GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 - Summer Session - Event #24 _ BMW International Open

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012
Summer Session - Event #24 _ BMW International Open
21 Jun - 24 Jun ___ Golf Club Gut Lärchenhof, Cologne, Germany
Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Final Leaderboard

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


1. Redrage ____________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 45 _______ 100

2. BlueCoverman _______ 15 (3/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 45 ________ 90

3. faldono1fan ________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ________ 85


4. 1GrumpyGolfer ______ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ________ 80

5. venice1 ____________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ________ 75

6. oldparwin __________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 15 ________ 70

7. LadyPutt ___________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 20 ________ 65


8. Mary_S _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 20 ________ 60

8. Doc ________________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 20 ________ 60

8. Davie ______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 15 ________ 60


11. raycastleunited ___ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 15 ________ 55

12. hogie _____________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 15 ________ 50

13. SetupDetermines ___ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 00 ________ 35

14. boyhyde ___________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 10 ________ 30


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4th Round Low Score (10 Points):
Paul McGinley -6
1. Redrage
2. BlueCoverman


4th Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Steven O'Hara +8
1. None


Last Place (10 Points):
Jordi Garcia +6
1. None

James Kingston +6
1. None


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3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Oliver Wilson -5
1. Doc

Keith Horne -5
1. None


3rd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Sergio Garcia +7
1. raycastleunited
2. hogie
3. venice1
4. oldparwin
5. SetupDetermines
6. 1GrumpyGolfer
7. Mary_S


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


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2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Joel Sjöholm -6
1. hogie

Matthew Nixon +6
1. None

Damien McGrane +6
1. None


2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Kenneth Ferrie +11
1. None

Benjamin Miarka +11
1. None


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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Marcus Fraser -8
1. None

Fabrizio Zanotti -8
1. None


1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Björn Stromsky +9
1. None

Anton Kirstein +9
1. None


1st Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-7 and lower


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BMW International Open winners since 2000:

2011 Pablo LARRAZÁBAL
2010 David HORSEY
2009 Nick DOUGHERTY
2008 Martin KAYMER
2007 Niclas FASTH
2006 Henrik STENSON
2005 David HOWELL
2004 Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
2003 Lee WESTWOOD
2002 Thomas BJÖRN
2001 John DALY
2000 Thomas BJÖRN

A few weeks ago was the 70th anniversary of the first 1,000 bomber raid by the RAF which was codenamed Operation Millennium. Cologne was chosen as the target and the raid took place on the night of 30/31 May 1942. Excerpt from wikipedia:

"A headline-grabbing heavy raid on Germany was a way for Bomber Command AOC Arthur "Bomber" Harris to demonstrate to the War Cabinet that given the investment in numbers and technology Bomber Command could make a vital contribution to victory.

At this stage of the war RAF Bomber Command only had a regular front line strength of around 400 aircraft, and were in the process of transitioning from the twin engined medium bombers of the pre-war years to the newer more effective four-engined 'heavies'. By using bombers and men from Operational Training Units (OTU's), 250 from RAF Coastal Command and from Flying Training Command, Harris could easily make up the 1,000 aircraft.

However, just before the raid took place, the Royal Navy refused to allow the Coastal Command aircraft to take part in the raid. The Admiralty perceived the propaganda justifications too weak an argument against the real and pressing threat of the U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. Harris scrambled around and, by crewing 49 more aircraft with pupil pilots and instructors, 1,047 bombers eventually took part in the raid, two and a half times more than any previous raid by the RAF.

In the raid, 868 aircraft bombed the main target with 15 aircraft bombing other targets. The total tonnage of bombs dropped was 1,455 tons with two-thirds of that being incendiaries. Two and a half thousand separate fires were started with 1,700 classed by the German fire brigades as "large". The action of fire fighters and the width of the streets stopped the fires combining into a firestorm, but nonetheless most of the damage was done by fire and not directly by the explosive blasts."

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

Official World Golf Ranking for Week 23 - June 10th - 2012:

CATEGORY A

Martin KAYMER - 12
Retief GOOSEN - 72
Paul CASEY - 58
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ - 64
Anders HANSEN - 53
Alvaro QUIROS - 40
Bernd WIESBERGER - 97
Michael HOEY - 88
Paul LAWRIE - 29
Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO - 46
Sergio GARCIA - 22
Simon DYSON - 48
Thomas BJÖRN - 34
Marcus FRASER - 90
Joost LUITEN - 81
Pablo LARRAZÁBAL - 82
Stephen GALLACHER - 99

CATEGORY B

Ross FISHER - 112
Søren KJELDSEN - 141
Thongchai JAIDEE - 117
Jbe KRUGER - 124
Tom LEWIS - 172
Thomas AIKEN - 111
Richard GREEN - 159
Ricardo SANTOS - 193
Henrik STENSON - 150
Julien QUESNE - 153
Raphaël JACQUELIN - 154
Hennie OTTO - 113
Richard STERNE - 197
Grégory HAVRET - 128
Mark FOSTER - 165
David LYNN - 102
Johan EDFORS - 171
Shane LOWRY - 146
Felipe AGUILAR - 199
Scott JAMIESON - 192
Anthony WALL - 185
Marcel SIEM - 121
Chris WOOD - 195
Jeev Milkha SINGH - 178
Ricardo GONZALEZ - 196
Keith HORNE - 194
Richard FINCH - 198
Thomas LEVET - 225
David HORSEY - 213
Lee SLATTERY - 211
Kenneth FERRIE - 293
John DALY - 275
Lorenzo GAGLI - 203
Rhys DAVIES - 254
James MORRISON - 212
Christian NILSSON - 260
James KINGSTON - 237
José Manuel LARA - 200
Gary BOYD - 258
George MURRAY - 287
Alejandro CAÑIZARES - 216
Danny WILLETT - 201
Jean-Baptiste GONNET - 235
Ignacio GARRIDO - 265
Fabrizio ZANOTTI - 285
Graeme STORM - 286
David DRYSDALE - 229
Brett RUMFORD - 282
Damien MCGRANE - 239
Gareth MAYBIN - 280
Benjamin HEBERT - 274
Sam LITTLE - 247
Tommy FLEETWOOD - 217
Jorge CAMPILLO - 268
Tjaart VAN DER WALT - 277

CATEGORY C

Oliver FISHER - 383
S.S.P CHOWRASIA - 389
Pablo MARTIN - 382
David HOWELL - 363
Steve WEBSTER - 306
Peter WHITEFORD - 301
Robert COLES - 326
Robert-Jan DERKSEN - 305
Bradley DREDGE - 387
Estanislao GOYA - 302
Joel SJÖHOLM - 304
Richard MCEVOY - 362
Carlos DEL MORAL - 331
Marc WARREN - 322
Markus BRIER - 372
Phillip PRICE - 371
Alex CEJKA - 378
José María OLAZÁBAL - 355
Paul MCGINLEY - 318
Jamie ELSON - 328
Gary ORR - 354
Alex HAINDL - 332
Darren FICHARDT - 307
Mikael LUNDBERG - 398
Colin MONTGOMERIE - 421
Simon KHAN - 422
Matthew ZIONS - 445
Oscar FLOREN - 455
Daniel DENISON - 429
Federico COLOMBO - 436
Jamie MOUL - 427
Craig LEE - 417
Simon THORNTON - 416
Edouard DUBOIS - 473
Andrew JOHNSTON - 469
Shiv KAPUR - 402
Oliver WILSON - 455
Richard S JOHNSON - 522
Andrew DODT - 548
Alessandro TADINI - 552
Niclas FASTH - 553
Michael JONZON - 564
Joakim LAGERGREN - 512
Tim SLUITER - 544
Andrew MARSHALL - 502
Warren ABERY - 593
Julien GUERRIER - 516
Thomas NØRRET - 575
Rich BEEM - 627
Peter HEDBLOM - 624
Richard BLAND - 632
David DIXON - 622
Steven O'HARA - 647
Lloyd KENNEDY - 706
Andy SULLIVAN - 707
Sam HUTSBY - 700
Maarten LAFEBER - 711
Knut BORSHEIM - 729
Bernd RITTHAMMER - 790
Michael CAMPBELL - 881
Emiliano GRILLO - 833
Reinier SAXTON - 829
Jordi GARCIA - 898
Jin JEONG - 910
Mark F HAASTRUP - 976
Matthew NIXON - 946
Max GLAUERT - 1049
Ben PARKER - 1164
Christoph GÜNTHER - 1182
Wen-yi HUANG - 1458
Dylan FRITTELLI - 1458
Marcel HAREMZA - 1458
Daniel WUENSCHE - 1458
Max KRAMER - 1458
Dennis KÜPPER - 1458
Bernhard LANGER - 1458
Guillaume CAMBIS - 1458
Björn STROMSKY - N/A

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Upcoming events:


____________ Date ___________ Event ___________________________ Weight


Event #25 _ Jun 28 - Jul 01 ___ The Irish Open _______________________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Royal Portrush GC, Portrush, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Event #26 _ Jul 05 - Jul 08 ___ Alstom Open de France ________________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Le Golf National, Paris, France

Event #27 _ Jul 05 - Jul 08 ___ U.S. Women's Open ____________________________ Weighted 3
_______________________________ Blackwolf Run, Championship Course, Kohler, Wisconsin, USA



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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

Make Cut __________ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All 6 Make Cut ___ 20 ____________ 40 ___________ 60

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

* Points awarded for round only

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Cat A - weisberger, Paul Lawrie, (Kaymer)

Cat B - Wood, Sterne, (Ross Fisher)

Cat C - Warren, Simon Thornton, (Hedlom)

Cheers Venice.

A) Paul Lawrie, Alvaro Quiros (Sergio Garcia)

B) Ross Fisher, Hennie Otto (Chris Wood)

C) Marc Warren, Oliver Wilson (Rich Beem)

Cat A:
Martin KAYMER
Sergio GARCIA
(res - Retief GOOSEN)

Cat B:
Ross FISHER
Richard STERNE
(res - Henrik STENSON )

Cat C:
Alex CEJKA
Joakim LAGERGREN
(res - Bernhard LANGER )

Cheers Venice!

CATEGORY A

Martin KAYMER - 12
Sergio GARCIA - 22
Thomas BJÖRN - RESERVE

CATEGORY B
Raphaël JACQUELIN - 154
David HORSEY - 213
Lee SLATTERY - RESERVE

CATEGORY C

Joel SJÖHOLM - 304
Richard MCEVOY - 362
Oliver WILSON RESERVE

Venice,

Please note that I want to give some other people a chance to win some events, so I have decided to get married and go on honeymoon next week in order to miss a big chunk of events.

This means my winning streak will well and truly come to an end. I have posted selections on the summer schedule thread as a damage limitation exercise.

I did think about posting selections while on holiday, but hopefully I will have other things to keep me busy.

Cheers!

Congratulations Ray, trust she is a QPR fan!

My picks:

CAT A:
P. Lawrie
S. Garcia
(R) M. Kaymer

CAT B:
M. Siem
R. Fisher
(R) D. Lynn

CAT C:
A. Cejka
O. Fisher
(R) A. Haindl

raycastleunited wrote:Venice,

Please note that I want to give some other people a chance to win some events, so I have decided to get married and go on honeymoon next week in order to miss a big chunk of events.

This means my winning streak will well and truly come to an end. I have posted selections on the summer schedule thread as a damage limitation exercise.

I did think about posting selections while on holiday, but hopefully I will have other things to keep me busy.

Cheers!

Wow! Congratulations to you and your lovely soon-to-be wife.

That's a heavy price to pay to jeopardize your Fantasy League current standing. Well, the rest of us might as well pile on and take advantage of this slight window of opportunity.

A - Kaymer, Jimenez, Garcia (r)

B - Sterne, Ross Fisher, Fleetwood (r)

C - Cjeka, McGinley, Dredge (r)

Cheers, V!

BlueCoverman wrote:Congratulations Ray, trust she is a QPR fan!

Congratulations Ray, but you may find she wants you to leave her alone after a while and then you will have time to stop me from picking your picks

Congrats Ray

Cat A
Martin Kaymer, Sergio Garcia res Paul Lawrie

Cat B
Richard Stern, Marcel Seim res Johan Edfors

Cat C
Philip Price, Colin Montgomerie res Bradley Dredge


Thanks

Cat A
Paul Lawrie, Sergio Garcia res Martin Kaymer

Cat B
David DRYSDALE, Tom LEWIS res Chris WOOD

Cat C
Bernhard LANGER, Colin Montgomerie res David HOWELL


A good mixture.

Thanks for being so generous, Ray

My no-hopers for this week are:

Cat A: Bernd Wiesberger & Paul Lawrie (res Gonzo)
Cat B: Ross Fisher & Richard Sterne (res Richard Green)
Cat C: David Howell & Steve Webster (res Paul McGinley)

Did anyone else watch the highlights of the LET event from Switzerland last night? Tano Goya was caddying for his girlfriend Carly Booth who won after a 3-way play-off! That must be a match made in heaven

Ooops nearly forgot this one!

CATEGORY A: Alvaro QUIROS, Paul LAWRIE (res: Sergio GARCIA)

CATEGORY B: Richard STERNE, Marcel SIEM (res: Thongchai JAIDEE)

CATEGORY C: Marc WARREN, Niclas FASTH (res: Pablo MARTIN)

Cat A
Retief GOOSEN
Martin KAYMER
Res: Joost Luiten

Cat B
Raphael JACQUELIN
Marcel SIEM
Res: Henrik Stenson

Cat C
Alex CEJKA
Paul MCGINLEY
Res: Jamie Moul

Cheers Venice

Leaving it very late tonight

Kaymer, Garcia reserve Hansen

Wood, Lewis reserve Kingston

Fasth, Warren reserve Cejka

Thanks Venice

Apologies for being so late Venice - doesn't look like these have started on the ET website...

A - Goosen, Dyson
B - Green, Havret
C - Drysdale, Warren

I am away next week so can you please use numbers 2 and 4 in each section with nunber 6 as my reserve?

Cheers as always

Confirmed that boyhyde's picks hadn't started at time of selection

Going for late tee offs - 'cause I forgot to do this yesterday!

Cat A: Sergio Garcia, Paul Casey

Cat B: Tom Lewis, Ross Fisher

Cat C: Steve Webster, Marc Warren

If somebody could please verify that they have not teed off yet, that would be great!

All look OK to me Mary

Thanks for the kind words guys

Maybe once I am married I won't be allowed to post on internet forums any more?

Last night I came home late, logged on and started to post my picks; you should have seen the look I got Ray. Good luck mate

Hi everyone. Thanks for the confirmations and alerts. And don't worry Ray, 1GG has your future picks covered.

Thanks for verifying my picks Davie.

In such a rush to get my picks in before they tee'd off that I forgot to say ...

CONGRATULATIONS RAY - and best of luck to the new Mrs C.

Especially for Ray:-

A man is getting married, and is standing by his bride at the church. Standing by him are his golf clubs and bag. His bride whispers, "What are your golf clubs doing here?" And the man said, "This is not going to take all day, is it?"

BlueCoverman wrote:Especially for Ray:-

A man is getting married, and is standing by his bride at the church. Standing by him are his golf clubs and bag. His bride whispers, "What are your golf clubs doing here?" And the man said, "This is not going to take all day, is it?"

Leaderboard - Round 1

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


1. Redrage _____________ X (X/X) ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 10

1. BlueCoverman ________ X (X/X) ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 10

1. faldono1fan _________ X (X/X) ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 10

1. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ X (X/X) ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 10


5. hogie _______________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. SetupDetermines _____ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. Davie _______________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. oldparwin ___________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. Mary_S ______________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. Doc _________________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. venice1 _____________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. raycastleunited _____ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. LadyPutt ____________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00

5. boyhyde _____________ X (X/X) ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 00


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Round 1 is in the books with four receiving 10 points each for a selection making the Round 1 Top 5 category: Redrage and BlueCoverman with Paul McGinley while Faldono1fan and 1GrumpyGolfer went with Chris Wood. All other Fantasy League competitors struck out and have zero points. The main reason for the low scoring round was that there were only 5 pro's shooting the low 5 scores plus ties as the low mark for the day was at -7.

Nobody chose the two who shot the worse round of the day at +9: Björn Stromsky and Anton Kirstein. There's certain to be some mad scrambling for making the cut tomorrow as -2 is the current line with a very likely turn towards two to three strokes even lower at the conclusion of Friday's round. The tournament appears to be headed towards another GCUK Fantasy League Weighted 1 event that's labeled as hard work with low pay.


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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Marcus Fraser -8
1. None

Fabrizio Zanotti -8
1. None


1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Björn Stromsky +9
1. None

Anton Kirstein +9
1. None


1st Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-7 and lower


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Grrrr - part of my new strategy is to stop picking golfers because they come from the West Country, and Chris Wood then decides to show a bit of form and is currently in the top 10!

Thanks for the update Venice

Mary_S wrote:Grrrr - part of my new strategy is to stop picking golfers because they come from the West Country, and Chris Wood then decides to show a bit of form and is currently in the top 10!

Thanks for the update Venice

I hope Wood follows the same routine as yesterday Mary; he ran the last 2 miles to the course with clubs in hand as he was stuck in traffic.

Where is your loyalty Mary? I have stuck with him through thick & thin. He has had some reasonable finishes lately. A solid second round of 70 should set him up nicely for the weekend.

Mary has no loyalty...one minute it is David Howell the next it is Stevie G!...

Quite impressive that from Mr Wood Grumps...I guess that Shane Lowry would have missed his tee time!

I suppose if it was downhill Blue Lowry could have rolled there!

Congrats on your sterling performance so far. I guess the gaffer had you in for extra training

It's been all downhill in the Fantasy League for me lately Grumps...

Thanks but I'm not sure all that extra training was really worth a measly 10 points!

Gotta start somewhere Blue!

I like how Davie, OPW, Mary and Doc scored 30 points in round 1 and are all in mid table obscurity in joint 5th. I guess they all advised Venice in his tax planning

Steady on having a pop at venice Grumps, you know he won't need much excuse to deduct a few of your points!

BlueCoverman wrote:Steady on having a pop at venice Grumps, you know he won't need much excuse to deduct a few of your points!

Oooh look at you sucking up to the league administrator

As my missus says "I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb". I don't get it myself but if he's going to deduct points anyway I may as well feel like I've earned the deduction

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Gotta start somewhere Blue!

I like how Davie, OPW, Mary and Doc scored 30 points in round 1 and are all in mid table obscurity in joint 5th. I guess they all advised Venice in his tax planning

That's what happens when one configures the League Table using QuickBooks software' EZ Form templates, it always wants to grant the automatic savings due to tax deductions. Hope the IRS doesn't catch on as the calculations are made on this side of the pond.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:Steady on having a pop at venice Grumps, you know he won't need much excuse to deduct a few of your points!

Oooh look at you sucking up to the league administrator

As my missus says "I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb". I don't get it myself but if he's going to deduct points anyway I may as well feel like I've earned the deduction

I thought she said "I wish you were well hung"

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:Steady on having a pop at venice Grumps, you know he won't need much excuse to deduct a few of your points!

Oooh look at you sucking up to the league administrator

As my missus says "I may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb". I don't get it myself but if he's going to deduct points anyway I may as well feel like I've earned the deduction

I thought she said "I wish you were well hung"

Get your mind out of the gutter Blue











But no worries on that score

Yes apologies for that lapse in standards Grumps, it seemed mildly amusing when I wrote it!

No worries Blue, it's all in the spirit of gentle natured mild ribbing as Super would call it

Leaderboard - Round 2

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


1. Redrage ____________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 35

1. faldono1fan ________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 35

3. 1GrumpyGolfer ______ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 30


4. hogie ______________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 25

4. SetupDetermines ____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 25

4. Davie ______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 25

4. oldparwin __________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 25

4. venice1 ____________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 25

4. LadyPutt ___________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 25

4. BlueCoverman _______ 15 (3/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 25


11. Mary_S ____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 20

11. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 20

11. raycastleunited ___ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 20

11. boyhyde ___________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 20


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Redrage and faldono1fan now share the halfway lead at the GCUK Fantasy League BMW Open, each with 35 points followed closely by 1GrumpyGolfer who's nailed down the three spot. After that, it's a mad world of seven tied for fourth and four are holding down the fort with 20 points each. No less than seven competitors had 5 of 6 selections make the cut which translates into a knockdown affair Sunday afternoon. Martin Kaymer was the big reason why several never had a perfect score for cuts made. That category is becoming more elusive with each unfolding event.

hogie was the only one to score any category points with his selection of Joel Sjöholm who tied Matthew Nixon for low score of Round 2. Nobody selected Kenneth Ferrie or Benjamin Miarka, both of whom carded high scores for the day with an impressive +11. SetupDetermines had the gutsiest Category C picks making the cut with his selection of Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie, both of whom have seen better days before the turn of the century.


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2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Joel Sjöholm -6
1. hogie

Matthew Nixon +6
1. None

Damien McGrane +6
1. None


2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Kenneth Ferrie +11
1. None

Benjamin Miarka +11
1. None


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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Marcus Fraser -8
1. None

Fabrizio Zanotti -8
1. None


1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Björn Stromsky +9
1. None

Anton Kirstein +9
1. None


1st Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-7 and lower


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Well done Danny Willett...you could have done it in the Wales Open when I picked you though!

Mary_S wrote:Grrrr - part of my new strategy is to stop picking golfers because they come from the West Country, and Chris Wood then decides to show a bit of form and is currently in the top 10!

Thanks for the update Venice

It started out so promisingly and then Chris Wood leads me down the garden path and I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe, he could get me a win. But then as my hopes start to rise and I'm feeling good he starts to get a little flaky, he won't return my texts, emails or calls and then disaster strikes he can't score and I'm left in mid table obscurity. I just don't know if I'm ever going to be able to trust him again.

I feel just as when two of my reserves do better than my picks once again!!!

You think that's bad? I had Hunter Mahan in my Yahoo fantasy league for the first three rounds. Dropped him for round four and he shot a 61(?)

So you are stalking Chris Wood now?...be ashamed Grumps, be very ashamed!

No worries on that score Blue, I'd be chased off of that by Mary!