GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #04

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #04

Sony Open

10 -13 January 2013 ___ Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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


1. SetupDetermines ___ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 55 ______ 95

2. Redrage ___________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 45 ______ 85

3. Mary_S ____________ 15 (3/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 45 ______ 80

4. BlueCoverman ______ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 55

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 10 (2/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 40

6. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 15 ______ 35

7. LadyPutt __________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ______ 5 ______ 30

8. Davie ______________ 5 (1/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 5


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An exciting final day at the Sony Open to the end the Hawaiian swing of the PGA Tour. The final round low score wasn't a 62 but it was close; 63's were shared by Russell Henley, the eventual winner, Tim Clark, the runner up, and YE Yang, Top 20 gatecrasher. Two of those three were picked by four GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers. So they reaped the reward of the low round bonus points.

We started the day with three picks in the Top 20, we ended it with six picks in total. Three were in the Top 5 and three just scraped in to the Top 20. BlueCoverman, Mary_S and RedRage all mixed a Top 5 finisher with a Top 20 finisher. SetupDetermines went one better, he had two finishers in the Top 5 and ultimately that was the difference between him and RedRage. RedRage was pipped again but he's the player to watch out for; he's had an unofficial win and three second places so far.

Almost everyone had a finisher to boost their points except Davie who was SOL. He equalled an unwanted GolfChatUK Fantasy League record of lowest points scored in an event.

No one chose, or probably heard of, Morgan Hoffmann, he had the worse round of the day, a +6, 76. John Daly improved his score on Sunday but it wasn't enough to stop him from finishing as one of two players over par and dead last. Those points fell by the wayside.

The GolfChatUK Fantasy League moves back to the European Tour for event 5; the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, event details will be posted shortly.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Tim Clark -7
1. SetupDetermines
2. RedRage
3. Mary_S

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
YE Yang -7
1. LadyPutt

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Russell Henley -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Morgan Hoffmann +6
1. None

Last place (10 points)
John Daly +4
1. None

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A nice and easy update after Round 3 of the Sony Open in Hawaii; no it wasn't cancelled or delayed! Nothing happened that affected GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers. Moving day was anything but that or maybe it happened in reverse.

The low round score was -8, again. What price on a final round 62 to make the set? Harris English the player of the third round, it was good enough to move him into the top 15. John Daly was playing but he probably didn't have plans for the weekend and ran out of steam. His +9, 79 was good enough or poor enough to take the worse round dishonours. His was one of 13 rounds over par in round 3. The Top 10 Low Scores usually yield some points but Keegan Bradley, Brian Gay and Tim Clark all came up one short with rounds of 66. Bonus points were paid to rounds of 65 or lower.

There are three picks in the Top 20 at the moment, will that change after the final round?

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Harris English -8
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
John Daly +9
1. None

Round 3 Top 10 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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The first full PGA Tour tournament has been hard to the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers; nearly half of their 26 picks failed to make the cut. Dustin Johnson withdrew and that affected over half of the league field. He has Ms Gretsky to console him but it's highly likely that she won't give a damn about the Fantasy Leaguers.

The main beneficiaries are RedRage and SetupDetermines, they had four picks make it through, as they now have a 5 point lead over Mary_S; she doesn't have DJ anymore. BlueCoverman and Doc also have four picks through and they've settled in mid table obscurity. LadyPutt would have risen to those heights too but for DJ. In the basement places are 1GrumpyGolfer and Davie with just 3 picks out of their 12. Time to put the feet up and watch the telly methinks.

There was some fine scoring in the second round and another -8 round was put together on the shores of Waialae Country Club, Chris Kirk the man behind that scoring. However this didn't mean a thing for us Fantasy Leaguers. At the other end of the spectrum stood Luke Guthrie, his +6, 76 was not what the doctor ordered and he missed the cut by some margin. That had no effect on the scoreboard either.

Round 3 is moving day; can RedRage or SetupDetermines separate themselves from the pack or will someone make a charge?

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Chris Kirk -8
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Luke Guthrie +6
1. None

Cut Line (5 points)
-2 or lower

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I hereby declare a GolfChatUK Fantasy League quarantine emergency! LPRPitis has struck half of the field over Tim Clark. Mary_S, RedRage and SetupDetermines had the sense to resist benching Clark and so enjoyed the fruits of his labour. His round of 64 was enough to crack the Round 1 Top 5 Low Scores and earn 10 points for those clever few. They share the lead after round 1 of the Sony Open.

Nobody picked Scott Langley who had the low round of the day, probably because they had never heard of him. Eric Meierdierks who had the worse round of the day would have made Davie's alternative squad, if he had the sense to go with it, but no one picked him either.

With over half the GCUK Fantasy League picks below the cut line at the moment round 2 needs low scores and lots of them.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Scott Langley -8
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Eric Meierdierks +7
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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The PGA Tour’s shortened 2013 season started with a shortened event at Kapalua hopefully as we move onto a full field, with cut event we will have a full tournament. There are no changes to scheduling for TV so we’re back to a Thursday through Sunday event.

Johnson Wagner is back in the field to defend his title along with many others island hopping after the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Please do not adjust your sets as there are likely to be a number of names you don’t or won’t recognize; all 25 Web.com Tour graduates and the 26 Q-School graduates make their PGA Tour debut this week.

The Waialae Country Club measures out at just over 7000 yards and is a par 70. The course record is held by David Toms at 61, although it is worth noting that Davis Love III had a 60 before the course was renovated

This is a full field with cut event, so cut points will be available.

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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 52 – December 31st 2012:

CATEGORY A

Webb Simpson 11
Keegan Bradley 13
Matt Kuchar 21
Dustin Johnson 23
Zach Johnson 25
Carl Pettersson 32
John Senden 38
Ryan Moore 40
Scott Piercy 41
K.J. Choi 48

CATEGORY B

John Huh 66
Bud Cauley 67
Kevin Na 68
Bae Sang-Moon 70
Jonas Blixt 74
Kyle Stanley 76
Vijay Singh 82
Brendon de Jonge 83
Ben Curtis 84
Michael Thompson 86
Marc Leishman 87
Tim Clark 91
Mark Wilson 97
Jeff Overton 99
Yuta Ikeda 102
Y.E. Yang 105
Charlie Wi 106
Johnson Wagner 109
Casey Wittenberg 110
Ted Potter-Jr 112
Luke Guthrie 114
Chris Kirk 115
Charles Howell-III 117
Ryan Palmer 118
Jimmy Walker 120
Scott Stallings 123
Matt Every 125
Kevin Stadler 126
Hideki Matsuyama 127
Tommy Gainey 129
Russell Henley 131
Rory Sabbatini 134
Brian Davis 136
Harris English 140
Pat Perez 142
Tom Gillis 144
John Rollins 147
Davis Love-III 151
Ken Duke 153
Brian Harman 160
George McNeill 161
Cameron Tringale 169
John Mallinger 174
Graham DeLaet 177
Chez Reavie 178
J.J. Henry 179
Hideto Tanihara 186
Chad Campbell 192
John Daly 195
Robert Allenby 197
Dicky Pride 198
Shawn Stefani 199
Josh Teater 201
Cameron Percy 202
Greg Owen 214
Rod Pampling 216
Luke List 222
David Hearn 224
Kevin Streelman 225
Daniel Summerhays 232
Jason Kokrak 236
David Lingmerth 237
James Hahn 240
Ricky Barnes 244
Robert Streb 245
Morgan Hoffmann 247

CATEGORY C

D.H. Lee 253
Jerry Kelly 254
Chris Stroud 260
Ben Kohles 261
Will Claxton 266
Martin Flores 270
Justin Bolli 274
Roberto Castro 281
Justin Hicks 283
Jason Bohn 284
Brad Fritsch 296
Darron Stiles 298
Boo Weekley 299
Brian Gay 303
Scott Gardiner 306
Gary Christian 307
Billy Horschel 312
Tim Herron 313
Paul Haley-II 315
Colt Knost 318
Stewart Cink 319
David Mathis 323
Russell Knox 328
D.J. Trahan 329
Billy Mayfair 330
Richard H. Lee 333
Alistair Presnell 335
Justin Leonard 340
Nicholas Thompson 353
Jeff Maggert 372
Andres Gonzales 374
Bill Lunde 375
Lee Williams 391
Aaron Watkins 407
Alexandre Rocha 411
Jim Herman 418
Doug LaBelle-II 421
Erik Compton 451
Tim Petrovic 453
Matt Jones 459
Brian Stuard 460
Steve Marino 461
Mark Anderson 465
Bobby Gates 471
Andrew Svoboda 483
Peter Tomasulo 504
Vaughn Taylor 522
Steve LeBrun 573
Ryuji Imada 577
Patrick Reed 586
Stephen Ames 598
Michael Bradley 615
Steven Bowditch 616
Jeff Gove 620
Fabian Gomez 636
Tag Ridings 637
Michael Letzig 670
Joe Ogilvie 708
Jin Park 776
Scott Langley 861
Fred Funk 1141
Wes Short-Jr 1212
Bart Bryant N/A
Kevin Carll N/A
Donald Constable N/A
Derek Ernst N/A
Richard Hattori N/A
Eric Meierdierks N/A
Henrik Norlander N/A
Mike Weir N/A

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

Event #05 _ Jan 17 - Jan 20 ___ Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship ______________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Event #06 _ Jan 24 - Jan 27 ___ Farmers Insurance Open _______________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Torrey Pines (South, North), San Diego, California, USA

Event #07 _ Jan 31 - Feb 03 ___ Omega Dubai Desert Classic ____________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Emirates GC, 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, 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

* Points awarded for round only

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A) Keegan Bradley, Mat Kuchar (D.Johnsone)
B) John Huh, Wagner (Stanley)
C) Cink, Maggert (Marino)

Cat A
Matt Kuchar
Dustin Johnson
Keegan Bradley (Res).

Cat B
Tim Clark
Matt Every
Tommy Gainey (Res)

Cat C
Billy Horschel
Brian Gay
Tim Petrovic (Res)

Interesting tourney, winner likely to come from Cat B, methinks.

CATEGORY A: Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson (res: Keegan Bradley)

CATEGORY B: John Huh, Johnson Wagner (res: Kyle Stanley)

CATEGORY C: Jerry Kelly, Chris Stroud (res: Colt Knost)

Some good names in there this week - I could almost see a "Davie's Porn Star" team in there (though slim pickings in Cat A)

The question is who is going to stop Grumps from making it a hat-trick of wins?

Cat A: Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson res: Carl Petersson
Cat B: Charles Howell, Mark Wilson res: Tim Clark
Cat C: Brian Gay, Jerry Kelly res: Russell Knox

Cheers Grumps

A: K. Bradley; Z. Johnson; D. Johnson (r)
B: T. Clark; VJ Singh; B De Jonge (r)
C: B. Gay; J. Kelly; R. Knox (r)

Cheers guys!

Cat A: Dustin Johnson, Keegan Bradley (res Webb Simpson)
Cat B: Y.E. Yang, Ryan Palmer (res Tim Clark)
Cat C: Jerry Kelly, Fred Funk (res Boo Weekley)

Can I do worse than last week?

Cat A: Webb Simpson, Dustin Johnson (Res. Keegan Bradley)

Cat B: Tim Clark, Kyle Stanley (Res. Tommy Gainey)

Cat C: Justin Bolli, Billy Mayfair (Res. Will Claxton)

Cheers GG!

Cat A: The Johnsons; Dustin and Zach. Reserve Matt Kuchar

Cat B: Charles Howell III and Mark Wilson. Reserve Tim Clark

Cat C: Brian Gay and Russell Knox. Reserve Jerry Kelly

The morning wave are set to commence at 7:10 local time, that's 12:10 New York and 5:10 in Chelmsford. The second wave kicks off at 11:40 and you can work out the rest.

And they're off, Chucky 3 Sticks off to a fast start with a birdie on the first to take the early lead. Mind you there are only 18 pros who have finished at least 1 hole at the moment.

Oi Grumps, what's the idea of picking half my team?

I'm not sure what you're insinuating Blue! I don't know why I'm responding to your accusation, I mean I've won two out of three events so far. You should be flattered that I think you've made some good picks

If it's justification for the picks you're looking for here goes:

Chucky 3 sticks plays very well at the Sony, bunch of top 5s and 10s
Mark Wilson also has had some great finishes including winning last year
Brian Gay good recent finishes and stats wise is a very good putter

Does that satisfy your curiousity???

Well I must say Grumps that looks extremely well thought out and researched. I'm very impressed with your dedication to the cause, previously I thought that you used the pin method just like me!

Shame about Mark Wilson though!

I know, soloist

You're quite right Blue. The pin was a tried and tested method but the extra "knowledge" is an unexpected by product of researching and preparing such a wonderfully administered fantasy league.

What you mean you run another one as well?

Dreadful performance on day 1 by my team - a porn stars team would have done much better! (Scott Piercy and Eric Meierdierks for starters!)

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #04

Sony Open

10 -13 January 2013 ___ Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 1

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


1. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

1. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

1. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

4. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

4. Doc _______________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

_________________________ QUARANTINED ____________________________________________

4. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

4. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

4. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00


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I hereby declare a GolfChatUK Fantasy League quarantine emergency! LPRPitis has struck half of the field over Tim Clark. Mary_S, RedRage and SetupDetermines had the sense to resist benching Clark and so enjoyed the fruits of his labour. His round of 64 was enough to crack the Round 1 Top 5 Low Scores and earn 10 points for those clever few. They share the lead after round 1 of the Sony Open.

Nobody picked Scott Langley who had the low round of the day, probably because they had never heard of him. Eric Meierdierks who had the worse round of the day would have made Davie's alternative squad, if he had the sense to go with it, but no one picked him either.

With over half the GCUK Fantasy League picks below the cut line at the moment round 2 needs low scores and lots of them.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Scott Langley -8
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Eric Meierdierks +7
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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Cut line projected at -1; could go lower than that if the wind stays calm.

Well 5 out of 8 GCUK Fantasy Leaguers have been shafted by the withdrawal of Dustin Johnson. Poor lamb has flu like symptoms; probably nothing to do with celebrating his win on Tuesday with Ms Gretsky.

Back to earth with a heavy bump; 4 of my picks miss the cut or withdrew.

Dustin is off my Christmas card list for wimping out!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:5 GCUK Fantasy Leaguers have shafted Ms Gretsky.

Really? How come I missed out?

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:5 GCUK Fantasy Leaguers have shafted Ms Gretsky.

Really? How come I missed out?

Er, Mrs BlueCoverman?

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #04

Sony Open

10 -13 January 2013 ___ Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 2

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


1. Redrage ___________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. SetupDetermines ___ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

3. Mary_S ____________ 15 (3/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 25

4. BlueCoverman ______ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

4. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

6. LadyPutt __________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 15

7. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 10 (2/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

8. Davie ______________ 5 (1/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX _______ 5


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The first full PGA Tour tournament has been hard to the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers; nearly half of their 26 picks failed to make the cut. Dustin Johnson withdrew and that affected over half of the league field. He has Ms Gretsky to console him but it's highly likely that she won't give a damn about the Fantasy Leaguers.

The main beneficiaries are RedRage and SetupDetermines, they had four picks make it through, as they now have a 5 point lead over Mary_S; she doesn't have DJ anymore. BlueCoverman and Doc also have four picks through and they've settled in mid table obscurity. LadyPutt would have risen to those heights too but for DJ. In the basement places are 1GrumpyGolfer and Davie with just 3 picks out of their 12. Time to put the feet up and watch the telly methinks.

There was some fine scoring in the second round and another -8 round was put together on the shores of Waialae Country Club, Chris Kirk the man behind that scoring. However this didn't mean a thing for us Fantasy Leaguers. At the other end of the spectrum stood Luke Guthrie, his +6, 76 was not what the doctor ordered and he missed the cut by some margin. That had no effect on the scoreboard either.

Round 3 is moving day; can RedRage or SetupDetermines separate themselves from the pack or will someone make a charge?

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Chris Kirk -8
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Luke Guthrie +6
1. None

Cut Line (5 points)
-2 or lower

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1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Back to earth with a heavy bump; 4 of my picks miss the cut or withdrew.

Obviously too much research and not enough guesswork Grumps!

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Back to earth with a heavy bump; 4 of my picks miss the cut or withdrew.

Obviously too much research and not enough guesswork Grumps!

Where's my fookin' pin you thieving so an so I suppose there were too many relative unknowns in the field.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:5 GCUK Fantasy Leaguers have shafted Ms Gretsky.

Really? How come I missed out?

Er, Mrs BlueCoverman?

Well I won't tell if you won't!

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:5 GCUK Fantasy Leaguers have shafted Ms Gretsky.

Really? How come I missed out?

Er, Mrs BlueCoverman?

Well I won't tell if you won't!

What happens on Golf Blogs stays on Golf Blogs

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #04

Sony Open

10 -13 January 2013 ___ Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 3

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


1. Redrage ___________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. SetupDetermines ___ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

3. Mary_S ____________ 15 (3/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 25

4. BlueCoverman ______ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

4. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

6. LadyPutt __________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 15

7. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 10 (2/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

8. Davie ______________ 5 (1/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX _______ 5


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A nice and easy update after Round 3 of the Sony Open in Hawaii; no it wasn't cancelled or delayed! Nothing happened that affected GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers. Moving day was anything but that or maybe it happened in reverse.

The low round score was -8, again. What price on a final round 62 to make the set? Harris English the player of the third round, it was good enough to move him into the top 15. John Daly was playing but he probably didn't have plans for the weekend and ran out of steam. His +9, 79 was good enough or poor enough to take the worse round dishonours. His was one of 13 rounds over par in round 3. The Top 10 Low Scores usually yield some points but Keegan Bradley, Brian Gay and Tim Clark all came up one short with rounds of 66. Bonus points were paid to rounds of 65 or lower.

There are three picks in the Top 20 at the moment, will that change after the final round?

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Harris English -8
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
John Daly +9
1. None

Round 3 Top 10 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #04

Sony Open

10 -13 January 2013 ___ Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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


1. SetupDetermines ___ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 55 ______ 95

2. Redrage ___________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 45 ______ 85

3. Mary_S ____________ 15 (3/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 45 ______ 80

4. BlueCoverman ______ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 55

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 10 (2/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 40

6. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 15 ______ 35

7. LadyPutt __________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ______ 5 ______ 30

8. Davie ______________ 5 (1/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 _______ 5


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An exciting final day at the Sony Open to the end the Hawaiian swing of the PGA Tour. The final round low score wasn't a 62 but it was close; 63's were shared by Russell Henley, the eventual winner, Tim Clark, the runner up, and YE Yang, Top 20 gatecrasher. Two of those three were picked by four GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers. So they reaped the reward of the low round bonus points.

We started the day with three picks in the Top 20, we ended it with six picks in total. Three were in the Top 5 and three just scraped in to the Top 20. BlueCoverman, Mary_S and RedRage all mixed a Top 5 finisher with a Top 20 finisher. SetupDetermines went one better, he had two finishers in the Top 5 and ultimately that was the difference between him and RedRage. RedRage was pipped again but he's the player to watch out for; he's had an unofficial win and three second places so far.

Almost everyone had a finisher to boost their points except Davie who was SOL. He equalled an unwanted GolfChatUK Fantasy League record of lowest points scored in an event.

No one chose, or probably heard of, Morgan Hoffmann, he had the worse round of the day, a +6, 76. John Daly improved his score on Sunday but it wasn't enough to stop him from finishing as one of two players over par and dead last. Those points fell by the wayside.

The GolfChatUK Fantasy League moves back to the European Tour for event 5; the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, event details will be posted shortly.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Tim Clark -7
1. SetupDetermines
2. RedRage
3. Mary_S

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
YE Yang -7
1. LadyPutt

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Russell Henley -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Morgan Hoffmann +6
1. None

Last place (10 points)
John Daly +4
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I'll be glad to get back to the ET where at least I know most of the players! Can't we do the Qatar Masters (the middle part of the Desert Swing) instead of the Farmers Insurance PGA event on Jan 24th?

Just a suggestion

5 points??? Almost a "Belgique, null pointes" effort from me! Could do better...

LadyPutt wrote:I'll be glad to get back to the ET where at least I know most of the players! Can't we do the Qatar Masters (the middle part of the Desert Swing) instead of the Farmers Insurance PGA event on Jan 24th?

Just a suggestion

All suggestions are gladly taken on board but as it's a well documented fact that the administrator isn't very good, just getting that in there before Blue, it may not be implemented in time...

Don't go dragging me into this, all I will say is that whatever the Lady Judge suggests has my clear and unequivocal support

BlueCoverman wrote:Don't go dragging me into this, all I will say is that whatever the Lady Judge suggests has my clear and unequivocal support

Stop trying to get into her good books after all those little digs, suck up!

Get in there !!!!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:Don't go dragging me into this, all I will say is that whatever the Lady Judge suggests has my clear and unequivocal support

Stop trying to get into her good books after all those little digs, suck up!

You need to get back on the booze, you're even more Grumpy than usual!

Wasn't intending to be Blue. Must be a Monday morning thing.

Only another four and a half days till the weekend Grumps

Yay! Long one for me too as it's Martin Luther King day or as my step daughter called it Luther Vandross day.

Well done SuDtM!

Thanks for the results GG - at least I'm in the right half of the table this time.