GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #09

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #09

Northern Trust Open

14 - 17 February 2013 ___ Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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

1. Davie _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 50 ______ 90

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 80

3. Redrage ___________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 65

4. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 40

5. LadyPutt __________ 10 (2/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ______ 5 ______ 35

6. Mary_S ____________ 10 (2/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 30

6. SetupDetermines ___ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ______ 5 ______ 30

8. BlueCoverman ______ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ______ 5 ______ 20


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A case of after you, no after you, no what about that guy; after him. It seemed as if no one really wanted to win the Northern Trust Open at Riviera today. Bill Haas, suffered a nosebleed early on the back nine. Hunter Mahan made a charge but got stage fright. Freddie Jacobsen three putted the last to miss the play off. That left John Merrick and Charlie Beljan standing atop the leaderboard. After parring the first play off hole on 18 they moved to 10. Merrick laid up again and it paid off again. He made 3 the first time round and par the second time and that was enough to pip Beljan. It was Merrick's first tour win and he would have been a great Cat C pick had anyone picked him.

After the last man was eventually left standing on the course Davie found himself at the head of the table. He had three of his four picks in the finish positions and his fourth was just outside them in 21st place. This was enough to see off 1GrumpyGolfer who had two of his five picks score points. Everyone else had one pick score points except Doc, he just missed out as Mickelson also finished in 21st place.

Hunter Mahan was in with a chance of low round of the day but a head for heights got the better of him. That mark fell at -4 and was shared by Charlie Beljan, Sang-Moon Bae and Greg Chalmers. The worse round was from Michael Bradley, a +8, 79 and this helped him fall to last place. All of the last day's bonus points were left on the table.

The Accenture WGC Matchplay is the next event for GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers and it starts a day earlier than usual on Wednesday.


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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Charlie Beljan -4
1. None

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Sang-Moon Bae -4
1. None

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Greg Chalmers -4
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Michael Bradley +8
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Michael Bradley
1. None

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Moving day was just that as the pros took to the stage at the third round of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera. With 79 pros left after the halfway cut we were going to say goodbye to some of them as the field size got reduced again.

Bill Haas made the best of the conditions as he roared into the lead after round 3. The defending champion bested the field with a -7, 64. This earned bonus points for 1GrumpyGolfer and RedRage. Hunter Mahan had the joint third best round of the day and he earned bonus points for Davie.

Jason Kokrak crashed to the worse round of the day with a +10, 81. SetupDetermines benefited from the 10 points that come with that non distinction. However it was bittersweet as Kokrak found himself MDF'd.

We also saw another GolfChatUK Fantasy League pick fall by the wayside; Retief Goosen slipped to a 75 and was trunk slamming a day early. Doc was the loser in this instance.


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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Bill Haas -7
1. 1Grumpygolfer
2. RedRage

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Jason Kokrak +10
1. SetupDetermines

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

MDF Cut line
+4 or lower

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Shock horror, round 2 finished on Friday albeit almost in the dark. The dark probably was a factor in the cut line moving as Colsaerts, one of the last to finish, 3 putted 18 and got the +2s in. This will also create an MDF situation for up to 9 players. This didn't mean a thing for GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers as none of their picks had finished on +2.

It was a real mixed bag of performances from the GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks. Patrick Cantplay, sorry Cantlay, double bogied the last to miss the cut by one. That cost Doc and 1GrumpyGolfer another pick for the weekend and in 1GrumpyGolfer's case ultimately the cut bonus points. Mary_S improved her chances by doubling the number of her picks through to the weekend from the last event. Doc had four picks through and that kept his lead intact at the top of the leaderboard. Davie also had four picks through and is leading the chase with LadyPutt.

The low round score was 65 and four pros shared that mark. Bryce Molder, Sang-Moon Bae, John Rollins and Fredrik Jacobsen all shot -6. Jacobsen was the only one that earned bonus points and the were for Davie. The worse round was +9 and that was by Michael Thompson. No one picked Thompson so those points fell by the wayside.


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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Fredrik Jacobsen -6
1. Davie

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Sang-Moon Bae -6
1. None

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
John Rollins -6
1. None

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Bryce Molder -6
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Michael Thompson +9
1. None

Cut Line (5 points)
+2 or lower

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Round 1 of the Northern Trust Open eventually finished on day 2. The 18 pros left to complete the final few holes had an early start to finish their first round before dashing back to the 1st or 10th to start round 2. These guys did not affect the scoring in any great shape or form as the bonus points had already been dished out.

Matt Kuchar had the round of the day with a -7, 64. He was chosen by LadyPutt and Doc and almost RedRage. Charles Howell III got the nod ahead of Kooch and what an inspired pick Chucky 3 Sticks was. Mary_S shared in low round bonus points with Sergio Garcia, he finished a shot behind Kuchar and among the Top 5 Low scores. No one else managed to get a pick at that level.

The worse round dishonour went to Sean O'Hair, a +12, 83. He was suitably embarrassed that he exited the scene a round early by withdrawing after his round.

The cut line stands at +1 at the moment but with half the field still to play there could be a lot of movement in that.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Matt Kuchar -7
1. Doc
2. LadyPutt


Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Sean O'Hair +12
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-4 or lower

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WARNING THIS IS NOT A FINALISED FIELD; THE PLAYERS LISTED HERE MAY WITHDRAW OR MAY BE ADDED TO.

Now that’s out the way back to the matter at hand. The PGA Tour moves North up the California coast to Los Angeles for the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. This small, tight venue harks back to yester year with the 10th hole being arguably one of the best short par 4s in the world. Last year the 10th was used as the second playoff hole and Bill Haas holed a monster birdie putt to win the event. He pipped Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley after both had birdied the last hole in regulation play to tie him.

All three are in the field along with five Englishmen and a bloke named English. Performances this week will go a long way in deciding the ties for the first round of the WGC Matchplay next week.

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 6 – February 10th 2013:

CATEGORY A

Luke Donald 3
Adam Scott 7
Lee Westwood 8
Bubba Watson 9
Phil Mickelson 10
Sergio Garcia 14
Keegan Bradley 15
Charl Schwartzel 16
Dustin Johnson 17
Webb Simpson 17
Graeme McDowell 19

CATEGORY B

Peter Hanson 20
Matt Kuchar 22
Bo Van Pelt 23
Ernie Els 24
Zach Johnson 25
Hunter Mahan 26
Jim Furyk 28
Carl Pettersson 34
Bill Haas 36
Scott Piercy 37
Nicolas Colsaerts 39
Ryan Moore 42
John Senden 45
Padraig Harrington 48
David Lynn 51
Russell Henley 56
Tim Clark 59
K.J. Choi 62
Charles Howell-III 64
Fredrik Jacobson 66
Chris Kirk 71
Brendon de Jonge 72
Greg Chalmers 74
Geoff Ogilvy 75
Bud Cauley 76
Kevin Na 77
Jimmy Walker 78
John Huh 79
Bae Sang-Moon 82
Aaron Baddeley 83
Jonas Blixt 86
Martin Laird 88
Ryo Ishikawa 90
Ben Crane 92
Marc Leishman 93
Ryan Palmer 95
Vijay Singh 96
Kevin Stadler 98
Ben Curtis 99
Jeff Overton 101
Noh Seung-Yul 102
Charlie Wi 104
Michael Thompson 105
Retief Goosen 112
Mark Wilson 113
Brian Gay 114
Johnson Wagner 118
Tommy Gainey 121
Josh Teater 123
Matt Every 124
Ted Potter-Jr 125
Y.E. Yang 126
John Rollins 135
Bryce Molder 136
Harris English 137
Pat Perez 140
Bob Estes 150
Charlie Beljan 151
Brian Harman 152
Graham DeLaet 153
Charley Hoffman 154
J.B. Holmes 156
Tom Gillis 158
Andres Romero 160

CATEGORY C

Brian Davis 161
Sean O'Hair 162
Cameron Tringale 164
Ken Duke 166
D.A. Points 168
Gary Woodland 169
George McNeill 176
Rory Sabbatini 177
J.J. Henry 179
Troy Matteson 182
Brendan Steele 187
William McGirt 192
John Mallinger 198
Kevin Chappell 200
Dicky Pride 204
Kevin Streelman 205
Chad Campbell 210
David Hearn 218
Greg Owen 221
Robert Allenby 227
Daniel Summerhays 232
Jason Kokrak 233
John Merrick 241
Trevor Immelman 242
Ricky Barnes 246
Roberto Castro 250
Jerry Kelly 268
Jhonattan Vegas 271
Patrick Cantlay 272
Martin Flores 273
Angel Cabrera 275
Troy Kelly 285
Chris Stroud 288
Will Claxton 289
Lucas Glover 292
Jason Bohn 295
James Driscoll 299
Brandt Jobe 303
Stewart Cink 306
Justin Leonard 309
Tim Herron 315
Colt Knost 316
David Mathis 328
Jeff Maggert 360
Stuart Appleby 405
Steve Marino 469
Scott Verplank 479
Fred Couples 485
Stephen Ames 519
Michael Bradley 709
Jeff Klauk 712
Joey Snyder-III 947
Hank Kuehne 976
Wes Short-Jr 1203
Kevin Sutherland 1415
Michael Block N/A
Arron Oberholser N/A
Jesper Parnevik N/A
Mike Weir N/A
Jeremiah Wooding N/A

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

Event #10 _ Feb 20 - Feb 24 ___ WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship _______ Weighted X
_______________________________ Ritz-Carlton GC, Dove Mountain, Marana, Arizona, USA

Event #11 _ Feb 28 - Mar 03 ___ Tshwane Open _______________________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Copperleaf Golf & Country Estate, Centurion, South Africa

Event #12 _ Mar 07 - Mar 10 ___ WGC - Cadillac Championship ___________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Doral Golf Resort & Spa (TPC Blue Monster), Doral, Florida, 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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I was hoping to pick Soren Hansen this week Grumps, do you happen to know if he is playing?

I believe Hansen's listed as the first one in Cat B

touche

That's a nice looking field this week - less of the "pin in the map" and more educated pickings .. so we'll all be rubbish I expect!

A) Bubba, Luke (Big Phil)
B) Kuchar, The Goose (Mahan)
C) Brian Davies, Patrick Cantlay (Lucas Glover)

Cheers and hoping for better this week

CATEGORY A: Luke Donald, Graeme McDowell (res: Charl Schwartzel )

CATEGORY B: Hunter Mahan, Fredrik Jacobson (res: Peter Hanson)

CATEGORY C: Cameron Tringale, Rory Sabbatini (res: Brian Davis)

A: P. Mickelson; B. Watson; L. Westwood (r)

B: C. Howell III; B. Haas; M. Kuchar (r)

C: C. Tringale; R. Barnes; P. Cantlay (r)

Thanks guys/gals!

Cat A: Sergio Garcia; Dustin Johnson (res. Luke Donald)

Cat B: Padraig Harrington; Tim Clarke (res. Ernie Els)

Cat C: J J Henry; Ricky Barnes (res. Troy Kelly)

Cheers GG!

Cat A
Luke Donald
Phil Mickelson
Res : Sergio Garcia

Cat B
Padraig Harrington
Russell Henley
Res : K.J. Choi

Cat C
Dicky Pride
Jason Kokrak
Res : Jesper Parnevik

Grumps - Ross Fisher, James Hahn, Luke Guthrie all Cat C?

BlueCoverman wrote:Grumps - Ross Fisher, James Hahn, Luke Guthrie all Cat C?

Nope, all would be Cat B based on their OWGR rankings of 109, 133 and 108 respectively.

Thanks Grumps

Cat A
Phil MICKELSON
Bubba WATSON
res: Luke Donald

Cat B
Aaron BADDELEY
Jimmy WALKER
res: Hunter Mahan

Cat C
David HEARN
Cameron TRINGALE
res: Kevin Streelman

Cheers Grumps

Today's pin has landed on the following (no)hopers:

Cat A: Luke Donald and Dustin Johnson (res GMac)
Cat B: Matt Kuchard and Padraig Harrington (res Mark Wilson)
Cat C: Ken Duke and Troy Matteson (res Scott Verplank)

but I don't think it will help.

Come on Grumps last to pick again, don't you realise that the league organiser is waiting to do the admin?

It's part of my pre event preparation. Last minute picks as they are about to tee off always focuses the mind. Anyway I've got you covered Norway

That's just an excuse to let everybody else do the research and then copy their work. Just lazy I reckon...

BlueCoverman wrote:That's just an excuse to let everybody else do the research and then copy their work. Just lazy I reckon...

You may think that Blue, I can't possibly comment. Anyway, if that's what I am doing it's not working out to badly is it

BlueCoverman wrote:Come on Grumps last to pick again, don't you realise that the league organiser is waiting to do the admin?

I thought you were after the auditing job not the admin?

No not me, I couldn't possibly compete with or reach anywhere near the standard set by the current incumbent

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:if that's what I am doing it's not working out to badly is it

No Mr Lazy, not bad at all

Cat A: Donald, Michelson. Bradley reserve

Cat B: Haas, Choi. Walker reserve

Cat C: Cantlay, Tringale. Hearn reserve

Nice to see my reserves off to a good start.... every week, every season is the same!!!

Sean O'Hair has withdrawn after a shocking round. Ruling request sent to the good Lady Judge.

O'Hair the first of 6 withdrawals today. The fog rolled in earlier than expected and play was suspended for the day with 18 players imcluding 4 Fantasy League picks still to finish their round. Early starts tomorrow and the round 1 update will be out around early evening UK time.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Sean O'Hair has withdrawn after a shocking round. Ruling request sent to the good Lady Judge.

As no-one picked him, I would let the reserve play.

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Sean O'Hair has withdrawn after a shocking round. Ruling request sent to the good Lady Judge.

As no-one picked him, I would let the reserve play.

Setup, it was more about his round counting towards the worse round score. A similar thing happened at the Masters last year with Gary Woodland.

Well, he did finish his round.

So if its the worst round, its the worst round.

Simples!

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:Well, he did finish his round.

So if its the worst round, its the worst round.

Simples!

That's was my ruling, Setup.

While you are here LP, am I entitled to any sympathy points for only having 1 player under par?

LadyPutt wrote:

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:Well, he did finish his round.

So if its the worst round, its the worst round.

Simples!

That's was my ruling, Setup.

That was how I was going to treat but I wanted confirmation from the good Lady Judge. I was worried that his score would disappear, similar to Woodland's, and that would cause some colourful folks, not mentioning any names, to question what happened or why their chopper didn't get worse round points

He's talking about you Red I think

Round 1 is almost complete. Round 2 is well underway. Cut line will be around -1 or even; some picks need to get their act together.

Kuchar and Sergio looking good to earn low scoring points for LadyPutt, Doc and Mary_S.

Leaderboard will appear around 7pm UK time.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #09

Northern Trust Open

14 - 17 February 2013 ___ Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 1

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

1. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

1. Doc _______________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

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

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

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

4. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

4. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00


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Round 1 of the Northern Trust Open eventually finished on day 2. The 18 pros left to complete the final few holes had an early start to finish their first round before dashing back to the 1st or 10th to start round 2. These guys did not affect the scoring in any great shape or form as the bonus points had already been dished out.

Matt Kuchar had the round of the day with a -7, 64. He was chosen by LadyPutt and Doc and almost RedRage. Charles Howell III got the nod ahead of Kooch and what an inspired pick Chucky 3 Sticks was. Mary_S shared in low round bonus points with Sergio Garcia, he finished a shot behind Kuchar and among the Top 5 Low scores. No one else managed to get a pick at that level.

The worse round dishonour went to Sean O'Hair, a +12, 83. He was suitably embarrassed that he exited the scene a round early by withdrawing after his round.

The cut line stands at +1 at the moment but with half the field still to play there could be a lot of movement in that.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Matt Kuchar -7
1. Doc
2. LadyPutt


Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Sean O'Hair +12
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-4 or lower

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Looking like a poor week for me I'm afraid - but definitely suffered from LPitis on the Yahoo league - had both Kuchar and Garcia on the bench!

I don't think I'm going to be causing too many problems, need a good round from Ricky Barnes just to ensure that half of my picks make the cut.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #09

Northern Trust Open

14 - 17 February 2013 ___ Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 2

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

1. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

2. Davie _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

2. LadyPutt __________ 10 (2/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

4. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 25

5. Mary_S ____________ 10 (2/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

6. Redrage ___________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 15

6. SetupDetermines ___ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 15


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Shock horror, round 2 finished on Friday albeit almost in the dark. The dark probably was a factor in the cut line moving as Colsaerts, one of the last to finish, 3 putted 18 and got the +2s in. This will also create an MDF situation for up to 9 players. This didn't mean a thing for GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers as none of their picks had finished on +2.

It was a real mixed bag of performances from the GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks. Patrick Cantplay, sorry Cantlay, double bogied the last to miss the cut by one. That cost Doc and 1GrumpyGolfer another pick for the weekend and in 1GrumpyGolfer's case ultimately the cut bonus points. Mary_S improved her chances by doubling the number of her picks through to the weekend from the last event. Doc had four picks through and that kept his lead intact at the top of the leaderboard. Davie also had four picks through and is leading the chase with LadyPutt.

The low round score was 65 and four pros shared that mark. Bryce Molder, Sang-Moon Bae, John Rollins and Fredrik Jacobsen all shot -6. Jacobsen was the only one that earned bonus points and the were for Davie. The worse round was +9 and that was by Michael Thompson. No one picked Thompson so those points fell by the wayside.


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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Fredrik Jacobsen -6
1. Davie

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Sang-Moon Bae -6
1. None

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
John Rollins -6
1. None

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Bryce Molder -6
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Michael Thompson +9
1. None

Cut Line (5 points)
+2 or lower

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I knew that heady feeling of being at the top wouldn't last! Let down big-time by 4 of my picks missing the cut and also by Koooch with his farce in the bunker. Even I could have got out of that one - just take a bit more loft!!!

We've all been there Freddie. Big swing, swish the grass, "where'd it go?", "nowhere". @?&$! Expensive 5th hole in progress for Freddie.

Bittersweet round from Jason Kokrak for Setup. Comfortably the worse round of the day earning the bonus points but he won't be playing tomorrow as he MDFs.

We'll also say goodbye to the Goose and possibly J.J. Henry under the MDF rule.

Kokrak and the Goose pack their bags a day early, Henry makes it to the last round on the number as 6 pros MDF'd.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #09

Northern Trust Open

14 - 17 February 2013 ___ Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Round 3

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

1. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 45

2. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

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

4. Redrage ___________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 35

5. LadyPutt __________ 10 (2/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

6. SetupDetermines ___ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 25

7. Mary_S ____________ 10 (2/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

8. BlueCoverman ______ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 15


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Moving day was just that as the pros took to the stage at the third round of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera. With 79 pros left after the halfway cut we were going to say goodbye to some of them as the field size got reduced again.

Bill Haas made the best of the conditions as he roared into the lead after round 3. The defending champion bested the field with a -7, 64. This earned bonus points for 1GrumpyGolfer and RedRage. Hunter Mahan had the joint third best round of the day and he earned bonus points for Davie.

Jason Kokrak crashed to the worse round of the day with a +10, 81. SetupDetermines benefited from the 10 points that come with that non distinction. However it was bittersweet as Kokrak found himself MDF'd.

We also saw another GolfChatUK Fantasy League pick fall by the wayside; Retief Goosen slipped to a 75 and was trunk slamming a day early. Doc was the loser in this instance.


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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Bill Haas -7
1. 1Grumpygolfer
2. RedRage

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Jason Kokrak +10
1. SetupDetermines

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

MDF Cut line
+4 or lower

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Far too much research and not enough guesswork for me obviously!

I think that I'm gonna use the pin method next week.

Should have gone with Streelman instead of Hearn from the sleeper picks. Looks Hearn was actually sleeping rather than playing

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 – Winter/Spring Session - Event #09

Northern Trust Open

14 - 17 February 2013 ___ Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard - Final Round

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

1. Davie _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 50 ______ 90

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 80

3. Redrage ___________ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 65

4. Doc _______________ 20 (4/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 40

5. LadyPutt __________ 10 (2/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ______ 5 ______ 35

6. Mary_S ____________ 10 (2/6) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 30

6. SetupDetermines ___ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ______ 5 ______ 30

8. BlueCoverman ______ 15 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ______ 5 ______ 20


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A case of after you, no after you, no what about that guy; after him. It seemed as if no one really wanted to win the Northern Trust Open at Riviera today. Bill Haas, suffered a nosebleed early on the back nine. Hunter Mahan made a charge but got stage fright. Freddie Jacobsen three putted the last to miss the play off. That left John Merrick and Charlie Beljan standing atop the leaderboard. After parring the first play off hole on 18 they moved to 10. Merrick laid up again and it paid off again. He made 3 the first time round and par the second time and that was enough to pip Beljan. It was Merrick's first tour win and he would have been a great Cat C pick had anyone picked him.

After the last man was eventually left standing on the course Davie found himself at the head of the table. He had three of his four picks in the finish positions and his fourth was just outside them in 21st place. This was enough to see off 1GrumpyGolfer who had two of his five picks score points. Everyone else had one pick score points except Doc, he just missed out as Mickelson also finished in 21st place.

Hunter Mahan was in with a chance of low round of the day but a head for heights got the better of him. That mark fell at -4 and was shared by Charlie Beljan, Sang-Moon Bae and Greg Chalmers. The worse round was from Michael Bradley, a +8, 79 and this helped him fall to last place. All of the last day's bonus points were left on the table.

The Accenture WGC Matchplay is the next event for GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers and it starts a day earlier than usual on Wednesday.


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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Charlie Beljan -4
1. None

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Sang-Moon Bae -4
1. None

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Greg Chalmers -4
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Michael Bradley +8
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Michael Bradley
1. None

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John who? Never heard of him. Anyone who backed Mr Merrick last week and cleaned up has my deepest admiration!

I reckon he's had some work done Blue, he looked a bit of a pretty boy out there.

These plastic surgery techniques have improved enormously lately!