GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #8 Wales Open

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #8

ISPS Handa Wales Open

Sep 18 – Sep 21 ___ The Celtic Manor Resort, (2010 course), City of Newport, Wales

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Davie _____________ 80 (9/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____  00 ____ 110 _____ 240

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 40 _____ 100

2. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 40 _____ 100

2. Redrage ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 30 _____ 100

5. Mary_S ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 35 ______ 95

6. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 20 ______ 55  

7. LadyPutt __________ 25 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 25 ______ 50  

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In a shocking turn of events in the Fantasy League Davie wins the Wales Open.  His picks of Joost Luiten, Jamie Donaldson, Edoardo Molinari, and Anthony Wall meant that he lapped the field after the finish points were calculated.  In the race for the podium 1GrumpyGolfer, BlueCoverman, and RedRage tied for second.  Mary_S was in close proximity.  SetupDetermines pipped LadyPutt in the race to sixth place.

Soren Kjeldsen shot the round of the day with a 64.  Maximilian Kieffer finished poorly with an 80 and took last place.

Next week the Ryder Cup starts in earnest and out of the Ryder Cuppers on show only Jamie Donaldson covered himself in glory.  Paul McGinley will have a lot of thinking to do.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Soren Kjeldsen -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Maximilian Kieffer +9
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Maximilian Kieffer +11
1. None

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The Davie show rolls on as good scoring was to be had in round 3.  66 or lower was needed to get amongst the Top 10 Low Round scores and only four picks made it there; Davie had two of them.  1GrumpyGolfer also had two of them and only BlueCoverman and Mary_S had a pick shoot 66 or better.  Those three are all tied for third behind RedRage.  Nothing happened for LadyPutt or SetupDetermines.

Eddie Pepperall shot 63 for the low round and Jamie McLeary shot 77 for the worst round.  With second place to play for it's very tight amongst the also rans.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Eddie Pepperall -8
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Jamie McLeary +6
1. None

Round 3 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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Davie seems to have taken a firm grip on this week's event; he has the full set through to the weekend and for the second day running has a pick that had the low round of the day.  Edoardo Molinari shot 63 to move into contention and earn bonus points for two other Fantasy Leaguers.  Both RedRage and Mary_S had picked the younger Molinari and with RedRage keeping eight picks he has a good grip on second place.  BlueCoverman is tied with Mary after points for his eight picks matched her seven picks and low round bonuses.  1GrumpyGolfer also has seven picks, SetupDetermines has six picks left.  LadyPutt's lucky numbers weren't so great this time around; she is left with four picks for the weekend.  

The cut line fell at +1 and that was a few too many shots away for Lee Rooke, his round of 87 was the worst of the day by some margin.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Edoardo Molinari -8
1. Davie
2. Mary_S
3. RedRage

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Lee Rooke +16
1. None

Cut line (5 points)
+1 or lower

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Mixed bag of scoring in Wales as less than 1/3 of the field are under par.  Only three picks made it into the top 10 after round one and only two score points.  Sam Walker scores for RedRage after his round of 67 which was the number needed to make the top 5 Low Round scores.  Davie's Joost Luiten went better than that and his round of 66 was the lowest of the day.  Everyone else is yet to get off of the mark.  Jose Maria Olazabal finished with an 82 for the worst round of the day.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Joost Luiten -6
1. Davie

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Jose Maria Olzabal +11
1. None

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

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The final event before the Ryder Cup sees some of the European team make their way to Wales for a last minute warm up.  It is only fitting that Welshman Jamie Donaldson is the headline act for the Wales Open.  He is joined by fellow team mates Thomas Bjorn, Stephen Gallacher, and Lee Westwood.  These Ryder Cuppers make up the top ranked players in the OWGR and three others within the top 50 are also playing.  This is the fifteenth edition of the Wales Open and Gregory Bourdy is the defending champion.  He is joined by four other former champions with Thongchai Jaidee being the most recent; Robert Karlsson, Simon Khan, and Paul Lawrie make up the rest.

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 – September 15th 2014:

CATEGORY A

Jamie DONALDSON 28
Thomas BJORN 30
Stephen GALLACHER 34
Lee WESTWOOD 41
Thongchai JAIDEE 42
Joost LUITEN 48
Francesco MOLINARI 49
Paul CASEY 62
Shane LOWRY 63
Pablo LARRAZABAL 65
Bernd WIESBERGER 66
Marc WARREN 71
Rafa CABRERA BELLO 81
Tommy FLEETWOOD 89

CATEGORY B

Danny WILLETT 90
Simon DYSON 97
Edoardo MOLINARI 101
Hennie OTTO 102
Chris WOOD 108
Thorbjorn OLESEN 109
David HOWELL 111
Ross FISHER 116
Robert KARLSSON 117
Romain WATTEL 118
Tyrrell HATTON 134
Peter UIHLEIN 136
David LYNN 144
Kristoffer BROBERG 145
Darren FICHARDT 151
Richie RAMSAY 152
Gregory BOURDY 159
Julien QUESNE 160
Emiliano GRILLO 168
Andy SULLIVAN 169
Scott JAMIESON 174
Morten Orum MADSEN 176
Brett RUMFORD 178
Michael HOEY 190
Alvaro QUIROS 192
Robert-Jan DERKSEN 193
Paul WARING 198
Nicolas COLSAERTS 199
Eddie PEPPERELL 200
Raphael JACQUELIN 201
Matthew BALDWIN 203
Oliver FISHER 209
Rikard KARLBERG 212
Bradley DREDGE 219
Johan CARLSSON 221
Marco CRESPI 229
Seve BENSON 231
Gregory HAVRET 233
Steve WEBSTER 242
Craig LEE 246
Eduardo DE LA RIVA 251
Daan HUIZING 254
Wade ORMSBY 256
Maximilian KIEFFER 258
Paul LAWRIE 259
Thomas PIETERS 260
Damien MCGRANE 270
Soren KJELDSEN 273
Andrea PAVAN 279
Stuart MANLEY 281
Graeme STORM 281
Mikael LUNDBERG 284
Justin WALTERS 286
Magnus A CARLSSON 288
Lucas BJERREGAARD 290
Jin JEONG 294
Roope KAKKO 306
Simon KHAN 308
Andrew MCARTHUR 310
Gaganjeet BHULLAR 321
Robert ROCK 324
Tom LEWIS 334
Ricardo GONZALEZ 335
Jorge CAMPILLO 345
Richard BLAND 349

CATEGORY C

Gareth MAYBIN 354
Lee SLATTERY 357
Ricardo SANTOS 362
Daniel BROOKS 364
Adrian OTAEGUI 368
Simon THORNTON 378
Jose-Filipe LIMA 379
Nacho ELVIRA 390
Anthony WALL 393
Daniel IM 397
Sam WALKER 398
Matthew NIXON 400
Sihwan KIM 402
Mikko KORHONEN 405
Phillip ARCHER 422
Chris DOAK 424
James MORRISON 432
Richard FINCH 439
Soren HANSEN 441
Brinson PAOLINI 443
David DRYSDALE 459
Fredrik ANDERSSON HED 464
Nathan HOLMAN 466
Peter WHITEFORD 478
JB HANSEN 480
Mark FOSTER 486
Victor RIU 490
James KINGSTON 494
Carlos DEL MORAL 498
Estanislao GOYA 504
Adrien SADDIER 505
Daniel GAUNT 510
Jamie MCLEARY 521
John HAHN 535
Francois CALMELS 558
Andreas HARTØ 578
Simon WAKEFIELD 587
David HIGGINS 593
John PARRY 594
Jose Maria OLAZABAL 595
Adam GEE 597
Jason KNUTZON 614
James HEATH 635
Edouard DUBOIS 659
Peter LAWRIE 664
Kevin PHELAN 702
Alexandre KALEKA 739
Niclas FASTH 798
Jack DOHERTY 817
Alastair FORSYTH 854
Thomas NORRET 877
Jeev Milkha SINGH 886
Phillip PRICE 1095
Greig HUTCHEON 1301
Nick DOUGHERTY 1532
Mathias GRONBERG 1550
Liam BOND 1568
David BOOTE(AM) 1568
Matthew CORT 1568
Ted INNES KER 1568
Hirofumi MIYASE 1568
Patrik SJOLAND 1568
Joe FERGUSON N/A
Evan GRIFFITH(AM) N/A
Mike HEARNE(AM) N/A
Lee ROOKE N/A
Lam ZHIQUN N/A

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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 eligble for points for all completed rounds and making the cut if they withdraw after the cut. It must be apparent that the player completed their round for them to be eligible for either the low round, worse round, top 5, or top 10 low round scores.  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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Please note new rules regarding player withdrawals:

Player Withdrawals: If you pick a player who withdraws during a tournament, that player will be eligble for points for all completed rounds and making the cut if they withdraw after the cut. It must be apparent that the player completed their round for them to be eligible for either the low round, worse round, top 5, or top 10 low round scores. 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.

Hopefully this will eliminate confusion going forward.

CATEGORY A: Jamie DONALDSON, Lee WESTWOOD, Joost LUITEN (res: Francesco MOLINARI)

CATEGORY B: Edoardo MOLINARI, Chris WOOD, Thorbjorn OLESEN (res: David HOWELL)

CATEGORY C: Lee SLATTERY, Anthony WALL, James MORRISON (res: Matthew NIXON)

LadyPutt wrote:I will be on holiday sunning myself and playing some golf in Tenerife for the next 2 weeks (including the Ryder Cup ) so please can you pick me numbers 1, 4 and 7 in each group with 10 as reserve if I don't manage to get my tablet connected to the hotel's wifi? It may be that I have to pass on the RC competition but the wifi works!

Thanks Grumps

LadyPutt's picks:

Cat A: Jamie DONALDSON, Lee WESTWOOD, Francesco MOLINARI. Reserve Pablo LARRAZABAL

Cat B: Danny WILLETT, Hennie OTTO, David HOWELL. Reserve Romain WATTEL

Cat C: Gareth MAYBIN, Daniel BROOKS, Jose-Felipe LIMA. Reserve Daniel IM

Cat A: Francesco MOLINARI; Lee WESTWOOD 41; Paul CASEY Res: Stephen GALLACHER

Cat B: Chris WOOD; David HOWELL; Edoardo MOLINARI Res: Bradley DREDGE

Cat C: Lee SLATTERY; Anthony WALL; Chris DOAK Res: Jack DOHERTY

Cheers!

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Please note new rules regarding player withdrawals:

Player Withdrawals: If you pick a player who withdraws during a tournament, that player will be eligble for points for all completed rounds and making the cut if they withdraw after the cut. It must be apparent that the player completed their round for them to be eligible for either the low round, worse round, top 5, or top 10 low round scores.  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.

Hopefully this will eliminate confusion going forward.

Surely if these are NEW rules, this would negate Blue's score from last week ?

They might be NEW rules but the thing is, they are the same as the OLD rules!

CAT A : Jamie, Lee, Paul. RES Bernd

CAT B : David L, Brett, Michael H. RES Bradley

CAT C : Chris D, Nacho, Simon T. RES David D

BlueCoverman wrote:They might be NEW rules but the thing is, they are the same as the OLD rules!

How can they be the same if there new ?

Another question: Will I be allowed to play once Scotland goes independent tomorrow ???

Certainly not, obviously you will have to start your own 'independent' fantasy league

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:

BlueCoverman wrote:They might be NEW rules but the thing is, they are the same as the OLD rules!

How can they be the same if there new ?

Best you ask Grumps, no doubt he'll make up some convoluted explanation as usual

Cat A: Casey, Donaldson, Westwood (res: Gallacher)
Cat B: Dyson, Wattel, Willett (res: Ramsay)
Cat C: Korhonen, Morrison, Slattery (res: Maybin)

Cheers Grumps
p.s. Do try and get the event posted a bit quicker next time    

Actually the OLD rules said if a player withdraws he is treated as nil scoring. The good lady judge went against the rules to allow you points. But as the good lady judge'a decision is final all points remain.

The event was posted late because they only had 146 players listed as entered and a typical field size is 156. I was expecting qualifiers to fill out the field and waiting for the tee times to confirm.  These were not available mid afternoon yesterday otherwise I would have realised they were playing silly buggers and posted the event as all players were listed.  So

Cat A: Jamie Donaldson, Paul Casey, Stephen Gallacher. Reserve Jaidee

Cat B: Simon Dyson, Romain Wattel, Andy Sullivan. Reserve Oliver Fisher

Cat C: Lee Slattery, Gareth Maybin, James Morrison. Reserve Simon Thornton

I'll post Red's picks based on his standing numbers tomorrow when I'm in front of my laptop.

2 big votes in Scotland, today.

Independence & Women being allowed to join the R&A.

Yes to both methinks..

Looks like Simon Dyson withdrew before starting, no scores for any holes listed on the ET website, and he's been removed from the 13:00 tee time with Marc Warren and Joost Luiten.  Blue now has Richie Ramsay and I have Oliver Fisher in our Cat B selections.  

Mary_S and Setup have been hampered by the disqualification of Chris Doak.

I need a ruling from the judge for Red's picks.  His number's are 2, 8, 11, no reserve number.  
Dyson is number 2 on the list and withdrew before play started.  Are his picks Dyson, R Fisher and T Hatton.  Or are they E Molinari, R Karlsson, and P Uihlein

I'm happy to score using either set of picks until the good lady judge gets round to ruling on this matter.

Red's picks, with alternate set of Cat B picks:

Version 1
Cat A: Thomas BJORN, Paul CASEY, Bernd WIESBERGER

Cat B: Simon DYSON, Ross FISHER, Tyrrell HATTON

Cat C: Lee SLATTERY, Nacho ELVIRA, Sam WALKER

Version 2:
Cat A: Thomas BJORN, Paul CASEY, Bernd WIESBERGER

Cat B: Edoardo MOLINARI, Robert KARLSSON, Peter UIHLEIN

Cat C: Lee SLATTERY, Nacho ELVIRA, Sam WALKER

LP will decide - but I'd say remove Dyson from the list then give him his numbers from there

Yep, that's my sense too.  It would be very harsh to penalise him for basically not picking a reserve. Might have to wait a while as LP is on holiday...

Sorry but I'm a bit out of contact! I'll go with Grumps's suggestion if I understand him right :-) The sun's getting to me!

Sorry but I'm a bit out of contact! I'll go with Grumps's suggestion if I understand him right :-) The sun's getting to me!

SetupDeterminestheMotion wrote:2 big votes in Scotland, today.

Independence & Women being allowed to join the R&A.

Yes to both methinks..

One down, one to go.

LadyPutt wrote:Sorry but I'm a bit out of contact! I'll go with Grumps's suggestion if I understand him right :-)  The sun's getting to me!

Eek, I didn't really make a suggestion but my thoughts are that he doesn't get screwed by the withdrawal of Dyson and he started with three Cat B picks.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #8

ISPS Handa Wales Open

Sep 18 – Sep 21 ___ The Celtic Manor Resort, (2010 course), City of Newport, Wales

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

1. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

2. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

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

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

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

3. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

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Mixed bag of scoring in Wales as less than 1/3 of the field are under par.  Only three picks made it into the top 10 after round one and only two score points.  Sam Walker scores for RedRage after his round of 67 which was the number needed to make the top 5 Low Round scores.  Davie's Joost Luiten went better than that and his round of 66 was the lowest of the day.  Everyone else is yet to get off of the mark.  Jose Maria Olazabal finished with an 82 for the worst round of the day.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Joost Luiten -6
1. Davie

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Jose Maria Olzabal +11
1. None

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

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I'll go with your "thoughts" then! Seems sensible to me.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

LadyPutt wrote:Sorry but I'm a bit out of contact! I'll go with Grumps's suggestion if I understand him right :-)  The sun's getting to me!

Eek, I didn't really make a suggestion but my thoughts are that he doesn't get screwed by the withdrawal of Dyson and he started with three Cat B picks.

LadyPutt wrote:I'll go with your "thoughts" then! Seems sensible to me.

Based on LadyPutt's ruling Red's picks are the following:

Cat A: Thomas BJORN, Paul CASEY, Bernd WIESBERGER

Cat B: Edoardo MOLINARI, Robert KARLSSON, Peter UIHLEIN

Cat C: Lee SLATTERY, Nacho ELVIRA, Sam WALKER

Hennie Otto has also withdrawn before his second round got underway.  LadyPutt's chances are diminishing and maybe she'll let someone else have a go at winning an event but I get the feeling it won't be me

Just found out about Doak's DQ. Apparently he put two in the water on the 18th, his final hole, and said bugger it, I'm off home to be with the missus. She had been overdue to give birth and was due to be induced yesterday.

So his wife's waters broke & so did he ?

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #8

ISPS Handa Wales Open

Sep 18 – Sep 21 ___ The Celtic Manor Resort, (2010 course), City of Newport, Wales

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. Davie _____________ 80 (9/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX _____ 110

2. Redrage ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

3. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

3. Mary_S ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

5. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

6. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 35

7. LadyPutt __________ 25 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 25

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Davie seems to have taken a firm grip on this week's event; he has the full set through to the weekend and for the second day running has a pick that had the low round of the day. Edoardo Molinari shot 63 to move into contention and earn bonus points for two other Fantasy Leaguers. Both RedRage and Mary_S had picked the younger Molinari and with RedRage keeping eight picks he has a good grip on second place. BlueCoverman is tied with Mary after points for his eight picks matched her seven picks and low round bonuses. 1GrumpyGolfer also has seven picks, SetupDetermines has six picks left. LadyPutt's lucky numbers weren't so great this time around; she is left with four picks for the weekend.

The cut line fell at +1 and that was a few too many shots away for Lee Rooke, his round of 87 was the worst of the day by some margin.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Edoardo Molinari -8
1. Davie
2. Mary_S
3. RedRage

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Lee Rooke +16
1. None

Cut line (5 points)
+1 or lower

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Oh well, can't win them all! And after a few brandies and glasses of wine I don't really care!

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #8

ISPS Handa Wales Open

Sep 18 – Sep 21 ___ The Celtic Manor Resort, (2010 course), City of Newport, Wales

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 3

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

1. Davie _____________ 80 (9/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 130

2. Redrage ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

3. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

3. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

3. Mary_S ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

6. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 35

7. LadyPutt __________ 25 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 25

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The Davie show rolls on as good scoring was to be had in round 3. 66 or lower was needed to get amongst the Top 10 Low Round scores and only four picks made it there; Davie had two of them. 1GrumpyGolfer also had two of them and only BlueCoverman and Mary_S had a pick shoot 66 or better. Those three are all tied for third behind RedRage. Nothing happened for LadyPutt or SetupDetermines.

Eddie Pepperall shot 63 for the low round and Jamie McLeary shot 77 for the worst round. With second place to play for it's very tight amongst the also rans.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Eddie Pepperall -8
1. None

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Jamie McLeary +6
1. None

Round 3 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #8

ISPS Handa Wales Open

Sep 18 – Sep 21 ___ The Celtic Manor Resort, (2010 course), City of Newport, Wales

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Davie _____________ 80 (9/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 240

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 40 _____ 100

2. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 40 _____ 100

2. Redrage ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 100

5. Mary_S ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 95

6. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 55

7. LadyPutt __________ 25 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 50

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In a shocking turn of events in the Fantasy League Davie wins the Wales Open. His picks of Joost Luiten, Jamie Donaldson, Edoardo Molinari, and Anthony Wall meant that he lapped the field after the finish points were calculated. In the race for the podium 1GrumpyGolfer, BlueCoverman, and RedRage tied for second. Mary_S was in close proximity. SetupDetermines pipped LadyPutt in the race to sixth place.

Soren Kjeldsen shot the round of the day with a 64. Maximilian Kieffer finished poorly with an 80 and took last place.

Next week the Ryder Cup starts in earnest and out of the Ryder Cuppers on show only Jamie Donaldson covered himself in glory. Paul McGinley will have a lot of thinking to do.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Soren Kjeldsen -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Maximilian Kieffer +9
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Maximilian Kieffer +11
1. None

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Well done Davie! It was time to let someone else win.

Well done Davie! It was time to let someone else win.

Sorry about the duplicate posting, my tablet is playing up!

Are you sure it wasn't the extra glass of champagne you had at breakfast LP?

I watched a bit of the final round of the Ladies European Tour event yesterday held at Costa Adeje. Did you go and see any of it last week?

Wow - congratulations on such a comprehensive win Davie!

Yes Davie every dog has his day

Blue - this old dog was amazed by the size of the winning margin

All joking aside well played, a very convincing win indeed! Nearly worthy of a handicap cut

Funny how you're advocating a handicap cut now Blue, you didn't seem so keen last year

I merely thought that because of the huge margin of Davie's victory it might be appropriate!  

If it had been a stableford event and those in second place scored 25 points and the winner had scored 60 points don't you think a few eyebrows would have been raised?

Perhaps Davie is bit of a bandit?  

Must surely be someone else you're talking about Blue

In that instance it would appear they only played 9 holes while the winner played the full 18

If you can manage 25 points in 9 holes then you must be a bandit as well!  

I think I played him on Sunday... mind you I did have 22 myself, including a 1 pointer!

I had half that score last week on the back 9 at Abridge with seven 1 pointers! No blobs though!