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

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

HP Byron Nelson Championship

May 16 – May 19 ___ Four Seasons Las Colinas (TPC Four Seasons), Irving, Texas, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Mary_S ____________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 140

2. Redrage ___________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 140

3. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 90

4. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 80

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 65

6. Davie _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 50

6. LadyPutt __________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 50

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The high winds put paid to most GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks and gave Louis Oosthuizen a bad neck. Only five picks made it into the scoring positions and points were at a premium unless you’re Mary_S or RedRage. After four rounds there was nothing to separate their points score so we had a match of picks:
Mary_S: Keegan Bradley: 2nd place. RedRage: snap.
Mary_S: Ricky Barnes: 12th place. RedRage: snap.
Mary_S: Angel Cabrera: 12th place. RedRage: Marc Leishman 12th place; snap
Mary_S: Will Claxton: 27th place. RedRage: Damn, Kenny Perry: 33rd place
One shot separated Claxton from Perry and that was enough to earn Mary_S the victory in the high winds of Texas.

LadyPutt had two finishers in the points, BlueCoverman and SetupDetermines had one pick in the points. Davie and 1GrumpyGolfer were both too busy celebrating St Totteringham’s Day to care.

Event 6 sees a return to the European Tour as we visit to Wentworth for the PGA Championship.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Justin Bolli -5
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Gary Woodland +9
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Seung-Yul Noh

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Plenty of GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks got in amongst the Top 10 Low Round scoring and BlueCoverman was the big mover, he now shares top spot with Mary_S and RedRage. He wasn’t the biggest points scorer; that was 1GrumpyGolfer who had three picks in the Top 10 Low Scores including one of the Low Round shooters in Jason Day.

The low score was 66 and five pros had that score; Jason Day, Sang-Moon Bae (his third in a row), Scott Piercy, Jerry Kelly, and Morgan Hoffmann. Jason Day also earned points for BlueCoverman and Davie. The worse rounds were 76s from Vijay Singh and Patrick Reed; no one picked either of those so no bonus points were awarded for that stat. We also said goodbye to two more GolfChatUK picks in Tim Herron and Brad Fritsch as they MDF’d; SetupDetermines, LadyPutt, and 1GrumpyGolfer are further handicapped by this.

There are high winds and hot temperatures forecast for the final day’s play; nine of the sixteen remaining picks are in the scoring positions at the moment so it’s still all to play for.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Jason Day -4
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. BlueCoverman
3. Davie

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Sang-Moon Bae -4
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Scott Piercy -4
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Morgan Hoffmann -4
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Jerry Kelly -4
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Vijay Singh +6
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Patrick Reed +6
1. None

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

MDF Cut line
+1 or lower

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There was an anxious wait for a number of GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks as the cut line hovered between -1 and even par. Ultimately the cut line landed on even and that meant good news for lots of the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers. BlueCoverman, Mary_S, RedRage, and SetupDetermines all had six picks make it due to the move and the bonus points that come with it. Only four picks fell by the wayside and Davie had two of them and LadyPutt the other two. 1GrumpyGolfer also had one of those picks.

The low rounds of the day were 63s from Tom Gillis and Erik Compton. The worse round of the day was from Hank Kuehne with an 80. No one picked any of those players so no bonus points were awarded from round 2.

The high number of players making the cut will most likely mean an MDF so the even pars will need to improve to make Sunday’s play.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Tom Gillis -7
1. None

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

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Hank Kuehne +10
1. None

Cut line (5 points)
Even or lower

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The weather softened the course and allowed the morning wave to score pretty well. Keegan Bradley shot 60 finishing his round with an eagle, birdie, birdie finish. He must rue the back to back bogies as he made the turn. Keegan’s good round meant a points bonanza for Mary_S and RedRage. His was the best round by three shots and the top 5 low scores was -6. The worse round of the day wasn’t that bad really; Steve Flesch had 77. No one picked him or any of the remaining top 5 players so everyone else is in joint third spot.

The cut line is -1 so expect that to go to -2 or -3 so mid to low 60s will be in order for some picks or it’s the weekend off.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Keegan Bradley -10
1. Mary_S
2. RedRage

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Steve Flesch +7
1. None

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

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The HP Byron Nelson Championship will be a bit like after the Lord Mayor’s Show after The Players Championship last weekend. Field strengths have never been the same since Lord Nelson’s passing and this week we have one top 10 ranked player and only 12 ranked in the top 50. Defending champion Jason Dufner will be in attendance.

This is a full field event with cut; cut bonuses will be 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 – May 13th 2013:

CATEGORY A

Louis Oosthuizen 7
Matt Kuchar 12
Keegan Bradley 14
Charl Schwartzel 17
Dustin Johnson 19
Jason Dufner 20
Jason Day 25
Martin Kaymer 35
Robert Garrigus 38
Scott Piercy 41
D.A. Points 47
Freddie Jacobson 48

CATEGORY B

Marcel Siem 56
John Senden 57
Marc Leishman 58
Jimmy Walker 59
Padraig Harrington 61
Luke Guthrie 64
Angel Cabrera 65
Charles Howell-III 67
Greg Chalmers 73
Charlie Beljan 75
Ryan Palmer 88
David Lingmerth 91
Ben Crane 93
John Huh 95
Jeff Overton 105
Sang-Moon Bae 106
Graham DeLaet 109
Boo Weekley 110
Brian Gay 115
Charley Hoffman 117
Vijay Singh 118
Jonas Blixt 119
Ben Curtis 121
Ryo Ishikawa 123
Pat Perez 125
Seung-Yul Noh 130
Charlie Wi 131
Harris English 132
Matt Every 135
Bob Estes 137
John Rollins 140
Ted Potter-Jr 146
Brian Davis 147
Casey Wittenberg 148
Jeff Maggert 152
Ken Duke 155
Brian Harman 156
Bryce Molder 161
Tommy Gainey 165
Robert Karlsson 167
Jordan Spieth 169
Ben Kohles 172
William McGirt 173
Y.E. Yang 179
Robert Streb 186
Shawn Stefani 187
Sean O'Hair 191
George McNeill 193
Andres Romero 194
Morgan Hoffmann 196
Jerry Kelly 202
Rory Sabbatini 210
J.J. Henry 211
Tom Gillis 213
Chris Stroud 215
Brian Stuard 221
Troy Matteson 233
Justin Leonard 235
Greg Owen 237
Dicky Pride 239
Justin Hicks 243
Trevor Immelman 245
Gary Woodland 249
Erik Compton 251
Cameron Percy 252
Luke List 257
Martin Flores 262
Rod Pampling 263
Camilo Villegas 264
Chad Campbell 267
Nicholas Thompson 268

CATEGORY C

Brad Fritsch 271
James Driscoll 276
Justin Bolli 277
John Daly 279
Chez Reavie 281
D.H. Lee 284
Matt Jones 285
Tim Herron 304
Ricky Barnes 307
Darron Stiles 309
Scott Gardiner 310
Nick O'Hern 318
Vaughn Taylor 326
Alexandre Rocha 330
Scott Langley 331
Jason Bohn 339
Bobby Gates 340
Brendon Todd 343
D.J. Trahan 346
Peter Tomasulo 352
Doug LaBelle-II 356
Fabian Gomez 361
Patrick Reed 363
Alistair Presnell 368
Russell Knox 375
Will Claxton 382
Stuart Appleby 384
Steve LeBrun 385
Brandt Jobe 387
Lee Williams 404
Paul Haley-II 407
Gary Christian 409
Aaron Watkins 410
Colt Knost 412
Bill Lunde 424
David Mathis 446
Heath Slocum 462
Billy Mayfair 465
Tag Ridings 466
Jim Herman 479
Andres Gonzales 496
Tim Petrovic 500
Stephen Ames 501
Chris DiMarco 502
Nathan Green 562
Andrew Svoboda 573
Steven Bowditch 596
Henrik Norlander 597
Steve Marino 697
Jin Park 700
Blayne Barber 706
Michael Letzig 722
Ted Purdy 733
Jeff Gove 764
Scott Verplank 776
Michael Bradley 820
Hank Kuehne 867
Joe Ogilvie 871
Kenny Perry 988
Guan Tian-lang(Am) 1092
Steve Flesch 1129
Jesper Parnevik 1182
Eric Meierdierks 1227
Wes Short-Jr 1253
Jeff Quinney 1291
Donald Constable 1543
Brian Ricketts 1543
Kevin Sutherland 1543
Mike Weir 1543

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Upcoming events:

____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

Event #06 _ May 23 – May 26 ___ BMW PGA Championship ______________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surry, England


Event #07 _ May 30 - Jun 02 ___ The Memorial Tournament _____________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio, USA


Event #08 _ Jun 06 – Jun 09 ___ Wegmans LPGA Championship ___________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, New York, 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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There's been some changes to the field

Withdrawn:
Luke Guthrie - Cat B
David Lingmerth - Cat B
Chris Stroud - Cat B
Matt Jones - Cat C

Replacements
Scott McCarron 954 Cat C
Charlie Holland N/A Cat C
Matt Bettencourt 663 Cat C
Ryuji Imada 683 Cat C

Updates to original post will take place later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Cat A
Jason Day
Matt Kuchar
res: Keegan Bradley

Cat B
Marc Leishman
Ryan Palmer
res: Jimmy Walker

Cat C
James Driscoll
D H Lee
res: Ricky Barnes

I'm in Spain next week Grumps (I don't know if I have mentioned it ) so can I take numbers 3, 7 and 9 for Event 6 in case I'm not back in time to post. Cheers

Cat A
Louis Oosthuizen
Matt Kuchar
Res : Keegan Bradley

Cat B
Marcel Siem
Marc Leishman
Res : John Senden

Cat C
Brad Fritsch
James Driscoll
Res : John Daly

BlueCoverman wrote:
I'm in Spain next week Grumps (I don't know if I have mentioned it )

I don't think so Blue, Spain you say, hope the weather's nice for you. Going with the family?

BlueCoverman wrote: so can I take numbers 3, 7 and 9 for Event 6 in case I'm not back in time to post. Cheers

In the interests of fairness, handicapping, and allowing the choppers to catch up in the Fantasy League it's been decided that you won't be allowed to pick by numbers; it's proper picks or nothing at all

More withdrawals:

Jonas Blixt - Cat B
Bob Estes - Cat B

Replacements:
Lee Janzen 552 Cat C
Joe Durant 418 Cat C

Field adjustments to original post still to take place for all changes.

Grumps - to save you some effort I've made the changes to the original post as per your updates - hope I haven't messed them up - please check but hopefully will have saved you some time

A: L.Oosthuizen, K. Bradley, J. Dufner (r)

B: M. Leishman, P. Harrington, R. Karlsson (r)

C: R. Barnes, K. Perry, S. Appleby (r)

Ok Grumps fair enough

My flight back from Jerez arrives back at Stansted at around midnight on Wednesday evening so I will be home in the small hours of Thursday morning. That should just about give me time to put the bags down, make my picks and grab a couple of hours kip before I have to be at my desk at 8am in the morning

But I wouldn't want you to feel guilty about your decision. I will be watching closely to ensure that my fellow fantasy league competitors have the same lack of courtesy and understanding applied in similar circumstances in the future

Davie, thanks for making the updates, they look good to me. Much appreciated. Grumps

BlueCoverman wrote:Ok Grumps fair enough

Don't think I'm likely to get away with this one as you have clearly complied with the rules so your picks stand.

BlueCoverman wrote:My flight back from Jerez arrives back at Stansted at around midnight on Wednesday evening so I will be home in the small hours of Thursday morning. That should just about give me time to put the bags down, make my picks and grab a couple of hours kip before I have to be at my desk at 8am in the morning

There, fixed it for you Blue.

BlueCoverman wrote:But I wouldn't want you to feel guilty about your decision. I will be watching closely to ensure that my fellow fantasy league competitors have the same lack of courtesy and understanding applied in similar circumstances in the future

Seeing as you didn't go running to the good lady judge, for a change, you and any of the other fantasy league competitors don't have anything to worry about from this impartial administrator

Dee-Jay has also withdrawn. Not sure on a replacement as yet so only withdrawals will be used to update the field.

CATEGORY A: Matt Kuchar, Jason Day (res: Jason Dufner)

CATEGORY B: John Senden, Brian Davis (res: Marcel Siem)

CATEGORY C: James Driscoll, Scott Langley (res: Colt Knost)

Cat A: Matt Kuchar & DA Points (res Martin Kaymer)
Cat B: Marc Leishman & Casey Wittenberg (res Gary Woodland)
Cat C: Tim Herron & Scott Verplank (res Stephen Ames)

Here's to a better week than last (not too difficult!).

Cat A: Matt Kuchar; Keegan Bradley (Res. Charl Schwarzel)

Cat B: Angel Cabrera; Padraig Harrington (Res. Ted Potter Jnr)

Cat C: Ricky Barnes; Will Claxton (Res. Justin Boli)

Here's hoping I can go one better than last week!

Cheers GG.

Leaving it very late, so decided to pick top 2 in each category with number 3 as reserve. Harder than it looked as Cat A players were well underway. Tee times posted are all local time in Texas which is on CT, 1 hour behind ET, 6 hours behind BST.

Cat A:
Louis Oosthuizen 12:30
Jason Day 12:10
Robert Garrigus 12:50 (reserve)

Cat B:
Marcel Siem 1:30
John Senden 12:50
Marc Leishman 12:40 (reserve)

Cat C:
Brad Fritsch 8:40
James Driscoll 8:20
Justin Bolli 1:50 (reserve)

Didn't realise you could pick after the off ?

I'm sure Blue would have something to say ?

None of Grumps' picks had teed off when he posted

I checked!

Thank you Davie

Setup, this eventuality is covered in the rules:

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.

So, Blue might have something to say but the response will still be the same

Guess the weather turned this into some kind of mickey mouse course; Keegan Bradley just shot 60! There's plenty of low scores out there today. Mary and Red looking very likely to take low round bonus points,

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

HP Byron Nelson Championship

May 16 – May 19 ___ Four Seasons Las Colinas (TPC Four Seasons), Irving, Texas, 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) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

3. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

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

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

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


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The weather softened the course and allowed the morning wave to score pretty well. Keegan Bradley shot 60 finishing his round with an eagle, birdie, birdie finish. He must rue the back to back bogies as he made the turn. Keegan’s good round meant a points bonanza for Mary_S and RedRage. His was the best round by three shots and the top 5 low scores was -6. The worse round of the day wasn’t that bad really; Steve Flesch had 77. No one picked him or any of the remaining top 5 players so everyone else is in joint third spot.

The cut line is -1 so expect that to go to -2 or -3 so mid to low 60s will be in order for some picks or it’s the weekend off.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Keegan Bradley -10
1. Mary_S
2. RedRage

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Steve Flesch +7
1. None

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

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I think I've got a nose bleed coming - not used to these dizzy heights!

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

HP Byron Nelson Championship

May 16 – May 19 ___ Four Seasons Las Colinas (TPC Four Seasons), Irving, Texas, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. Mary_S ____________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

1. Redrage ___________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

3. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

3. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

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

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

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

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There was an anxious wait for a number of GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks as the cut line hovered between -1 and even par. Ultimately the cut line landed on even and that meant good news for lots of the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers. BlueCoverman, Mary_S, RedRage, and SetupDetermines all had six picks make it due to the move and the bonus points that come with it. Only four picks fell by the wayside and Davie had two of them and LadyPutt the other two. 1GrumpyGolfer also had one of those picks.

The low rounds of the day were 63s from Tom Gillis and Erik Compton. The worse round of the day was from Hank Kuehne with an 80. No one picked any of those players so no bonus points were awarded from round 2.

The high number of players making the cut will most likely mean an MDF so the even pars will need to improve to make Sunday’s play.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Tom Gillis -7
1. None

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

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Hank Kuehne +10
1. None

Cut line (5 points)
Even or lower

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Can't wait for next week and Wentworth - I just can't get my head round these PGA Tour events ! Can we have more ET ones, please Grumps (I know you live in the US of A and so know more about them, but I don't and quite honestly, I'm not really all that interested most of the time!).

I'm surprised you say that LP. Yes, Wentworth next week should be fantastic but TBH most of the ET events this year have been non events! Hopefully things will pick up a little when the ET really returns to "E" over the next couple of months but so far they've been pretty awful!

Have you seen my league performance recently LP, I beg to differ on knowing better

We have 8 events left in this session and they are balanced as follows:

3 ET events: Wentworth, Munich and Scottish Open
3 PGA events: Memorial, US Open and Greenbrier
2 LPGA events: Wegmans (major) and US Open

The first five events on this session had 2 ET and 3 PGA; I try to balance the events out so that each event has what I think will have the stronger and more interesting field. Also, I would have thought that having PGA events would give some additional interest whilst watching in the evenings.

I have a preliminary schedule for the Summer-Autumn session and I'm open to suggestions (remember I did switch events at your request so that we had the Kraft Nabisco in the first session) I'm happy to send the schedule of events through for your thoughts; and that goes for anyone else that is interested too. When I was putting this together the ET was very light in places and I couldn't find anything for the ladies either at that time. Currently there would be 4 PGA events in a row, after the Open, including a WGC and the USPGA but we then switch to the ET for the rest of the season.

I often watch the PGA events, and the Fantasy League has given this added interest - especially if one of my picks, who was prevously unknown to me, appears on the leaderboard! I probably have too much time on my hands.

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

HP Byron Nelson Championship

May 16 – May 19 ___ Four Seasons Las Colinas (TPC Four Seasons), Irving, Texas, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 3

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

1. Mary_S ____________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

1. Redrage ___________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

1. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

4. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 65

6. Davie _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

7. LadyPutt __________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

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Plenty of GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks got in amongst the Top 10 Low Round scoring and BlueCoverman was the big mover, he now shares top spot with Mary_S and RedRage. He wasn’t the biggest points scorer; that was 1GrumpyGolfer who had three picks in the Top 10 Low Scores including one of the Low Round shooters in Jason Day.

The low score was 66 and five pros had that score; Jason Day, Sang-Moon Bae (his third in a row), Scott Piercy, Jerry Kelly, and Morgan Hoffmann. Jason Day also earned points for BlueCoverman and Davie. The worse rounds were 76s from Vijay Singh and Patrick Reed; no one picked either of those so no bonus points were awarded for that stat. We also said goodbye to two more GolfChatUK picks in Tim Herron and Brad Fritsch as they MDF’d; SetupDetermines, LadyPutt, and 1GrumpyGolfer are further handicapped by this.

There are high winds and hot temperatures forecast for the final day’s play; nine of the sixteen remaining picks are in the scoring positions at the moment so it’s still all to play for.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Jason Day -4
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. BlueCoverman
3. Davie

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Sang-Moon Bae -4
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Scott Piercy -4
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Morgan Hoffmann -4
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Jerry Kelly -4
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Vijay Singh +6
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Patrick Reed +6
1. None

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

MDF Cut line
+1 or lower

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Oooh - a Ménage à Trois with RR and Blue - or should that be Rouge et Bleu!

Wonder who's going to be top dog at the end of play?

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

HP Byron Nelson Championship

May 16 – May 19 ___ Four Seasons Las Colinas (TPC Four Seasons), Irving, Texas, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Mary_S ____________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 140

2. Redrage ___________ 50 (6/6) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 140

3. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 90

4. SetupDetermines ___ 50 (6/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 80

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 25 (5/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 65

6. Davie _____________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 50

6. LadyPutt __________ 20 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 50

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The high winds put paid to most GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks and gave Louis Oosthuizen a bad neck. Only five picks made it into the scoring positions and points were at a premium unless you’re Mary_S or RedRage. After four rounds there was nothing to separate their points score so we had a match of picks:
Mary_S: Keegan Bradley: 2nd place. RedRage: snap.
Mary_S: Ricky Barnes: 12th place. RedRage: snap.
Mary_S: Angel Cabrera: 12th place. RedRage: Marc Leishman 12th place; snap
Mary_S: Will Claxton: 27th place. RedRage: Damn, Kenny Perry: 33rd place
One shot separated Claxton from Perry and that was enough to earn Mary_S the victory in the high winds of Texas.

LadyPutt had two finishers in the points, BlueCoverman and SetupDetermines had one pick in the points. Davie and 1GrumpyGolfer were both too busy celebrating St Totteringham’s Day to care.

Event 6 sees a return to the European Tour and a visit to Wentworth for the PGA Championship.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Justin Bolli -5
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Gary Woodland +9
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Seung-Yul Noh

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