Fantasy League 2016 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #02 - Abu Dhabi

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Fantasy League 2016 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #02

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship

Jan 21 - Jan 24 ___ Abu Dhabi GC, 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. Eyetoldyouso ______ 45 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 150 _____ 255

2. AlciG _____________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 120 _____ 220

2. BlueCoverman ______ 45 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 105 _____ 220

4. I'm Never Wrong ___ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 120 _____ 210

4. Owen10ozzy ________ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 120 _____ 210

4. Raycastleunited ___ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 130 _____ 210

7. SirBenson _________ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 105 _____ 205

8. Hibbz _____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 130 _____ 190

9. TheCleaver ________ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 105 _____ 185

10. SetupDetermines __ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 100 _____ 180

11. LadyPutt _________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 10 _____ 60 _____ 160

12. EmmDee57 _________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 85 _____ 145

13. 1GrumpyGolfer ____ 45 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 135

13. Davie ____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 135

13. Super_Realist ____ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 135

16. GolferMartin _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 105

16. McLaren __________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 105

18. Kwinigolfer ______ 45 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 25 _____ 100

19. Beninho __________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 85

20. Pedro ____________ 25 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 70  
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BlueCoverman may have been one of four Fantasy Leaguers to have five picks score points through high finishes but he was powerless to stop the charge of Eyetoldyouso.  Eye had four picks score points but with the top three and a fifth place finish Eye was unstoppable.  Owen10ozzy, Raycastleunited, and SirBenson were the other three to have five points scorers.  AlciG. I'm Never Wrong, and TheCleaver were also had four picks score points.  1GrumpyGolfer, EmmDee57, Hibbz, LadyPutt, SetupDetermines, and Super_Realist all had three picks score points but there was a wide variety in quality.  Beninho, Davie, GolferMartin, Kwinigolfer, McLaren, and Pedro each had two picks score points.

Joakim Lagergren had the round of the day with a 65; that earned points for LadyPutt.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Joakim Lagergren -7
1. LadyPutt

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A long touted match up is finally here.  Two of the new big three are in action in Abu Dhabi where world number one golden boy Jordan Spieth tees it up alongside Rory McIlroy.  They'll be seeing plenty of each other this week as they are in the same group along with fellow top ten player Rickie Fowler.  The defending champion is Gary Stal who beat McIlroy by one shot in 2015.  Other former winners in the field are Pablo Larrazabal, Robert Rock, and Martin Kaymer.  Kaymer has won the title three times and another multiple winner Paul Casey is joined by Jamie Donaldson and Chris DiMarco on the absentee list.  Donaldson is out due to an ill fated fight with a chainsaw!

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 18th 2016:

CATEGORY A

Jordan SPIETH 1
Rory MCILROY 3
Henrik STENSON 5
Rickie FOWLER 6
Branden GRACE 16
Danny WILLETT 19
Thongchai JAIDEE 28
Byeong Hun AN 29
Martin KAYMER 30
Russell KNOX 31
Victor DUBUISSON 33
Bernd WIESBERGER 34
Andy SULLIVAN 37
Kiradech APHIBARNRAT 39
Chris WOOD 40

CATEGORY B

Matthew FITZPATRICK 46
Soren KJELDSEN 47
Lee WESTWOOD 51
Ian POULTER 58
Kristoffer BROBERG 66
Marc WARREN 75
Thorbjorn OLESEN 77
Tommy FLEETWOOD 80
Ross FISHER 81
Joost LUITEN 87
Thomas PIETERS 88
James MORRISON 91
George COETZEE 93
David HOWELL 95
Alex NOREN 100
Alexander LEVY 104
Eddie PEPPERELL 107
Tyrrell HATTON 108
Richie RAMSAY 110
Scott HEND 111
Brandon STONE 116
Rafa CABRERA BELLO 117
Lucas BJERREGAARD 125
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 126
Lee SLATTERY 128
Marcus FRASER 131
Rikard KARLBERG 135
Gary STAL 136
Stephen GALLACHER 142
Pablo LARRAZABAL 143
Anthony WALL 150
Benjamin HEBERT 153
Gregory BOURDY 155
Richard GREEN 160
Prom MEESAWAT 162
Marcel SIEM 163
David HORSEY 164
Nathan HOLMAN 170
Ashun WU 173
Alejandro CANIZARES 177
Julien QUESNE 179
Mikko ILONEN 182
Peter UIHLEIN 186
Wen-chong LIANG 189
Graeme STORM 193
Romain WATTEL 195
Ernie ELS 199
David LIPSKY 202
Maximilian KIEFFER 204
Thomas BJORN 207
Pelle EDBERG 208
Robert KARLSSON 211
Haydn PORTEOUS 215
Trevor FISHER-JR 217
Andrew DODT 218

CATEGORY C

Raphael JACQUELIN 221
Bradley DREDGE 226
Andrew JOHNSTON 233
Nicolas COLSAERTS 237
Roope KAKKO 238
Nacho ELVIRA 241
Mike LORENZO-VERA 245
Wade ORMSBY 252
Eduardo DE LA RIVA 264
Brett RUMFORD 270
Hennie OTTO 280
Richard BLAND 290
Robert ROCK 291
Joakim LAGERGREN 293
Darren FICHARDT 296
Morten Orum MADSEN 297
Daniel IM 301
Bjorn AKESSON 304
Mikko KORHONEN 305
Gregory HAVRET 307
Felipe AGUILAR 308
Paul LAWRIE 313
Daniel BROOKS 314
Peter HANSON 315
David DRYSDALE 318
Michael HOEY 320
Robert DINWIDDIE 329
Magnus A CARLSSON 334
Ben EVANS 356
Jorge CAMPILLO 357
Justin WALTERS 359
Edouard ESPANA 363
Oliver FISHER 390
Simon DYSON 408
John PARRY 411
Matt FORD 418
Scott JAMIESON 421
Craig LEE 431
Oliver WILSON 460
Johan CARLSSON 466
Renato PARATORE 469
Alvaro QUIROS 480
Chris PAISLEY 483
Darren CLARKE 561
Shiv KAPUR 567
Bryson DECHAMBEAU (AM) 644
Matthew BALDWIN 662
Matteo MANASSERO 666
Niclas FASTH 730
Mike WEIR 745
Steve WEBSTER 824
Marcus KINHULT 961
Simon KHAN 1200
Trevor IMMELMAN 1505
Jin JEONG 1654
Ahmed AL MUSHARREKH 1712

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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.

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

Low Round * _______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

Round 1 Top 5 * ___ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Round 2 Top 5 ** __ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Round 3 Top 10 * __ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

* Points awarded for round only unless specified otherwise in the rules
** Points only awarded for round during no cut events or multiple course events

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Thanks Grumps. Getting better!

Still all your own work or back to lucky numbers, INW?

This was my own work. Last years tactic tailed off badly so picking names.

Good stuff, well done mate.

Good to hear from you Grumps, Was concerned you'd done a Capt Oates and done a "just going outside" . . . . .

I presume we're doing the PGA event this week, given that Qatar starts on Wednesday for some reason and it's not a very good field?

Are you and Kwini both snowed in or have you missed the worst of it?

Well done Eyetoldyouso. Well done Grumps.

Me? Down to earth with a bump. Beginners luck only lasts one comp!

We missed it, LP, it went south and east of us, but imagine Shotrock, Plunks and Grumps got shellacked. But my lad lives in Brooklyn and he said subways were working fine today - for him at least. Winter hasn't really started here, and I'm hoping it stays that way.

I did venture outside yesterday afternoon to find snow levels that ranged from a quarter of an inch deep to two feet deep with the vast majority at the higher end of that range. Due to the position of my home and the blowing snow it certainly looked like I lost the driveway coverage lottery compared to my neighbours. It took three hours to dig out; still feeling it now...

Yes LP, PGA Tour event this week as Qatar starts early, I should be able to get Torrey Pines posted this afternoon.

Great win Eyetoldyouso...to follow up a runner up position last time out! A solid top 5 for me after a tied 6th.

Great work as always Grumps!

As a side note...man does Rory need to work on his putting. He could have sewn the event up after the 3rd round if he'd sunk his missed putts between 10-15ft!

Have any of he golf mods ever thought about asking the admins to advertise the fantasy golf on the main 606v2 page or give it a promotion run as a global sticky?

Grumps league is a great asset to the site and probably deserves more attention. Although if higher participation would swamp grumps with work it might not be the best idea.

Match fixing in golf? At least in this edition of Fantasy Golf!!

McLaren wrote:Have any of he golf mods ever thought about asking the admins to advertise the fantasy golf on the main 606v2 page or give it a promotion run as a global sticky?

Grumps league is a great asset to the site and probably deserves more attention.  Although if higher participation would swamp grumps with work it might not be the best idea.

Grumps has enough work as it is, apart from those people who pick 1,2,3 in every category

A global sticky would make far more sense though than a podcast with a few sunday league footballers

Thanks for the kind words and thoughts but I'm relatively happy enough with how it is at the moment. Keeping up with approximately 60-70 picks each event can be a bit time consuming...

Sorry Grumps. Sounds like I was about to land you in the s**t.

No need for apologies Mac, sometimes I struggle to think of things to say on the reporting side so it can get a little repetitive. I think that would get worse with more folks involved.

Bit lucky, it'll be back to normal this week.