Fantasy League 2015 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #02 PGA Championship

Fantasy League 2015 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #02

The BMW PGA Championship

May 21 - May 24 ___ Wentworth Club (West Course), Virginia Water, Surrey, England

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. TheCleaver ________ 80 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____  30 ____ 150 _____ 340

2. LadyPutt __________ 70 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ___ 100 ____  00 ____ 150 _____ 340

3. Redrage ___________ 80 (7/9) ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____  00 ____ 150 _____ 330

4. McLaren ___________ 70 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____  10 ____ 120 _____ 260

5. BlueCoverman ______ 80 (7/9) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____  00 _____ 80 _____ 240

6. Beninho __________ 100 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  00 _____ 80 _____ 230

6. Raycastleunited ___ 80 (7/9) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____  00 _____ 70 _____ 230

8. Kouchi ____________ 60 (5/9) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____  10 _____ 70 _____ 220

9. EmmDee57___________ 80 (7/9) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 70 _____ 210

10. Davie ____________ 80 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____  00 _____ 60 _____ 200

10. I'm Never Wrong __ 60 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____  20 _____ 60 _____ 200

10. Pedro ____________ 50 (5/9) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 90 _____ 200

13. Boyhyde __________ 80 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  10 _____ 50 _____ 160

13. SirBenson ________ 80 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  10 _____ 30 _____ 160

15. SetupDetermines __ 70 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____  00 _____ 40 _____ 150

16. AlciG ____________ 70 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 50 _____ 140

16. Eyetoldyouso______ 60 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  10 _____ 50 _____ 140

18. Sand _____________ 70 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 10 _____ 110

19. Kwinigolfer ______ 60 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 10 ______ 90

19. Super_Realist ____ 50 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  10 _____ 10 ______ 90

21. 1GrumpyGolfer ____ 40 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  20 _____ 10 ______ 70

22. CJB ______________ 50 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 10 ______ 60

23. Hibbz ____________ 30 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 20 ______ 50  
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After LadyPutt's Saturday charge she kept her foot down to ride four players to a points scoring finish.  RedRage also had four players score points and despite keeping pace with LadyPutt the damage was done on Saturday.  While LadyPutt was focusing on RedRage, TheCleaver came up on the rails, riding Byeong Hun An hard to tie LadyPutt at the top of the leadearboard.  TheCleaver only had three picks score points but he also the low round scorer and one of the worst round scorers in George Coetzee.  A playoff ensued between LadyPutt and TheCleaver but it was over almost as soon as it began.  TheCleaver had the winner and LadyPutt had one of the runner ups.

Beninho had the most picks score points with five but didn't have enough quality.  Pedro had four picks score, AlciG, BlueCoverman, EmmDee57 and McLaren had three picks score.  Boyhyde, Davie, Eyetoldyouso, I'm Never Wrong, Kouchi, Raycastleunited, and SetupDetermines all had three picks score.  1GrumpyGolfer, CJB, Hibbz, Kwinigolfer, Sand, SirBenson, and Super_Realist all had the one pick score points.

Fantasy Leaguers picked the low round scorer and the two worst scorers of the day.  Byeong Hun An shot 65 whilst Brooks Koepka and George Coetzee both had 79s for the worst score of the day.  Ian Ellis finished in last place on +9.

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Byeong Hun An -7
1. TheCleaver

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Brooks Koepka +7
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. Eyetoldyouso
3. I'm Never Wrong
4. SirBenson
5. Super_Realist

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
George Coetzee +7
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. Boyhyde
3. I'm Never Wrong
4. Kouchi
5. McLaren
6. TheCleaver

Last Place (10 points)
Ian Ellis +9
1. None

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The Rory Juggenaut rolls on and this week he's back in Blighty looking to defend his crown at the PGA Championship.  As BlueCoverman asked "Can anyone stop him?" and will any Fantasy Leaguer risk not picking him this week?

The venue for this week is the Ernie Els revamped West Course at Wentworth.  Much has been said about the tweaks Els made but I can't really remember them so I'll gloss over that.  McIlroy is number 1 in not just the OWGR but the Race to Dubai rankings too.  He's joined in the field by former winners, Matteo Manassero, Luke Donald, Simon Khan, Miguel Angel Jimenez, David Howell, Anders Hansen, Scott Drummod, and Ignacio Garrido.  Nine of the last Ryder Cup team will be playing along with Ryder Cup Captains past and future in Paul McGinley and Darren Clarke.

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 – May 18th 2015:

CATEGORY A

Rory MCILROY 1
Justin ROSE 6
Martin KAYMER 18
Brooks KOEPKA 22
Lee WESTWOOD 27
Victor DUBUISSON 29
Jamie DONALDSON 30
Graeme MCDOWELL 35
Danny WILLETT 37
Branden GRACE 39
Anirban LAHIRI 41
Bernd WIESBERGER 44
Stephen GALLACHER 45
Joost LUITEN 47

CATEGORY B

Thongchai JAIDEE 51
George COETZEE 52
Tommy FLEETWOOD 54
Shane LOWRY 55
Marc WARREN 57
Alexander LEVY 59
Luke DONALD 60
Andy SULLIVAN 61
Francesco MOLINARI 66
Miguel Angel JIMENEZ 69
Mikko ILONEN 71
Marcel SIEM 72
Thomas BJORN 74
Richie RAMSAY 77
Ross FISHER 79
Kiradech APHIBARNRAT 82
Padraig HARRINGTON 83
Emiliano GRILLO 85
Ernie ELS 91
David HOWELL 95
Pablo LARRAZABAL 98
Gary STAL 101
Thorbjorn OLESEN 106
Scott HEND 107
Romain WATTEL 108
Hao-tong LI 118
Andrew DODT 125
Prom MEESAWAT 126
Thomas AIKEN 130
Byeong Hun AN 132
Hennie OTTO 133
Eddie PEPPERELL 134
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 135
Rafa CABRERA-BELLO 139
Benjamin HEBERT 143
Tyrrell HATTON 144
Wade ORMSBY 146
Alejandro CANIZARES 147
Gregory BOURDY 149
Andrew JOHNSTON 151
Robert KARLSSON 152
Alex NOREN 157
James MORRISON 158
Edoardo MOLINARI 159
Trevor FISHER-JR 169
Marcus FRASER 170
David LIPSKY 171
Peter UIHLEIN 171
S.S.P. CHAWRASIA 175
Morten Orum MADSEN 180
Nicolas COLSAERTS 185
Richard GREEN 186
Jaco VAN ZYL 187
Simon DYSON 191
Chris WOOD 192
Kristoffer BROBERG 194
Thomas PIETERS 195
Darren FICHARDT 196
Dawie VAN DER WALT 198
Julien QUESNE 217
David HORSEY 219
Paul WARING 222
Felipe AGUILAR 227
Oliver WILSON 234
Oliver FISHER 237
Edouard ESPANA 238
Anthony WALL 246

CATEGORY C

Moritz LAMPERT 253
Bradley DREDGE 260
Seve BENSON 273
Mike LORENZO-VERA 275
Jbe' KRUGER 276
Richard BLAND 281
Alvaro QUIROS 282
Robert ROCK 289
Michael HOEY 290
Mark TULLO 291
Gregory HAVRET 293
Brett RUMFORD 294
Florian FRITSCH 296
Anders HANSEN 304
Raphael JACQUELIN 305
Shiv KAPUR 306
Matteo MANASSERO 307
Maximilian KIEFFER 310
Magnus A CARLSSON 312
Scott JAMIESON 314
Mark FOSTER 319
Jason PALMER 320
Mikael LUNDBERG 323
Matthew BALDWIN 324
Johan CARLSSON 326
Oliver FARR 328
Jorge CAMPILLO 338
Lucas BJERREGAARD 340
Soren KJELDSEN 342
Lee SLATTERY 351
Sam HUTSBY 355
Steve WEBSTER 358
Paul LAWRIE 359
Craig LEE 375
Jordi GARCIA PINTO 381
Peter HANSON 383
Marco CRESPI 397
David DRYSDALE 407
Y.E. YANG 408
Graeme STORM 415
Tom LEWIS 421
Chris DOAK 422
Garth MULROY 437
Matt FORD 439
Ricardo GONZALEZ 467
Damien MCGRANE 474
Darren CLARKE 511
Daniel BROOKS 514
Matthew NIXON 559
Soren HANSEN 577
Jin JEONG 583
Richard FINCH 704
Paul MCGINLEY 724
Niclas FASTH 747
Peter LAWRIE 815
Simon KHAN 865
Jeev Milkha SINGH 1114
Niall KEARNEY 1163
Greig HUTCHEON 1508
Corey Conners 1561
Rick Lewallen 1561
Jason LEVERMORE 1564
David DIXON 1564
Alex BELT 1564
Chris GANE 1564
Matthew CORT 1564
Ian ELLIS 1564
Scott DRUMMOND 1564
Ignacio GARRIDO 1564
Benn BARHAM N/A
Richard O'HANLON 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 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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Cat A
Rory McIlroy
Brooks Koepka
Anirban Lahiri
(R) Danny Willett

Cat B
Tommy Fleetwood
Shane Lowry
Luke Donald
(R) Miguel Angel Jiminez

Cat C
Jbe' Kruger
Shiv Kapur
Lee Slattery
(R) Michael Hoey

Now the rest of you can all avoid those picks as I expect to come last.....
I agree with Beninho in another thread that a "journeyman" type player might win it. Off to the bookies tomorrow with some money on Mr Lowry.

That's pretty speedy work INW...8 minutes between Grumps post and your selection!

Welcome back Grumps - hope you had a good break

A) Koepka, Westwood, Wiesberger (Donaldson)

B) Warren, Els, Davie Howell (Ross Fisher)

C) Anders Hansen, Robert Rock, Lucas Bjerregaard (Magnus Carlsson)

Much obliged Grumps.

A) Rory , Berndt & Jamie Res Lee

B) Luke, Shane, Alex L, Res Miguel

C) Bob Rock, Chris Doak, Brad Dredge. Res Scott.

In Spain next week: I'll have 1,2,7. Res 8.
Thanks Grumps

BlueCoverman wrote:That's pretty speedy work INW...8 minutes between Grumps post and your selection!

I made a lot of spelling mistakes, that's why it took so long.

Cat A
Martin Kaymer
Rory McIlroy
Justin Rose
(res: Lee Westwood)

Cat B
Luke Donald
Shane Lowry
Francesco Molinari
(res: George Coetzee)

Cat C
Matteo Manassero
Alvaro Quiros
Robert Rock
(res: Y. E. Yang)

Cheers Grumps

BlueCoverman wrote:That's pretty speedy work INW...8 minutes between Grumps post and your selection!

Nice. Kevin Na would take double that time just to select club.

CATEGORY A

Rory MCILROY
Justin ROSE
Stephen GALLACHER
Branden GRACE (reserve)

CATEGORY B

Luke DONALD
Francesco MOLINARI
Alexander LEVY
Richie RAMSEY (reserve)

CATEGORY C

Matteo MANASSERO
Craig LEE
Soren KJELDSEN
Paul LAWRIE (reserve)


Cheers 1GG

CATEGORY A: Rory MCILROY, Justin ROSE, Lee WESTWOOD (res: Martin KAYMER)

CATEGORY B: Tommy FLEETWOOD, Shane LOWRY, Luke DONALD (res: Miguel Angel JIMENEZ)

CATEGORY C: Bradley DREDGE, Robert ROCK, Matteo MANASSERO (res: Lee SLATTERY)

Cat A:
Rory
Rose
Westwood
Res - Kaymer

Cat B:
Franny Molinari
Fatty Lowry
Donald
Res - Fleetwood

Cat C:
Manassero
Rock
Kieffer
Res - Seve Benson

Cheers grumpster!

Rory, Rose, Gmac (Westwood)
Donald, Warren, Grillo (Harrington)
Paul Lawrie, Quiros, McGinley (Rock)

Back from the Beach?

A).McIlroy, Rose, Willett (Koepka)
B).Donald, Warren, Pepperell (F.Molinari)
C).Seve, Slattery, Foster (A.Hansen)

Cheers Grumps

Lots of confidence in Donald and Fat Shane.

Cat A
Koepka
Rose
Westwood

Cat B
Harrington
Donald
Lowry

Cat C
Quiros
Soren Hansen
Yang

Kaymer withdraws.

Are you sure they just released tee times and he still appears on them!?

My mistake, read the BBC report wrongly.

A
Justin Rose
Danny Willett
Rory Mcillroy
Reserve: Lee Westwood

B
Andy Sullivan
Wade Ormsby
Luke Donald
Reserve: Thomas Bjorn

C
Robert Rock
Michael Hoey
Matteo Mannassero
Reserve: Graeme Storm

A:
J. Rose
D. Willet
B. Grace
R. McIlroy (R)

B:
M. A. Jimenez
D. Howell
F. Molinari
T. Bjorn (R)

C:
S. Kjeldsen
S. Khan
M. Manassero
D. Clarke (r)

Donaldson, Grace, Willet - Rs Mcilroy
Grillo, J.Morrison, Howell - Rs Donald
Campillo, Kjeldsen, Havret Rs Rumford.

Thanks

Cat A: Rory McIlroy, Jamie Donaldson & Danny Willett (Justin Rose)
Cat B: Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry & Miguel Angel Jimenez (Luke Donald)
Cat C: Michael Hoey, Matteo Manassero & Matt Ford (res Darren Clarke)

Rory MCILROY
Justin ROSE
Branden GRACE
Anirban LAHIRI (R)

Ernie ELS
David HOWELL
Pablo LARRAZABAL
Gary STAL (R)

Michael HOEY
Raphael JACQUELIN
Matthew NIXON
Soren HANSEN (R)

Cheers dude.

Cat A

Rory McIlroy
Justin Rose
Martin Kaymer
(Koepka)


Cat B

Thongchai Jaidee
George Coetzee
Tommy Fleetwood
(Shane Lowry)


Cat C

Moritz Lampert
Bradley Dregde
Seve Benson
(Richard Bland)

McIlroy
Luiten
Kaymer
R-Grace

Donald
F.Molinari
Howell
R-Jimenez

Havret
Seve Benson
Wob Wock
R-Manassero

Grumps, could you swap Luke Donald for George Coetzee in Cat B please?
I know you should always go with your first thought, but George is in a bit of form of late. Might have a bit of jet lag, mind.

A - Rose, Westwood, Luiten (Donaldson )
B - Coetzee, Lowry, Howell ( Larrazabal )
C - Benson, A Hansen, Manassero (Baldwin)

Cheers Grumps

CATEGORY A: Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace & Rory McIlroy
RESERVE: Martin Kaymer

CATEGORY B: Gregory Bourdy, George Coetzee & Byeong Hun An
RESERVE: Li Haotong

CATEGORY C: Jorge Campilo, Mikael Lundberg & Robert Rock
RESERVE: Gregory Havret

Cheers GG!

Cat A: Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka, Bernd Wiesberger. Reserve Branden Grace

Cat B: Andy Sullivan, George Coetzee, David Howell. Reserve Miguel Angel Jimenez

Cat C: Robert Rock, Matteo Manassero, Seve Benson. Reserve Maximilian Kieffer

A) McIlroy, Rose, Westwood (Donaldson)

B) Lowry, Franceso Molinari, Coetzee (Howell)

C) Benson, Rock, Paul Lawrie (Foster)

Thx Grumps

[Cat A]
Rose
Willett
Luiten
(R) McIlroy

[Cat B]
Jaidee
Coetzee
Siem
(R) Olesen

[Cat C]
Havret
Campillo
Slaterry
(R) Gonzalez

Ohh Frak... I'm too late... let me switch my early starters with late starters

[Cat A]
Rose
Willett
Luiten
(R) Koepka

[Cat B]
Olesen
Howell
Uihlein
(R) Hend

[Cat C]
Havret
Kjeldsen
Slaterry
(R) Gonzalez

Can I play? Probably too late but none of these has started, according to the European Tour website. Probably won't trouble the leaders so no problems if too late.
Cat A
Luiten
Rose
Koepka
Cat B
Howell
Levy
Lowry
Cat C
Hoey
Benson
Webster

Thanks

Eye, as long as they have teed off then your picks are good.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Eye, as long as they have teed off then your picks are good.

I think you've missed out the word "not" there Grumps! OK with me.

Yep, that's what I meant. Posted that quickly from my phone. Thanks LP

The one issue with making picks after the deadline is that you know who not to pick. It prevents you picking someone who has started really badly. So although you miss out on being able to pick some players you reduce the probability of picking players who are going to be out of contention very early on.

Not saying anyone's picks shouldn't stand but it is worth noting. After all this isn't just a bit of fun, we all take it pretty seriously. No really, we do.

McLaren wrote:It prevents you picking someone who has started really badly.  

What about the players who start really well? You've lost out on the opportunity to pick them as well. All you have done is reduce the pool of players from which you can choose.
Whatever 1GG and LP say, goes, as far as I am concerned. Their game, their rules.

Ultimately agree with INW - Grumps makes the rules and we should be grateful. Mac does however have a point and is right to express it

Unofficial update

If you picked Franny Molinari; well done!  If you picked one of Jorge Campillo, Miguel Angel Jimenez, Y.E. Yang, Marc Warren then good for you. Franny Molinari shot 65 for the low round of the day whilst the others mentioned shot 68s to make the Top 5 Low Round scores. Jin Jeong slumped to an 85 for the worst round.

Leaderboard
1. BlueCoverman 40
1. EmmDee57 40
1. Kouchi 40
1. Pedro 40
1. Raycastleunited 40
1. Redrage 40
7. Beninho 20
7. Kwinigolfer 20
7. LadyPutt 20
7. SirBenson 20
7. Super_Realist 20
7. TheCleaver 20
13. Everyone else 00

I picked Warren GG. (I realise it's an unofficial update)

super_realist wrote:I picked Warren GG.

What about Nate Dogg?

super_realist wrote:I picked Warren GG. (I realise it's an unofficial update)

Yeah, you did. Apologies for that Super. I was scrolling through people's picks on my phone whilst putting this together.

My laptop's with IT until tomorrow morning so the full round 1 update won't come until about midway through round 2.

No probs Grumps, just didn't want to be my usual dead last.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

super_realist wrote:I picked Warren GG. (I realise it's an unofficial update)

Yeah, you did. Apologies for that Super. I was scrolling through people's picks on my phone whilst putting this together.

My laptop's with IT until tomorrow morning so the full round 1 update won't come until about midway through round 2.

That is always a nerve racking time. You just never know what they will dig up.

pedro wrote:

super_realist wrote:I picked Warren GG.

What about Nate Dogg?

That is pretty funny. Though not if you are unaware of mid 90s hip hop.

Looks like Rory's looking for a few days off, before RCD next week..

Jin Jeong sets a torrid pace for worst round every time he tees it up but perhaps Rory might give him a run for my money today?