GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #32 _ Omega European Masters

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GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session
Event #32 _ Omega European Masters
30 Aug - 02 Sep 2012 ___ Crans-sur-Sierre, Crans Montana, Switzerland
Tournament value: Weighted 1

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2011 Omega European Masters Top 10 finishers:

1 BJÖRN, Thomas
2 KAYMER, Martin
3 VAN ZYL, Jaco
3 MCILROY, Rory
3 DONALDSON, Jamie
6 ANDERSSON HED, Fredrik
6 LYNN, David
6 WESTWOOD, Lee
9 CAÑIZARES, Alejandro
9 JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Angel
9 NOREN, Alexander

Omega European Masters Winners since 2000:

2011 Thomas BJÖRN
2010 Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
2009 Alexander NOREN
2008 Jean-François LUCQUIN
2007 Brett RUMFORD
2006 Bradley DREDGE
2005 Sergio GARCIA
2004 Luke DONALD
2003 Ernie ELS
2002 Robert KARLSSON
2001 Ricardo GONZALEZ
2000 Eduardo ROMERO


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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 34 - August 26th - 2012:

CATEGORY A

Paul LAWRIE - 30
Peter HANSON - 31
David LYNN - 39
Thomas BJÖRN - 41
Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTAÑO - 44
Simon DYSON - 46
Branden GRACE - 51
Jamie DONALDSON - 55
Anders HANSEN - 59
Marcel SIEM - 60

Alexander NOREN - 62
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ - 73
Bernd WIESBERGER - 78
Matteo MANASSERO - 81
Marcus FRASER - 82
Thorbjørn OLESEN - 85
Pablo LARRAZÁBAL - 92
Joost LUITEN - 95
Darren CLARKE - 97

CATEGORY B

Paul CASEY - 104
Michael HOEY - 109
Richie RAMSAY - 109
Thomas AIKEN - 112
Stephen GALLACHER - 116
Ross FISHER - 123
Henrik STENSON - 124
Raphaël JACQUELIN - 124
Shane LOWRY - 126

Søren KJELDSEN - 131
Danny WILLETT - 134
Victor DUBUISSON - 140
Jaco VAN ZYL - 142
Thaworn WIRATCHANT - 144
Hennie OTTO - 145
Jbe KRUGER - 149
Grégory HAVRET - 153
Mohd SIDDIKUR - 154

Chris WOOD - 157
Mark FOSTER - 158
Thomas LEVET - 161
Peter LAWRIE - 162
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED - 167
Kristoffer BROBERG - 169
Julien QUESNE - 170
Romain WATTEL - 171

Kiradech APHIBARNRAT - 182
Richard STERNE - 183
John DALY - 184
Darren FICHARDT - 185
Grégory BOURDY - 187
Lee SLATTERY - 188
Richard GREEN - 192
James MORRISON - 194
David DRYSDALE - 197

Tom LEWIS - 201
Marc WARREN - 203
Fabrizio ZANOTTI - 205
Scott JAMIESON - 211
Ricardo GONZALEZ - 212
Johan EDFORS - 212
Anirban LAHIRI - 213
Ricardo SANTOS - 215
Keith HORNE - 215

Garth MULROY - 216
Brett RUMFORD - 225
Alejandro CAÑIZARES - 226
Richard FINCH - 228
Felipe AGUILAR - 229
Lorenzo GAGLI - 236
David LIPSKY - 250

CATEGORY C

José Manuel LARA - 252
Peter WHITEFORD - 255
Prom MEESAWAT - 258
David HORSEY - 266
Paul MCGINLEY - 269
Tommy FLEETWOOD - 273
David HOWELL - 283
Benjamin HEBERT - 287
Sam LITTLE - 289
Jean-Baptiste GONNET - 289

Ignacio GARRIDO - 290
Gary BOYD - 293
Damien MCGRANE - 297
Christian NILSSON - 299
James KINGSTON - 302
Gaganjeet BHULLAR - 304
Robert-Jan DERKSEN - 305
Rhys DAVIES - 308
Tjaart VAN DER WALT - 308
Scott HEND - 309

Kieran PRATT - 315
Steve WEBSTER - 320
Rikard KARLBERG - 321
Kenneth FERRIE - 338
Joel SJÖHOLM - 338
Graeme STORM - 344
Mardan MAMAT - 345
Phillip PRICE - 345
George MURRAY - 357

Estanislao GOYA - 358
Robert COLES - 359
Gareth MAYBIN - 360
Mikko ILONEN - 363
Alex CEJKA - 366
José María OLAZÁBAL - 372
Carlos DEL MORAL - 377
S.S.P CHOWRASIA - 379
Himmat RAI - 393
Shiv KAPUR - 417
Scott BARR - 431

Pariya JUNHASAVASDIKUL - 445
Oliver FISHER - 447
Richard MCEVOY - 449
Markus BRIER - 450
Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL - 454
Bradley DREDGE - 459
Digvijay SINGH - 460
Berry HENSON - 468
Matthew ZIONS - 476
Niclas FASTH - 478

Colin MONTGOMERIE - 510
Pablo MARTIN - 514
Oscar FLOREN - 517
Joonas GRANBERG - 534
Jyoti RANDHAWA - 542
Zaw MOE - 549
Paul WARING - 574
Marcus BOTH - 583
Rich BEEM - 594

Angelo QUE - 624
Andrew DODT - 627
Richard S JOHNSON - 633
Michael JONZON - 653
Chiragh KUMAR - 681
Michael CAMPBELL - 702
Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL - 712
Peter KARMIS - 718
Peter HEDBLOM - 722
Jason KNUTZON - 737
Martin ROMINGER - 759

Mathias GRÖNBERG - 841
Ross BAIN - 851
Damian ULRICH - 1107
Greg NORMAN - 1130
Ken BENZ - 1445
Sven STRÜVER - 1450
Roger FURRER - N/A

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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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Unofficial Leaderboard - Round 3

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


1. Mary_S ______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X _______ 45

T2. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ 20 (4/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X ________ 40

T2. BlueCoverman________ 20 (4/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X ________ 40

T2. boyhyde ____________ 20 (4/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X _______ 40

T2. Davie_______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____0 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X _______ 40

T2. Venice1 ____________ 20 (4/6) _____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 20 _____ X _______ X _______ 40

T2. raycastleunited _____ 20 (4/6) ____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 20 _____ X _______ X ________ 40

8. RedRage __________ 15 (3/6) ____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 20 _____ X _______ X ________ 35

9. faldono1fan _________ 20 (4/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 0 _____ X _______ X ________ 30

10. Doc _____________ 15 (3/6) ____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X _______ 25

1. SetupDetermines ____ 10 (2/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 0 _____ X _______ X _______ 20

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Overnight rains saw the course take a beating and the par 4 6th was shortened to a par 3 for the day. There was plenty of action on moving day with raycastleunited and Venice1 managing to have the best of rounds and the worst of rounds scoring bonus points at both ends of the spectrum. Seven other players scored bonus points and RedRage had two in the hallowed hall of fame of a Top 10 score. Only two failed to pick up any of the bonus points on offer.

Mary_S still holds onto first place by a mere fraction. She’s been helped by the withdrawal of Chris Wood and that’s affected five other players. I’m sure we’ll see Mary_S offering a rubdown with the sporting life to Chris now that he’s withdrawn. It’s shaping up to be a battle on the last day; will Mary_S hold on to fight off the many challengers to her throne?
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Round 2 saw Mary_S spring to the front of the pack opening up a 5 point lead over the chasing bunch. Her joy tempered by the disappointment that is Henrik Stenson. He was well on track to make the cut and lead Mary_S to a perfect six until an 8 on the par 4 4th derailed his round after 13 holes. He managed another birdie but couldn’t find another to miss the cut by one shot.

No one else came close to making it a perfect six and as expected bonus points for low or worst round were left on the table. Nobody picked Julien Quesne who catapulted himself up into the halfway lead with a fine -6 65. Amateur Michael Thannhaeuser struggled to the worst round of the day with a +13 84. Sven Struver may have dropped shots on his last two holes but he hung on to avoid the ignominy of worst round two days running.

What will moving day bring?

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Those who chose David Howell or Rhys Davies made hay in the Swiss sunshine yesterday, it’s almost easier to list those who didn’t pick a Round 1 Top 5 competitor. Although there were others who fell one agonising shot short of making the Top 5 or worst round. Plenty of points still to play for and those without bonus points will be hoping all their players make the cut to earn what could be a crucial 20 bonus points.

1. 8 pros made the Round 1 Top 5 list and two were chosen by fantasy league players
2. Nobody selected Gregory Bourdy who shot the best round of the day
3. Nobody selected Sven Struver who shot the worse round of the day
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3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Joost Luiten -7
1. None

3rd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Peter Hanson +6
1. raycastleunited
2. Venice1

3rd Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-3 and lower
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2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Julien Quesne -6
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Michael Thannhaeuser +13
1. None
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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Gregory Bourdy -8
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Sven Struver +11
1. None

1st Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-5 and lower
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Unofficial Leaderboard - Final

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

1. faldono1fan _________ 20 (4/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 0 _______ 40 _______ 70

T2. Davie______________ 20 (4/6) ___ 10 _____0 _____ 10 _____ 0 _______ 30 _______ 70

T2. Mary_S ___________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ 0 _______ 25 ______ 70

4. Doc _______________ 15 (3/6) ____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ 10 _______ 25 ______ 60

T5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 20 (4/6) _____10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ 0 _______ 15 ______ 55

T5. raycastleunited _____ 20 (4/6) ____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 20 _____ 0 _______ 15 _______ 55

T5. RedRage __________ 15 (3/6) ____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 20 _____ 0 _______ 20 ________ 55

8. boyhyde ____________ 20 (4/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ 0 _______ 10 ______ 50

T9. BlueCoverman________ 20 (4/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 10 _____ 0 _______ 0 ______ 40

T9. Venice1 ____________ 20 (4/6) _____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 20 _____ 0 _______ 0 ______ 40

11. SetupDetermines ____ 10 (2/6) ____10 _____ 0 _____ 0 _____ 0 _______ 0 _______ 20

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After claiming, on this thread, that he's no good at this game a storming surge to the finish line by Faldono1Fan saw him pip Davie and Mary_S on countback. His pick of Romain Wattel finished in a tie for second earning him a crucial 40 points and the Omerga European Masters crown. Mary_S took her eye off the ball, forgetting to rally her troops by helping Chris Wood “recover” from his back injury. Two top 6 finishes by Davie’s picks allowed him to consolidate his second place.

Doc was the other big mover of the day; his pick of Branden Grace earned him worst round bonus points and a last place finish. Paul Lawrie rounded off his points earnings and sealed 4th place.

Nobody picked Lee Slattery whose final round 64 earned him a 14th place finish. Winner, Richie Ramsay, a popular pick in prior tournaments, also didn’t feel the love of the fantasy leaguers. Markus Brier tied for worst round and last place but no one picked him either.
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Overnight rains saw the course take a beating and the par 4 6th was shortened to a par 3 for the day. There was plenty of action on moving day with raycastleunited and Venice1 managing to have the best of rounds and the worst of rounds scoring bonus points at both ends of the spectrum. Seven other players scored bonus points and RedRage had two in the hallowed hall of fame of a Top 10 score. Only two failed to pick up any of the bonus points on offer.

Mary_S still holds onto first place by a mere fraction. She’s been helped by the withdrawal of Chris Wood and that’s affected five other players. I’m sure we’ll see Mary_S offering a rubdown with the sporting life to Chris now that he’s withdrawn. It’s shaping up to be a battle on the last day; will Mary_S hold on to fight off the many challengers to her throne?
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Round 2 saw Mary_S spring to the front of the pack opening up a 5 point lead over the chasing bunch. Her joy tempered by the disappointment that is Henrik Stenson. He was well on track to make the cut and lead Mary_S to a perfect six until an 8 on the par 4 4th derailed his round after 13 holes. He managed another birdie but couldn’t find another to miss the cut by one shot.

No one else came close to making it a perfect six and as expected bonus points for low or worst round were left on the table. Nobody picked Julien Quesne who catapulted himself up into the halfway lead with a fine -6 65. Amateur Michael Thannhaeuser struggled to the worst round of the day with a +13 84. Sven Struver may have dropped shots on his last two holes but he hung on to avoid the ignominy of worst round two days running.

What will moving day bring?

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Those who chose David Howell or Rhys Davies made hay in the Swiss sunshine yesterday, it’s almost easier to list those who didn’t pick a Round 1 Top 5 competitor. Although there were others who fell one agonising shot short of making the Top 5 or worst round. Plenty of points still to play for and those without bonus points will be hoping all their players make the cut to earn what could be a crucial 20 bonus points.

1. 8 pros made the Round 1 Top 5 list and two were chosen by fantasy league players
2. Nobody selected Gregory Bourdy who shot the best round of the day
3. Nobody selected Sven Struver who shot the worse round of the day
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Final Round Low Score (10 Points):
Lee Slattery -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Branden Grace +9
1. Doc

Final Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Markus Brier +9

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3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Joost Luiten -7
1. None

3rd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Peter Hanson +6
1. raycastleunited
2. Venice1

3rd Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-3 and lower
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2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Julien Quesne -6
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Michael Thannhaeuser +13
1. None
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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Gregory Bourdy -8
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Sven Struver +11
1. None

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