GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #36

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #36

The McGladrey Classic

18 - 21 October 2012 ___ Seaside Course, Sea Island, Georgia, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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


1. Davie _______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 20 _____ 00 _______ 65 ______ 120

2. raycastleunited _____ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 50 ______ 110

3. LadyPutt ____________ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 40 ______ 100

4. BlueCoverman ________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 15 ______ 95

4. faldono1fan _________ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 20 _____ 00 _______ 25 ______ 95

6. SetupDetermines _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 25 ______ 70

7. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 15 ______ 65

8. Mary_S ______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 20 ______ 50

9. Redrage _____________ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 20 ______ 45



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Tommy "Two Gloves" Gainey came from 7 shots back with a course record final round 60 to win the McGladrey Classic. There was a similar a comeback from Davie to snatch victory in event 36 of the GCUK Fantasy League schedule. Davie had three picks finish in the top 10. Local hero Davis Love III who was tied for the third round lead stumbled to an over par final round and fell to a tie for 4th place. Like Davis, BlueCoverman slumped down the leaderboard, but those who follow The Cho-Ker know this isn't an unusual occurence.

The absent raycastleunited finished in solo second after having two picks finish in the top 4 places. LadyPutt had three picks finish in the top 20, wrapping up with a top 5, 10 and 20 finish to secure third place. Faldono1fan, SetupDetermines and Mary_S all had two picks finish in the top 20 to score points. RedRage and 1GrumpyGolfer could only manage one top 10 finisher.

No one picked Tommy Gainey who shot a course record -10, 60 in the final round. No one picked Cameron Beckman who would have earned the worst round and last place double. Beckman was the unlucky recipient of all the shots that Gainey picked up, he finished with a +10, 80. He secured the dishonours of last place and all those bonus points went begging.


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Final Round Low Score (10 Points):
Tommy Gainey -10
1. None

Final Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Cameron Beckman +10
1. None

Last Place (10 Points):
Cameron Beckman
1. None

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An MDF cut after round three at the McGladrey Classic sees 4 GCUK Fantasy Leaguers say goodbye to another pick. BlueCoverman, LadyPutt, SetupDetermines and faldono1fan saw Richard H Lee and Jonas Blixt fall by the wayside.

In other news it was moving day, for some the moves were good, for others not so good. Faldono1fan and Davie made the biggest moves with two picks inside the Top 10 low scores in round three. The rest had one pick inside that Top 10 but two GCUK Fantasy Leaguers didn't score points; RedRage and 1GrumpyGolfer hang their heads in shame and await the pot shots from BlueCoverman.

No one chose Ben Crane to come storming into contention with a round equaling the course record with an -8, 62. The worse round dishonours were shared equally by Stephen Bowditch, Chris DiMarco, J J Killeen and Alex Cejka. They all shot +5 over and suffered the indignity of an MDF. Luckily for GCUK Fantasy Leaguers, no one picked any of them either.

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3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Ben Crane -8
1. None

3rd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Stephen Bowditch +5
1. None

3rd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Chris DiMarco +5
1. None

3rd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
J J Killeen +5
1. None

3rd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Alex Cejka +5
1. None

3rd Round Top 10 Low Score (10 Points):
-4 and lower

MDF Cut Line (0 Points):
-2 and lower

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Great day of scoring for the pros and a poor day of scoring for the GCUK Fantasy Leaguers. Only BlueCoverman scored points after the first day's play at the McGladrey Classic in Sea Island, Georgia.

BlueCoverman had the soundness of mind to move away from one of LadyPutt's picks and choose Bud Cauley. He shot an -8, 62 to tie for the lead after the first round. Mary_S is feeling just like LadyPutt does as one of her reserves, Marco Dawson, finished in a tie for first place with Bud Cauley. Many had picks on the cusp of the Round 1 Top 5 but only five players made the Top 5.

No one picked Patrick Sheehan either he shot 77 for worse round of the day and is in need of a miracle to make the cut.

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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Bud Cauley -8
1. BlueCoverman

1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Marco Dawson -8
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Patrick Sheehan +7
1. None

1st Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-6 and lower


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Lucky BlueCoverman earned his first victory at the Portugal Open last week; he puts that down to meticulous research and planning or as it’s otherwise known: stalking. Can he make it back to back wins this week at the McGladrey Classic.

This is the third installment of the McGladrey Classic at Sea Island, GA. This par 70 course is set up for low scoring as -17 and -15 have won the previous two events. Ben Crane is back in the field as defending champion and first winner, Heath Slocum is also in the field.

Crane won in a playoff last year over Davie’s favourite: Webb Simpson and that defeat ultimately helped Luke Donald win the Tour money list so that’s one reason to like Ben Crane. One reason not to like him is for his penchant for slow and deliberate play.

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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 Week 41 – October 14th 2012:

CATEGORY A
Zach Johnson 16
Jim Furyk 23
Jason Day 27
David Toms 40
Robert Garrigus 43
Bud Cauley 55
Vijay Singh 67
Mark Wilson 69
Ben Crane 71
Jonas Blixt 75
Ben Curtis 76
Michael Thompson 78

CATEGORY B
Jeff Overton 83
Robert Karlsson 84
Ted Potter Jr. 93
Brendon de Jonge 98
Rory Sabbatini 100
Charles Howell-III 101
Gary Woodland 102
D.A. Points 109
Brian Davis 113
Chris Kirk 114
Sean O'Hair 116
Scott Stallings 117
Henrik Stenson 119
John Rollins 124
Blake Adams 133
Ken Duke 138
Harris English 140
Matt Every 141
Chez Reavie 144
Cameron Tringale 145
Robert Allenby 147
Davis Love-III 148
John Mallinger 154
Brendan Steele 169
Brian Harman 170
Jhonattan Vegas 171
Garth Mulroy 172
Chad Campbell 177
Kevin Chappell 179
Tommy Gainey 183
David Hearn 195
John Daly 196
Ricky Barnes 197
Troy Kelly 204
Jason Kokrak 205
Camilo Villegas 208
Chris Stroud 210
Jerry Kelly 211
Daniel Summerhays 216
Greg Owen 218
Danny Lee 219
Nick O'Hern 236
Martin Flores 237
Will Claxton 244
Angel Cabrera 249
Stewart Cink 250
Jason Bohn 253
Roberto Castro 255
Rod Pampling 257
Gary Christian 265
Billy Horschel 267
Colt Knost 274
J.J. Killeen 278
Billy Mayfair 282
Justin Leonard 286
Tim Herron 289
Scott Verplank 290
Heath Slocum 294

CATEGORY C

Brian Gay 302
James Driscoll 306
David Mathis 313
Boo Weekley 316
Scott Brown 318
Billy Hurley-III 322
Russell Knox 331
Jeff Maggert 342
Bill Lunde 344
D.J. Trahan 346
Chris DiMarco 358
Chris Couch 362
Erik Compton 367
Roland Thatcher 374
Tom Pernice-Jr 381
Alexandre Rocha 384
Mathew Goggin 389
Charlie Beljan 390
Bobby Gates 395
Joe Durant 403
Miguel Angel Carballo 417
Stuart Appleby 419
Kyle Reifers 422
Peter Tomasulo 449
Gavin Coles 451
Kevin Kisner 455
Vaughn Taylor 456
Mark Anderson 458
Matt Jones 467
Steve Wheatcroft 486
Michael Bradley 487
Ryuji Imada 491
Daniel Chopra 501
Edward Loar 502
Stephen Ames 510
Brendon Todd 544
Nathan Green 559
Arjun Atwal 573
Steven Bowditch 583
Scott Dunlap 593
Kyle Thompson 607
Matt Bettencourt 619
Rocco Mediate 683
Marco Dawson 692
Cameron Beckman 725
Derek Lamely 767
Tommy Biershenk 800
Dean Wilson 843
Patrick Sheehan 859
Carl Paulson 1323
Stephen Gangluff 1364
Richard H. Lee 1446
Bart Bryant N/A
David Hutsell N/A
Sung Kang N/A
Hank Kuehne N/A
Tim Weinhart N/A



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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

Event #37 _ Oct 25 - Oct 28 ___ Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship _____________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Sunrise Golf & Country Club, Yang Mei, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Event #38 _ Nov 01 - Nov 04 ___ WGC - HSBC Champions _________________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Mission Hills Golf Course, Shenzhen, China

Event #39 _ Nov 08 - Nov 11 ___ Childrens Miracle Network Classic ____________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Magnolia & Palm Golf Courses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 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. By decree of GCUK Fantasy League Administrator, 1GrumpyGolfer BlueCoverman is not allowed to change his picks

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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NIce one 1GG - must admit I'm totally amazed at how high in the rankings Jason Day is! Hardly heard him mentioned for ages!

Not sure there are enough good names in this week to pick a porn star team though

He had a high finish at the first fall series event which has probably boosted his full value points numbers. Plus it's wind down time at the moment so lots of the top players aren't playing and most of the movement in the OWGR is due to old points being dropped off.

After nearly missing last week's event, let's get the ball rolling early.... it's pretty slim pickings this week, but I won't be following this as I will be strolling down the fairways of Murcia.

Cat A:
Zach Johnson
Jim Furyk
(res - Jason Day)

Cat B:
Brendon de Jonge
Jeff Overton
(res - Chris Kirk )

Cat C:
Alexandre Rocha
Russell Knox
(res - Brian Gay)

Cheers Grumps - great work as always!

raycastleunited wrote:After nearly missing last week's event, let's get the ball rolling early.... it's pretty slim pickings this week, but I won't be following this as I will be strolling down the fairways of Murcia.

Show off...

Cat A:
Jason Day
Jonas Blixt
(res - Vijay Singh)

Cat B:
Robert Karlsson
Camilo Villegas
(res - Brian Davis)

Cat C:
D.J. Trahan
Stuart Appleby
(res - Ryuji Imada)

Here are this weeks lucky picks:

Cat A
Jason DAY
Zach JOHNSON
res: Jim Furyk

Cat B
Harris ENGLISH
Chris KIRK
res: Billy Horschel

Cat C
Russell KNOX
Richard H LEE
res: Alexandre Rocha

Cheers Grumps. Try and do a little better this week

Cat A - Jonas Blixt, Jason Day, (Zach Johnson)

Cat B - Blake Adams, Jason Kokrak, (Colt Knost)

Cat C - Russell Knox, David Mathis, (Erik Compton)

Cheers Grumps

CATEGORY A: Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh (res: Jonas Blixt)

CATEGORY B: Robert Karlsson, Brendon de Jonge (res: Henrik Stenson)

CATEGORY C: Russell Knox, Chris Couch (res: David Mathis)

A - VJ Singh, J Day, M Thompson (r)

B - B de Jonge, J Vegas, R. Karlsson (r)

C - R. Knox, A. Rocha, B. Weekley (r)

Cat A: Jonas Blixt, Robert Garrigus (res Jason Day)
Cat B: Brendon de Jonge, Ken Duke (res Harris English)
cat C: Brian Gay, David Mathis (res Stuart Appleby)

Could be anybody's this week - cue a resurgence in form by Jason Day!

So happy to see two of my picks - Jason Day and Harris English - in your reserves LP

Grumpy this could be my week again!

See, I knew you were lucky, Blue...

Cat A: Jason Day; Mark Wilson (Res: V J Singh)

Cat B: Henrik Stenson; Cameron Tringale (Res: Troy Kelly)

Cat C: Scott Brown; Bobby Gates (Res: Marco Dawson)

Cheers GG!

Field Updates:

Withdrawals:
Robert Garrigus - LadyPutt pick
John Mallinger
Scott Verplank
Chris Couch - Davie pick
Hank Kuehne

However LadyPutt has picked Jason Day as a reserve whilst a lot of others have picked him as a full pick. This could make things interesting now he's been promoted to a proper pick and not a reserve based on LP's recent reserve performances.

Happy to let my reserve come in for the missing pick in my selection - can I add Scott Brown as my new reserve just in case there are any more withdrawals please?

Oh Christ Jason Day is now in LadyPutts team? That means he probably won't even make the cut! Can I replace him with Bud Cauley please Grumps?

BlueCoverman wrote:Oh Christ Jason Day is now in LadyPutts team? That means he probably won't even make the cut! Can I replace him with Bud Cauley please Grumps?

No, you picked him, you keep him

Had to check Bud Cauley was Cat A. Didn't think he would be ranked that highly.

Still keeping Furyk as reserve Blue?

Cat A: Zach Johnson, Jason Day. Reserve Blixt

Cat B: Jeff Overton, Charles Howell III. Reserve Tringale

Cat C: Russell Knox, Alexander Rocha. Reserve Compton

Yes keep Jim as reserve please Grumps, think he might still be suffering from a Ryder Cup hang-up!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:However LadyPutt has picked Jason Day as a reserve whilst a lot of others have picked him as a full pick. This could make things interesting now he's been promoted to a proper pick and not a reserve based on LP's recent reserve performances.

This could be very interesting

I wonder how Jason will be spending his weekend now that he won't be playing any golf?

BlueCoverman wrote:I wonder how Jason will be spending his weekend now that he won't be playing any golf?

Hopefully that's not the case and we get to laugh at your Michael Fish type prediction, especially as you dropped him

Good weather has been forecast; 70s and 80s will light breezes. Could be some good scoring. Grumps's cut line prediction players under par will enjoy the weekend.

Not those Australians that shoot 2 over then Grumps?

What like Coles, Goggin and O'Hern?

Aren't they a firm of solicitors?

O'Hern is obviously the junior partner as he only managed level par while the other rainmakers got to -3.

Is that Bud Cauley I can see at -2 whilst Jason Day is still level?

Greg Owen has put together a nice round, currently in the lead after his -6, 64. He needs a good finish to secure all the good playing privileges next year. Top 70 on the money list make the invitationals such as Memorial and Bay Hill and Top 30 gets you into a scruffy place down in Georgia.

John Daly knocked it round in level par but will need a better round tomorrow to ensure weekend play and positive movement on the money list. He's outside of the top 125 at the moment and not looking good for next year.

Early days Blue, don't get too cocky....

Got to get in whilst the going is good Grumps...

Is that Bud Cauley I can see at -4 whilst Jason Day is still level?

Oh, what big, effing eyes you have Grandma

All the better to see the leaderboard with...

Just make sure you're on it Blue.....

I see that my Cat C reserve, Marco Dawson is currently leading at -7 through 12.

Is that my big effing eyes that can see Bud at -6 and currently joint leader?

Looks like you've got a touch of the LP's Mary!

Did I say joint leader? I mean, of course, leading on his own at -7...

Hope he doesn't get a nose bleed Blue.

Marco Dawson on "59" watch, as he goes -8. The commentators have jinxed him for sure!

Nice chip-in from Marco, is the 59 on?

Grrr - hate it when the Golf Channel finish their coverage before the end of play!

Two of my reserves in the top 10 after round 1... an irritating trend this year.

The LP disease appears to be spreading!

Come on Grumps, where is that Round 1 Leaderboard?

It's a boring one Blue, Mary_S was the closest to scoring points when her reserve finished in a tie for low round of the day.

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #36

The McGladrey Classic

18 - 21 October 2012 ___ Seaside Course, Sea Island, Georgia, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 1

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


1. BlueCoverman ________ 00 (X/X) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 00 ______ 20

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

2. Redrage _____________ 00 (X/X) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 00 ______ 00

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

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

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

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ 00 (X/X) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 00 ______ 00

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

2. faldono1fan _________ 00 (X/X) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 00 ______ 00



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Great day of scoring for the pros and a poor day of scoring for the GCUK Fantasy Leaguers. Only BlueCoverman scored points after the first day's play at the McGladrey Classic in Sea Island, Georgia.

BlueCoverman had the soundness of mind to move away from one of LadyPutt's picks and choose Bud Cauley. He shot an -8, 62 to tie for the lead after the first round. Mary_S is feeling just like LadyPutt does as one of her reserves, Marco Dawson, finished in a tie for first place with Bud Cauley. Many had picks on the cusp of the Round 1 Top 5 but only five players made the Top 5.

No one picked Patrick Sheehan either he shot 77 for worse round of the day and is in need of a miracle to make the cut.

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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Bud Cauley -8
1. BlueCoverman

1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Marco Dawson -8
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Patrick Sheehan +7
1. None

1st Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-6 and lower


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Thanks for the update GG.

Let's hope that the 2nd round will separate the men from the boys.