Fantasy League 2016 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #09 Valspar

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Fantasy League 2016 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #09

The Valspar Championship

Mar 10 - Mar 13 ___ Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Florida, United States of America

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. GolferMartin ______ 80 (9/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 10 ____ 120 _____ 250

2. SirBenson _________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 140

3. Hibbz _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 10 _____ 75 _____ 135

4. BlueCoverman ______ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 45 _____ 125

4. BobtheJob _________ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 35 _____ 125

6. I'm Never Wrong ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 120

6. Sand ______________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 120

6. Super_Realist _____ 25 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 75 _____ 120

9. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 115

10. Eyetoldyouso _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 110

11. Davie ____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 105

11. Pedro ____________ 45 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 20 _____ 105

13. LadyPutt _________ 45 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 95

13. Owen10ozzy _______ 35 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 95

13. TheCleaver _______ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 45 ______ 95

16. Beninho __________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 90

17. AlciG ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 85

17. EmmDee57 _________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 85

19. Raycastleunited __ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 80

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

20. MustPuttBetter ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 65

20. SetupDetermines __ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 65

23. Kwinigolfer ______ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 15 ______ 55  
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Charl Schwartzel shot a final round, low round of 67 to post 277 for the clubhouse lead and then waited for the final groups to finish.  Ultimately it was enough to tie for the lead with Bill Haas and a playoff was needed.  Failure from a greenside bunker ultimately cost Haas and Schawrtzel made par to win.

In the Fantasy League it wasn't even anywhere close to what happened in Florida.  GolferMartin flattened and almost lapped most of the competition; handicapping may have to come into play.  He was one of three to pick Schwartzel and he was one of three to pick third placed finisher Ryan Moore.  He added three other scoring picks for good measure.  I'm Never Wrong had five picks score but the best was a seventh placed finish.  SirBenson was one of four Fantasy Leaguers to have four picks score but his best finisher was Moore.  1GrumpyGolfer, BlueCoverman, and Sand were the other three but they didn't have enough quality to threaten GolferMartin.  Hibbz was the second best placed finisher from those that selected Schwartzel and he had two other picks score points.  AlciG, BobtheJob, Davie, EmmDee57, Eyetoldyouso, LadyPutt, Pedro, and Raycastleunited were the other Fantasy Leaguers to have three scoring picks.  Super_Realist may have only had two scoring picks but when one of them is Schwartzel that will help considerably.  His finish points haul was enough to leap from bottom place to a top six finish.  Beninho, Kwinigolfer, McLaren, MustPuttBetter, Owen10ozzy, SetupDetermines, and TheCleaver also had two scoring picks.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Charl Schwartzel -4
1. GolferMartin
2. Hibbz
3. Super_Realist

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The Valspar Championship is the third leg of the Florida swing and means a fair few of the players will still get to sleep in their own beds and commute a short distance to work for a change.  PGA National may have it's Bear Trap but Innisbrook's Copperhead course has it's Snake Pit in the closing holes.  It's also the last opportunity for some to make the WGC Matchplay by getting into the top 64-66 places in the OWGR.

Jordan Spieth headlines the field as not just the number one ranked player in the world but as the defending champion too. He won in a playoff last year which started a remarkable year for him.  Nearly all of the previous winners will be playing; Jim Furyk, Mark Calcavecchia, and John Huston are missing.  John Senden, Kevin Streelman, Luke Donald, Gary Woodland, Retief Goosen, Sean O'Hair, K.J. Choi, Carl Pettersson, and Vijay Singh are all playing; Choi and Goosen have won the event twice.

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 – March 7th 2016:

CATEGORY A

Jordan Spieth 1
Henrik Stenson 7
Patrick Reed 10
Danny Willett 11
Branden Grace 12
Louis Oosthuizen 18
Kevin Na 26
Matt Kuchar 28
Justin Thomas 31
Charl Schwartzel 32
Russell Knox 33
Danny Lee 34
Martin Kaymer 40
Bill Haas 43

CATEGORY B

Chris Kirk 54
Graeme McDowell 55
Daniel Berger 57
Charley Hoffman 59
Ryan Moore 61
Jason Dufner 62
Ian Poulter 64
Ryan Palmer 67
Patton Kizzire 68
Gary Woodland 69
Harris English 70
Webb Simpson 75
Steven Bowditch 79
Francesco Molinari 80
Russell Henley 83
Cameron Tringale 84
Hunter Mahan 87
Keegan Bradley 88
Luke Donald 90
John Senden 92
Cameron Smith 95
Vaughn Taylor 96
Tony Finau 97
Freddie Jacobson 98
Hiroshi Iwata 100
K.J. Choi 103
Kevin Streelman 104
Chez Reavie 108
Brendon Todd 110
Troy Merritt 112
Brian Harman 113
Daniel Summerhays 114
James Hahn 116
Jason Kokrak 117
Patrick Rodgers 121
Kevin Chappell 123
Sean O'Hair 124
Charles Howell III 128
Padraig Harrington 130
Will Wilcox 132
Jonas Blixt 134
Zac Blair 137
Boo Weekley 142
Jamie Lovemark 143
Morgan Hoffmann 144
David Hearn 147
Jerry Kelly 158
Peter Malnati 159
Matt Every 161
George McNeill 165
Chris Stroud 167
Si Woo Kim 168
Graham DeLaet 170
Scott Brown 178
Geoff Ogilvy 180
Brendon de Jonge 181
Jim Herman 183
Andrew Loupe 184
Adam Hadwin 187
Sung Kang 188
John Huh 190
Jason Gore 191
Martin Laird 192
Thomas Aiken 193
Kyle Reifers 198
Rory Sabbatini 199
David Toms 200

CATEGORY C

Colt Knost 201
Vijay Singh 203
Camilo Villegas 204
Stewart Cink 206
Chad Campbell 207
Ernie Els 208
Bryce Molder 212
Retief Goosen 216
Shawn Stefani 217
Seung-Yul Noh 218
Carl Pettersson 222
Jon Curran 228
Blayne Barber 230
Hudson Swafford 234
Scott Pinckney 242
Derek Fathauer 244
Steve Stricker 249
Chesson Hadley 255
Harold Varner III 256
Spencer Levin 263
Sam Saunders 266
Brett Stegmaier 268
Tom Hoge 269
Bronson Burgoon 272
Erik Compton 273
Scott Stallings 279
Tyrone Van Aswegen 283
Roberto Castro 285
Lucas Glover 290
Carlos Ortiz 293
Kyle Stanley 294
Ricky Barnes 295
Tyler Aldridge 297
Jeff Overton 318
Nick Taylor 319
Luke List 334
Ben Crane 360
Steve Wheatcroft 368
Michael Kim 378
Stuart Appleby 392
Whee Kim 398
Mark Wilson 405
Lucas Lee 408
Andres Gonzales 420
Billy Hurley III 427
Charlie Beljan 438
Ken Duke 440
Mark Hubbard 454
Will MacKenzie 461
Chad Collins 465
Justin Leonard 541
Justin Hicks 605
Darren Clarke 608
Robert Allenby 692
Greg Yates 830
Mike Weir 910
Brandon Hagy 954
Vince India 1316
Trevor Immelman 1610
Brian Gay 1722
Austin Connelly 1731
Lee McCoy 1731
Rod Perry 1731

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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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Random picks gave me the best result of the season...

. . . whilst I carefully calculated every selection and finished tailed off last.