GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #06

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #06

Farmers Insurance Open

24 -27 January 2013 ___ Torrey Pines (South, North), San Diego, California, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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

1. BlueCoverman ______ 25 (5/6) ____ 40 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 115 _____ 210

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 15 (3/6) ____ 30 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 175

3. Mary_S ____________ 15 (3/6) ____ 10 ____ 30 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 75 _____ 150

4. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 140

5. LadyPutt __________ 20 (4/6) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 125

6. Davie _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 40 ______ 90

7. Redrage ___________ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 65

8. SetupDetermines ___ 20 (4/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 40


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Well the final round was finally completed at an almost glacial pace at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. Tiger Woods won this event for what seems like the millionth time; he's won 8 tournaments there now not including junior or amateur tournaments. The glacial pace of play is almost matched by the slow paced results being posted. It seems like a pattern is emerging: Perform poorly and then charge through the pack to win the next event. Davie had done it and now it's BlueCoverman's turn in a wire to wire victory.

BlueCoverman picked three of the top 10 finishers including a 1-2 placing of Woods and Snedeker. The difference was Charles Howell III; BlueCoverman picked him and 1GrumpyGolfer succumbed to LPRPitis as Howell was left on his bench. All of the other GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers were able to have two finishers in the top 20 placings except Davie and SetupDetermines. They each had one points scoring finisher; Davie had second place through Snedeker and SetupDetermines had the last place through Sang-Moon Bae. Maybe SetupDetermines will be the next one to emerge from the pattern.

The low score and worse score bonuses fell by the wayside in the final round. Jason Day shot 66 and Bo Van Pelt slumped to an 81.

The next event sees us globe trotting back to Dubai for the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Event details are already posted.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Jason Day -6
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Bo Van Pelt +9
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Sang-Moon Bae +6
1. SetupDetermines

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Saturday at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines was supposed to be moving day but all that moved was the day's play. The weather delay had the effect of adding a Monday finish and earning potential MDF'ers a reprieve. There was some slight changes to the GolfChatUK Fantasy League leaderboard as BlueCoverman extended his lead by another 5 points as LadyPutt slipped into mid table.

The popular picks of Tiger Woods and Brandt Snedeker earned beaucoup points for BlueCoverman, 1GrumpyGolfer, LadyPutt, Davie, Doc and Mary_S. The less popular picks of Lucas Glover and Rickie Fowler earned Mary_S and Doc extra points.

Aaron Baddeley was the non pick of the bunch as he had the low round of the day with a -4, 68. Justin Hicks had the poorest round of the day with a +8, 80. All these bonus points were left begging.

The final round was started on Sunday and Brandt Snedeker is leading the chasing pack behind Tiger. Snedeker is -4 for his round but he's only managed to close the gap to 6 shots. The players will be back in action around 11am Pacific, 2pm New York and 7pm Colchester time.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Aaron Baddeley -4
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Justin Hicks +8
1. None

Round 3 Low Scores (10 points)
-2 or lower


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Day two of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines saw the players reverse day one; those that played the South were on the North and vice versa. Those that played the South had their work cut out for them. Scott Stallings lost all the shots he picked up on the North and missed the cut by one shot. Some players like Greg Owen or Rickie Fowler needed good rounds on the North to make the cut and they both delivered. The cut line ended up at -1, allowing 87 players to make the weekend. However, not all of them will make Sunday; 17 or so will MDF.

Much was made of Rickie's poor round alongside Tiger at the Memorial and then again after round 1. Round 2 was a different story. Rickie matched Tiger shot for shot and they both ended up with -7, 65s. Erik Compton also matched their rounds. They all tied for the low round of the day. What did this mean for GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers: Tiger was picked by half of the field; BlueCoverman, 1GrumpyGolfer, Doc and Mary_S. Rickie was picked by just one; Mary_S. Erik Compton? Not picked.

Mary_S was on a charge, two picks with the low scores and she then doubled up with Ryo Ishikawa. He pipped Scott Stallings to the worse round of the day. His 79 meant Mary_S ended up with 30 bonus points and into joint third place behind BlueCoverman and LadyPutt. BlueCoverman actually extended his lead by 5 points as he only just misssed out on a full complement through to the weekend. Lee Williams was obviously sleeping and not playing.

Moving day could be moving out day for some as those around -1 and -2 will need good rounds to ensure they play on Sunday.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Tiger Woods -7
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. BlueCoverman
3. Doc
4. Mary_S

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Rickie Fowler -7
1. Mary_S

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Erik Compton -7
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Ryo Ishikawa +7
1. Mary_S

Cut line (5 points)
-1 or lower

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The first day of play at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines saw players split across the North and South Courses. The top of the leaderboard was flooded with those that played the easier North Course. Only 9 of the top 35 players played on the harder South course. Kudos to KJ Choi, Josh Teator, Tag Ridings and Justin Hicks for posting 67s or lower. If those players pick up a bunch of shots on the easy course today they could be tough to keep up with. The good news for South Course players is that they know scores can be made on that course. The South Course also had the 10 worst rounds, at +4 or worse.

BlueCoverman and LadyPutt lead the way after selecting Brandt Snedeker, who shared low round of the day with Choi at -7, and two other parties in the Top 5 low round scores. They are closely followed by 1GrumpyGolfer who also had Brandt Snedeker and another Top 5 scorer. Davie had Snedeker in his picks and he has 4th place alone. The rest of the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers scored points, most with a Top 5 scorer but Mary_S had a poor performer in Rickie Fowler. He was one of three players to score a +5, 77.

Choi and Snedeker were the low scorers, Fowler, Troy Kelly and Geoff Ogilvy were poor performers. The cut mark is already on -2 so some low scores are needed for some picks to progress.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Brandt Snedeker -7
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. BlueCoverman
3. Davie
4. LadyPutt

Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
KJ Choi -7
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Ricky Fowler +5
1. Mary_S

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Troy Kelly +5
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Geoff Ogilvy +5
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-6 or lower

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Tiger Woods headlines the field and makes his 2013 PGA Tour debut at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He’s won seven professional events here in the past including the 2008 US Open. You’ll hear a lot about that in the next few days so prepare yourself for the nauseating story of how he won the 2008 US Open here on one leg, with left handed, ladies golf clubs while cocktail waitresses brought more than drinks for him. Yes, it’s the scene of his last major victory but it’s almost five years ago now.

The Farmers tournament spends the first two days splitting the players over the “easier” North course and the “harder” South course used for the US Open. At the weekend it’s all back on to the South course. Thursday scores tend to be better by the players on the North Course and if players are off the pace there they are likely to struggle on the South course on Friday. Both courses play as par 72s and over 7000 yards and the South is almost 10% longer than the North.

Be warned, you’ll see some funky colour combinations on Saturday from the players. Farmers donate money to university programs for those that where their school colours in round 3.

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 3 – January 20th 2013:

CATEGORY A

Tiger Woods 2
Brandt Snedeker 8
Bubba Watson 9
Keegan Bradley 12
Dustin Johnson 14
Nick Watney 21
Phil Mickelson 22
Bo Van Pelt 24
Hunter Mahan 27
Rickie Fowler 34
Nicolas Colsaerts 36
Bill Haas 37
Robert Garrigus 38
Jason Day 39
Scott Piercy 40

CATEGORY B

John Senden 41
David Lynn 49
K.J. Choi 57
Geoff Ogilvy 62
Charles Howell-III 66
John Huh 67
Bud Cauley 68
Greg Chalmers 71
Sang-Moon Bae 75
Jonas Blixt 78
Martin Laird 79
Kyle Stanley 80
Ryo Ishikawa 83
Marc Leishman 85
Aaron Baddeley 86
Brendon de Jonge 87
Vijay Singh 88
Ben Crane 90
Jeff Overton 91
Ben Curtis 92
Michael Thompson 95
Seung-Yul Noh 100
Scott Stallings 101
Ross Fisher 102
Charlie Wi 110
Y.E. Yang 113
Tommy Gainey 114
Luke Guthrie 117
Jimmy Walker 118
Casey Wittenberg 125
Harris English 129
Robert Karlsson 130
John Rollins 133
Matt Every 134
J.B. Holmes 135
Pat Perez 136
David Lingmerth 137
Andres Romero 140
Bryce Molder 141
Brian Davis 144
Tom Gillis 145
Charlie Beljan 147
Sean O'Hair 149
Blake Adams 150
Charley Hoffman 155
D.A. Points 156
Brian Harman 166
Cameron Tringale 173
J.J. Henry 174
Gary Woodland 175
Graham DeLaet 182
Troy Matteson 188
James Hahn 189
John Mallinger 191
Kevin Chappell 197
Josh Teater 199
John Daly 204
Shawn Stefani 207
Jason Kokrak 209
Robert Allenby 215
Cameron Percy 217
Trevor Immelman 218
Robert Streb 219
Ricky Barnes 220
Brendan Steele 226
David Hearn 227
Daniel Summerhays 229

CATEGORY C

Greg Owen 234
Luke List 237
John Merrick 239
D.H. Lee 240
Morgan Hoffmann 246
Ben Kohles 248
Camilo Villegas 253
Jhonattan Vegas 257
Jerry Kelly 260
Justin Hicks 262
Troy Kelly 263
Will Claxton 269
Nicholas Thompson 271
Martin Flores 275
Roberto Castro 276
Angel Cabrera 277
Lucas Glover 278
Justin Bolli 283
Scott Gardiner 286
Billy Horschel 287
Brad Fritsch 290
Brandt Jobe 292
Brian Stuard 294
Richard H. Lee 295
Stewart Cink 297
Tim Herron 304
Boo Weekley 310
Patrick Cantlay 314
David Mathis 315
Paul Haley-II 318
Darron Stiles 319
Alistair Presnell 320
Justin Leonard 321
Colt Knost 325
James Driscoll 353
Lee Williams 364
Matt Jones 372
Scott Langley 382
Stuart Appleby 388
Andres Gonzales 399
Doug LaBelle-II 402
Jim Herman 423
Aaron Watkins 427
Erik Compton 446
Bobby Gates 483
Andrew Svoboda 503
Stephen Ames 516
Steve Marino 529
Steve LeBrun 567
Steven Bowditch 584
Patrick Reed 588
Fabian Gomez 590
Tag Ridings 636
Jeff Gove 643
Michael Bradley 670
Michael Letzig 685
Jeff Klauk 1148
Henrik Norlander 1213
Donald Constable N/A
Derek Ernst N/A
Jon Fiedler N/A
Steven Fox N/A
Hank Kuehne N/A
Eric Meierdierks N/A
Jin Park N/A
Mike Weir N/A

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

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

Event #09 _ Feb 14 - Feb 17 ___ Northern Trust Open ___________________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, 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
* Points awarded for round only

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LadyPutt wrote:On the subject of Mr Woods, anyone else seen the rumours flying around about an association with Olympic Skier, Lindsey Vonn?

Lindsey Vonn airlifted to hospital this afternoon after a serious crash on the opening day of the Alpine Skiing World Championships in Austria. No word yet on her current condition

Will Mr Woods be there at her bedside? I see Red Bull (her sponsors) had arranged for bodyguards to protect her during the event because of press interest due to her link to Woods.

LadyPutt wrote:Will Mr Woods be there at her bedside?

I doubt it LP, bunch of flowers if she is lucky is my guess