GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #15 - Turkish Open

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #15

Turkish Airlines Open

Nov 13 – Nov 16 ___ The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  10 _____ 50 ______ 90

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 45 ______ 65

3. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  00 _____ 20 ______ 50

4. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  00 _____ 15 ______ 45

5. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  00 _____ 00 ______ 30

6. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 10 ______ 20  

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Henrik Stenson's late surge was enough for RedRage to take yet another victory in the Fantasy League.  Stenson's round of 64 was the joint lowest score of the day and he finished third just behind BlueCoverman's Ian Poulter.  Even if Poulter had won RedRage still had enough in reserve to take victory; Marcel Siem and Tyrrell Hatton also earned points for RedRage.  BlueCoverman was able to recoup some of his third round slip to take second on the back of Poulter's fine play.  LadyPutt just pipped Mary_S to third place as she had two picks score points compared to Mary's solitary pick.  SetupDetermines didn't have any of his picks score points but he still had enough to hold off Davie who finally troubled the scorers.  Davie's pick of Victor Dubuisson also shot 64 and finished 15th to double it up.

The three Turkish amateurs finished in the last spots on the leaderboard some 50 or so shots behind the winner.  Their final round scores weren't too bad considering with scores from 74-76.

The DP World Tour Championship ends the Final Series and although the Race to Dubai has been sewn up it's still all to play for in the final event of the Summer/Autumn standings as just five points separates the podium placings.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Henrik Stenson -8
1. RedRage

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Victor Dubuisson -8
1. Davie

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One player is yet to finish round 3 but it won't make much difference to the scoring for the Fantasy Leaguers.  65 was the low round score and popular pick Sergio Garcia was the one to shoot that number.  That earned points for LadyPutt, Mary_S, and SetupDetermines.  This meant it was all change on the leaderboard as all three of those Fantasy Leaguers added another pick in the Low Round scores.  RedRage also had two picks score points and also overtakes BlueCoverman on the leaderboard.  Davie is the only one yet to get off of the mark and it's as you were in the Summer/Autumn standings.

69 or lower was the the magic number for the low round scores and it was no surprise that the three of the Turkish amateurs had the worse rounds of the day.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Sergio Garcia -7
1. LadyPutt
2. Mary_S
3. SetupDetermines

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

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Nothing happened for Fantasy Leaguers in round 2 when it eventually finished.  Peter Uihlein shot 65 for the low round of the day and as expected two of the Turkish amateurs had another bad day at the other end of the leaderboard.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Peter Uihlein -7
1. None

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No one picked the old timer in Miguel Angel Jimenez who rolled back the years with a flawless 63 to take the lead in the Turkish Airlines Open.  His closest challenger is BlueCoverman's "lil girl" Ian Poulter who had a 64.  Tyrrell Hatton also had a great round with a 65 to take one of the final spots in the Top 5 Low Round Scores.  BlueCoverman also picked Hatton along with RedRage.  Blue's bonus points sees him leapfrog LadyPutt and put him 10 points away from the top spot in the Summer/Autumn standings as it stands.  

It's a good job there isn't going to be a cut as a third of the picks failed to break par.  There's plenty of big names joining the lesser known Turkish amateurs at the bottom of the leaderboard.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Miguel Angel Jimenez -9
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-7 or lower

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The penultimate event of the 2014 Race to Dubai is in Turkey.  The top ranked player is Sergio Garcia and he is joined by 12 other players from the top 50 in the world rankings including defending champion Victor Dubuisson.  As the Race comes to its conclusion the field was drawn from the top 60 in the world rankings and then filled with the Race to Dubai standings.  Diluting the field however are four tournament invitations, including the course designer, and three Turkish amateurs.

Due to the limited field event we are back to two picks from each category plus reserve.  This is also a no cut event so the usual cut bonuses are not in effect and there are no points for bad play.

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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 – November 10th 2014:

CATEGORY A

Sergio GARCIA 4
Henrik STENSON 6
Martin KAYMER 12
Victor DUBUISSON 22
Jamie DONALDSON 24
Joost LUITEN 30
Stephen GALLACHER 36
Luke DONALD 37
Mikko ILONEN 39
Ian POULTER 40
Thongchai JAIDEE 43
Lee WESTWOOD 45
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 47

CATEGORY B

Shane LOWRY 51
Francesco MOLINARI 55
Jonas BLIXT 56
Alexander LEVY 57
Brooks KOEPKA 61
Tommy FLEETWOOD 63
Marc WARREN 67
Marcel SIEM 71
Pablo LARRAZABAL 72
Bernd WIESBERGER 73
George COETZEE 75
Thorbjorn OLESEN 78
Richard STERNE 81
Brendon DE JONGE 82
Ross FISHER 88
Richie RAMSAY 96
Edoardo MOLINARI 98
Rafa CABRERA BELLO 103
Danny WILLETT 104
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 105
Romain WATTEL 107
Robert KARLSSON 110
Simon DYSON 119
Matteo MANASSERO 123
David HOWELL 126
Hennie OTTO 130
Nicolas COLSAERTS 133
Branden GRACE 138
Peter UIHLEIN 139
David LIPSKY 144
Felipe AGUILAR 147
Darren FICHARDT 149

CATEGORY C

David HORSEY 153
Tyrrell HATTON 156
Thomas AIKEN 157
Emiliano GRILLO 158
Alejandro CANIZARES 164
Kristoffer BROBERG 168
Oliver WILSON 172
Gregory BOURDY 175
Eddie PEPPERELL 180
Andy SULLIVAN 185
Michael HOEY 188
Morten Orum MADSEN 191
David LYNN 192
Julien QUESNE 193
Robert-Jan DERKSEN 199
Raphael JACQUELIN 221
Scott JAMIESON 226
Matthew BALDWIN 231
Oliver FISHER 236
Richard GREEN 242
Wade ORMSBY 264
Graeme STORM 274
Richard BLAND 276
Mark FOSTER 289
Dawie VAN DER WALT 301
Magnus A CARLSSON 313
Chris DOAK 327
Darren CLARKE 394
Colin MONTGOMERIE 806
John DALY 1049
Ediz KEMALOGLU(AM) 1547
Ali ALTUNTAS(AM) 1547
Alihan AFSAR(AM) N/A

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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

Low Amateur ** ____ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

* Points awarded for round only when it is a full field with cut event
** Where separate Low Amateur is specified in rules
*** Points awarded when it is a full field with cut event

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Cat A: Martin Kaymer, Ian Poulter (res: Sergio Garcia)

Cat B: George Coetzee, Nicolas Colsaerts (res: Alexander Levy)

Cat C: Tyrrell Hatton, Oliver Wilson (res: Emiliano Grillo)


I've got 2 games booked on this course next April, I hope these hackers don't go messing it up!  

CAT A : Sergio, Luke. RES Victor

CAT B : Jonas, Pablo. RES Alexander

CAT C : Oliver W, Alejandro. RES Morten

CATEGORY A: Martin KAYMER, Victor DUBUISSON (res: Joost LUITEN)

CATEGORY B: Francesco MOLINARI, Thorbjorn OLESEN (res: Marcel SIEM)

CATEGORY C: Thomas AIKEN, Oliver WILSON (res: Eddie PEPPERELL)

Continuing my push for supremacy

Cat A: Sergio Garcia & Jamie Donaldson (res Victor Dubuisson)
Cat B: Marcel Siem & Tommy Fleetwood (res Alexander Levy)
Cat C: Robert-Jan Derksen (for old times' sake) & Alejandro Canizares (res Colin Montgomerie)

Redrage's picks (in case he doesn't get round to it)

Cat A: Henrik Stenson & Luke Donald (res Thongchai Jaidee)
Cat B: Francesco Molinari & Marcel Siem (res George Coetzee)
Cat C: Tyrrell Hatton & Gregory Bourdy (res Michael Hoey)

Given those picks (apart from maybe Cat B), he might wish to do his own

Cat A: Sergio GARCIA; Lee WESTWOOD (Res: Henrik STENSON)

Cat B: George COETZEE; Francesco MOLINARI; (Res: Matteo MANASSERO)

Cat C: Kristoffer BROBERG; Gregory BOURDY (Res: Oliver WILSON)

The 'little girl' is on the charge! Just me with Poulter then?

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #15

Turkish Airlines Open

Nov 13 – Nov 16 ___ The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

1. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

3. Davie _____________ 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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No one picked the old timer in Miguel Angel Jimenez who rolled back the years with a flawless 63 to take the lead in the Turkish Airlines Open.  His closest challenger is BlueCoverman's "lil girl" Ian Poulter who had a 64.  Tyrrell Hatton also had a great round with a 65 to take one of the final spots in the Top 5 Low Round Scores.  BlueCoverman also picked Hatton along with RedRage.  Blue's bonus points sees him leapfrog LadyPutt and put him 10 points away from the top spot in the Summer/Autumn standings as it stands.  

It's a good job there isn't going to be a cut as a third of the picks failed to break par.  There's plenty of big names joining the lesser known Turkish amateurs at the bottom of the leaderboard.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Miguel Angel Jimenez -9
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-7 or lower

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Play is suspended due to lightning in the area in Turkey. Blue's pick of Poulter is looking very good at the moment; those new Titleist clubs seem to be doing the business.

Really is that what it is? I assumed it was because he is now playing off the ladies tees!

Play has been abandoned for the day. Round 2 resumes at 8:00 local time on Saturday.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #15

Turkish Airlines Open

Nov 13 – Nov 16 ___ The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

2. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

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

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

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

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

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Nothing happened for Fantasy Leaguers in round 2 when it eventually finished. Peter Uihlein shot 65 for the low round of the day and as expected two of the Turkish amateurs had another bad day at the other end of the leaderboard.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Peter Uihlein -7
1. None

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #15

Turkish Airlines Open

Nov 13 – Nov 16 ___ The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 3

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

1. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

5. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

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One player is yet to finish round 3 but it won't make much difference to the scoring for the Fantasy Leaguers.  65 was the low round score and popular pick Sergio Garcia was the one to shoot that number.  That earned points for LadyPutt, Mary_S, and SetupDetermines.  This meant it was all change on the leaderboard as all three of those Fantasy Leaguers added another pick in the Low Round scores.  RedRage also had two picks score points and also overtakes BlueCoverman on the leaderboard.  Davie is the only one yet to get off of the mark and it's as you were in the Summer/Autumn standings.

69 or lower was the the magic number for the low round scores and it was no surprise that the three of the Turkish amateurs had the worse rounds of the day.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Sergio Garcia -7
1. LadyPutt
2. Mary_S
3. SetupDetermines

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

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Grumps I'm on holiday as from this afternoon...golfing in Florida, should be fun! I imagine we will be two picks for Dubai?:-

Cat A: Rory Mcilroy, Henrik Stenson (res: Number 6)

Cat B & C: Pick by numbers 2 and 4 (res: 6)

If we are picking three then add number 8 please. I assume there will not be a fantasy league event the following week, if there is then same numbers please. Cheers all

Blue, you are correct in your assumption of two picks.  The top 60 in the standings will play in the final event but I have a feeling the field will be reduced further because players are required to play in 14 ET events prior to the DP World Tour Championship.  There might be a few missing out due to these requirements including Justin Rose, Oliver Wilson, and a couple others.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #15

Turkish Airlines Open

Nov 13 – Nov 16 ___ The Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya, Turkey

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 10 _____ 50 ______ 90

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 45 ______ 65

3. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 50

4. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 15 ______ 45

5. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 30

6. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 10 ______ 20

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Henrik Stenson's late surge was enough for RedRage to take yet another victory in the Fantasy League. Stenson's round of 64 was the joint lowest score of the day and he finished third just behind BlueCoverman's Ian Poulter. Even if Poulter had won RedRage still had enough in reserve to take victory; Marcel Siem and Tyrrell Hatton also earned points for RedRage. BlueCoverman was able to recoup some of his third round slip to take second on the back of Poulter's fine play. LadyPutt just pipped Mary_S to third place as she had two picks score points compared to Mary's solitary pick. SetupDetermines didn't have any of his picks score points but he still had enough to hold off Davie who finally troubled the scorers. Davie's pick of Victor Dubuisson also shot 64 and finished 15th to double it up.

The three Turkish amateurs finished in the last spots on the leaderboard some 50 or so shots behind the winner. Their final round scores weren't too bad considering with scores from 74-76.

The DP World Tour Championship ends the Final Series and although the Race to Dubai has been sewn up it's still all to play for in the final event of the Summer/Autumn standings as just five points separates the podium placings.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Henrik Stenson -8
1. RedRage

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Victor Dubuisson -8
1. Davie

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Blue, you're playing Southern Dunes in Haines City, right? Have fun, and I've got your numbers just in case.

Correct Grumps just got back today. 5 rounds of golf at Southern Dunes and 1 day off to visit the Kennedy Space Centre which was absolutely fascinating.