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Post by 1GrumpyGolfer Tue 04 Aug 2015, 3:29 pm

Fantasy League 2015 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #11

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Aug 06 - Aug 09 ___ Firestone CC (South), Akron, Ohio, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 2


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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Owen10ozzy ________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ 200 _____ 340

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 140 _____ 220

3. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 130 _____ 210

3. McLaren ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 170 _____ 210

5. Pedro _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 190

6. Kwinigolfer _______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 180

6. Sand ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 120 _____ 180

8. Hibbz _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 50 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 170

8. I'm Never Wrong ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 170

10. Super_Realist ____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 80 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 160

11. AlciG ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 150

12. Beninho __________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 140

12. LadyPutt _________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 140

14. Raycastleunited __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 130

14. SirBenson ________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 130

16. EmmDee57 _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 120

16. Eyetoldyouso _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 120

16. TheCleaver _______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 120

19. Davie ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 110

20. CJB ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 60 ______ 80

21. Redrage __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 40 ______ 60

22. SetupDetermines __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 30  

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With 21 picks out of the 24 players that finished tied for 17th or higher there were plenty of points to be awarded after the WGC Bridgestone was all over.  Fantasy Leaguers had between one and five picks scoring points for them.  SetupDetermines and Sand had just the one pick but seeing as Sand had Shane Lowry it wasn't so bad.  McLaren was the other Fantasy Leaguer to have picked Lowry.  Mac had two others score points and was the second highest finsh points scorer behiind runaway winner Owen10oozy.  Owen was one of those with five picks scoring points.  BlueCoverman and 1GrumpyGolfer also had five picks score as they finished second and third respectively.  Raycastleunited was the other Fantasy Leaguer with five picks scoring points.  

AlciG, Beninho*, CJB, EmmDee57. LadyPutt, and SirBenson all had four picks score points. Beninho's fourth scoring pick happenied to be Troy Merritt who finished in last place.  Davie, Eyetoldyouso, Hibbz, Kwinigolfer, Pedro, Super_Realist, and TheCleaver all had three picks score points. I'm Never Wrong and RedRage both had two picks score points.

Camilo Villegas had the best round of the day with a 65 while Wen-chong Liang had a bad day with an 81.

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Camilo Villegas -5
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Wen-Chong Liang +11
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Troy Merritt +22
1. Beninho

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The Bridgestone Invitational is taking place, as usual, at the Firestone Country Club.  This par 70, 7,400 yard layout has seen Tiger Woods emerge victorious on eight occasions however he won't be in attendance this year and neither will defending champion Rory McIlroy.

Due to injury McIlroy and Chris Kirk, who is recovering from a broken hand, are the only absentees from the top 50 and overall 63 players from the top 100 will be playing.  The lowest ranked players are Englishman Oliver Wilson and Australian Nick Cullen; they're the only two outside of the top 200.

Due to the limited field size the number of picks is scaled back to two from each category plus reserve.  This is also a no cut event so the usual cut bonuses are not in effect.

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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 – August 3rd 2015:

CATEGORY A

Jordan Spieth 2
Bubba Watson 3
Jason Day 4
Rickie Fowler 5
Jim Furyk 6
Dustin Johnson 7
Justin Rose 8
Henrik Stenson 9
Sergio Garcia 10
Adam Scott 11
Zach Johnson 12
Louis Oosthuizen 13
Jimmy Walker 14
Hideki Matsuyama 15

CATEGORY B

Matt Kuchar 16
J.B. Holmes 17
Patrick Reed 18
Martin Kaymer 19
Phil Mickelson 20
Billy Horschel 21
Brooks Koepka 23
Danny Willett 24
Bernd Wiesberger 25
Paul Casey 26
Bill Haas 27
Branden Grace 28
Brandt Snedeker 29
Marc Leishman 30
Kevin Na 31
Ryan Palmer 32
Ian Poulter 33
Kevin Kisner 34
Gary Woodland 35
Lee Westwood 36
Jamie Donaldson 37
Thongchai Jaidee 38
Ryan Moore 39
Charl Schwartzel 40
Victor Dubuisson 41
Francesco Molinari 42
Charley Hoffman 43
Brendon Todd 44
Hunter Mahan 45
Keegan Bradley 46
Webb Simpson 47

CATEGORY C

Shane Lowry 48
Marc Warren 49
Robert Streb 50
Russell Henley 51
Anirban Lahiri 52
Joost Luiten 55
Byeong Hun An 58
David Lingmerth 59
Graeme McDowell 60
Ben Martin 61
Steven Bowditch 63
Matt Every 64
Danny Lee 66
Stephen Gallacher 70
Pablo Larrazabal 78
Soren Kjeldsen 79
James Hahn 98
Troy Merritt 99
Padraig Harrington 102
Marcel Siem 105
Mikko Ilonen 106
Gary Stal 108
Thomas Bjorn 109
Sangmoon Bae 111
Koumei Oda 113
Fabian Gomez 140
Andrew Dodt 154
Camilo Villegas 168
David Lipsky 181
Wen-Chong Liang 199
Oliver Wilson 288
Nick Cullen 318

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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 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 eligible 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 or PM them to me.  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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Post by I'm never wrong Tue 04 Aug 2015, 3:35 pm

OK here we go. Only two selections messes up my picking by the numbers. Amended version then.

Cat A
B Watson R Fowler (R) D Johnson
Cat B
J B Holmes P Mickelson (R) B Koepka
Cat C
M Warren A Lahiri (R) B H An

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Post by 1GrumpyGolfer Tue 04 Aug 2015, 3:45 pm

Wouldn't your normal third selection become the reserve??

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Post by I'm never wrong Tue 04 Aug 2015, 3:50 pm

Yes Grumps - and that is what I have done with the amendment of Fowler over Furyk. Bet Furyk goes onto to win it now. Sad

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Post by super_realist Tue 04 Aug 2015, 4:04 pm

A- Walker, Oosthuizen (Sergio)
B- Koepka, Kisner (Wiesberger)
C- Lingmerth, Bowditch (Hahn)

Cheers Grumps as ever.

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Post by Redrage Tue 04 Aug 2015, 5:20 pm

A: L. Oosthuizen, H. Stenson, A. Scott (r)

B: M. Kaymer, M. Leishman, F. Molinari (r)

C: B. Martin, R. Henley, B. Hun An (r)


Cheers, Grumps

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Post by kwinigolfer Tue 04 Aug 2015, 6:16 pm

A).Rose, Garcia (Fowler)
B).Bradley, Palmer (Kaymer)
C).Lingmerth, Warren (Bowditch)

Many thanks Grumps,

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Post by owen10ozzy Wed 05 Aug 2015, 12:19 am

Category A: Rose, Furyk (Fowler)

Category B: Leishman, Bradley (Moore)

Category C: Streb, Lingmerth, (Lee)

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Post by Eyetoldyouso Wed 05 Aug 2015, 2:55 am

A: Scott, Garcia Res: Rose
B: Kuchar, Koepka Res: Reed
C: Henley, Streb Res: Martin

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Post by AlciG Wed 05 Aug 2015, 7:40 am

CATEGORY A
Jason Day
Rickie Fowler
Hideki Matsuyama

CATEGORY B
Brooks Koepka
Danny Willett
Kevin Na

CATEGORY C
Anirban Lahiri
Joost Luiten
Danny Lee

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Post by Davie Wed 05 Aug 2015, 9:02 am

CATEGORY A: Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler (res: Justin Rose)

CATEGORY B: Matt Kuchar, Patrick Reed (res: Paul Casey)

CATEGORY C: Marc Warren, Matt Every (res: Stephen Gallacher)

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Post by EmmDee57 Wed 05 Aug 2015, 9:55 am

Cat A

Adam Scott
Jordan Spieth
Jason Day (Reserve)

Cat B

Marc Leishman
Kevin Na
Ryan Palmer (Reserve)

Cat C

Robert Streb
Russell Henley
Anirban Lahiri (Reserve)

Cheers Grumps Smile

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Post by McLaren Wed 05 Aug 2015, 10:23 am

Jordan Spieth
Jason Day
(Rickie Fowler)

Matt Kuchar
J.B. Holmes
(Patrick Reed)

Shane Lowry
Marc Warren
(Robert Streb)


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Post by CJB Wed 05 Aug 2015, 12:15 pm

A:
Louis Oosthuizen
Jason Day
Reserve: Justin Rose

B:
Patrick Reed
Keegan Bradley
Reserve: Ryan Moore

C:
Graham McDowell
Byeong Hun An
Reserve: Thomas Bjorn

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Post by beninho Wed 05 Aug 2015, 12:59 pm

sergio, jimmy w - rsv bubba
koepka, casey - rsve haas
troy M, Bowditch - rsv hahn

Thanks!!

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Post by raycastleunited Wed 05 Aug 2015, 1:58 pm

Cat A:
Spieth
Jay Day
res - Dustbin Johnson

Cat B:
Kuchar
Paddy Reed
res - Koepka

Cat C:
Lingmerth
Henley
res - Danny Lee

Cheers Grumps!

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Post by sirbenson Wed 05 Aug 2015, 2:10 pm

Louis Oosthuizen
Rickie Fowler

JB Holmes
Keegan Bradley

Russell Henley
Steven Bowditch

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Post by pedro Wed 05 Aug 2015, 2:18 pm

Rose
Garcia
R-Fowler

Sneds
Bradley
R-Reed

Warren
Streb
R-Lowry

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Post by LadyPutt Wed 05 Aug 2015, 3:27 pm

Cat A: Rickie Fowler & Louis Oosthuizen (res Jim Furyk)
Cat B: Danny Willett & Bill Haas (res Paul Casey)
Cat C: Russell Henley & David Lingmerth (res Robert Streb)

Holding on for top stop this season  Wink
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Post by 1GrumpyGolfer Wed 05 Aug 2015, 3:34 pm

LP, it's all or nothing between you and TheCleaver for the win. This is the decider, good luck!

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Post by SetupDeterminesTheMotion Wed 05 Aug 2015, 3:53 pm

Cat A : Hideki Matsuyama, Sergio Garcia. Res : Jason Day

Cat B : Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett . Res Lee Westwood

Cat C : Byeong Hun An, Sangmoon Bae. Res : Padraig Harrington

All non-Americans. Go RoW.
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Post by Sand Wed 05 Aug 2015, 3:59 pm

Sergio, DJ (Bubba)
Kuchar, Haas (Willett)
Lowry, Hun An (Warren)

Cheers Grumps

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Post by BlueCoverman Wed 05 Aug 2015, 5:03 pm

Cat A
Dustin Johnson
Jordan Spieth
(res: Jason Day)

Cat B
Brooks Koepka
Patrick Reed
(res: Martin Kaymer)

Cat C
Danny Lee
David Lingmerth
(res: Robert Streb)

Cheers Grumps

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Post by Hibbz Wed 05 Aug 2015, 7:13 pm

Day
Rose

Reed
Kaymer

Every
Larrazabel

Ta x

Hibbz
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Post by TheCleaver Wed 05 Aug 2015, 9:06 pm

CATEGORY A: Zach Johnson & Jordan Spieth
RESERVE: Hideki Matsuyama

CATEGORY B: Branden Grace & Brandt Snedeker
RESERVE: Charley Hoffman

CATEGORY C: Byeong Hun An & Robert Streb
RESERVE: Marc Warren

Cheers 1GG!

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Post by 1GrumpyGolfer Thu 06 Aug 2015, 2:32 am

Cat A: J Day, R Fowler. Reserve J Rose
Cat B: M Leishman, K Bradley. Reserve M Kuchar
Cat C: D Lee, R Streb. Reserve R Henley

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Post by 1GrumpyGolfer Fri 07 Aug 2015, 2:50 am

Unofficial Round 1 Update

In the first round of the WGC Bridgestione invitational the scoring positions were all occupied by Fantasy League picks.  Danny Lee shot 65 to take a 1 shot lead over Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk.  Popular picks Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose were a further shot back. At the other end of the leaderboard Troy Merritt struggled to an 82.

1GrumpyGolfer was one of two Fantasy Leaguers to have picked Danny Lee and he added Rickie Fowler to boost his round one score.  BlueCoverman was the other Fantasy Leaguer to pick Lee.  He shares second place with Owen10ozzy who had Jim Furyk and Justin Rose.  AlciG, CJB, Davie, Hibbz, I'm Never Wrong, Kwinigolfer, LadyPutt, Pedro, and SirBenson all had one of the top five scorers.  Beninho picked Merritt.

EmmDee57, Eyetoldyouso, McLaren, Raycastleunited, RedRage, Sand, SetupDetermines, Super_Realist, and TheCleaver are all yet to get off the mark.

Leaderboard

1. 1GrumpyGolfer 60
2. BlueCoverman 40
2. Owen10ozzy 40
4. AlciG 20
4. CJB 20
4. Davie 20
4. Hibbz 20
4. I'm Never Wrong
4. Kwinigolfer 20
4. LadyPutt 20
4. Pedro 20
4. SirBenson 20
13. Beninho 10
14. Everyone else

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Post by LadyPutt Fri 07 Aug 2015, 10:57 am

A big dose of LPRPitis here - all three reserves in the top 10! picard  Still, I've got more points than The Cleaver Fingers Crossed
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Post by 1GrumpyGolfer Fri 07 Aug 2015, 1:54 pm

Fantasy League 2015 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #11

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Aug 06 - Aug 09 ___ Firestone CC (South), Akron, Ohio, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 2


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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

1. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 60 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

2. Owen10ozzy ________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

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

4. CJB _______________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

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

4. I'm Never Wrong ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

4. Kwinigolfer _______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

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

4. SirBenson _________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

14. EmmDee57 _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. Eyetoldyouso _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. McLaren __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. Raycastleunited __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. Redrage __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. Sand _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

14. Super_Realist ____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. TheCleaver _______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00  

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In the first round of the WGC Bridgestione invitational the scoring positions were all occupied by Fantasy League picks. Danny Lee shot 65 to take a 1 shot lead over Graeme McDowell and Jim Furyk.  Popular picks Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose were a further shot back. At the other end of the leaderboard Troy Merritt struggled to an 82.

1GrumpyGolfer was one of two Fantasy Leaguers to have picked Danny Lee and he added Rickie Fowler to boost his round one score.  BlueCoverman was the other Fantasy Leaguer to pick Lee.  He shares second place with Owen10ozzy who had Jim Furyk and Justin Rose.  AlciG, CJB, Davie, Hibbz, I'm Never Wrong, Kwinigolfer, LadyPutt, Pedro, and SirBenson all had one of the top five scorers.  Beninho picked Merritt.

EmmDee57, Eyetoldyouso, McLaren, Raycastleunited, RedRage, Sand, SetupDetermines, Super_Realist, and TheCleaver are all yet to get off the mark.

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Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
Danny Lee -5
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. BlueCoverman

Round 1 Worse Round (10 points)
Troy Merritt +12
1. Beninho

Round 1 Low Scores (20 points)
-3 or lower

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Fantasy League 2015 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #11

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Aug 06 - Aug 09 ___ Firestone CC (South), Akron, Ohio, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 2


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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

1. Owen10ozzy ________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

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

3. I'm Never Wrong ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Beninho __________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

16. EmmDee57 _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

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

16. Redrage __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

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

16. TheCleaver _______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00  

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Jim Furyk posted a 66 earlier in the day and that proved to be the score to beat for the rest of the day.  Shane Lowry came the closest to beating that score but a final hole bogey derailed his chance of posting a 65.  Bubba Watson was another pick that shot 66 and four Fantasy Leaguers earned points from these three players.  Charley Hoffman also had 66 but he wasn't a pick.  At the other end of the leaderboard Hunter Mahan had a 79 for the worst round of the day.

Owen10ozzy earned points from Furyk and he's now tied for the lead with 1GrumpyGolfer.  I'm Never Wrong picked Watson and he's now in a tie with BlueCoverman in third place.  McLaren and Sand both picked Lowry and they're now off of the mark.  EmmDee57, Eyetoldyouso, Raycastleunited, RedRage, SetupDetermines, Super_Realist, and TheCleaver are still waiting to get off the mark but with lots of bonus points on offer in round 3 there's still time.

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Round 2 Low Round (20 points)
Shane Lowry -4
1. McLaren
2. Sand

Round 2 Low Round (20 points)
Jim Furyk -4
1. Owen10ozzy

Round 2 Low Round (20 points)
Bubba Watson -4
1. I'm Never Wrong

Round 2 Low Round (20 points)
Charley Hoffman -4
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (10 points)
Hunter Mahan +9
1. None

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Fantasy League 2015 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #11

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Aug 06 - Aug 09 ___ Firestone CC (South), Akron, Ohio, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 2


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Leaderboard – Round 3

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

1. Owen10ozzy ________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 80 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 140

2. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

2. Kwinigolfer _______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

2. Pedro _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

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

7. Beninho ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

7. Hibbz _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 50 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

9. AlciG _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

9. I'm Never Wrong ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

9. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

9. Sand ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

9. SirBenson _________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

14. Eyetoldyouso _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

14. McLaren __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

14. TheCleaver _______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

17. Davie ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

18. CJB ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

18. EmmDee57 _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

18. Raycastleunited __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

18. Redrage __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

18. SetupDetermines __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20  

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There were some big moves at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational.  Two picks, Justin Rose and Steven Bowditch, shot 63 for the low round and made significant moves on the leaderboard; in the Fantasy League it was just the same.  Two Fantasy Leaguers had three picks including a low round scorer.  They now sit in first and second position on the leaderboard.  Owen10ozzy now has a big lead over 1GrumpyGolfer, BlueCoverman, Kwinigolfer, Pedro, and Super_Realist the other big points scorer.  

Almost everybody scored points in round three as scores of 68 got into the top 10 low round scores.  AlciG, Beninho, BlueCoverman, Eyetoldyouso, Hibbz, Kwinigolfer, LadyPutt, Pedro, Sand, and TheCleaver all had two picks score points.  Hibbz had points for good and bad play.  1GrumpyGolfer, Davie, EmmDee57, I'm NeverWrong, McLaren, Raycastleunited, RedRage, SetupDetermines, and SirBenson all had one pick score points.  Davie's points came from bad play.

The aforementioned bad play came from Matt Every who had a 76.

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Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Justin Rose -7
1. Hibbz
2. Kwinigolfer
3. Owen10ozzy
4. Pedro

Round 3 Low Round (20 points)
Steven Bowditch -7
1. Beninho
2. SirBenson
3. Super_Realist

Round 3 Worse Round (10 points)
Matt Every +6
1. Davie
2. Hibbz

Round 3 Low Scores (20 points)
-2 or lower

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Post by kwinigolfer Mon 10 Aug 2015, 4:31 am

Hi Grumps.
My PGA Championship choices are:

A).Watson, Dustin Johnson, Stenson (Day)
B).Koepka, Grace, Kaymer (Warren)
C).Ogilvy, Grillo, Laird (Clarke)

Thanks very much!

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Post by 1GrumpyGolfer Mon 10 Aug 2015, 2:41 pm

Fantasy League 2015 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #11

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Aug 06 - Aug 09 ___ Firestone CC (South), Akron, Ohio, USA

Tournament value: Weighted 2


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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Owen10ozzy ________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ 200 _____ 340

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 140 _____ 220

3. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 130 _____ 210

3. McLaren ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 170 _____ 210

5. Pedro _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 190

6. Kwinigolfer _______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 180

6. Sand ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 120 _____ 180

8. Hibbz _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 50 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 170

8. I'm Never Wrong ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 170

10. Super_Realist ____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 80 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 160

11. AlciG ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 150

12. Beninho __________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 140

12. LadyPutt _________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 140

14. Raycastleunited __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 130

14. SirBenson ________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 130

16. EmmDee57 _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 120

16. Eyetoldyouso _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 120

16. TheCleaver _______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 120

19. Davie ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 110

20. CJB ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 60 ______ 80

21. Redrage __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 40 ______ 60

22. SetupDetermines __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 30  

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With 21 picks out of the 24 players that finished tied for 17th or higher there were plenty of points to be awarded after the WGC Bridgestone was all over.  Fantasy Leaguers had between one and five picks scoring points for them.  SetupDetermines and Sand had just the one pick but seeing as Sand had Shane Lowry it wasn't so bad.  McLaren was the other Fantasy Leaguer to have picked Lowry.  Mac had two others score points and was the second highest finsh points scorer behiind runaway winner Owen10oozy.  Owen was one of those with five picks scoring points.  BlueCoverman and 1GrumpyGolfer also had five picks score as they finished second and third respectively.  Raycastleunited was the other Fantasy Leaguer with five picks scoring points.  

AlciG, Beninho*, CJB, EmmDee57. LadyPutt, and SirBenson all had four picks score points. Beninho's fourth scoring pick happenied to be Troy Merritt who finished in last place.  Davie, Eyetoldyouso, Hibbz, Kwinigolfer, Pedro, Super_Realist, and TheCleaver all had three picks score points. I'm Never Wrong and RedRage both had two picks score points.

Camilo Villegas had the best round of the day with a 65 while Wen-chong Liang had a bad day with an 81.

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Camilo Villegas -5
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (10 points)
Wen-Chong Liang +11
1. None

Last Place (10 points)
Troy Merritt +22
1. Beninho

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Post by owen10ozzy Mon 10 Aug 2015, 4:58 pm

Yahoo Yahoo king

Trounced the lot of you Wink Whistle

Well chuffed with the win.....I fully expect the complete collapse come the PGA Champs next week!!

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