GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #16 R2D Tour Championship

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #16

DP World Tour Championship

Nov 20 – Nov 23 ___ Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____  40 ____ 170 _____ 310

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 ____ 210 _____ 290

3. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 ____ 200 _____ 240

3. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  20 ____ 180 _____ 240

5. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  20 ____ 150 _____ 210

6. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 ____ 130 _____ 150  

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Ten picks finished in the points positions and everyone had at least two picks score points.  Four Fantasy Leaguers picked the winner in Henrik Stenson, four also picked one of the runners up in Rory McIlroy or Justin Rose.  Two of them had both the winner and one of the runners up.  SetupDetermines had four of his picks finish in the top 9 places, RedRage also had four picks but two of them were outside the top 10.  Mary_S and BlueCoverman both had three picks score points while Davie and LadyPutt each had two picks.  

The finish points put BlueCoverman at the top of the leaderboard but that was before bonus points for the final round were calculated.  66 was the low score of the day; four players shot 66 and two of them were picks.  Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen were both picked by SetupDetermines who, for the fourth day runnning had a low round scorer.  Those points were enough for SetupDetermines to overhaul BlueCoverman and take the win.  LadyPutt and RedRage also picked Poulter and Oosthuizen respectively.  Shane Lowry and Oliver Fisher also shot 66.

This event concludes the Summer/Autumn session.  The Thanksgiving holiday is this week and it's time to give thanks to all of you for taking part.  

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Louis Oosthuizen -6
1. RedRage
2. SetupDetermines

Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Ian Poulter -6
1. LadyPutt
2. SetupDetermines

Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Shane Lowry -6
1. None

Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Oliver Fisher -6
1. None

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For the second third day in a row one of SetupDetermines picks had the low round of the day.  Rafa Cabrera Bello followed up on his round of 64 to shoot 65.  SetupDetermines now takes the lead over BlueCoverman in both this event and in the Summer/Autumn standings.  The Top 10 Low Round scores were rounds of 67 or lower and two other picks were among them.  Eddie Pepperell shot 66 to earn points for both Davie and LadyPutt; they now are tied for third with RedRage.  Ross Fisher shot 67 to earn points for Mary_S and she is now off of the mark.

There are now seven picks inside the top 10 positions on the leaderboard and a few others are one or two shots outside of that.  The final round will keep it interesting to the very end

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Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Rafa Cabrera Bello -7
1. SetupDetermines

Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Marc Warren -7
1. None

Round 3 Low Scores (20 points)
-5 or lower

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For the second day in a row one of SetupDetermines picks had the low round of the day.  His pick of Rafa Cabrera Bello bounced back after an indifferent opening round to shoot 64.  That closes the gap on BlueCoverman on the leaderboard and in the Summer/Autumn standings.  There are six picks inside the top 10 positions on the leaderboard and a few others knocking on the door.  Round 3 should be very interesting.

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Round 2 Low Round (20 points)
Rafa Cabrera Bello -8
1. SetupDetermines

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BlueCoverman may have just made two real picks but they were pretty good ones.  One was Rory McIlroy showed few signs of rustiness in an opening 66 which tied Shane Lowry for low round of the day.  The other was Henrik Stenson, who was a popular pick, who shot 68 to sneak into the Top 5 Low Round scores.  One other pick, Richie Ramsay, also made it into the Low Round scores and lucky number 2 came up trumps for BlueCoverman.  SetupDetermines was the only other Fantasy Leaguer to pick McIlroy and RedRage had both Stenson and Ramsay.  They're the closest challengers to BlueCoverman at the moment.  Both Davie and LadyPutt selected Stenson and Mary_S is suffering from LPRPitis having benched Stenson and Ramsay.  RedRage may be rueing the benching of Lowry.

Brooks Koepka is suffering the after effects of too much Turkish Delight; his round of 78 was the worst by two shots.

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Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Rory McIlroy -6
1. BlueCoverman
2. SetupDetermines

Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Shane Lowry -6
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (20 points)
-4 or lower

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The DP World Tour Championship ends the Final Series and although the Race to Dubai has been sewn up by Rory McIlroy, who lapped the field, it's still all to play for in the final event of the Summer/Autumn standings as just five points separates the podium placings.  With BlueCoverman hoping to emulate RedRage and LadyPutt with picking by numbers victories there's a chance that someone else could take the prize.

Rory McIlroy has put his court room troubles and drama to one side to return to the action and headlines the field as number one in lots of ways.  Three other players from the top 10 in the OWGR are also in attendance and their rankings in the Race to Dubai are close to their OWGR numbers.  The top 15 after this event will share in the bonus pool so despite the overall prize being off the table there's still bucketloads of money to play for.  From the previous winners only Alvaro Quiros didn't qualify.  Henrik Stenson is the defending champion having taken the crown from McIlroy.

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 17th 2014:

CATEGORY A

Rory MCILROY 1
Henrik STENSON 4
Sergio GARCIA 6
Justin ROSE 7
Martin KAYMER 12
Graeme MCDOWELL 15
Victor DUBUISSON 22
Jamie DONALDSON 24
Ian POULTER 26
Charl SCHWARTZEL 29
Joost LUITEN 31
Thomas BJORN 32

CATEGORY B

Brooks KOEPKA 35
Stephen GALLACHER 38
Luke DONALD 39
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 41
Mikko ILONEN 42
Lee WESTWOOD 43
Thongchai JAIDEE 45
Shane LOWRY 52
Alexander LEVY 53
Ernie ELS 55
Francesco MOLINARI 57
Jonas BLIXT 58
Louis OOSTHUIZEN 60
Tommy FLEETWOOD 61
Marcel SIEM 66
Marc WARREN 67
Pablo LARRAZABAL 73
Bernd WIESBERGER 74
George COETZEE 76
Thorbjorn OLESEN 82
Richard STERNE 84
Danny WILLETT 85
Ross FISHER 87
Edoardo MOLINARI 95

CATEGORY C

Romain WATTEL 99
Richie RAMSAY 102
Rafa CABRERA BELLO 104
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 105
Robert KARLSSON 113
Hennie OTTO 120
Simon DYSON 121
David HOWELL 128
Matteo MANASSERO 129
David LIPSKY 138
Branden GRACE 139
Nicolas COLSAERTS 141
Emiliano GRILLO 146
Andy SULLIVAN 150
Tyrrell HATTON 153
Eddie PEPPERELL 157
Darren FICHARDT 159
Thomas AIKEN 161
Kristoffer BROBERG 169
Oliver WILSON 174
Michael HOEY 190
Wade ORMSBY 197
Matthew BALDWIN 223
Oliver FISHER 241

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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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BlueCoverman wrote: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)

Blue's picks

Cat A: Rory Mcilroy, Henrik Stenson (res: Graeme MCDOWELL)

Cat B: Brooks KOEPKA, Luke DONALD (res: Mikko ILONEN)

Cat C: Richie RAMSAY, Fabrizio ZANOTTI (res: Hennie OTTO)

With RedRage being only 40 points behind in the standings I'll wait for him to make picks. If he doesn't his usual numbers 2, 8, and 11 will be used for the picks and reserves.

Cat A: Sergio GARCIA; Justin ROSE Res: Henrik STENSON

Cat B: Luke DONALD; Ross FISHER Res: Lee Westwood

Cat C: Hennie OTTO; Branden GRACE Res: Richie RAMSAY

Cheers

CATEGORY A: Henrik STENSON, Justin ROSE (res: Graeme MCDOWELL)

CATEGORY B: Brooks KOEPKA, Lee WESTWOOD (res: Marcel SIEM)

CATEGORY C: Nicolas COLSAERTS, Eddie PEPPERELL (res: Oliver WILSON)

Last push to win the season

Cat A: Henrik Stenson & Ian Poulter (res Jamie Donaldson)
Cat B: Miguel Angel Jimenez & Lee Westwood (res Marcel Siem)
Cat C: Tyrrell Hatton & Eddie Pepperell (res Oliver Wilson)

Looking forward to this (and the F1 showdown on Sunday!)   .

CAT A : Rory, Poults RES Sergio

CAT B : Mikko, Louis RES Lee

CAT C : Rafa, Robert K, RES David L

Gotta go for it.

Winner takes it all.

A: H. Stenson, S. Garcia, I. poultry (R)
B: L. Westwood, L. Oosthuizen, S. Lowry (R)
C: N. Colsaerts, R. Ramsay, R. Karlsson (R)


Good luck peeps!

No picks from you again this week Grumps?

Nope. I've said a few times that I'm not really into pro golf. I probably see more pro golf live and in person than I do watching on TV. I'll watch the majors, although never much of the U.S. Open for one reason or another, and the Ryder Cup but that's it.

GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #16

DP World Tour Championship

Nov 20 – Nov 23 ___ Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

1. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

2. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

2. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

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

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

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



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BlueCoverman may have just made two real picks but they were pretty good ones. One was Rory McIlroy showed few signs of rustiness in an opening 66 which tied Shane Lowry for low round of the day. The other was Henrik Stenson, who was a popular pick, who shot 68 to sneak into the Top 5 Low Round scores. One other pick, Richie Ramsay, also made it into the Low Round scores and lucky number 2 came up trumps for BlueCoverman. SetupDetermines was the only other Fantasy Leaguer to pick McIlroy and RedRage had both Stenson and Ramsay. They're the closest challengers to BlueCoverman at the moment. Both Davie and LadyPutt selected Stenson and Mary_S is suffering from LPRPitis having benched Stenson and Ramsay. RedRage may be rueing the benching of Lowry.

Brooks Koepka is suffering the after effects of too much Turkish Delight; his round of 78 was the worst by two shots.

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Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Rory McIlroy -6
1. BlueCoverman
2. SetupDetermines

Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Shane Lowry -6
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (20 points)
-4 or lower

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #16

DP World Tour Championship

Nov 20 – Nov 23 ___ Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 80

2. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 60

3. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

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

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

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

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For the second day in a row one of SetupDetermines picks had the low round of the day.  His pick of Rafa Cabrera Bello bounced back after an indifferent opening round to shoot 64.  That closes the gap on BlueCoverman on the leaderboard and in the Summer/Autumn standings.  There are six picks inside the top 10 positions on the leaderboard and a few others knocking on the door.  Round 3 should be very interesting.

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Round 2 Low Round (20 points)
Rafa Cabrera Bello -8
1. SetupDetermines

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #16

DP World Tour Championship

Nov 20 – Nov 23 ___ Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Round 3

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

1. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____  XX _____ XX _____ 100

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 80

3. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

3. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

3. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

6. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20  

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For the second third day in a row one of SetupDetermines picks had the low round of the day.  Rafa Cabrera Bello followed up on his round of 64 to shoot 65.  SetupDetermines now takes the lead over BlueCoverman in both this event and in the Summer/Autumn standings.  The Top 10 Low Round scores were rounds of 67 or lower and two other picks were among them.  Eddie Pepperell shot 66 to earn points for both Davie and LadyPutt; they now are tied for third with RedRage.  Ross Fisher shot 67 to earn points for Mary_S and she is now off of the mark.

There are now seven picks inside the top 10 positions on the leaderboard and a few others are one or two shots outside of that.  The final round will keep it interesting to the very end

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Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Rafa Cabrera Bello -7
1. SetupDetermines

Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Marc Warren -7
1. None

Round 3 Low Scores (20 points)
-5 or lower

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GolfChatUK Fantasy League 2013–2014 - Summer/Autumn Session - Event #16

DP World Tour Championship

Nov 20 – Nov 23 ___ Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____  40 ____ 170 _____ 310

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 ____ 210 _____ 290

3. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 ____ 200 _____ 240

3. Redrage ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  20 ____ 180 _____ 240

5. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  20 ____ 150 _____ 210

6. Mary_S ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 ____ 130 _____ 150  

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Ten picks finished in the points positions and everyone had at least two picks score points.  Four Fantasy Leaguers picked the winner in Henrik Stenson, four also picked one of the runners up in Rory McIlroy or Justin Rose.  Two of them had both the winner and one of the runners up.  SetupDetermines had four of his picks finish in the top 9 places, RedRage also had four picks but two of them were outside the top 10.  Mary_S and BlueCoverman both had three picks score points while Davie and LadyPutt each had two picks.  

The finish points put BlueCoverman at the top of the leaderboard but that was before bonus points for the final round were calculated.  66 was the low score of the day; four players shot 66 and two of them were picks.  Ian Poulter and Louis Oosthuizen were both picked by SetupDetermines who, for the fourth day runnning had a low round scorer.  Those points were enough for SetupDetermines to overhaul BlueCoverman and take the win.  LadyPutt and RedRage also picked Poulter and Oosthuizen respectively.  Shane Lowry and Oliver Fisher also shot 66.

This event concludes the Summer/Autumn session.  The Thanksgiving holiday is this week and it's time to give thanks to all of you for taking part.  

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Louis Oosthuizen -6
1. RedRage
2. SetupDetermines

Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Ian Poulter -6
1. LadyPutt
2. SetupDetermines

Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Shane Lowry -6
1. None

Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Oliver Fisher -6
1. None

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1GrumpyGolfer wrote: The Thanksgiving holiday is this week and it's time to give thanks to all of you for taking part.  

And thanks to you for doing all this!

Thank you for all your hard word on this GG!

At least I got into treble figures in the final round.

Davie wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote: The Thanksgiving holiday is this week and it's time to give thanks to all of you for taking part.  

And thanks to you for doing all this!

I second that