GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 –Summer/Autumn Session - Event #01 - The Open Championship

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2012 –Summer/Autumn Session - Event #01

The Open Championship

Jul 18 – Jul 21 ___ Muirfield, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland

Tournament value: Weighted 3

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 60 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  30 ____ 315 _____ 405

2. SetupDetermines ___ 60 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  30 ____ 300 _____ 390

3. Redrage ___________ 45 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  30 ____ 300 _____ 375

4. LadyPutt __________ 30 (2/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  30 ____ 300 _____ 360

5. Mary_S ____________ 45 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____  00 ____ 210 _____ 315

6. BlueCoverman ______ 60 (4/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  00 ____ 165 _____ 255

7. Davie _____________ 45 (3/6) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 ____ 120 _____ 165

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A final round charge by Phil Mickelson through the cat amongst the pigeons at the 142nd Open Championship.  Four birdies in the last six holes saw Mickelson match the low round for the tournament and propelled him to the top of the leaderboard.  GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers picked four of the first five players on the leaderboard and a further two players who earned finishing points.  LadyPutt may only have had two picks through to the weekend but they earned a 1-2 finish for her, RedRage also had the same 1-2 finish, and those finish points boosted their final position.  Mary_S and Davie had strong finishes from their some of their picks with a 2-3 finish and a second place respectively.  BlueCoverman had quantity, with three picks finishing in the points, but not necessarily the quality of other finishers with a 3-6-15 finish.  SetupDetermines made a determined charge with a 1-3 finish and Low Amateur but it wasn't enough to stop 1GrumpyGolfer who had a 1-3-6 finish to take victory.

Phil's low round earned bonus points for 1GrumpyGolfer, LadyPutt, RedRage, and SetupDetermines.  Matthew Fitzpatrick overhauled Jimmy Mullen on Saturday and made certain of the Silver Medal for Low Amateur on Sunday; SetupDetermines earned points for Fitzpatrick. Thomas Bjorn slumped to a final round 80.  Sandy Lyle finished in last place.  No one picked either Bjorn or Lyle so no points were awarded there.

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Final Round Low Round (30 points)
Phil Mickelson
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. LadyPutt
3. RedRage
4. SetupDetermines

Final Round Worse Round (30 points)
Thomas Bjorn +9
1. None

Low Amateur (30 points)
Matthew Fitzpatrick
1. SetupDetermines

Last Place (30 points)
Sandy Lyle
1. None

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Not so good scoring for the GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers on Saturday, Mary_S was the big mover on moving day courtesy of Sergio Garcia shooting out of the blocks with low round of 68.  BlueCoverman also picked up points due to Adam Scott making it into the Top 10 Low Scores.  No one else managed anything.  Garcia was one of 17 who managed to shoot under par, Hunter Mahan and Richard Sterne also matched Garcia's score of 68.  Shiv Kapur had the worse round of the day with an 83.

SetupDetermines is looking very good for 30 extra bonus points as his pick of Matthew Fizpatrick outscored Jimmy Mullen by 2 shots on Saturday.

Over half of the picks left standing are in the scoring points so there could be plenty of points coming towards the Fantasy Leaguers.

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Round 3 Low Round (30 points)
Sergio Garcia -3
1. Mary_S

Round 3 Low Round (30 points)
Hunter Mahan -3
1. None

Round 3 Low Round (30 points)
Richard Sterne -3
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (30 points)
Shiv Kapur +12
1. None

Round 3 Low Scores (30 points)
-1 or lower

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An interesting day of scoring at the open as the cut line fluctuated more than the stock market.  In this instance it was friendly to a number of GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers who ended the day with more picks through to the weekend than perhaps was previously thought.  No one had the full set, the closest were 1GrumpyGolfer, BlueCoverman, and SetupDetermines; they each had four picks.  Davie, Mary_S, and RedRage all had three picks and LadyPutt is left with just two picks.

The everchanging cut line meant that just two amateurs made the cut and SetupDetermines is the last Fantasy Leaguer standing and he's looking for the extra 30 points.  His amateur, Matthew Fitzpatrick, is left even stevens with Jimmy Mullen as they move into the weekend.

Lee Westwood and Charl Schwartzel were the best of the 25 players who had rounds of par or better in round 2.  They both had 68s.  Scott Piercy had a bad day, in fact a really bad day, he was +17 for his round and on the way out of Muirfield.  No one picked any of these players so no bonus points were awarded for a second day in a row.  

With the Top 10 Low Rounds earning bonus points on Saturday there's hope for Fantasy Leaguers yet.

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Round 2 Low Round (30 points)
Lee Westwood
1. None

Round 2 Low Round (30 points)
Charl Schwartzel -3
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (30 points)
Scott Piercy +17
1. None

Cut line (15 points)
+7 or lower

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Old champions seemed to have the better of the scoring after the first round of the Open at Muirfield.  Whilst others were moaning about the condition, fairness, and playability of the course Zach Johnson was putting together the best round of the day with a 66.  He has a one shot lead over Rafa Cabrera Bello and Mark o'Meara.  The Top 5 Low Scores rounded out at 68 and none of the GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks were among those good scores.  Amateur Rhys Pugh had the worse round with an 84.  Luckily he was not picked in the race for leading amateur.  Jimmy Mullen leads the race for leading amateur after a fine round of 71.  Grant Forrest and Matthew Fitzpatrick are in joint second and that means some good news for SetupDetermines and RedRage.  Garrick Porteous and Ben Stow are in a bit of trouble at +5 and that's not so good for the rest of the Fantasy Leaguers.

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Round 1 Low Round (30 points)
Zach Johnson -5
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (30 points)
Rhys Pugh (Am) +13
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (30 points)
-3 or lower

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The 142nd Open Championship is being held at Muirfield.  Unsurprisingly the field is immensely heavy; 49 of the top 50 ranked players are at Muirfield the only absentee is Steve Stricker ranked number 10.  In total 89 of the top 100 are playing making Categories A and B very strong.  Ernie Els will be back to defend the Claret Jug that he snatched from Adam Scott in more ways than one.  Credit to SmithersJones for this little snippet: Ernie is not only the defending champion but he will be defending the 2002 title that he won last time the Open came to Muirfield.

At almost 7200 yards this isn't the longest or shortest course that the players will see on the Open rotation however weather and course conditions will determine whether we have a massacre at Muirfield or whether Muirfield will be murdered.

There are seven amatuers in the field, idenitfied by (Am) after their name, so we will have a separate pick for Low Amateur.  Three earned their place by being either: the 2013 Amatuer Champion (Garrick Porteous), the 2012 European Amateur Champion (Rhys Pugh), or the 2012 US Amateur champion (Steven Fox).  The four others all came through Local Final Qualifying at Dunbar, North Berwick, and Gullane.  Amateurs took two of the three spots from Gullane.  

The Low Amateur pick does not have to be one of your Cat C picks unless you so desire.  30 points will be on offer for correctly picking the Low Amateur; if no amateurs make the cut then no points will be awarded.

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 – July 15th 2013:

CATEGORY A
Tiger WOODS 1
Rory MCILROY 2
Justin ROSE 3
Adam SCOTT 4
Phil MICKELSON 5
Matt KUCHAR 6
Graeme MCDOWELL 7
Brandt SNEDEKER 8
Luke DONALD 9
Louis OOSTHUIZEN 11
Lee WESTWOOD 12
Ernie ELS 13
Charl SCHWARTZEL 14
Sergio GARCIA 15

CATEGORY B
Bubba WATSON 16
Jason DAY 17
Keegan BRADLEY 18
Webb SIMPSON 19
Ian POULTER 20
Jason DUFNER 21
Bill HAAS 22
Hunter MAHAN 23
Dustin JOHNSON 24
Matteo MANASSERO 25
Branden GRACE 26
Peter HANSON 27
Nick WATNEY 28
Zach JOHNSON 29
Henrik STENSON 30
Bo VAN PELT 31
Jim FURYK 32
Rickie FOWLER 33
Richard STERNE 34
Martin KAYMER 35
Billy HORSCHEL 36
Jamie DONALDSON 37
Kevin STREELMAN 38
Thorbjorn OLESEN 39
Nicolas COLSAERTS 40
Gonzalo FDEZ-CASTANO 41
Francesco MOLINARI 42
Scott PIERCY 43
Hideki MATSUYAMA 44
Ryan MOORE 45
Carl PETTERSSON 46
David LYNN 47
Robert GARRIGUS 48
Martin LAIRD 49
Paul LAWRIE 50
Jonas BLIXT 51
Michael THOMPSON 52
Angel CABRERA 53
D.A. POINTS 54
Thomas BJORN 55
Russell HENLEY 56
Tim CLARK 57
Bernd WIESBERGER 58
Jordan SPIETH 59
Marcel SIEM 60
Thongchai JAIDEE 61
Boo WEEKLEY 62
Jimmy WALKER 63
Fredrik JACOBSON 64
Graham DELAET 65
George COETZEE 66
Alexander NOREN 67
Mikko ILONEN 68
Marc LEISHMAN 68
Kyle STANLEY 70
Chris WOOD 71
Luke GUTHRIE 72
Padraig HARRINGTON 73
John SENDEN 74
Scott STALLINGS 76
Stephen GALLACHER 78
Ken DUKE 79
Hiroyuki FUJITA 80
Geoff OGILVY 81
Brett RUMFORD 82
Shane LOWRY 84
Kiradech APHIBARNRAT 86
Marcus FRASER 87
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 89
Harris ENGLISH 90
John HUH 91
Brendan JONES 93
Richie RAMSAY 98
K.J. CHOI 99
Rafael CABRERA BELLO 100

CATEGORY C
Scott JAMIESON 104
Hyung-Sung KIM 107
Thomas AIKEN 109
Marc WARREN 110
Danny WILLETT 112
Brooks KOEPKA 115
Josh TEATER 119
Brian DAVIS 126
Thaworn WIRATCHANT 128
Ben CURTIS 140
Johnson WAGNER 142
Bud CAULEY 146
Toru TANIGUCHI 147
Vijay SINGH 149
K.T. KIM 150
Eduardo DE LA RIVA 151
Stewart CINK 152
Scott BROWN 155
Gregory BOURDY 170
Alvaro QUIROS 173
Shiv KAPUR 210
Robert KARLSSON 214
Ashun WU 215
Lucas GLOVER 217
Shingo KATAYAMA 226
Satoshi KODAIRA 232
Kenichi KUBOYA 233
Justin LEONARD 240
Peter SENIOR 241
Camilo VILLEGAS 242
Y.E. YANG 256
Gareth MAYBIN 317
Fred COUPLES 362
Darren CLARKE 437
Mark BROWN 444
Steven TILEY 480
Justin HARDING 495
Oliver FISHER 498
Daisuke MARUYAMA 516
Makoto INOUE 527
George MURRAY 567
Niclas FASTH 584
Lloyd SALTMAN 612
Darryn LLOYD 645
Tano GOYA 651
Mark CALCAVECCHIA 720
Oscar FLOREN 720
Stephen DARTNALL 757
Tyrrell HATTON 786
Richard MCEVOY 807
Todd HAMILTON 818
Tom WATSON 896
Steven JEFFRESS 1053
Sandy LYLE 1103
John WADE 1217
Tom LEHMAN 1395
David DUVAL 1514
Mark O'MEARA 1562
Gareth WRIGHT 1562
Grant FORREST(Am) 1562
Steven FOX(Am) 1562
Garrick PORTEOUS(Am) 1562
Rhys PUGH(Am) 1562
Ben STOW(Am) 1562
Matthew FITZPATRICK(Am) N/A
Jimmy MULLEN(Am) N/A
Nick FALDO N/A

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Upcoming events:
____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight

Event #02 _ Jul 25 – Jul 28 _____ RBC Canadian Open ___________________________ Weighted 1
_______________________________ Glen Abbey Golf Club, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Event #03 _ Aug 01 – Aug 04 ___ WGC – Bridgestone Invitational _________________ Weighted 2
_______________________________ Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio, USA

Event #04 _ Aug 08 – Aug 11 ___ USPGA Championship __________________________ Weighted 3
_______________________________ Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, 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.
Pick 1 amateur identified by (Am) after their name

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

Low Amateur ** ____ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

* Points awarded for round only
** Where separate Low Amateur pick is specified in rules

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Well played GG.

I see Davie is giving us all a head start, in his quest for the grand slam  

I think it's called handicapping

Felt more like I was kneecapped, rather than handicapped