GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #01

GolfChatUk Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #01

The Nelson Mandela Championship

06 - 09 December 2012 ___ Royal Durban Golf Club, Durban, South Africa

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

Pos. Name ______________ Cuts _________ Rd1 ____ Rd2 ____ Finish ___ Total


1. Redrage _____________ N/A (X/X) _____ 20 _____ 00 _____ 40 ____ 60

2. LadyPutt ____________ N/A (X/X) _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 ____ 10

2. Davie _______________ N/A (X/X) _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 ____ 10

2. BlueCoverman ________ N/A (X/X) _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 ____ 10

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _______ N/A (X/X) _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 ____ 10

2. Mary_S ______________ N/A (X/X) _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 10 ____ 10

7. SetupDetermines _____ N/A (X/X) _____ 00 _____ 00 _____ 00 ____ 00



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There were two 57s, a couple of 59s and some 60s thrown in on the final day. No this wasn't played on the Playstation, Xbox or Wii; this was at Royal Durban at the rain shortened Nelson Mandela Championship. LPRPitis reappeared as its founder succumbed yet again. Jaco Van Zyl was one of the Heinz players but didn't make it to the final team selection for LadyPutt.

The actual championship was won by Scott Jamieson after a playoff. He was the other Heinz player who ended up at -7 with Steve Webster and Eduardo de la Riva. Eduardo de la Riva was eliminated at the first extra hole after he failed to get up and down from a greenside bunker. Webster and Jamieson replayed the 18th again with Webster being the wayward player this time around. Webster found thick rough off the tee, ended up next to a greenside fence, got a free drop and failed to get up and down. Jamieson made another regulation par to win.

Despite trying to give away points no one scored anything. Rounds of 60 or better or 71 or worse would have scored points but no one had anyone with those scores. The worst round of the day was a 74 by Eddie Pepperell but it wasn't enough to earn him a last place finish. That dishonour went to Reggie Adams who finished at +13.

The new finish points did earn some extra rewards as 6 GCUK Fantasy Leaguers had a 21st placed finisher but the day and tournament belonged to RedRage. His pick of Tim Clark made all the difference, Clark double bogied 17 to fall out of a playoff spot and he finished fourth wrapping up a huge margin of victory for RedRage.

Steve Surry shot a final round 63 to finish in a tie for 39, he's Monday qualifying again for the Alfred Dunhill Championship. Here's hoping for better weather and finish for Steve at Leopards Creek this week.


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2nd Round Low Score (20 Points):
Scott Jamieson -8
1. None

2nd Round Low Score (20 Points):
Jaco van Zyl -8
1. None

2nd Round Worse Score (20 Points):
Eddie Pepperell +9
1. None

2nd Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-5 and lower

2nd Round Worst 3 (10 Points):
+6 and higher

Last Place (10 Points):
Reggie Adams +13
1. None

Last 5 (5 Points):
+11 and higher


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The much awaited start to the 2013 Race to Dubai almost never got off the start line. Heavy rains made Royal Durban something more like a swimming pool as opposed to a golf course. Round 1 was postponed until Friday and then Saturday. The Nelson Mandela Championship has been shortened to a 36 hole tournament so the first GCUK Fantasy League event has been demoted to a non counting event. There's no cut points and just for laughs there are points for the top 5 low scores in each round and the worst three scores. Finish placings are through the top 30 and the worst 5.

LPRPitis seems to be under control and RedRage is the only one who scored any points under the new points scoring system. His pick of Tim Clark shared the low round of the day with Morton Orum Madsen. They both shot 60; don't get excited it was only 5 under par. The course was shortened somewhat due to the rain and there are 4 par 4s converted to par 3s and there are now 8 par 3s in total.

The worst rounds of the day were 72s, which again don't seem so bad until you realise they were +7. These rounds belonged to Reggie Adams and Jack Kutumane.

Rounds of 62 or better or 71 or worse would have scored points but no one had anyone with those scores. Hopefully the final round will bring more points scoring opportunities.

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1st Round Low Score (20 Points):
Tim Clark -5
1. RedRage

1st Round Low Score (20 Points):
Morton Orum Madsen -5
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (20 Points):
Reggie Adams +7
1. None

1st Round Worse Score (20 Points):
Jack Kutumane +7
1. None

1st Round Top 5 (10 Points):
-3 and lower

1st Round Worst 3 (10 Points):
+6 and higher

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Less than two weeks after Rory McIlroy closed out the 2012 Race to Dubai the inaugural Nelson Mandela Championship kicks off the 2013 Race to Dubai and the 2013 GCUK Fantasy League. The event is headlined by Branden Grace, 4 time winner on the 2012 European tour, George Coetzee, and a strong South African Tour contingent. But those two are small beer compared to GolfChatUK's very own Steve Surry. With a Monday qualifying -6 round Steve makes it to the hallowed hall of fame which is a GolfChatUK Fantasy League field. Good luck to Steve and a pleased as punch Mary_S

The venue is the Royal Durban Golf Club; set within the confines of Greyville Horse Racing Track. It’s a flat, exposed course with small greens putting a premium on accuracy. The weather has not been kind; it’s been very wet recently so we could see lift, clean and cheat in effect. More rain is expected every day, with the possibility of thunderstorms, so we could also see high scores and many rain delays.

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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 48 – December 2nd 2012:

CATEGORY A

Branden GRACE 36
George COETZEE 49
Pablo LARRAZABAL 80
Tim CLARK 100
Thomas AIKEN 111
Kristoffer BROBERG 121
Jaco VAN ZYL 149
Soren KJELDSEN 152
Darren FICHARDT 157
Peter LAWRIE 158
Scott JAMIESON 167
Hennie OTTO 171
Richard STERNE 176
Gregory BOURDY 179

CATEGORY B

Marc WARREN 182
Magnus A CARLSSON 183
Julien QUESNE 184
Espen KOFSTAD 190
Garth MULROY 192
Alejandro CANIZARES 205
Simon WAKEFIELD 210
Gregory HAVRET 213
James MORRISON 215
David DRYSDALE 217
Joachim B HANSEN 220
Alessandro TADINI 223
Richard FINCH 232
Keith HORNE 239
Lorenzo GAGLI 245
Eduardo DE LA RIVA 249
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 250
Doug McGUIGAN 251
Matthew BALDWIN 256
Trevor FISHER JR 258
Jake ROOS 259
Andreas HARTO 265
David HOWELL 268
Alexandre KALEKA 273
Gary LOCKERBIE 279
Steve WEBSTER 296
Justin WALTERS 304
Sam LITTLE 306
Peter WHITEFORD 309
Gary STAL 318
Graeme STORM 319
David HORSEY 324
Chris PAISLEY 329
Mikael LUNDBERG 333
Damien MCGRANE 336
Eddie PEPPERELL 339
Mikko KORHONEN 341
Oliver BEKKER 346
Adilson DA SILVA 349
James BUSBY 355
Allan VERSFELD 357
Rhys DAVIES 360
Jorge CAMPILLO 362
Mark TULLO 369
Jose Manuel LARA 372
Ignacio GARRIDO 376
Scott HENRY 377
Peter UIHLEIN 378
Chris LLOYD 382
Jean-Baptiste GONNET 383
Daniel BROOKS 391
Emiliano GRILLO 399
Jaco AHLERS 400
Tjaart VAN DER WALT 406
Robert COLES 407
James KINGSTON 411
Richard BLAND 420
Alex HAINDL 423
Shaun NORRIS 426
Maximilian KIEFFER 427
Tano GOYA 434
Tyrone VAN ASWEGEN 448
Morten Orum MADSEN 456
Oliver WILSON 468
Bjorn AKESSON 471
Merrick BREMNER 472
Christiaan BASSON 482
Seve BENSON 487

CATEGORY C

Desvonde BOTES 504
Divan VAN DEN HEEVER 505
Carlos DEL MORAL 508
Vaughn GROENEWALD 513
Martin WIEGELE 534
Richard MCEVOY 558
Ruan DE SMIDT 562
Jean HUGO 570
Justin HARDING 574
Chris SWANEPOEL 577
Ockie STRYDOM 580
Bryce EASTON 583
Michael JONZON 585
Ulrich VAN DEN BERG 588
John PARRY 597
Oscar FLOREN 601
Andy SULLIVAN 606
Alexander LEVY 608
Joakim LAGERGREN 626
Callum MACAULAY 634
Anthony SNOBECK 637
James KAMTE 644
Matthew CARVELL 647
Colin NEL 651
Scott ARNOLD 681
Bradford VAUGHAN 684
Ryan CAIRNS 687
Mark WILLIAMS 691
Matteo DELPODIO 704
Tyrone MORDT 716
Michiel BOTHMA 718
Matthew SOUTHGATE 720
Louis DE JAGER 747
Peter HEDBLOM 753
Keenan DAVIDSE 788
Matthew NIXON 792
Warren ABERY 804
Neil SCHIETEKAT 812
Grant MULLER 856
Lyle ROWE 868
JG CLAASSEN 871
Theunis SPANGENBERG 880
Teboho SEFATSA 887
Josh CUNLIFFE 893
Titch MOORE 897
Brandon PIETERS 930
Charl COETZEE 931
Albert PISTORIUS 970
Christian CEVAER 1027
Andrew CURLEWIS 1083
Martin MARITZ 1134
David HEWAN 1191
Riekus NORTJE 1214
Neil CHEETHAM 1214
Steve SURRY 1247
Thabo MASEKO N/A
Irvin MAZIBUKO N/A
Reggie ADAMS N/A
Alphuis KELAPILE N/A
Derick PETERSEN N/A
Moritz LAMPERT N/A
Dominic FOOS (AM) N/A
Sipho BUJELA (AM) N/A
Haydn PORTEOUS (AM) N/A

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

Event #02 _ Dec 13 - Dec 16 ___ Alfred Dunhill Championship __________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Leopard Creek CC, Malelane, South Africa

Event #03 _ Jan 04 - Jan 07 ___ Hyundai Tournament of Champions _____________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Kapalua Resort (Plantation), Kapalua, Hawaii, USA

Event #04 _ Jan 10 - Jan 13 ___ Sony Open _________________________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii, 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, PGATour.com, etc.), and these will not be valid unless they are seconded by any other league member.

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

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SCORING SYSTEM

______________ Weighted 1 ____ Weighted 2 ___ Weighted 3

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

5th - 10th _________ 15 ____________ 30 ___________ 45
11th - 15th ________ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
16th - 20th _________ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15

Last Place _________ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

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

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

Round 1 Top 5 * ____ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Round 3 Top 10 * ___ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
S Surry makes cut __ 20 ____________ 40 ___________ 60

* Points awarded for round only

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Well it's only right and proper that the reigning fantasy league champion for the autumn should start us off:-

Cat A
George COETZEE
Branden GRACE
res: Thomas Aiken

Cat B
Magnus A CARLSSON
Trevor FISHER JR
res: Marc Warren

Cat C
John PARRY
Ulrich VAN DEN BERG
res: Andy Sullivan

Cheers Grumps How's that re-count going?

What recount?

To find those 65 points of mine that you missed in the final standings

Blue, remember the auditor position is still unfilled. It may take some time before the numbers are double checked or manufactured to your satisfaction.

However, you can take advantage of this great deal, just send a one time payment for $150 and your scores can be inflated. Call now and benefit from a score adjustment. But if you call in the next fifteen minutes we'll double our offer and give you two score adjustments, worth a value of $300, just pay separate shipping and handling. So that's two score adjustments to be used whenever you need them for one low price of $150. But there's more call within the next fifteen minutes and take advantage of an even better deal; we'll give you not one, not two, but four score adjustments all for one low price of $150. That's a $600 value, just pay separate shipping and handling. Call now, agents are standing by for your call.

Brilliant. That sounds like a great deal Grumps, can you let me have the number to call please. Be quick though I'm running out of time...

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Nothing worse or more frustrating than that is there. Especially when you were just about to close a $600 deal for the knock down price of $150...

Don't forget with shipping and handling it could have been more expensive than you thought.

As we're mates I'm sure you would have thrown that in for free...

I suppose so, first order and all that

CATEGORY A: Peter LAWRIE, Branden GRACE (res: Scott JAMIESON)

CATEGORY B: Marc WARREN, James MORRISON (res: Fabrizio ZANOTTI)

CATEGORY C: Vaughn GROENEWALD, Martin WIEGELE (res: Matthew NIXON)


Better get my title defense under way!

Cat A
Peter LAWRIE
Branden GRACE
res: Thomas Aiken

Cat B
Doug McGUIGAN
Peter WHITEFORD
res: Marc Warren

Cat C
John PARRY
Martin MARITZ
res: Andy Sullivan

Before making my picks, please can I request an addition to Cat C? Steve Surry who shot -6 in qualifying this morning, so will be teeing it up on Thursday - OWGR 1247.

Well done Steve! He'll be worth a pick, I'm sure

I trust he will be sending Mum some money for a plane ticket, so that she can go and support him in the sunshine! Well done and good luck to him

Terrific news Mary! I saw some tweets from you and him about it but didn't realize if was this tournament he'd qualified for!

That's great news Mary! Changes have been made to the field and the event introduction in honour of Steve.

Thanks for the additions and kind words GG! Also thanks for the good wishes from LP, Davie and BC.

Cat A: George Coetzee; Hennie Otto (res. Richard Sterne)

Cat B: Marc Warren; David Howell (res. James Morrison)

Cat C: Steve Surry; Lyle Rowe (res. John Parry)

I'm usually desperate for points, but am hoping that I don't pick up any for "worst round" this time out!

Not going to change my picks now but I'm waiting for the betting sites to update the start lists so I can get a price on Steve for a mini-flutter!

A: T. Aiken; T. Clark, B. Grace (r)

B: J. Morrison; T. Fisher jr; A. Canizares (r)

C: N. Schietekat; M. Jonzon: J. Parry (r)

Hmm, I hope we see lots of RedRage's first Cat C pick on the telly; would love to hear the pronunciations of that one. Probably just go with Neil....

Talking of Neil's in category C does Mr Cheetham use a long putter by any chance?

And square grooves Blue!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Hmm, I hope we see lots of RedRage's first Cat C pick on the telly; would love to hear the pronunciations of that one. Probably just go with Neil....

Pronounced Sheedy-ka... or at least he has been the last few years when the ET checks into Africa. I prefer to call him Shite-kat because there would be more laughter in the world if it were so.

Cat A: George Coetzee & Hennie Otto (res Jako VanZyl)
Cat B: Garth Mulroy & Gergory Havret (res David Howell)
Cat C: Michael Jonzon & John Parry (res Steven Surry)

Sorry not to pick Steve, Mary - but LPRPitis could well strike

Trying to get Victor Chandler to add Steve to their start list - they don't seem to have the qualifiers odds on their site!

200/1 for Steve on Bet Victor - or 16/1 for a top 10 finish!

Redrage wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Hmm, I hope we see lots of RedRage's first Cat C pick on the telly; would love to hear the pronunciations of that one. Probably just go with Neil....

Pronounced Sheedy-ka... or at least he has been the last few years when the ET checks into Africa. I prefer to call him Shite-kat because there would be more laughter in the world if it were so.

I agree Red, I thought it would be shee-tee-kat but both work equally as well

Davie wrote:200/1 for Steve on Bet Victor - or 16/1 for a top 10 finish!

Oooh! Remember folks - please gamble sensibly!

Mary - the key to safe gambling is never to bet more than you can afford. I've had a wee punt on your boy to finish top 10, just to show support and to give a little extra interest to the event. Don't worry though, it won't bankrupt me

Grace, Coetzee, Broberg (res)

Mulroy, Howell, Gagli (res)

Parry, Swanepoel, Surry (res)


Hoping for LPRPitis in cat C

So Steve is off last from the first tee in the afternoon wave. He's playing with Challenge Tour phenom Kristoffer Broberg and some other bloke.

He's off at 1:20 local, 11:20 UK, 6:20 ET. Good luck to Steve

Cheers GG - he's played with the other bloke before, not sure about Broberg though. Two hour rain delay at the moment!

Update - play cancelled today, due to water-logged course.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:He's playing with Challenge Tour phenom Kristoffer Broberg and some other bloke.

It's this kind of meticulous attention to detail that is sadly lacking on most other forums...

Mary_S wrote:play cancelled today, due to water-logged course.

That's disappointing Mary, sounds just like being at home!

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:He's playing with Challenge Tour phenom Kristoffer Broberg and some other bloke.

It's this kind of meticulous attention to detail that is sadly lacking on most other forums...

I refer you back to a prior FL event where it was clearly stated that I had my finger somewhere else other than the pulse of pro golf. Anyway; breaking news just in: rain stops play, come back same time tomorrow.

Just seen the trophy - rather relieved that I won't have to worry about finding house room for it!

Spoiler:

Wow, that is some seriously, ugly piece of china. If they wanted to honour the man couldn't they have gone with a bust or something like that?

OMG - I thought the Tiger World Challenge fairground bit of tat was bad but this is horrendous!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:it was clearly stated that I had my finger somewhere else

Where could your finger be then Grumps?

Back to the trophy...I thought they had stopped giving out golliwogs with jars of marmalade years ago?

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:it was clearly stated that I had my finger somewhere else

Where could your finger be then Grumps?

I guess it could be described as a McDowellesque response to shouts from the crowd of mashed potato, indahole, youdaman, beef lo mein, boom baby, etc.

No play again Friday - what a sad start to the 2013 season

Every fairway almost completely under water. They are hiring more pumps, but it looks like there might be more rain this afternoon.

Points are going to be interesting for this one!

Won't be much difference for some people will there Grumps?

BlueCoverman wrote:Won't be much difference for some people will there Grumps?

It could be a disappointing return there Norway

At least the leaderboard should be posted a bit quicker!

Whoo - play is finally underway!

Due to rain damage, 4 par 4's are now par 3's, so par is 65.