GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #12 Honda Classic

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #12

The Honda Classic

Feb 27 – Mar 02 ___ PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1
 
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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Redrage ___________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  20 _____ 80 _____ 180

2. BlueCoverman ______ 80 (9/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 65 _____ 165

3. SetupDetermines ___ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 55 _____ 125

4. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 55 _____ 120

5. LadyPutt __________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  30 _____ 35 _____ 105

6. Mary_S ____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  20 _____ 25 ______ 65

7. Davie _____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 10 ______ 50  
 
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What a finish to the Honda Classic!  Player after player seemed to get themselves in a position to win the tournament and then contrived to throw it away.  A four way playoff ensued and after the first hole on one remained.  While those with a chance of victory were toiling others who were out of the spotlight decided to take advantage, six players shot 67 to tie for low round of the day.  Four of them were GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks too; LadyPutt, Mary_S, and RedRage had multiple picks in that small group too.  1GrumpyGolfer and SetupDetermines also had one pick in the low round scores.  The worse rounds of the day were 78 and Brendan de Jonge ended his weekend with a double of worst rounds.  Ben Crane joined him with a 78 and that was enough to give him last place too.
 
Now onto the finish placings, at the start of the day three picks were in the points: McIlroy, Mackenzie, and Woods.  At the end of the day six other picks moved into the placings but one of the original three fell out.  Tigers Woods withdrew due to back spasms which had been affecting his play all day.  The picks either finished 2nd, 6th, 8th, or 12th and a few of those that finished 12th shot 67 to get there.  Everyone had at least one pick score finish points and if Davie had upgraded Paul Casey instead of selecting Peter Uihlein he would have had two picks; oh well.  1GrumpyGolfer and SetupDetermines each had the same two picks score points so they stayed close by each other in the same places.  Mary_S also had two picks score points and that along with both of them making low round of the day she overtook Davie.  LadyPutt had a triple double in points finishers and low round bonus points.  BlueCoverman had three points scorers with 2nd, 6th, and 12th placed finishes.  RedRage went one better with all four positions among his picks, his two low round scorers drew him level with BlueCoverman and Garcia's 8th place sent him to the top of the leaderboard.
 
A thrilling end to the Honda Classic and kudos to SetupDetermines for calling it mid afternoon despite the spluttering protestations of BlueCoverman.
 
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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Sergio Garcia -3
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. LadyPutt
3. Mary_S
4. RedRage
5. SetupDetermines
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Paul Casey -3
1. LadyPutt
2. RedRage
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Andres Romero -3
1. LadyPutt
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Matteo Manassero -3
1. Mary_S
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
David Hearn -3
1. None
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Nick Watney -3
1. None
 
Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Brendan de Jonge +8
1. None
 
Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Ben Crane +8
1. None
 
Last Place (10 points)
Ben Crane
1. None
 
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Round 3 had 79 players so there was an MDF to bring the field down to the top 70 and ties.  Tiger Woods needed to get a move on and he did just that.  He was one of five players to shoot 65 which was the low round of the day.  That earned points for RedRage and Davie; no one else earned points in round 3.  The other players to shoot 65 were: Stuart Appleby, Luke Guthrie, Matt Every, and Brian Stuard.  Brendan de Jonge suffered in the final group spotlight and he had the worse round of the day with a 76.  SetupDetermines lost one of his picks in Y.E. Yang to the Saturday cut.
 
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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Tiger Woods -5
1. Davie
2. RedRage
 
Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Matt Every -5
1. None
 
Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Luke Guthrie -5
1. None
 
Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Stuart Appleby -5
1. None
 
Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Brian Stuard -5
1. None
 
Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Brendan de Jonge +6
1. None
 
Round 3 Low Scores (10 points)
-3 or lower
 
MDF Cut line
+1 par or lower
 
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I think we need the handicap secretary to weigh in here :whistle:BlueCoverman becomes the first GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguer to get all picks through the new system.  He earns beaucoup de bonuses and surges ahead in the leaderboard race.  His next closest challengers are RedRage and SetupDetermines who each had seven picks but only one bonus.  LadyPutt also had seven picks and a cut bonus while 1GrumpyGolfer had six with a cut bonus.  Davie and Mary_S each had four picks through and they didn't earn a cut bonus.
 
The low score was 63 and two players shot that number; Russell Knox and John Senden.  Alan Morin had the worst round with an 81.  No one picked any of these so no further bonuses were awarded.
 
With 79 players making the cut there will be a further cut, to top 70 and ties, after round 3.  
 
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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Russell Knox -7
1. None
 
Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
John Senden -7
1. None
 
Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Alan Morin +11
1. None
 
Cut line (5 points)
Even par or lower
 
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Belated update for Round 1.  Rory McIlroy shoots 63 to take the first round lead and make four GolfChatUK Fantasy Leaguers very happy indeed.  Fear not, unhappy Fantasy Leaguers you're still in the top 5...  Rounds of 65 or lower made the Top 5 Low Round scores but no one had a pick other than McIlroy manage this.  Briny Baird slumped to an 79 for the worse round but no one picked him either.  
 
Somewhere between round 1 and 2 and for some reason Hideki Matsuyama withdrew and this will hamper LadyPutt's chances.  The cut line is around even par right now and good rounds are needed for some picks to make the cut; unfortunately some of them didn't get this memo in time.
 
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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Rory McIlroy -7
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. BlueCoverman
3. RedRage
4. SetupDetermines
 
Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Briny Baird +9
1. None
 
Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower
 
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Monday qualifying didn't quite finish off on Monday so the final four spots have not been allocated as yet and that means the field is yet to be finalised.  However the start of the Florida swing sees a strong field gathering for the Honda Classic with eight seven of the top nine players in the OWGR gracing the event with their presence.  
 
We are back to our regular three Categories but you still need to pick three, plus reserve, from each one.  The additional cut bonus points are still on offer this time around.  If you get all of your picks through in any category you get a small bonus.  Get all 9 picks through and you get an even bigger bonus.  It's all way down at the bottom in the scoring section if you are interested.
 
This is a full field with cut event, so cut points will be available; see above.
 
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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 – February 24th 2014:
 
CATEGORY A
 
Tiger Woods 1
Adam Scott 2
Henrik Stenson 3
Phil Mickelson 5
Zach Johnson 7
Rory McIlroy 8
Sergio Garcia 9
Graeme McDowell 15
Charl Schwartzel 16
Hideki Matsuyama 22
Luke Donald 24
Keegan Bradley 26
Thomas Bjorn 27
Jamie Donaldson 30
 
CATEGORY B
 
Louis Oosthuizen 33
Lee Westwood 35
Nick Watney 37
Rickie Fowler 38
Stephen Gallacher 39
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 40
Billy Horschel 43
Patrick Reed 44
Chris Kirk 48
Matteo Manassero 49
Martin Kaymer 50
David Lynn 54
Thorbjorn Olesen 60
Peter Hanson 61
Boo Weekley 65
Peter Uihlein 68
Brooks Koepka 69
Brendon de Jonge 70
Angel Cabrera 71
Charles Howell-III 73
D.A. Points 74
Roberto Castro 75
Ryan Palmer 77
Bo Van Pelt 79
Ryo Ishikawa 80
Michael Thompson 81
Chris Stroud 86
Matt Jones 88
Tim Clark 90
Paul Casey 93
Chesson Hadley 95
Robert Garrigus 97
Luke Guthrie 98
John Merrick 99
Matt Every 102
Russell Henley 110
Ken Duke 113
John Senden 117
David Lingmerth 122
Brian Harman 124
Freddie Jacobson 132
Brian Stuard 133
Daniel Summerhays 137
Rory Sabbatini 138
Padraig Harrington 139
Brendan Steele 141
Geoff Ogilvy 144
Jason Kokrak 146
Jason Bohn 147
Jerry Kelly 148
Kyle Stanley 150
Brendon Todd 151
David Hearn 154
Vijay Singh 155
John Peterson 156
Brian Gay 158
Brian Davis 159
William McGirt 162
Derek Ernst 164
Cameron Tringale 166
Scott Brown 167
Stewart Cink 169
Seung-Yul Noh 170
Carl Pettersson 172
Charlie Beljan 174
 
CATEGORY C
 
Morgan Hoffmann 179
Jeff Overton 187
Josh Teater 192
Greg Chalmers 201
J.J. Henry 205
Russell Knox 206
Will MacKenzie 210
John Rollins 217
Stuart Appleby 220
Trevor Immelman 221
Ben Crane 225
Nicholas Thompson 226
George McNeill 228
Jeff Maggert 244
James Driscoll 248
Charlie Wi 249
Mark Wilson 251
Ted Potter-Jr 253
Andres Romero 257
James Hahn 259
Tim Wilkinson 261
Justin Hicks 265
Jim Renner 266
Martin Flores 270
Woody Austin 271
Camilo Villegas 278
Johnson Wagner 288
Darren Clarke 290
Spencer Levin 295
Jason Allred 296
D.H. Lee 299
Retief Goosen 304
Ben Curtis 317
Chad Collins 321
Steven Bowditch 326
Erik Compton 328
Scott Langley 332
Ricky Barnes 334
Y.E. Yang 335
Lucas Glover 345
Tommy Gainey 351
Davis Love-III 359
Briny Baird 362
Brice Garnett 365
Jamie Lovemark 386
Sean O'Hair 391
Billy Hurley-III 398
Hudson Swafford 447
J.B. Holmes 465
Robert Allenby 469
Tim Herron 477
Jhonattan Vegas 571
Mike Weir 664
Stephen Ames 791
Troy Merritt 813
Derek Fathauer 882
Jose Coceres 932
Mark Calcavecchia 957
Kenny Perry 974
Dudley Hart 1098
Jesper Parnevik 1315
Harrison Frazar 1440
Jason Millard 1505
Alan Morin 1505
Mark Silvers 1505
 
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Upcoming events:
____________ Date ___________ Event ______________________________________ Weight
 
Stay tuned for the 2013-2014 season schedule

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RULES
 
Picking players: Unless stated, pick a total of 9 players as follows:
 
Pick 3 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 Cat A Make Cut _ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All Cat B Make Cut _ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All Cat C Make Cut _ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15
All 9 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 is specified in rules
 
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BlueCoverman wrote:Woods currently doing his best for worse round of the day!  

Does withdraw count as worse round of the day

Odds looking to a Red victory

Woods will have the low round of the day. Shame it was only over 13(?) holes

What a tart. And to think he won a major with a broken leg   

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:Odds looking to a Red victory

Oi not so fast   

BlueCoverman wrote:Woods currently doing his best for worse round of the day!  

Back spasms!   

They're been falling over themselves to throw this one away and now it's a four way playoff.

This one's gonna be a bit close to call as about 15 guys shot 67 for low round and four of them were picks.

Playoff will be interesting: 18, then 17, and then back to 18 if needed.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #12

The Honda Classic

Feb 27 – Mar 02 ___ PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 1

________________________________________________________________________

Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Redrage ___________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  20 _____ 80 _____ 180

2. BlueCoverman ______ 80 (9/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 65 _____ 165

3. SetupDetermines ___ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 55 _____ 125

4. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 55 _____ 120

5. LadyPutt __________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  30 _____ 35 _____ 105

6. Mary_S ____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  20 _____ 25 ______ 65

7. Davie _____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 10 ______ 50  
 
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What a finish to the Honda Classic!  Player after player seemed to get themselves in a position to win the tournament and then contrived to throw it away.  A four way playoff ensued and after the first hole on one remained.  While those with a chance of victory were toiling others who were out of the spotlight decided to take advantage, six players shot 67 to tie for low round of the day.  Four of them were GolfChatUK Fantasy League picks too; LadyPutt, Mary_S, and RedRage had multiple picks in that small group too.  1GrumpyGolfer and SetupDetermines also had one pick in the low round scores.  The worse rounds of the day were 78 and Brendan de Jonge ended his weekend with a double of worst rounds.  Ben Crane joined him with a 78 and that was enough to give him last place too.
 
Now onto the finish placings, at the start of the day three picks were in the points: McIlroy, Mackenzie, and Woods.  At the end of the day six other picks moved into the placings but one of the original three fell out.  Tigers Woods withdrew due to back spasms which had been affecting his play all day.  The picks either finished 2nd, 6th, 8th, or 12th and a few of those that finished 12th shot 67 to get there.  Everyone had at least one pick score finish points and if Davie had upgraded Paul Casey instead of selecting Peter Uihlein he would have had two picks; oh well.  1GrumpyGolfer and SetupDetermines each had the same two picks score points so they stayed close by each other in the same places.  Mary_S also had two picks score points and that along with both of them making low round of the day she overtook Davie.  LadyPutt had a triple double in points finishers and low round bonus points.  BlueCoverman had three points scorers with 2nd, 6th, and 12th placed finishes.  RedRage went one better with all four positions among his picks, his two low round scorers drew him level with BlueCoverman and Garcia's 8th place sent him to the top of the leaderboard.
 
A thrilling end to the Honda Classic and kudos to SetupDetermines for calling it mid afternoon despite the spluttering protestations of BlueCoverman.
 
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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Sergio Garcia -3
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. LadyPutt
3. Mary_S
4. RedRage
5. SetupDetermines
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Paul Casey -3
1. LadyPutt
2. RedRage
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Andres Romero -3
1. LadyPutt
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Matteo Manassero -3
1. Mary_S
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
David Hearn -3
1. None
 
Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Nick Watney -3
1. None
 
Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Brendan de Jonge +8
1. None
 
Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Ben Crane +8
1. None
 
Last Place (10 points)
Ben Crane
1. None
 
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1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Late field changes:

Out go:
Cat B:
Louis Oosthuizen
Brian Gay

In come:
Cat C:
Heath Slocum
Tyrone Van Aswegen

Louis Oosthuizen's withdrawal affects:
BlueCoverman - reserve Brian Harman
Davie - reserve Paul Casey
RedRage - reserve Paul Casey

Please confirm a new Cat B reserve or new Cat B pick.

Thanks, Grumps

 
 
I assume that Redrage sent you a PM Grumps, as I can't quite see where he confirmed a new Cat B pick as requested by you?   

BlueCoverman wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Late field changes:

Out go:
Cat B:
Louis Oosthuizen
Brian Gay

In come:
Cat C:
Heath Slocum
Tyrone Van Aswegen

Louis Oosthuizen's withdrawal affects:
BlueCoverman - reserve Brian Harman
Davie - reserve Paul Casey
RedRage - reserve Paul Casey

Please confirm a new Cat B reserve or new Cat B pick.

Thanks, Grumps

 
 
I assume that Redrage sent you a PM Grumps, as I can't quite see where he confirmed a new Cat B pick as requested by you?   

Tell it to the Judge

He didn't confirm a new pick, like Davie did, and he didn't confirm a new reserve, like you did, but his reserve would be automatically upgraded to pick. It says dare in dems dare rules. I asked for confirmation just in case another of his Cat B picks withdrew; something like that happened to SetupDetermines and screwed him from the get go last year. Nice try though

Surely that's the point of nominating a reserve?

#kwitcherbitchin

Congratulations RR!   

I see that Davie obviously didn't cope too well with the high altitude of being above me in the first three rounds.   

Thanks for all the hard work GG, hope your laptop is fully restored to good health.

Is that Mary having yet another go at you Davie?  

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Nice try though

 
Thanks. Always worth a try   
 
Well played Red  

BlueCoverman wrote:Is that Mary having yet another go at you Davie?  

Looks like it Blue! I may have to get my red pencil out and start acting like an admin   

BlueCoverman wrote:

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:Odds looking to a Red victory

Oi not so fast   

You were spluttering, Blue ?  

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:Odds looking to a Red victory

Oi not so fast   

You were spluttering, Blue ?  

 
I was trying not to say choke

Red (and Paul Casey) ruined my moment of glory. A victory would have given me 3 consecutive wins and I would have been able to keep the trophy for good. Just the same as the World Cup right?.....

You did the same to me in the Africa Open; I had two wins on the trot too....

Only by a couple of dodgy playoff decisions as I recall. My victories were far more convincing...

Phew, I was starting to think Blue was on the 'roids with they way he was tanking us for the last few weeks! I thought my chance was gone when Tiger pulled out, I was sure he was going to bring home some worst round points.

BlueCoverman wrote:Only by a couple of dodgy playoff decisions as I recall. My victories were far more convincing...

 
Your memory is more dodgy than my playoff wins.  Anyway I'm surprised you haven't caught my dodgy administration today, you must be losing your touch...

My luck had to run out sooner or later Red!

What you mean when you gave yourself a final total of 125 points Grumps, instead of the correct score of 120?