Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #01

Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #01

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Jan 15 – Jan 18 ___ Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Raycastleunited ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  15 ____ 150 _____ 240

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  20 ____ 145 _____ 240

3. McLaren ___________ 40 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 10 ____ 40 _____  5 ____ 110 _____ 235

4. Kouchi ____________ 50 (8/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 20 _____  5 _____ 85 _____ 190

4. Kwinigolfer _______ 40 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  15 _____ 95 _____ 190

6. Ned B-H ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  15 _____ 80 _____ 175

7. Barragan __________ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 80 _____ 160

7. Boyhyde ___________ 45 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 20 _____  5 _____ 60 _____ 160

9. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 30 _____  5 _____ 75 _____ 155

10. Hibbz ____________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____  10 _____ 90 _____ 150

11. Davie ____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  15 _____ 55 _____ 135

11. I'm Never Wrong __ 40 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 75 _____ 135

13. Incontinentia ____ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  10 _____ 70 _____ 130

14. Goldwolf _________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  15 _____ 65 _____ 125

14. Mary _____________ 45 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 70 _____ 125

14. Pedro ____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____  5 _____ 70 _____ 125

17. LadyPutt _________ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 60 _____ 105

18. BlueCoverman _____ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 50 ______ 85

19. Beninho __________ 25 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 40 ______ 75

20. super_Realist ____ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 15 ______ 65

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What a finish!  Several bookies had paid out on a Kaymer win as German efficiency is almost a given but he saved his two worst holes for when he was playing his last ten.  This allowed two other players to sneak up on the outside and pass him.  Those who picked Kaymer shouldn't feel so disappointed as his poor finish to the round also saw him pick up worst round points.  Gary Stal was the main beneficiary of the Kaymer Kollapse and his round of 65 was also the joint best of the day.  Just three Fantasy Leaguers picked him, and two of those also picked McIlroy and Kaymer to finish with a 1, 2, and 3.

After round 3 16 players were in scoring positions and as stated lots of points were to be dished out.  After the final round 17 scored points.  So what does this mean for the final positions.  Well McLaren was caught by 1GrumpyGolfer and Raycastleunited.  They had the 1, 2, and 3.  They also had a 9th place finish in Jamie Donaldson and Ross Fisher respectively.  However, and here's the crucial bit, Raycastleunited had Branden Grace who sneaked into 20th place picking up 5 valuable points.  1GrumpyGolfer didn't have anyone else in the placings so he loses the playoff.  McLaren was just squeezed out.  Kwinigolfer also picked Gary Stal and shared 4th place with Kouchi.  

Ned B-H, Barragan, Boyhyde, SetupDetermines, and Hibbz pulled out a top 10 finish.  Davie, I'm Never Wrong, Incontinentia, Goldwolf, Mary, and Pedro finished in mid table obscurity.  LadyPutt finished just outside the relegation zone, BlueCoverman's charge fell just short.  Beninho and Super_Realist swapped places at the bottom.  

Justin Rose and Ernie Els matched Stal's 65.  Rose earned points for a bunch of Fantasy Leaguers.  Andy Sullivan matched Kaymer's round and earned points for a few Fantasy Leaguers.  Jason Palmer finished last on +2, one of four players who didn't finish under par.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Gary Stal -7
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. Kwinigolfer
3. Raycastleunited

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Justin Rose -7
1. BlueCoverman
2. Davie
3. Goldwolf
4. Hibbz
5. Incontinentia
6. Mary
7. Ned B-H

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Ernie Els -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (5 points)
Martin Kaymer +3
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. Boyhyde
3. Davie
4. Kouchi
5. Kwinigolfer
6. McLaren
7. Ned B-H
8. Pedro
9. Raycastleunited

Final Round Worse Round (5 points)
Andy Sullivan +3
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. Goldwolf
3. SetupDetermines

Last Place (5 points)
Jason Palmer +2
1. None

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The 10th edition of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship opens the Middle East Swing.  Chris DiMarco won the first event before Paul Casey and Martin Kaymer swapped the next five titles, the only repeat winners, before Robert Rock, Jamie Donaldson, and Pablo Larrazabal lifted the title.  Casey is the only previous winner to miss the event, Kaymer is the only one to actually defend the title, and Larrazabal must be hoping to buck that trend.  

World Number 1, Rory McIlroy, puts his legal worries and troubles behind him for the time being and opens his 2015 defence of his Race to Dubai title.  He's joined by three other top 10 players in Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose, and the invited Rickie Fowler.  There are another seven players from the top 50 in the OWGR in attendance this week.  A total of 57 players are providing value to the OWGR points on offer for this event, for more detail see the OWGR threads that GPB, Robopz, et al contribute to.  One of my Category B favourites, Andy Sullivan, fresh off his maiden victory over Charl Schwartzel, is also in the field along with four others whose fine finishes last week got them into this event; Matthew Fitzpatrick, Paul Maddy, who BlueCoverman can tell you about, Lee Slattery, and Alessandro Tadini.

There are three Categories where you will need pick three players, plus reserve, from each one.  There are bonus points available if you get all of your picks through in any category.  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, 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 – January 13th 2014:

CATEGORY A

Rory MCILROY 1
Henrik STENSON 2
Justin ROSE 6
Rickie FOWLER 10
Martin KAYMER 12
Victor DUBUISSON 19
Jamie DONALDSON 24
Charl SCHWARTZEL 26
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 39
Mikko ILONEN 47
Danny WILLETT 49
Alexander LEVY 53
Tommy FLEETWOOD 55
Ernie ELS 63

CATEGORY B

Anirban LAHIRI 65
Ross FISHER 68
Marc WARREN 69
Pablo LARRAZABAL 71
Bernd WIESBERGER 74
Branden GRACE 80
Thorbjorn OLESEN 81
Andy SULLIVAN 83
George COETZEE 84
Richie RAMSAY 92
Richard STERNE 93
Rafa CABRERA BELLO 95
Scott HEND 98
Romain WATTEL 101
Robert KARLSSON 102
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 103
Edoardo MOLINARI 112
Andrew JOHNSTON 113
Benjamin HEBERT 119
Simon DYSON 120
Emiliano GRILLO 129
David LIPSKY 130
Tyrrell HATTON 131
David HOWELL 134
Kiradech APHIBARNRAT 135
Nicolas COLSAERTS 140
Thomas AIKEN 142
Peter UIHLEIN 148
Wade ORMSBY 149
Eddie PEPPERELL 151
Matteo MANASSERO 152
Felipe AGUILAR 160
David HORSEY 161
Oliver WILSON 163
Darren FICHARDT 164
Kristoffer BROBERG 165
Alejandro CANIZARES 166
Marcus FRASER 172
Byeong-hun AN 176
Brett RUMFORD 180
Gregory BOURDY 193
Jbe' KRUGER 193
Moritz LAMPERT 196
Morten Orum MADSEN 206
Michael HOEY 207
Julien QUESNE 211
Richard GREEN 220
Oliver FISHER 225
Raphael JACQUELIN 228
Bradley DREDGE 234
Shiv KAPUR 235
Thomas PIETERS 237
Mark TULLO 238
Matthew BALDWIN 239
Scott JAMIESON 240
Sam HUTSBY 248

CATEGORY C

Alvaro QUIROS 252
Paul WARING 253
Seve BENSON 256
Oliver FARR 257
Jason PALMER 265
Richard BLAND 276
Lee SLATTERY 277
Dawie VAN DER WALT 279
Gregory HAVRET 281
Lucas BJERREGAARD 284
Mike LORENZO-VERA 285
Graeme STORM 294
Mark FOSTER 296
Johan CARLSSON 298
Anders HANSEN 305
Jordi GARCIA PINTO 312
Marco CRESPI 313
Edouard ESPANA 314
Chris DOAK 320
Craig LEE 322
Magnus A CARLSSON 323
Matthew FITZPATRICK 327
David DRYSDALE 330
Paul LAWRIE 331
Steve WEBSTER 334
Soren KJELDSEN 340
Maximilian KIEFFER 344
Damien MCGRANE 345
Gary STAL 357
James MORRISON 361
Robert ROCK 374
Alessandro TADINI 382
Garth MULROY 407
Matthew NIXON 408
Tom LEWIS 414
Darren CLARKE 421
Daniel BROOKS 432
Anthony WALL 433
Jorge CAMPILLO 436
Jin JEONG 442
Callum SHINKWIN 448
Simon KHAN 497
Soren HANSEN 516
Richard FINCH 557
Paul MADDY 580
Y.E. YANG 648
Alex NOREN 704
Niclas FASTH 810
Ollie SCHNIEDERJANS (AM) 933
Dominic FOOS 1106
Tian-Lang GUAN (AM) 1156
Jeev Milkha SINGH 1197
Chris DIMARCO 1199
Michael CAMPBELL 1434
Renato PARATORE 1548
Ahmed AL MUSHARREKH 1548

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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 9 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 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 3 players and 1 reserve from each category and the relative event number or name: Players 4, 5, and 8, reserve 9 from Category A, players 1, 3, and 7, reserve 5 from Category B, players 1, 2 and 17, 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 - 5th _________ 20 ____________ 40 ___________ 60
6th - 10th ________ 15 ____________ 30 ___________ 45
11th - 15th _______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
16th - 20th ________ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15

Last Place _________ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15

Low Round * _______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Worse Round * ______ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15

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 unless specified otherwise in the rules
** Where separate Low Amateur is specified in rules

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Resurecting the Fantasy League that GoldWolf started, Venice continued, and I fell into somewhat. Looking to see if any more interest is generated. Ideas welcome, whether they're acted upon....

First tee times in the wee hours for UK folks on Thursday morning, for US folks this starts around 10pm EST on Wednesday evening.

I don't know if I've got the hang of this, or whether I will be able to last the season. (Are all Euro Tour events counting? Or just selected ones?)
Anyway, here are my picks.
(A) McIlroy, Donaldson, Willet (R) Fleetwood.
(B) R Fisher, Grace, Karlsson (R) Wattel
(C) Quiros, Slattery, Havret (R) Mulroy

INW - if it's following the format of the last two years on the other place then it will be a mixture of European tour and PGA tour with maybe the occasional ladies event thrown in for variety

A thread worthy of a sticky I would have thought

This sounds good. Count me in. Will post my choices soon.

Just giving it a try. Being a rookie and somewhat green in these matters.
A.- McIlroy, Stenson, Kaymer, (R)=Willett
B.- Coetzee, Grace, Olesen, (R)=Hend
C.- A.Hansen, Drysdale, Wall, (R)=Paratore

A: Stenson, Kaymer, Willett: Sub's bench: Donaldson
B: Olesen, Larrazabal, Grace: Sub: Wattel
C: Stal, Benson, Nixon: Sub: Fitzpatrick

Thanks.

CATEGORY A: Martin KAYMER, Henrik STENSON, Justin ROSE (res: Victor DUBUISSON)

CATEGORY B: Ross FISHER, Thorbjorn OLESEN, Nicolas COLSAERTS (res: Peter UIHLEIN)

CATEGORY C: Alvaro QUIROS, Seve BENSON, Lee SLATTERY (res: Anders HANSEN)

Rory MCILROY
Mikko ILONEN
Danny WILLETT
Rafa CABRERA BELLO
Eddie PEPPERELL
Shiv KAPUR
Lucas BJERREGAARD
Tom LEWIS
Magnus A CARLSSON

reserves
Henrik STENSON
Anirban LAHIRI
Ahmed AL MUSHARREKH

Nice one Grumps - thanks for resurrecting

A - Schwartzel, Kaymer, Levy (Rose)
B - Olesen, Karlsson, Madsen (Lipsky)
C - Tadini, A Hansen, Slattery (Waring)

Cheers

A
Rory McIlroy
Martin Kaymer
Victor Dubuisson
(Justin Rose)

B
Bernd Wiesberger
Brenden Grace
Rafa Cabrera Bello
(Marc Warren)

C
Seve Benson
Lee Slattery
Andres Hansen
(Alvaro Quiros)

Thanks.

A: Stenson
Illonen
Willet
McIlroy (sub)

B: Colsaerts
Olesen
Fisher
Howell (Sub)

C: Quiros
Hansen
Rock
Kjeldsen (sub)

thanks

A.- R McIlroy, R Fowler, Victor D, RES Justin R

B.- Andy SULLIVAN, Rafa CABRERA BELLO, Bernd WIESBERGER, RES Fabrizio ZANOTTI

C.- Matthew FITZPATRICK, Alvaro QUIROS ,Robert ROCK , Res Gary STAL

Cheers Grumps.

A- Victor DUBUISSON
Rory McIlroy
Justin Rose
reserve: Mikko Ilonen

B- Thorbjorn OLESEN
Matteo MANASSERO
Rafa CABRERA BELLO
reserve: Richard Sterne

C- Matthew Fitzpatrick
Robert Rock
Mark Foster
reserve: Damien McGrane


Thanks Grump!

McIlroy
Rose
Kaymer
(Stenson)

Cabrera-Bello
Colsaerts
Coetzee
(Karlsson)

A Hansen
J Carlsson
Rock
(Drysdale)

Thanks to everyone on here for joining in. We've enjoyed it on "the other place" for a couple of years but it will be so much better with more people involved. For those who wonder what I do as Judge, if there's a dispute on anything   , my word is final!

So here are my picks - a bit difficult because, apart from the Saffers and the few Euros who made the trip over, there's not much form to go by

Cat A: Rory McIlroy, Henrick Stenson & Alexander Levy (res Danny Willett)
Cat B: Marc Warren, Tyrrell Hatton & Robert Karlsson (Andy Sullivan)
Cat C: Lee Slattery, Matthew Fitzpatrick & David Drysdale (res Alvaro Quiros)

Are we competing against the dark side? That would be cool.

Good work Grumps - and it looks like a lot of work - good luck. One question... shouldn't the worst round and last place finisher get a hefty portion of negative points - seems wrong to reward poor play, much better to start dishing out 2 stroke penalties

A
MCILROY
STENSON
DONALDSON
(R)KAYMER

B
WIESBERGER
GRACE
COETZEE
(R)JACQUELIN

C
LAWRIE
KJELDSEN
ROCK
(R)DOAK

McLaren wrote:Are we competing against the dark side? That would be cool.

We're all in it together - and YOU were the Dark Side

barragan wrote:Good work Grumps - and it looks like a lot of work - good luck. One question... shouldn't the worst round and last place finisher get a hefty portion of negative points - seems wrong to reward poor play, much better to start dishing out 2 stroke penalties

The points are there to allow those who happen to pick that week's chopper some reward and hopefully keep them interested; there's nothing worse than making picks and nothing happens. Bad play used to get rewarded the same as good play so that's been changed for this go around and the last place points have been reduced to the levels of a 16th to 20th place finisher, previously it was the equivalent of the 11th to 15th place finisher.

boyhyde wrote:Nice one Grumps - thanks for resurrecting

A - Schwartzel, Kaymer, Levy (Rose)
B - Olesen, Karlsson, Madsen (Lipsky)
C - Tadini, A Hansen, Slattery (Waring)

Cheers

Welcome back BH; where have you been hyding?

I'm never wrong wrote:I don't know if I've got the hang of this, or whether I will be able to last the season. (Are all Euro Tour events counting? Or just selected ones?)

As Davie already said; it's a mixture between the Euro and PGA Tours which is why I try to pick the events that have the bigger names rather than obscure ones. Back in the day we did throw some LPGA/LET events in but haven't done for a while despite LadyPutt's interest.

European Tour events are typically easier for me to keep up with as I can record scores and make updates while I'm at work but I think having PGA Tour events makes it more interesting for UK folks watching in the evening because your pick might be on TV...

Good stuff Grumps, great to see this up and running again.

Before I make my picks, I couldn't quite work out from your post if Bluecoverman is Cat 2 like Andy sullivan or Cat 3 like Paul Maddy. Could you please confirm? ta

barragan wrote:Good work Grumps - and it looks like a lot of work

Don't you worry Barra he's got plenty of free time...living in Pennsylvania he won't be playing any golf until at least April! Why do you think they call him Grumpy?  

Cat sh1t if my last round is anything to go by Ray...

Ha, not many choppers in the field and I didn't see his name in the tee times so I think he didn't qualify for this one.  Maybe I should have used some parenthec's, pairenthesees, brackets to make it clearer....

The linking of Blue and Paul Maddy was a reference to another thread where Blue said he happened to play in a pro/am that was recently won by Paul Maddy.

Cat A:
MCILROY
STENSON
KAYMER
Res - ROSE

Cat B:
Branden GRACE
Thorbjorn OLESEN
Ross FISHER
Res - Andy SULLIVAN

Cat C:
Alvaro QUIROS
Gary STAL
Matthew FITZPATRICK
Res - Bluecoverman if he makes it down to Abu Dhabi, otherwise David DRYSDALE

Cheers Grumps.

Hi grumpy, goldwolf here. Good to see the old league back up and running, good old days!

A: McIlroy, Rose, Stenson. Res Willet
B: Pepperill, Sulivan, Hatton. Res Horsey
C: Noren, Fitzpatrick, Lewis. Res Storm

It never went away GW - just moved to the "other side" where Grumps has manfully kept it going, but not exactly flourishing.

Cat A: Rory MCILROY, Justin ROSE, Rickie FOWLER (Res: Henrik STENSON)

Cat B: Ross FISHER, George COETZEE, Andrew JOHNSTON (Res: Simon DYSON)

Cat C: Lee SLATTERY, Chris DOAK, Paul LAWRIE (Res: Steve WEBSTER)

Cheers GG!

I love all these blasts from the 606 past . . . . . . .

Rory MCILROY
Henrik STENSON
Justin ROSE
res Rickie FOWLER

Pablo LARRAZABAL
Bernd WIESBERGER
Alejandro CANIZARES
res Anirban LAHIRI

Matthew FITZPATRICK
James MORRISON
Robert ROCK
res Craig LEE

Many thanks in advance for your time and hard work in running this xx

Probably a bit late now but shame the admins weren't on the ball enough to sticky this in other sub forums

Kaymer
Stenson
McIlroy
(R) Levy

Olesen
Larrazabal
Cabrera-Bello
(R) Hatton

M Carlsson
Fitzpatrick
Paratore
(R) J Carlsson

Thanks.

Davie wrote:Probably a bit late now but shame the admins weren't on the ball enough to sticky this in other sub forums

It would still be worth it for the rest if the season.

Cat A: Rory McIlroy, Martin Kaymer, Jamie Donaldson. Reserve Justin Rose
Cat B: Andy Sullivan, Peter Uihlein, Rafa Cabrera Bello. Reserve Oliver Fisher
Cat C: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Lee Slattery, Gary Stal. Reserve Robert Rock

Don't want to give Grumps too much work Mac by posting it everywhere. Hard enough with just us.

super_realist wrote:
B: Colsaerts
   Olesen
   Fisher   
  Howell (Sub)

C: Quiros
   Hansen
   Rock
   Kjeldsen (sub)

thanks

Super - need some clarity; which Fisher are you after?  Ross or Oliver? Which Hansen? Anders or Soren?
Thanks Grumps

Ross, please Grumps. I don't think Oliver could swing a cat, let alone a club.  Surely he should be in the Z bracket?

And Anders Hansen please.

You got it Super.

Davie wrote:Probably a bit late now but shame the admins weren't on the ball enough to sticky this in other sub forums

To be fair Davie, the admins let the golf section run itself and I doubt they're even aware of this thread. If I'd seen any suggestion (must have missed it if there has been) to open this up to the other forums I'd have certainly been happy to run the idea by them and am sure they'd have been willing.

kwinigolfer wrote:I love all these blasts from the 606 past . . . . . . .

Cat A: Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson (res: Martin Kaymer)
Cat B: Rafael Cabrera Bello, George Coetzee, Richard Sterne (res: Tyrrell Hatton)
Cat C: Johan Carlsson, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Alvaro Quiros (res: Paul Maddy )

Cheers Grumps

Someone needs to have a word with Mr.Stenson . . . . . .

Fancy succumbing to LPRPitis first time out Blue

There's a few Cat A picks not living up to their high rankings Kwini but Stenson does seem to be a rusty Swede as opposed to a trusty steed in this race.

Good ole Rustin Jose was going along nicely at one point too but fell away

Michael Campbell w/d but don't think anyone picked him. Not even Blue

Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #01

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Jan 15 – Jan 18 ___ Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

1. Boyhyde ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 30 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

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

1. Kwinigolfer _______ XX (X/X) ____ 30 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. McLaren ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 30 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

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

6. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

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

6. Ned B-H ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

6. Pedro _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

11. Barragan _________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

11. Beninho __________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

11. Goldwolf _________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

11. I'm Never Wrong __ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

11. super_Realist ____ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

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

16. Hibbz ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 00

16. Incontinentia ____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 00

16. Mary_S ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 00

16. SetupDetermines __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 00

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Fifteen Fantasy Leaguers got off to a good start with some doing better than most.  Martin Kaymer was picked by almost half of the League and he obliged with a 64 which was the round of the day; there's far too many to go through so see below for those clever folks.  Two others succumbed to the phenomenom know as LPRPitis.  Named after LadyPutt this affliction causes the sufferer much angst as the reserve picks often score better than the full team.  BlueCoverman and Barragan are under quarantine at the moment.

Five Fantasy Leaguers backed up Kaymer's play with another pick that shot 66 or lower.  These scores get you into the Top 5 Low Round scores in round 1 and earns more points.  A couple of old hands in Boyhyde and Raycastleunited are joined by newcomers Kouchi, Kwinigolfer, and McLaren.  These guys hold the lead at this early stage.  LadyPutt was the only other Fantasy Leaguer to have two picks shoot 66 or lower but she didn't pick Kaymer.  She's joined by the remaining Kaymer pickers.

Honourable mentions go to Barragan, Beninho, Goldwolf, I'm Never Wrong, and Super_Realist.  These all picked one player that shot 66.  Hibbz, Incontinentia, Mary, and SetupDetermines are yet to trouble the scorer but it's only round 1 and there's a lot to play for.

At the wrong end of the leaderboard Jin Jeong had an 80 but the closest picks to him only had 76s.

With almost half the field picked 40 are under par and will need to stay and improve to make the cut.  Some 14 others are at par or above and these will need to go low to make the weekend.  Everyone has at least one pick that needs to do just that and unusually it's Cat A picks that are letting the sides down.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Martin Kaymer -8
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. Boyhyde
3. Davie
4. Kouchi
5. Kwinigolfer
6. McLaren
7. Ned B-H
8. Pedro
9. Raycastleunited

Round 1 Worse Round (5 points)
Jin Jeong +8
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-6 or lower

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I'll sit this one out, Grumps... only saw the post on the other forum this morning, but will keep my eyes peeled for the remainder of the season.

Jin Jeong has comfortably wrapped up the worse round again with an 86. Bernd Wiesberger holds the low round at the moment with a 65 but Thomas Pieters is putting together another good round and could challenge that and the overall lead. Pieters -5 through 12. Cut line at -2 and looks like we'll say goodbye to a few picks especially if the ones still on the course don't pull their finger out.

Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #01

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Jan 15 – Jan 18 ___ Abu Dhabi Golf Club, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. Kouchi ____________ 50 (8/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 80

1. McLaren ___________ 40 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 10 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 80

3. Boyhyde ___________ 45 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 75

4. Kwinigolfer _______ 40 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 70

4. Ned B-H ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 70

6. Raycastleunited ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 65

7. Barragan __________ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 60

8. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 55

8. Davie _____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 55

10. I'm Never Wrong __ 40 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 50

10. super_Realist ____ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 50

12. Goldwolf _________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 45

12. LadyPutt _________ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 45

12. Mary_S ___________ 45 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 45

12. SetupDetermines __ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 45

16. Hibbz ____________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

16. Pedro ____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

18. Beninho __________ 25 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 35

19. Incontinentia ____ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

20. BlueCoverman _____ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 25

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After two rounds we wave goodbye to 17 of our picks and some wave goodbye to more than others.  Henrik Stenson was the cause of much heartbreak as 11 Fantasy Leaguers missed out on Category A cut bonus points.  Sixteen Fantasy Leaguers picked up at least one cut bonus, five picked up two cut bonuses, and two came the closest to picking up all of the cut bonuses but Stenson waylaid Kouchi and Rafa Cabrera Bello did for Ned B-H.

11 picks are within the top 15 players after round 2 and Bernd Wiesberger jumped 63 places up the leaderboard by shooting 65.  That was the low round of the day despite Rory McIlroy's fireworks and Wiesberger earned bonus points for Barragan, Hibbz, McLaren, and SetupDetermines.  Jin Jeong has had a few days to forget, he followed his round 1 80 with an 86 in round 2.  It was the worst round of the day by far.

More bonus points are on offer in round 3 for good scoring and the leaderboard is very congested.  Tune in tomorrow for the next thrilling installment of Fantasy League golf.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Bernd Wiesberger -7
1. Barragan
2. Hibbz
3. McLaren
4. SetupDetermines

Round 2 Worse Round (5 points)
Jin Jeong +14
1. None

Cut line (5 points)
-2 or lower

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