GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #05

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #05

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

17 -20 January 2013 ___ Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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


1. Davie ____________ 100 (6/6) ____ 120 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 340 _____ 600

2. Mary_S ___________ 100 (6/6) _____ 80 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 120 _____ 360

3. LadyPutt __________ 40 (4/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 140 _____ 300

4. Doc _______________ 50 (5/6) _____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 150 _____ 260

5. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (5/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 230

6. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 30 (3/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 130

6. Redrage ___________ 40 (4/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 20 ____ 20 _____ 30 _____ 130

8. BlueCoverman ______ 40 (4/6) _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 40


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Three players had a chance to win the Abu Dhabi Championship when they stood on tee of the 72nd hole. Halfway down the hole Rose and Olesen needed a birdie to tie and force a playoff after Donaldson three putted. Olesen missed on the low side and Rose lipped out. Donaldson wins! But that drama didn't phase Davie at all. All three of those picks were in his team, that turned into a multitude of finish points and ultimately a huge winning margin. The final round was really a procession and it was pretty much as you were with Doc sneaking above SetupDetermines by virtue of Donaldson.

The -7, 65 low score of the week was matched by Branden Grace. Johan Edfors had the worse round of the day at +5. This was good news for Mary_S and RedRage who earned the bonus points for that distinction. Chris Wood finished last after he only managed to beat par once in 4 rounds.

The GolfChatUK Fantasy League returns to the PGA Tour for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Event details will be posted tomorrow.

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Branden Grace -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (20 points)
Johan Edfors +5
1. Mary_S
2. RedRage

Last Place (20 points)
Chris Wood +8
1. None

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Day 3 of a stupid game leaves everything pretty much as it is. With plenty of points on offer it's almost criminal that some players didn't get a sniff. There were minimal changes to the leaderboard standings. LadyPutt moved up into third place on the back of three Top 10 Low Score finishes. SetupDetermines slipped a place as he could only manage two Low Scorers. Mary_S and Davie matched each other to maintain the gaps at the top of the Leaderboard. RedRage could only keep pace with Doc in midtable obscurity and the less said about 1GrumpyGolfer and BlueCoverman the better.

Low scores were seen in round 3 and the -5 mark was bettered by six players and Andrew Dodt and S.S.P Chowrasia were the pick of that bunch. Both scored 65s in the blue skies of Abu Dhabi. With scoring improved the worse rounds were only +5, shared by Robert Coles and Chris Wood. All those extra points were left on the table.

Final placings are likely to separate this event and I'm sure there'll be plenty of interest tomorrow but over here the football will be on instead.

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Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Andrew Dodt -7
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
S.S.P Chowrasia -7
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (20 points)
Robert Coles +5
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (20 points)
Chris Wood +5
1. None

Round 3 Top 10 Low Scores (20 points)
-4 or lower

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Day 2 Headlines from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship:

WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY!
Tiger Woods incurred a two shot penalty and that saw him miss the cut by one shot but a couple of days work for $3M can't be sniffed at. Rory's debut of his new Nike Wanchor irons saw him play poorly and also miss the cut, still he has 150,000,001 reasons not to be sad.

IS DAVIE IN LEAGUE WITH LANCE?
After a woeful performance in Event 4 Davie is sitting proudly at the top of the leaderboard in Event 5. Investigators are poring over the transcripts of Armstrong's interview to see if they can shed any light on this amazing turnaround in form.

MAN DIFFERENTIATES OLECRANON FROM COCCYX
See page 2 for full colour pictures


Round two usually separates the smart money from the guessers but it didn't stop Mary_S from keeping pace with Davie. Both got all of their picks through to the third round earning them the bonus points and this is the second time Mary_S has achieved this in three events. Tiger and Rory caused the most heartbreak for the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers as they proved popular but ultimately worthless picks and prevented Doc and SetupDetermines from maximum points. LadyPutt, RedRage and BlueCoverman lost two picks and 1GrumpyGolfer lost three.

-5 seems to be the most the course will give up at the moment. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano matched the day 1 scores of Justin Rose and Jamie Donaldson but as no one picked him we didn't see a repeat of points galore. Amateur Sohail Al Marzuqui all struggled yesterday with an 81 but today saw him failing to break 90. No points earned here in this instance.

Moving day brings the prospect of bonus points but we'll just have to wait and see.

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Round 2 Low Round (20 points)
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano -5
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (20 points)
Sohail Al Marzuqui +18
1. None

Cut line (10 points)
+2 or lower

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Day 1 of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship showed that some GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers know their onions and some don't know their arse from their elbow. Davie bounced back remarkably from his poor performance last week to lead the field after round 1. After scoring 24x his total score from the last event a steward's inquiry may be held; especially if he's named in Lance's interview today.

The pick of today's bunch were Justin Rose and Jamie Donaldson, both shot -5 to share the lead. These pair were picked by just your five GCUK Fantasy Leaguers and Davie picked both of them. The Top 5 Low Scores were shared by nine pros and again GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked a whole bunch of them. Davie not content with the top 2 also picked another pair in the top 5. This was enough to give him a 20 point lead over Mary_S at this early stage. Mary_S also had another two picks in the the top 5. SetupDetermines and LadyPutt had a top 5 double and RedRage and 1GrumpyGolfer got in on the act too.

The worse performance of the day wasn't BlueCoverman but shared equally by three sponsor's invitations. Alexander Levy, Callum Nicol and amateur Sohail Al Marzuqui all struggled around the course in 81 strokes. However no one had the poor judgement to pick any of these three.

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Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Justin Rose -5
1. Davie
2. LadyPutt
3. Mary_S
4. SetupDetermines

Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Jamie Donaldson -5
1. Davie
2. Doc

Round 1 Worse Round (20 points)
Alexander Levy +9
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (20 points)
Callum Nicol +9
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (20 points)
Sohail Al Marzuqui +9
1. None

Round 1 Top 5 Low Scores (20 points)
-3 or lower

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After too much research last time around, you’re just going to get some basic facts about the event and field. The European Tour returns to the desert for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship. The event is being held over the 7600 yard Abu Dhabi Golf Club.

As luck would have it three of the top 5 in the OWGR are headlining the field. Tiger the beneficiary of a sponsor’s invite, hopefully he will repay them by being in contention all the way through the tournament. Jason Dufner is also in the field courtesy of an invite, he’s only just dropped out of the top 10 in the OWGR so I’m sure he’ll be itching to get back there. Rory McIlroy is the main draw; he’s never won this event but came close in a runner’s up finish to Robert Rock last year.

Full field event; cut bonuses are in effect.

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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 2 – January 13th 2013:

CATEGORY A

Rory MCILROY 1
Tiger WOODS 2
Justin ROSE 5
Jason DUFNER 11
Peter HANSON 20
Ernie ELS 24
Martin KAYMER 28
Paul LAWRIE 29
Francesco MOLINARI 30
Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 33
Branden GRACE 34
Matteo MANASSERO 41

CATEGORY B

Thomas BJORN 45
Jamie DONALDSON 47
Padraig HARRINGTON 48
George COETZEE 49
Thorbjorn OLESEN 52
Richie RAMSAY 53
Shane LOWRY 54
Henrik STENSON 56
Rafa CABRERA-BELLO 57
Marcus FRASER 60
Marcel SIEM 61
Alexander NOREN 62
Thongchai JAIDEE 63
Bernd WIESBERGER 64
Anders HANSEN 66
Simon DYSON 71
Scott JAMIESON 72
Kristoffer BROBERG 81
Danny WILLETT 84
Pablo LARRAZABAL 90
Gaganjeet BHULLAR 91
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED 92
Jeev Milkha SINGH 94
Stephen GALLACHER 102
Robert ROCK 104
Joost LUITEN 113
Thomas AIKEN 120
Paul CASEY 121
Raphael JACQUELIN 122
Michael HOEY 134
Victor DUBUISSON 135
Chris WOOD 136
Darren FICHARDT 140
Darren CLARKE 144
Jaco VAN ZYL 147
Julien QUESNE 155
Peter LAWRIE 157
Soren KJELDSEN 160
Prom MEESAWAT 161
Garth MULROY 165
Gregory BOURDY 167
Romain WATTEL 168
Lee SLATTERY 176
Mark FOSTER 179
Marc WARREN 182
Eduardo DE LA RIVA 186
Hennie OTTO 187
Jbe' KRUGER 188
Wenchong LIANG 190
Espen KOFSTAD 192
Alejandro CANIZARES 206
Steve WEBSTER 207
Thomas LEVET 209
Richard GREEN 212
Anthony WALL 214
David DRYSDALE 216
Brett RUMFORD 217
JB HANSEN 218
Keith HORNE 220
Simon WAKEFIELD 224
Alessandro TADINI 228
Chris DOAK 230
James MORRISON 235
Gregory HAVRET 238
Edoardo MOLINARI 243
Richard FINCH 247
Felipe AGUILAR 248
Lorenzo GAGLI 250

CATEGORY C

Ricardo GONZALEZ 257
David HOWELL 258
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 266
Ricardo SANTOS 271
Andreas HARTO 274
Matthew BALDWIN 275
Joel SJOHOLM 276
Tom LEWIS 279
Tommy FLEETWOOD 280
Michael CAMPBELL 284
Alexandre KALEKA 285
Gary LOCKERBIE 291
Paul MCGINLEY 295
Sam LITTLE 305
Johan EDFORS 313
Peter WHITEFORD 326
Chris PAISLEY 337
Graeme STORM 339
David HORSEY 343
Mikael LUNDBERG 348
Damien MCGRANE 356
Mikko ILONEN 358
Oliver FISHER 361
Morten Orum MADSEN 362
Richard BLAND 370
Scott HENRY 378
Andy SULLIVAN 388
Mark TULLO 392
Bjorn AKESSON 398
Jorge CAMPILLO 399
Emiliano GRILLO 402
Ignacio GARRIDO 403
Jose Manuel LARA 405
Daniel BROOKS 407
Jose Maria OLAZABAL 411
Craig LEE 415
Robert COLES 416
Chris LLOYD 427
Jean-Baptiste GONNET 433
Tano GOYA 439
S.S.P. CHOWRASIA 452
Seve BENSON 464
Simon KHAN 475
Phillip PRICE 482
Carlos DEL MORAL 497
Colin MONTGOMERIE 500
Richard MCEVOY 523
Gareth MAYBIN 558
Maarten LAFEBER 562
Michael JONZON 571
Martin WIEGELE 574
Andrew DODT 582
Joakim LAGERGREN 586
Paul WARING 596
John PARRY 596
Alexander LEVY 605
Niclas FASTH 606
Oscar FLOREN 607
Matthew NIXON 632
Lasse JENSEN 667
Matthew SOUTHGATE 668
Callum MACAULAY 670
Anthony SNOBECK 678
Todd HAMILTON 698
Scott ARNOLD 709
David HIGGINS 754
Daniel GAUNT 826
Stephen DODD 835
Christian CEVAER 1049
Callum NICOLL N/A
Peter EROFEJEFF N/A
Moritz LAMPERT N/A
Sohail AL MARZUQUI(AM) N/A

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

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

Event #08 _ Feb 07 - Feb 10 ___ Joburg Open __________________________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa


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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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Looking forward to this one - the first "proper" event of 2013. Shame there is no sign of Luke, Poults, and GMac but still a pretty good field

No wasting time or mucking about with research for me, just good old fashioned guesswork!

Cat A
Rory MCILROY
Tiger WOODS
res: Justin Rose

Cat B
Paul CASEY
Padraig HARRINGTON
res: Henrik Stenson

Cat C
Ricardo GONZALEZ
David HORSEY
res: Emiliano Grillo

Cheers Grumps

BlueCoverman wrote:No wasting time or mucking about with research for me, just good old fashioned guesswork!

Cat A
Rory MCILROY
Tiger WOODS
res: Justin Rose

Guesswork? Or playing the odds?

I don't know what you could mean Davie!

A: T. Woods; M. Kaymer, R. McIlroy (r)

B: P. Casey; H. Stenson; T. Jaidee (r)

C: T. Fleetwood; J. Edfors; D. Howell (r)

Cheers, guys!

A) Tiger, Hanson (Lawrie)
B) Donaldson, Willett (Ramsay)
C) Lewis, Fisher (Storm)

Cat A
Rory MCILROY
Justin Rose
res: Tiger WOODS


Cat B
Henrik STENSON
Padraig HARRINGTON
res: Bernd WIESBERGER

Cat C
Tom LEWIS
Andreas HARTO
res: Colin MONTGOMERIE

CATEGORY A: Justin ROSE, Jason DUFNER (res: Tiger WOODS)

CATEGORY B: Jamie DONALDSON, Thorbjorn OLESEN (res: Scott JAMIESON)

CATEGORY C: David HOWELL, Joel SJOHOLM (res: David HORSEY)

Short of borrowing GG's pin, I've used my mind again

Cat A: Justin Rose & Rory McIlroy (res Gonzo F-C)
Cat B: Scott Jamieson & Thongchai Jaidee (res Prom Meesawat)
Cat C: David Howell & Peter Whiteford (res Paul McGinley)

Prom Meesawat sounds like a character out of Star Wars

Cat A: Justin Rose; Martin Kaymer (res. Tiger Woods)

Cat B: Paul Casey; Henrik Stenson (res. Steve Webster)

Cat C: Johan Edfors; Michael Campbell (res. Chris Lloyd)

Cat A: Woods, McIlroy. Reserve Kaymer

Cat B: Olesen, Jamieson. Reserve Harrington

Cat C: Lewis and Fisher. Reserve Howell

Blast - I was going to pick Donaldson but went for Jamieson instead. Serves me right I suppose ...

Jamie Donaldson, Donald (Scott) Jamieson - what's the difference?

Anyone seen Woods' topped drive?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4GeGGV_djNg

Worth watching the highlights on TV tonight - they are bound to show it lots of times.

Davie wrote:Jamie Donaldson, Donald (Scott) Jamieson - what's the difference?

8 shots at the moment

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #05

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

17 -20 January 2013 ___ Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard - Round 1

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


1. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 120 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX _____ 120

2. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) _____ 80 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

3. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) _____ 60 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

3. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) _____ 60 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

5. Doc _______________ XX (X/X) _____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

6. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) _____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

6. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) _____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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


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Day 1 of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship showed that some GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers know their onions and some don't know their arse from their elbow. Davie bounced back remarkably from his poor performance last week to lead the field after round 1. After scoring 24x his total score from the last event a steward's inquiry may be held; especially if he's named in Lance's interview today.

The pick of today's bunch were Justin Rose and Jamie Donaldson, both shot -5 to share the lead. These pair were picked by just your five GCUK Fantasy Leaguers and Davie picked both of them. The Top 5 Low Scores were shared by nine pros and again GCUK Fantasy Leaguers picked a whole bunch of them. Davie not content with the top 2 also picked another pair in the top 5. This was enough to give him a 20 point lead over Mary_S at this early stage. Mary_S also had another two picks in the the top 5. SetupDetermines and LadyPutt had a top 5 double and RedRage and 1GrumpyGolfer got in on the act too.

The worse performance of the day wasn't BlueCoverman but shared equally by three sponsor's invitations. Alexander Levy, Callum Nicol and amateur Sohail Al Marzuqui all struggled around the course in 81 strokes. However no one had the poor judgement to pick any of these three.

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Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Justin Rose -5
1. Davie
2. LadyPutt
3. Mary_S
4. SetupDetermines

Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Jamie Donaldson -5
1. Davie
2. Doc

Round 1 Worse Round (20 points)
Alexander Levy +9
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (20 points)
Callum Nicol +9
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (20 points)
Sohail Al Marzuqui +9
1. None

Round 1 Top 5 Low Scores (20 points)
-3 or lower

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Obviously it should have been a bit more research and a bit less guesswork for me

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #05

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

17 -20 January 2013 ___ Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard - Round 2

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


1. Davie ____________ 100 (6/6) ____ 120 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX _____ 220

2. Mary_S ___________ 100 (6/6) _____ 80 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX _____ 180

3. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (5/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX _____ 110

4. LadyPutt __________ 40 (4/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX _____ 100

5. Doc _______________ 50 (5/6) _____ 40 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 90

6. Redrage ___________ 40 (4/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

7. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 30 (3/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

8. BlueCoverman ______ 40 (4/6) _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40


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Day 2 Headlines from the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship:

WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY!
Tiger Woods incurred a two shot penalty and that saw him miss the cut by one shot but a couple of days work for $3M can't be sniffed at. Rory's debut of his new Nike Wanchor irons saw him play poorly and also miss the cut, still he has 150,000,001 reasons not to be sad.

IS DAVIE IN LEAGUE WITH LANCE?
After a woeful performance in Event 4 Davie is sitting proudly at the top of the leaderboard in Event 5. Investigators are poring over the transcripts of Armstrong's interview to see if they can shed any light on this amazing turnaround in form.

MAN DIFFERENTIATES OLECRANON FROM COCCYX
See page 2 for full colour pictures


Round two usually separates the smart money from the guessers but it didn't stop Mary_S from keeping pace with Davie. Both got all of their picks through to the third round earning them the bonus points and this is the second time Mary_S has achieved this in three events. Tiger and Rory caused the most heartbreak for the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers as they proved popular but ultimately worthless picks and prevented Doc and SetupDetermines from maximum points. LadyPutt, RedRage and BlueCoverman lost two picks and 1GrumpyGolfer lost three.

-5 seems to be the most the course will give up at the moment. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano matched the day 1 scores of Justin Rose and Jamie Donaldson but as no one picked him we didn't see a repeat of points galore. Amateur Sohail Al Marzuqui all struggled yesterday with an 81 but today saw him failing to break 90. No points earned here in this instance.

Moving day brings the prospect of bonus points but we'll just have to wait and see.

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If it wasn't for those two hackers Woods and McIlroy I would have had all my picks through

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #05

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

17 -20 January 2013 ___ Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard - Round 3

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


1. Davie ____________ 100 (6/6) ____ 120 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 260

2. Mary_S ___________ 100 (6/6) _____ 80 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 220

3. LadyPutt __________ 40 (4/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 60 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 160

4. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (5/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 150

5. Doc _______________ 50 (5/6) _____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 110

6. Redrage ___________ 40 (4/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

7. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 30 (3/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

8. BlueCoverman ______ 40 (4/6) _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40


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Day 3 of a stupid game leaves everything pretty much as it is. With plenty of points on offer it's almost criminal that some players didn't get a sniff. There were minimal changes to the leaderboard standings. LadyPutt moved up into third place on the back of three Top 10 Low Score finishes. SetupDetermines slipped a place as he could only manage two Low Scorers. Mary_S and Davie matched each other to maintain the gaps at the top of the Leaderboard. RedRage could only keep pace with Doc in midtable obscurity and the less said about 1GrumpyGolfer and BlueCoverman the better.

Low scores were seen in round 3 and the -5 mark was bettered by six players and Andrew Dodt and S.S.P Chowrasia were the pick of that bunch. Both scored 65s in the blue skies of Abu Dhabi. With scoring improved the worse rounds were only +5, shared by Robert Coles and Chris Wood. All those extra points were left on the table.

Final placings are likely to separate this event and I'm sure there'll be plenty of interest tomorrow but over here the football will be on instead.

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Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Andrew Dodt -7
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
S.S.P Chowrasia -7
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (20 points)
Robert Coles +5
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (20 points)
Chris Wood +5
1. None

Round 3 Top 10 Low Scores (20 points)
-4 or lower

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LPRPitis strikes again with Gonzo! And why did I pick Scott Jamieson instead of Jamie Donaldson????????

Well at least you had the good sense to have Justin in your team LP, unlike some of us who thought that it would be a good idea to have him as a reserve!

Anyway Grumps, I thought that you were supposed to be busy with chores today, is there really any need to keep posting these results so promptly?

Sorry Blue, apparently some of the other posters can get a little antsy if the results aren't posted promptly. Don't worry if they aren't good tomorrow they may not be posted at all

The missus is still in bed feeling poorly sthick so I'm not crashing about too much just yet. I am almost ready to do that having done some of the prep work in the garage already this morning. Thank you for keeping me honest, you're such a pal

If I hadn't been maintaining my promise not to jinx Howeller I could have been top of the table!

Congrats to Davie on picking the top three, that can't have been done before! And five in the top nine, very impressive

I'm not sure that even a stewards inquiry will get us out of this one Grumps!

BlueCoverman wrote:Congrats to Davie on picking the top three, that can't have been done before! And five in the top nine, very impressive

Seeing as you've half done the results why don't you carry on Arthur? I checked yours and was following your instructions of doing nothing but I suppose I'll have to finish and post at some point:biglaugh:

BlueCoverman wrote:I'm not sure that even a stewards inquiry will get us out of this one Grumps!

Where's USADA? Or whatever it is. Anyway, who's this we?

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #05

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

17 -20 January 2013 ___ Abu Dhabi GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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


1. Davie ____________ 100 (6/6) ____ 120 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 340 _____ 600

2. Mary_S ___________ 100 (6/6) _____ 80 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 120 _____ 360

3. LadyPutt __________ 40 (4/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 140 _____ 300

4. Doc _______________ 50 (5/6) _____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 150 _____ 260

5. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (5/6) _____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 230

6. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 30 (3/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 130

6. Redrage ___________ 40 (4/6) _____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 20 ____ 20 _____ 30 _____ 130

8. BlueCoverman ______ 40 (4/6) _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 40


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Three players had a chance to win the Abu Dhabi Championship when they stood on tee of the 72nd hole. Halfway down the hole Rose and Olesen needed a birdie to tie and force a playoff after Donaldson three putted. Olesen missed on the low side and Rose lipped out. Donaldson wins! But that drama didn't phase Davie at all. All three of those picks were in his team, that turned into a multitude of finish points and ultimately a huge winning margin. The final round was really a procession and it was pretty much as you were with Doc sneaking above SetupDetermines by virtue of Donaldson.

The -7, 65 low score of the week was matched by Branden Grace. Johan Edfors had the worse round of the day at +5. This was good news for Mary_S and RedRage who earned the bonus points for that distinction. Chris Wood finished last after he only managed to beat par once in 4 rounds.

The GolfChatUK Fantasy League returns to the PGA Tour for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Event details will be posted tomorrow.

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Branden Grace -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (20 points)
Johan Edfors +5
1. Mary_S
2. RedRage

Last Place (20 points)
Chris Wood +8
1. None

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Wow - that was certainly a comprehensive win, Davie - well played!

Thanks for the quick updates GG!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Where's USADA? Or whatever it is. Anyway, who's this we?

OK just me then. I think a lot of is required by me before Torrey Pines!

Nah, just sharpen the pin......

Thank you all! After my first few performances I needed a big week!

After my first few performances I think I need to go back to tour school

BlueCoverman wrote:After my first few performances I think I need to go back to tour school

You're likely to be overtaken by Doc after the next event and he didn't pick in two of them!!

How many points are Spurs ahead of you now Grumps?

That's a low blow Blue, how many grounds will be new for you in League 2?

I knew it was a mistake to get started on the football insults!

Lets call it quits, it'll only end in tears, probably for both of us

That disastrous 7 by David Howell cost me dear - but probably not as much as it cost him! Still, not too bad a result.

Interesting to see how well and quickly Thorbjorn Olesen has adapted to his new Nike equipment. Perhaps he could give Rory some tips