GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #39

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #39

Childrens Miracle Network Classic

08 - 11 November 2012 ___ Magnolia & Palm Golf Courses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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


1. raycastleunited _____ 50 (6/6) ____ 30 _____ 00 _____ 20 _____ 00 _______ 80 ______ 180

2. faldono1fan _________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 65 ______ 105

3. BlueCoverman ________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 65 ______ 100

3. Redrage _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 60 ______ 100

3. LadyPutt ____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 00 _______ 20 ______ 100

6. Mary_S ______________ 50 (6/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 25 _______ 95

7. Davie _______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 50 _______ 85

8. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ 25 (5/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 30 _______ 85

9. SetupDetermines _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 00 _______ 25 _______ 80



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The final round at the Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament in Lake Buena Vista, FL saw raycastleunited have another dominant day. On a day where all GCUK Fantasy Leaguers had multiple picks in the top 20 finishers raycastleunited had 4 including 3 in the top 10. The 80 points earned here were enough to see off the charge of faldono1fan, RedRage and BlueCoverman. Faldono1fan had Charlie Beljan who managed to shake off a mid round double bogey to win his first event and earn an exemption that will see him keep his card for two years. Davie had a strong finish too and that was enough to lift him off the bottom of the table by a mere 5 points. A faltering finish by 1GrumpyGolfer matched that of Russell Knox. Knox needed a good round and finish to have a chance of making the magic 125. He was on course with 5 birdies and an eagle coming into the last two holes. He then proceeded to drop shots for the first time over the last two holes and that dropped him from 4th to 9th and prevented him from making the top 125.

Bonus points for low round, worse round and last place were on offer for GCUK Fantasy Leaguers but no one had picked any of the players who took these honours. Jerry Kelly and Joey Snyder III shared the low round of the day with -6, 66s. Matt Goggin took the worst round prize with a +7, 79. This also earned him last place, an unwanted double if ever there was one.

Next week the GCUK Fantasy League moves to Naples, Florida for its penultimate event, the CME Group Titleholders tournament on the LPGA Tour.

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Final Round Low Score (10 Points):
Joey Snyder III -6
1. None

Final Round Low Score (10 Points):
Jerry Kelly -6
1. None

Final Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Matt Goggin +7
1. None

Last Place (10 Points):
Matt Goggin +6
1. None

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Well moving day lived up to its name for GCUK Fantasy Leaguers at the Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Charlie Beljan defied medical advice and returned to play the third round, he shot a -1, 71. This was good enough to keep him at the top of the leaderboard. Scoring was good and tight bunched at the tournament; six pros shot -5, 67s and six pros shot -4, 68s to tie up the Top 10 Low Round scores. GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked four of those players.

LadyPutt shook off LPRPitis and bounced back strong. I think she must have adopted her Judge's persona and demanded action from her 4 picks playing at the weekend. Two of her picks tied for low round of the day and one of the others shot one less and picked up Top 10 Low Round bonus points. Those points were enough to take her from 8th to 2nd behind raycastleunited. SetupDetermines also had a low round and Top 10 Low Round double moving him from 9th to 4th. Raycastleunited also had a low round of the day pick. Mary_S and 1GrumpyGolfer had a Top 10 Low Round scoring them 10 points.

For the second day in a row the worse score was a +5, 77. Chris Stroud took those dishonours but no one picked him so those bonus points were left on the table.

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3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Ryan Palmer -5
1. LadyPutt

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Sean O'Hair -5
1. LadyPutt

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Brian Gay -5
1. raycastleunited
2. SetupDetermines

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Josh Teater -5
1. None

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Roland Thatcher -5
1. None

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Tim Herron -5
1. None

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

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


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Amazing scenes during the second round of the Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament at Lake Buena Vista, FL. New tournament leader, Charlie Beljan, shot a -8, 64 to take a 3 shot lead into the weekend. What made this feat even more impressive was that he was taken ill on the back nine. He was struggling for breath and had an elevated heart rate. At times he was on his knees but he got through the round before going to hospital. Due to his perilous position on the money list he couldn't afford to quit the tournament. Hopefully for him and faldono1fan is that he can continue.

Low scoring continued on the Palm Course with Matt Jones matching the -8, 64 of Beljan. The low score on the Magnolia was a very good 66 from Ryuji Imada.

Raycastleunited and Mary_S had all six of their picks make it through to the weekend. Raycastleunited made this quite comfortably but Mary_S had an anxious wait as Chris DiMarco hovered above, below and finally on the cutline. Four other GCUK Fantasy Leaguers came up one short, BlueCoverman says that his failure to get all six through was due to him suffering from Sodding Sod's Law LPRPitis, but I think he's making this up. The other GCUK Fantasy Leaguers had four picks through.

The worst rounds of the day were from Troy Matteson and Gary Christian. They both had +5, 77s. This is certainly bad news for Christian as he misses the cut and will miss the chance to make the top 125. Back to Q school for Christian.

The leaderboard is very bunched at the top and this should make for an exciting weekend as players try to make sure they finish in the top 125 on the money list.

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2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Charlie Beljan -8
1. faldono1fan

2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Matt Jones -8
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Gary Christian +5
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Troy Matteson +5
1. None


Cut Line (5 Points):
-1 and lower


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The Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament at Lake Buena Vista, FL is spread over two courses for the first two days play and that has prompted a split in the field already. Those that played the Palm course first took advantage of the easier scoring conditions and made hay in the Sunshine State. Seventeen of the top 22 players played the Palm and none of those playing the Magnolia course could beat a 68. Five of the seven worse scores came at the Magnolia course.

What does this mean for GCUK Fantasy Leaguers? Well, they did a pretty good job of picking those that played the Palm first; more by luck than judgement I think. No one picked Charlie Wi to have the low round of the day, he finished strongly and pipped the popular pick of Tommy Gainey to take the lead after round 1 at -8. All bar one of the points scoring GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked Tommy Gainey; any guesses as to the one that didn't?

The Top 5 Low Round scores were limited to six players and one of the GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked three of them. Take a bow raycastleunited, his picks of Tommy Gainey, Brian Harmon and, another popular pick, Russell Knox took three of those spots. RedRage and 1GrumpyGolfer made it a double pairing Knox and Gainey.

SetupDetermines looked like he would score worse round bonus points as his pick of Trevor Immelman was sitting in last spot for a long time at +8. Unfortunately Steven Bowditch imploded on his last 4 holes dropping 5 shots as he slumped to a +10, 82. He comfortably took the worse round dishonours.

Tomorrow sees the players switch courses and it probably means an advantage for those playing the Magnolia on day 2. They've seen it's possible to pick up a few shots there and they will then stay on and play the Magnolia again over the weekend. Whilst the others will probably put pressure on themselves to go low at the Palm and then have to make a switch back to the Magnolia again.


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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Charlie Wi -8
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Steven Bowditch +10
1. None

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


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The last Fall Series event sees the Tour move to the Disney World resort in Florida. It’s a favourite stop for the pros as it’s a very family friendly event. Missing the cut isn’t so bad unless you’re on the borderline for the Top 125 places on the money list. The event is played over the Palm and Magnolia courses before the cut. Play then moves to the Magnolia course for the weekend rounds. The Magnolia course is not a Mickey Mouse course as it’s setup for big hitters but it does have a Mickey Mouse bunker on the par 3 sixth hole.

This event last year saw a show down for the money list title. In the Red Corner was Webb Simpson from the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Player of the Year according to Garrigus. In the Blue Corner was Luke Donald who was looking to be the first player to win both the European Tour and PGA Tour money list titles in the same year. Donald took down Simpson shooting a final round 64 to win the event by two shots and comfortably taking out Simpson. Big surprise for Garrigus was that Donald became the PGA Tour Player of the Year.

This year Luke will not be back to defend his title, he sends his apologies and a cheque to a Chicago hospital that happens to be in the Childrens Miracle Network. The focus this year won’t be on who wins the money list but those who earn playing privileges for next year. Even if a pro doesn’t make it into the Top 125, places 126-150 earn status on the Web.com Tour.

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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 44 – November 4th 2012:

CATEGORY A
Robert Garrigus 42
Jonas Blixt 72
Ben Curtis 75
Brendon de Jonge 80
Jeff Overton 86
Robert Karlsson 90
Ted Potter-Jr 99
Charles Howell-III 101
Charlie Wi 102
Chris Kirk 103
Ryan Palmer 106
Rory Sabbatini 110
Gary Woodland 111
J.B. Holmes 112
Henrik Stenson 115
Scott Stallings 119

CATEGORY B
Brian Davis 121
Tommy Gainey 128
Sean O'Hair 129
John Rollins 131
Davis Love-III 138
Blake Adams 139
D.A. Points 140
Harris English 141
George McNeill 143
Ken Duke 144
Tom Gillis 145
Cameron Tringale 148
Matt Every 149
Chez Reavie 150
Brian Harman 152
John Mallinger 155
Robert Allenby 156
J.J. Henry 157
Troy Matteson 161
Chad Campbell 167
Trevor Immelman 168
Garth Mulroy 180
Brendan Steele 181
William McGirt 186
Kevin Chappell 188
Greg Owen 197
Kevin Streelman 201
Josh Teater 208
Jason Kokrak 213
Camilo Villegas 214
Danny Lee 223
Chris Stroud 227
Daniel Summerhays 228
Jerry Kelly 232
Martin Flores 250
Nick O'Hern 253
Will Claxton 254
Roberto Castro 257
Jason Bohn 266
Rod Pampling 269
Stewart Cink 277
Gary Christian 279
Billy Horschel 282
David Mathis 294
Colt Knost 295
D.J. Trahan 298
J.J. Killeen 299
Billy Mayfair 302
James Driscoll 303
Justin Leonard 303
Tim Herron 311
Heath Slocum 312
Richard H. Lee 315
Scott Brown 317


CATEGORY C
Scott Verplank 323
Boo Weekley 326
Brian Gay 335
Russell Knox 338
Bill Lunde 344
Billy Hurley-III 347
Charlie Beljan 351
Jeff Maggert 357
Chris DiMarco 378
Erik Compton 392
Mathew Goggin 395
Alexandre Rocha 396
Roland Thatcher 397
Tom Pernice-Jr 403
Kyle Reifers 406
Joe Durant 407
Stuart Appleby 425
Bobby Gates 427
Tim Petrovic 437
Miguel Carballo 445
Duffy Waldorf 452
Edward Loar 457
Gavin Coles 458
Kevin Kisner 465
Mark Anderson 476
Vaughn Taylor 479
Daniel Chopra 483
Steve Wheatcroft 498
Matt Jones 515
Ryuji Imada 522
Michael Bradley 525
Arjun Atwal 526
Stephen Ames 538
Brendon Todd 577
Nathan Green 589
Steven Bowditch 609
Scott Dunlap 612
Kyle Thompson 626
Matt Bettencourt 643
Rocco Mediate 693
Marco Dawson 699
Garrett Willis 703
Shane Bertsch 706
Cameron Beckman 750
Derek Lamely 790
Tommy Biershenk 823
Patrick Sheehan 861
Dean Wilson 882
Zack Miller 929
Carl Paulson 1355
Stephen Gangluff 1390
Bart Bryant N/A
David Hutsell N/A
Sung Kang N/A
Hank Kuehne N/A
Rod Perry N/A
Joey Snyder-III N/A
Mike Weir N/A

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

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

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

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RULES

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

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

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

If there is a tie after all 6 picks have been matched against each other, those involved will be declared co-winners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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SCORING SYSTEM

______________ Weighted 1 ____ Weighted 2 ___ Weighted 3

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

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

Last Place _______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

Low Round * ______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Worse Round * ____ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

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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Looks like I get first shot!

CATEGORY A: Robert Garrigus, Brendon de Jonge (res: Charles Howell-III)

CATEGORY B: Tommy Gainey, Davis Love-III (res: Harris English)

CATEGORY C: Daniel Chopra, Arjun Atwal (res: Stephen Ames)

Complete shot in the dark here!

Cat A: Jonas Blixt & Ryan Palmer (res Charlie Wi)
Cat B: Tommy Gainey & Sean O'Hair (res John Rollins)
Cat C: Scott Verplank & Bill Lunde (res Jeff Maggert)

Cat A: Jonas Blixt & Robert Karlsson (res Henrik Stenson)

Cat B: Ken Duke & Trevor Immelman (res D.J. Trahan)

Cat C: Brian Gay & Chris DiMarco (res Boo Weekley)

I'm saying nothing this week

Cat A
Robert GARRIGUS
Charles HOWELL
res: Henrik Stenson

Cat B
Justin LEONARD
Davis LOVE
res: Tommy Gainey

Cat C
Stephen AMES
Russell KNOX
res: Joe Durant

Cheers Grumps

Cat A:
Robert Garrigus
Brendon de Jonge
(res - Jonas Blixt)

Cat B:
Tommy Gainey
Brian Harman
(res - Blake Adams)

Cat C:
Brian Gay
Russell Knox
(res - Boo Weekley)

My Cat C choices are based on the maxim: gay knocks weekly.

Cheers Grumps !

raycastleunited wrote:
My Cat C choices are based on the maxim: gay knocks weekly.

Sounds like some interesting reading material Ray; do you keep it underneath the bed

I'm glad to see LP has picked early, I'm hoping I've shaken off the LPRPitis this week.

A: Robert Garrigus, Brandon De Jonge, Charles Howell III (r)

B: Brian Davis, Tommy Gainey, Sean O'Hair (r)

C: Russell Knox, Scott Verplank, Boo Weekley (r)

Thanks, guys!

Cat A - De Jonge, Overton, (Kirk_

Cat B - Gainey, Blake Adams, (D A Points)

Cat C - Beljan, Compton, (Verplank)

Cheers Grumps

Cat A: Henrik Stenson; Jonas Blixt (Res. Gary Woodland)

Cat B: Tommy Gainey; Ken Duke (Res. Davis Love III)

Cat C: Chris di Maraco; Boo Weekley (Res. Scott Verplank)

Cheers GG

Cat A: Jonas Blixt, Charles Howell III, Brendon de Jonge (R)

Cat B: Tommy Gainey, Davis Love III, Josh Teater (R)

Cat C: Russell Knox, Erik Compton, Tommy Biershenk (R) - only cos I've watched a few Chasing the Dream episodes on the Golf Channel about Tommy and another pro

Non Runners:
Stephen Ames (BlueCoverman)
Jeff Overton (faldono1fan)

Reserve replacements:
Joe Durant (BlueCoverman)
Chris Kirk (faldono1fan)

The Palm Course looks to be the easier of the two courses so far of the finishers. The lowest Magnolia course score is -4 at the moment whereas there are -5 and -7 scores in on the Palm.

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #39

Childrens Miracle Network Classic

08 - 11 November 2012 ___ Magnolia & Palm Golf Courses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 1

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


1. raycastleunited _____ X (X/X) ____ 30 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 30

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ X (X/X) ____ 20 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 20

2. Redrage _____________ X (X/X) ____ 20 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 20

4. Davie _______________ X (X/X) ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 10

4. Mary_S ______________ X (X/X) ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 10

4. LadyPutt ____________ X (X/X) ____ 10 _____ X _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 10

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

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

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



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The Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament at Lake Buena Vista, FL is spread over two courses for the first two days play and that has prompted a split in the field already. Those that played the Palm course first took advantage of the easier scoring conditions and made hay in the Sunshine State. Seventeen of the top 22 players played the Palm and none of those playing the Magnolia course could beat a 68. Five of the seven worse scores came at the Magnolia course.

What does this mean for GCUK Fantasy Leaguers? Well, they did a pretty good job of picking those that played the Palm first; more by luck than judgement I think. No one picked Charlie Wi to have the low round of the day, he finished strongly and pipped the popular pick of Tommy Gainey to take the lead after round 1 at -8. All bar one of the points scoring GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked Tommy Gainey; any guesses as to the one that didn't?

The Top 5 Low Round scores were limited to six players and one of the GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked three of them. Take a bow raycastleunited, his picks of Tommy Gainey, Brian Harmon and, another popular pick, Russell Knox took three of those spots. RedRage and 1GrumpyGolfer made it a double pairing Knox and Gainey.

SetupDetermines looked like he would score worse round bonus points as his pick of Trevor Immelman was sitting in last spot for a long time at +8. Unfortunately Steven Bowditch imploded on his last 4 holes dropping 5 shots as he slumped to a +10, 82. He comfortably took the worse round dishonours.

Tomorrow sees the players switch courses and it probably means an advantage for those playing the Magnolia on day 2. They've seen it's possible to pick up a few shots there and they will then stay on and play the Magnolia again over the weekend. Whilst the others will probably put pressure on themselves to go low at the Palm and then have to make a switch back to the Magnolia again.


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1st Round Low Score (10 Points):
Charlie Wi -8
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Steven Bowditch +10
1. None

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


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Thanks for the update GG. Fairly tight leaderboard with all to play for!

Now what would be the point if we all pick the same players?

Its the one with the lowest score that wins. IS that right ?

I think you are getting confused with proper golf Setup!

So the relative ease or difficulty of the courses is apparent already.

On the Palm Course Matt Jones, who shot a -1, 71 yesterday, is currently -6 through 11 holes. Even Steven Bowditch has managed to get himself under par for his round there. On the Magnolia Brian Harman, he top Top 5 Low Round fame, is finding things a little more difficult. He's +5 through 10 holes and is now right on the projected cut line of -1 at the moment.

Early days yet in terms of the cut but who knows, could have another MDF cut after Saturday's round depending upon the numbers.

I picked Charlie Wi - a reserve, of course! LPRPitis strikes again

As soon as I saw you had posted I realised what you were going to say. You're not going to shake off LPRPitis for a while.

The morning wave are coming to an end and the "afternoon" wave, all players out on the course before noon, are just setting off. Ryuji Amada looks to be bucking the trend and is looking good for the low round on the Magnolia course.

What I didn't realise, and failed to mention before, was that this is a Pro-Am event but they haven't really publicised it as such. Can't seem to find too many details as to why that would be and who the participants are. I only recognised one name on the Pro-Am leaderboard.

How is the much loved Tommy Gainey doing Grumps?

Only just tee'd off Blue. Even through his first hole.

Getting tense now as the final few players are finishing their rounds. Chris DiMarco has yo-yoed a bit today. He's currently on the cut line precipice but all it takes is one or two players to move to -2 and he's the wrong side again. Setup and Mary are vulnerable here.

Faldo is also vulnerable as his reserve pick of Chris Kirk is also finished at -1 but he has Charlie Beljan who currently has a four shot lead so we shouldn't feel too sorry for him.

Oops, sorry Faldo, make that a three shot lead.....

I am suffering with a slight deviation in the affliction of LPRPitis which has affected some of my fellow fantasy league players recently.

I am suffering from 'Sods Law LPRPitis' which is a condition that occurs when two of your reserves finish at -9 (Stenson) and -8 (Gainey) but your third reserve (Durant) who has come in as a replacement for your original pick (Ames..who was a non runner) then has the audacity to miss the cut! When this condition occurs and in addition the replacement reserve is the only one of your picks not to make the cut, thereby denying you maximum bonus points, (as in my case here) the condition becomes known as 'Sodding Sods Law LPRPitis'

Sounds like that could be a serious case Blue. I mean this with all sincerity, please stay away! I don't want to catch that stuff.

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #39

Childrens Miracle Network Classic

08 - 11 November 2012 ___ Magnolia & Palm Golf Courses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 2

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


1. raycastleunited _____ 50 (6/6) ____ 30 _____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 80

2. Mary_S ______________ 50 (6/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 60

3. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ 25 (5/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 45

4. Redrage _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 40

4. faldono1fan _________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 10 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 40

6. Davie _______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 35

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

8. LadyPutt ____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ X _____ X _______ X ______ 30

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



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Amazing scenes during the second round of the Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament at Lake Buena Vista, FL. New tournament leader, Charlie Beljan, shot a -8, 64 to take a 3 shot lead into the weekend. What made this feat even more impressive was that he was taken ill on the back nine. He was struggling for breath and had an elevated heart rate. At times he was on his knees but he got through the round before going to hospital. Due to his perilous position on the money list he couldn't afford to quit the tournament. Hopefully for him and faldono1fan is that he can continue.

Low scoring continued on the Palm Course with Matt Jones matching the -8, 64 of Beljan. The low score on the Magnolia was a very good 66 from Ryuji Imada.

Raycastleunited and Mary_S had all six of their picks make it through to the weekend. Raycastleunited made this quite comfortably but Mary_S had an anxious wait as Chris DiMarco hovered above, below and finally on the cutline. Four other GCUK Fantasy Leaguers came up one short, BlueCoverman says that his failure to get all six through was due to him suffering from Sodding Sod's Law LPRPitis, but I think he's making this up. The other GCUK Fantasy Leaguers had four picks through.

The worst rounds of the day were from Troy Matteson and Gary Christian. They both had +5, 77s. This is certainly bad news for Christian as he misses the cut and will miss the chance to make the top 125. Back to Q school for Christian.

The leaderboard is very bunched at the top and this should make for an exciting weekend as players try to make sure they finish in the top 125 on the money list.

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2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Charlie Beljan -8
1. faldono1fan

2nd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Matt Jones -8
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Gary Christian +5
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Troy Matteson +5
1. None


Cut Line (5 Points):
-1 and lower


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Phew - think that's the first time in a while I've had all 6 make the cut!

Thanks for the update GG.

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #39

Childrens Miracle Network Classic

08 - 11 November 2012 ___ Magnolia & Palm Golf Courses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 3

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


1. raycastleunited _____ 50 (6/6) ____ 30 _____ 00 _____ 20 _____ X _______ X ______ 100

2. LadyPutt ____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 50 _____ X _______ X ______ 80

3. Mary_S ______________ 50 (6/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X ______ 70

4. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ 25 (5/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ X _______ X ______ 55

4. SetupDetermines _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 30 _____ X _______ X ______ 55

6. Redrage _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ X _______ X ______ 40

6. faldono1fan _________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 10 _____ 00 _____ X _______ X ______ 40

8. Davie _______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ X _______ X ______ 35

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




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Well moving day lived up to its name for GCUK Fantasy Leaguers at the Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Charlie Beljan defied medical advice and returned to play the third round, he shot a -1, 71. This was good enough to keep him at the top of the leaderboard. Scoring was good and tight bunched at the tournament; six pros shot -5, 67s and six pros shot -4, 68s to tie up the Top 10 Low Round scores. GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked four of those players.

LadyPutt shook off LPRPitis and bounced back strong. I think she must have adopted her Judge's persona and demanded action from her 4 picks playing at the weekend. Two of her picks tied for low round of the day and one of the others shot one less and picked up Top 10 Low Round bonus points. Those points were enough to take her from 8th to 2nd behind raycastleunited. SetupDetermines also had a low round and Top 10 Low Round double moving him from 9th to 4th. Raycastleunited also had a low round of the day pick. Mary_S and 1GrumpyGolfer had a Top 10 Low Round scoring them 10 points.

For the second day in a row the worse score was a +5, 77. Chris Stroud took those dishonours but no one picked him so those bonus points were left on the table.

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3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Ryan Palmer -5
1. LadyPutt

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Sean O'Hair -5
1. LadyPutt

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Brian Gay -5
1. raycastleunited
2. SetupDetermines

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Josh Teater -5
1. None

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Roland Thatcher -5
1. None

3rd Round Low Score (10 Points):
Tim Herron -5
1. None

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

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


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Nice work LadyPutt!

Hope that Blue and Davie have got broad enough shoulders to support the rest of us from the bottom of the table.

Nice update GG!

Wow - that was some move!

I've not been around much this week because I've been appearing in an AmDram production of a G&S operetta called Utopia (Limited) in Greenwich all week - we finished lat night and I was partying until gone 2.30am! I have no voice left now having spent half the night singing all sorts of stuff at the top of my voice.

Good to have something away from golf occasionally (and LordPutt was great in his backstage role as well).

That explains my early picks - with a pin - which seem to have done me some good. But there's still a round to go .....

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 - Autumn Session - Event #39

Childrens Miracle Network Classic

08 - 11 November 2012 ___ Magnolia & Palm Golf Courses, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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


1. raycastleunited _____ 50 (6/6) ____ 30 _____ 00 _____ 20 _____ 00 _______ 80 ______ 180

2. faldono1fan _________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 65 ______ 105

3. BlueCoverman ________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 65 ______ 100

3. Redrage _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 60 ______ 100

3. LadyPutt ____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 00 _______ 20 ______ 100

6. Mary_S ______________ 50 (6/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 25 _______ 95

7. Davie _______________ 25 (5/6) ____ 10 _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 50 _______ 85

8. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ 25 (5/6) ____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 10 _____ 00 _______ 30 _______ 85

9. SetupDetermines _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 00 _______ 25 _______ 80



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The final round at the Childrens Miracle Network Hospital Tournament in Lake Buena Vista, FL saw raycastleunited have another dominant day. On a day where all GCUK Fantasy Leaguers had multiple picks in the top 20 finishers raycastleunited had 4 including 3 in the top 10. The 80 points earned here were enough to see off the charge of faldono1fan, RedRage and BlueCoverman. Faldono1fan had Charlie Beljan who managed to shake off a mid round double bogey to win his first event and earn an exemption that will see him keep his card for two years. Davie had a strong finish too and that was enough to lift him off the bottom of the table by a mere 5 points. A faltering finish by 1GrumpyGolfer matched that of Russell Knox. Knox needed a good round and finish to have a chance of making the magic 125. He was on course with 5 birdies and an eagle coming into the last two holes. He then proceeded to drop shots for the first time over the last two holes and that dropped him from 4th to 9th and prevented him from making the top 125.

Bonus points for low round, worse round and last place were on offer for GCUK Fantasy Leaguers but no one had picked any of the players who took these honours. Jerry Kelly and Joey Snyder III shared the low round of the day with -6, 66s. Matt Goggin took the worst round prize with a +7, 79. This also earned him last place, an unwanted double if ever there was one.

Next week the GCUK Fantasy League moves to Naples, Florida for its penultimate event, the CME Group Titleholders tournament on the LPGA Tour.

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Final Round Low Score (10 Points):
Joey Snyder III -6
1. None

Final Round Low Score (10 Points):
Jerry Kelly -6
1. None

Final Round Worse Score (10 Points):
Matt Goggin +7
1. None

Last Place (10 Points):
Matt Goggin +6
1. None

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Well done Ray.

I might concentrate on trying to pick the chokers for the bonus points next time!

Thanks for the update GG.

Mary_S wrote:

Hope that Blue and Davie have got broad enough shoulders to support the rest of us from the bottom of the table.

Sorry Mary...you were saying?

Mary_S wrote:

I might concentrate on trying to pick the chokers for the bonus points next time!

From 3rd to 6th on the last day Mary? Looks like you picked some chokers anyway!