUK Fantasy League it was only fitting that the European Tour went to a playoff to determine the winner. After watching Oliver Fisher miss his approach shot left, Thomas Aiken found the heart of the green safely and holed a monster of a putt to seal victory. Aiken's win spelt good news for four Fantasy Leaguers who had picked Aiken.

Everyone had at least one pick score points, in RedRage's case it was the winner. Mary_S and SetupDetermines both had two picks score points; both SetupDetermines' picks including the winner finished in the top 5 but Mary_S had one that was propping up the leaderboard. Davie and 1GrumpyGolfer had four picks score points; Davie's didn't crack the top 10 and that hindered his chances, 1GrumpyGolfer had two in the top 3. LadyPutt and BlueCoverman had five picks score points. LadyPutt had three finish in the top 5 but didn't pick the winner. BlueCoverman had four of the top 5 and that catapulted him to victory.

JJ Senekal had the best round of the day with a 64. Chris Doak accumulated 84 and that dropped him like a stone for the worse round, last place combo. Those extra points kept Mary off of the bottom of the leaderboard.

Next week is the WGC Accenture Matchplay and in keeping with recent GolfChatUK Fantasy League tradition a load of picks will need to be made in that event.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
JJ Senekal -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Chris Doak +13
1. Mary_S

Last Place (10 points)
Chris Doak +3
1. Mary_S

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It's good to see that in the end meticulous research and an abundance of skill triumphed over lucky pick by numbers!  

I told you he didn't pick 2 and 7. Nice work Blue