The Open Competition!

by sportform Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:27 am

So it is time for the third major of 2012 and the action comes over to this side of the Atlantic with The Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Anne's. Alsie won The Masters Competition back in April with Bobby4320 taking the honours in the US Open Competition in June.

Most of you will be looking to fair better than last year's Open, where 21 failed to make the 'cut'. With the first tee being early on Thursday morning it is probably best to get your entries in by Wednesday evening.

The rules remain the same so if you haven't played before all you have to do is select six golfers, before the first tee off on Thursday, then sit back and see how they get on. I will hopefully get a leaderboard up for each round sometime the following morning.

The winner will be the person with the lowest combined score from their three best finishers. That allows upto three of your selections to not make the cut. The competition scores will be the actual scores from the golfers. So if you have Tiger Woods and he scores 280 for his four rounds, you get 280 towards you score.

The full rules are listed at the bottom of this post.

Here is a list of the winners so far and you can see The Open 2010 & 2011 final leaderboards in the spoilers below:-

	The Masters	US Open	The Open	US PGA
2012	Alsie	Bobby4320
2011	GG	WillyGilly	Yadsendew	Faldono1fan
2010	navyblueshorts	no1yankee	Rich	venice1

The Open 2011

Spoiler:

The Open 2010

Spoiler:

To clarify here are the rules:-

1) Select six golfers before 6.19am on Thursday.

2) Your score will be the cumulative scores from the three best performing golfers of your six selections.

3) As in any golf competition the person with the lowest score wins. Par for this competition would be 864.

4) You must have atleast three of your selections make the cut in order to win.

5) In the event of a tie for first place, your fourth best placed selection will be the decider. If there is still a tie after that the fifth then sixth selections will be considered respectively.

Hope that explains it all and good luck.

by mystiroakey Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:28 am

ok ta sports.

rose
donald
westy
harris english
zach johnson
p michelson

by super_realist Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:29 am

Molinari,
Rock
Thorbjorn Oleson
Freddie Jacobsen
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose.

Cheers buana

by dynamark Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:35 am

Jeev
Rock
Mickleson
Woods
Westy
Rose

Cheers

by barragan Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:48 am

Mcdowell harrington colsearts anderson-hed calcavecchia and Paul lawrie

not sure if Anderson-hed made the draw? If not i'll have coetzee in his place
ta very much

by Roller_Coaster Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:52 am

Woods
Westwood
Oosthuizen
Stricker
Fowler
Harrington

Other finger in the wind choices available.

Cheers

by incontinentia Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:50 am

Woods
Ishikawa
Noren
Na
Els
Rock

Thanks sportsville and good luck to all!

by John Cregan Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:54 am

Woods
Mickelson
Westwood
Kuchar
Fowler
Stricker

Cheers Sportsville..............

by EmmDee57 Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:08 am

Ernie Els
Rickie Fowler
Graeme McDowell
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Tiger Woods
Marcel Siem (Reserve - if any of the above 6 w/d before tee off)

Cheers Sportsville

by golfermartin Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:13 am

Sportsville

Please may I have:

Donald
Rose
Westwood
Laird
Bjorn
Ishikawa

Thank you

by bluestonevedder Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:24 am

Finally decided to do this for the first time!

I'll go:

Westwood
Donald
Furyk
Dustin Johnson
Adam Scott
Justin Rose

by princedracula Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:33 am

McDowell
Harrington
Westwood
Colsaerts
Molinari
Mickelson

Cheers, sportsville!

by hend085 Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:34 am

Ernie Els
Rory Mac
Paddy Harrington
Colsaerts
Westwood
Jacobsen

by Lairdy Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:01 am

I'll have a go this time please -

Harrington
Grace
Woods
Westwood
Dustin Johnson
Fowler

by kwinigolfer Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:33 am

Failed to make the cut at last year's Open, better luck for these gents this time around:

Harrington
McDowell
Westwood
Poulter
Rose
Paul Lawrie

Thanks sporty,

by sirbenson Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:02 pm

Harrington
Rose
Z.Johnson
Fowler
Choi
Scott

Thanks sportsville

by Leff Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:27 pm

Westwood
Oosthuizen
Rory Mac
Sergio Garcia
J Dufner
Colsaerts

Thanks, sportsville.

by mystiroakey Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:30 pm

ermmm surprised how many arnt going for donald here- i think he is big fav this time around. I see a different side to him and i think the course is spot on for him

by Conehead Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:31 pm

Donald
Westy
Rose
Woods
Lawrie
Fowler

by Tiler76 Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:55 pm

Woods
Westwood
Harrington
Garcia
Jacobsen
McDowell

Cheers! thumbsup

by Skydriver Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:17 pm

Going for international coverage again:

L Donald
R Fowler
P Harrington
F Molinari
A Noren
and A Romero as wildcard

Cheers / may the best man win - or if not, then the luckiest!

by Tony B Liar Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:23 pm

Harrington
Dufner
Westwood
Michelson
Rose
Luke D

Cheers

by Alsie Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:27 pm

Sporty,

Woods
Els
Kaymer
Westwood
Harrington
Fowler

Cheers,

by daidimview Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:45 pm

Afternoon, 1st bash.

Luke Donald
Graeme Mc Dowell
Lee Westwood
Fran Molinari
David Love
Retief Goosen

by Thomond Tue Jul 17, 2012 1:48 pm

Francesco Molinari
Padraig Harrington
Luke Donald
Zach Johnson (a bit out there)
Jason Day (another strange one)
Dufner

Hoping my ragtag band of misfits do the job but don't expect a lot.

by Faldono1fan Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:30 pm

Westwood
Dufner
Kuchar
Woods
F Molinari
Harrington

Cheers Sporty.

by Caf Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:35 pm

tiger woods
lee westwood
ian poulter
matin kaymer
louis oosthuizen
charl schwartzel

thanks

by Hibbz Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:45 pm

Ernie Els
Lee Westwood
Richard Sterne
Rapha Jacquelin
Dustin Johnson
Paul Lawrie

Thanks

by pedro Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:59 pm

L. Westwood
L. Donald
J. Rose
F. Molinari
S. Garcia
G. McDowell

by dancingweeman Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:33 pm

McDowell
Mickelson
Donald
Rose
Day
Harrington

Cheers!

by TheCleaver Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:15 pm

Rickie Fowler
Rory McIlroy
Phil Mickelson
Justin Rose
Steve Stricker
Bo Van Pelt

Thanks Sportsville!

by I'm never wrong Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:29 pm

Good day Sportsville
The votes are in from the I'm Never Wrong jury and are as follows:-

Mr T Woods
Mr M Laird
Mr Z Johnson
Mr P Mickelson
Mr L Westwood
Mr L Donald

I hope to beat my last year position of third last.
Thank you.

by boyhyde Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:29 pm

Donald
McDowell
Garcia
Oosthuizen
Colsaerts
Noren

Cheers Sporty!! Fingers Crossed

by CJB Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:50 pm

Byrd
Donald
Woods
Garcia
Fowler
Rory

by lufcinmyveins Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:55 am

Westwood
Paul lawrie
Mickelson
Woods
Donald
Harrington

Cheers

by super_realist Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:59 am

A lot of predictable (a.k.a unimaginative or boring if you prefer) choices but the Open is far from a predictable event, especially on this course.
Either a lot of 606ers are going to be joint first or someone crafty enough to pick a few unusual and unheralded players will win the league.

by Eyetoldyouso Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:28 am

Woods
McDowell
Rose
Furyk
Garcia
Oosthuizen

by Sand Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:47 am

Westwood
Garcia
Fowler
Rose
Donald
Colsaerts

by liverbnz Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:21 am

Westwood
Garcia
Curtis
Harrington
Donald
JM Singh

by sportform Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:06 pm

Rickie Fowler
Sergio Garcia
Raphael Jacquelin
Martin Kaymer
Robert Rock
Justin Rose

by AlciG Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:04 pm

Tiger Woods
Jason Dufner
Justin Rose
Adam Scott
Ricky Fowler
John Huh

by oldparwin Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:34 pm

Woods
Kucher
Bradley
Laird
Westwood
Rose

by WillyGilly Wed Jul 18, 2012 9:14 pm

Howdy

gmac
Westy
Donald
Mcilroy
Poulter
Fowler

Cheers sportsville

by detones Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:10 pm

Westy
Harrington
Rose
Mickelson
Fowler
D.Johnson

Thanks Sportsville,

by McLaren Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:29 pm

Rose
Donald
Mahan
Westwood
Harrington
Bo van pelt

by Bobby4320 Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:35 pm

Dufner
Els
Garcia
F Molinari
Westwood
Woods

by matelot golfer Wed Jul 18, 2012 10:57 pm

A Hansen
F molinari
Siem
Fowler
Woods
Harrington

by ralphjohn69 Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:13 am

Late entry!

Donald
Dufner
Kuchar
Oosthuizen
Molinari
Westwood

by BlueCoverman Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:20 am

Even later!

Luke DONALD
Jason DUFFNER
Zach JOHNSON
Graeme McDOWELL
Justin ROSE
Charl SCHWARTZEL

Cheers Sportsville clap

by 4putt Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:07 am

Harrington
Rose
McDowell
Westwood
Poulter
Donald

Cheers.

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