Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #01 - Houston Open

Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #01

Shell Houston Open

Mar 31 - Apr 03 ___ Golf Club of Houston (Tournament), Humble, Texas, 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. Kwinigolfer _______ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 85 _____ 185

2. Beninho ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 170

3. Owen10ozzy ________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 65 _____ 165

4. I'm Never Wrong ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 85 _____ 150

5. AlciG _____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 135

5. Raycastleunited ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 135

7. Hibbz _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 130

8. McLaren ___________ 40 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 65 _____ 125

8. Pedro _____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 125

10. Davie ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 120

10. SirBenson ________ 30 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 120

12. Hogie ____________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 115

12. LL Cool Nay ______ 20 (4/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 115

14. TheCleaver _______ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 110

15. BlueCoverman _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 40 _____ 100

16. Eyetoldyouso _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 80

16. Sand _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 40 ______ 80

18. BobtheJob ________ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 75

19. SetupDetermines __ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 60

20. LadyPutt _________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 55

21. EmmDee57 _________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 50

22. GolferMartin _____ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 45

23. Super_Realist ____ 15 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 40  
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Kwinigolfer and I'm Never Wrong scored the most points from their picks finish positions; Kwini went for quantity with six of his seven picks scoring while I'm Never Wrong went for quality with three picks scoring, two of them finishing second and third.  Beninho and TheCleaver both had five picks score points but Beninho was one of the many with Henrik Stenson so he easily outscored TheCleaver.  Davie, Owen10ozzy, Pedro, and Raycastleunited all had four picks score points.  BlueCoverman, Hibbz, Hogie, McLaren, and SetupDetermines joined I'm Never wrong by also having three picks score points.  AlciG, BobtheJob, EmmDee57, Eyetoldyouso, GolferMartin, LadyPutt, LL Cool Nay, Sand, SirBenson, and Super_Realist all had two picks score points and those with Stenson separated themselves.

Rafa Cabrera Bello finished with the best round of the day after shooting 65.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Rafa Cabrera Bello -7
1. None

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The final chance to shine before The Masters at Augusta National and the Shell Houston Open provides one last chance to gatecrash the party should the winner not have been invited earned.  Matt Jones, D.A. Points, and Johnson Wagner have all earned an invitation in this manner.  With it's Masters style green complexes the Houston Open provides the chance to find some much needed form or confidence however no one has gone back to back and Anthony Kim was the only previous winner to have a top ten finish in the following week.

World number two, Jordan Spieth, headlines after losing his number one spot at the WGC Matchplay.  Spieth missed out in a playoff last year but bounced back by winning The Masters.  Fellow top tenners Rickie Fowler, Henrik Stenson, Dustin Johnson, and Patrick Reed join Spieth in Houston.  J.B.Holmes is the defending champion; he saw off first Spieth and then Johnson Wagner to win.  Other former winners in the field include Matt Jones, D.A. Points, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Johnson Wagner, Stuart Appleby, Vijay Singh, and Robert Allenby.  Of the former winners Appleby has two titles and Vijay has three, all earned in the space of four years.

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 28th 2016:

CATEGORY A

Jordan Spieth 2
Rickie Fowler 5
Henrik Stenson 7
Dustin Johnson 9
Patrick Reed 10
Louis Oosthuizen 11
Sergio Garcia 15
Brooks Koepka 18
Phil Mickelson 20
Charl Schwartzel 21
J.B. Holmes 23
Jimmy Walker 24
Shane Lowry 32
Rafa Cabrera Bello 36

CATEGORY B

Bernd Wiesberger 40
Thongchai Jaidee 41
Scott Piercy 48
Anirban Lahiri 50
Jamie Donaldson 55
Patton Kizzire 57
Charley Hoffman 58
Daniel Berger 59
Matt Jones 64
Lee Westwood 66
Kevin Chappell 69
Harris English 70
Gary Woodland 71
Tony Finau 72
Ryan Palmer 73
Brendan Steele 77
Steven Bowditch 84
Cameron Tringale 88
Russell Henley 89
Ben Martin 91
Vaughn Taylor 93
Freddie Jacobson 95
K.J. Choi 97
Keegan Bradley 98
Hunter Mahan 99
John Senden 100
Chez Reavie 101
Charles Howell III 102
Jason Kokrak 103
Hiroshi Iwata 104
Cameron Smith 105
Brian Harman 112
Kevin Streelman 117
William McGirt 118
Jamie Lovemark 119
James Hahn 121
Patrick Rodgers 124
Jonas Blixt 125
Sean O'Hair 126
Padraig Harrington 128
Graham DeLaet 133
Will Wilcox 134
Scott Brown 135
Alex Cejka 139
Zac Blair 141
David Hearn 148
Boo Weekley 149
Morgan Hoffmann 153
Greg Owen 154
Davis Love III 159
Peter Malnati 164
Si Woo Kim 167
Chris Stroud 168
Matt Every 171
Jason Gore 172
Retief Goosen 177
Kyle Reifers 181
John Huh 183
Adam Hadwin 185
Andrew Loupe 187
Martin Laird 189
Geoff Ogilvy 190
Jim Herman 191
Brendon de Jonge 192
Chad Campbell 200

CATEGORY C

Bryce Molder 202
Steve Stricker 203
Camilo Villegas 205
Colt Knost 206
Vijay Singh 208
David Toms 209
Stewart Cink 213
Derek Fathauer 218
Ernie Els 219
Seung-Yul Noh 223
Blayne Barber 225
Johnson Wagner 229
Jon Curran 230
Carl Pettersson 233
Hudson Swafford 234
Shawn Stefani 236
Steve Marino 237
Scott Pinckney 240
J.J. Henry 243
Dawie van der Walt 244
Brett Stegmaier 249
Chesson Hadley 263
Harold Varner III 264
Spencer Levin 268
Rodolfo Cazaubon 269
Bronson Burgoon 277
Lucas Glover 278
Aaron Baddeley 280
Nick Taylor 281
Roberto Castro 283
Jhonattan Vegas 284
Scott Stallings 290
Tyrone Van Aswegen 295
Erik Compton 296
Andres Romero 300
Kyle Stanley 308
Ricky Barnes 309
Carlos Ortiz 314
Angel Cabrera 315
Rhein Gibson 329
Luke Guthrie 340
Jeff Overton 342
Steve Wheatcroft 360
Ben Crane 377
Will MacKenzie 379
Michael Kim 383
Scott Langley 395
Whee Kim 410
Stuart Appleby 414
Mark Hubbard 432
Andres Gonzales 445
Ken Duke 457
Charlie Beljan 461
Chad Collins 478
Rafael Campos 492
Sebastian Vazquez 567
Justin Hicks 645
D.A. Points 664
Robert Allenby 727
Mike Weir 1040
Matt Dobyns 1742
Omar Uresti 1742
Paul McConnell 1742
Nicholas Cochran 1742
Kramer Hickok 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.

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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Rickie Fowler, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Swartzel (Henrik Stenson)
Anirban Lahiri, Ryan Palmer, Keegan Bradley (Charley Hoffman)
Camillo Villegas, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els (Bryce Molder)
Cheers Grumps

Fatso's: Fatprick Reed, Fat Phil, Fat Shane (JB Holmes)

Surnames for Forenames : Patton Kizzire, Harris English, Hunter Mahan (Keegan Bradley)

Same Letter starts Forename and Surname: Shawn Stefani, Bronson Burgoon, Blayne Barber (Chad Collins)


Cheers Grumps.

(A) - Flower, Stenson, D Johnson (R) Holmes
(B) - Jaidee, Kizzire, Chappell (R) Woodland
(C) - Stricker, Cink, Noh (R) Petterson

All odd numbers in the rankings. Cheers Grumps.

CAT A
Rickie Dayglo Fowler
Patrick T5 Reed
Brooks Bros Koepka
Res: Ra Ra Rafa Cabrera Bello

CAT B
Anirban Airbender Lahiri
Gen. Patton Kizzire
Charley Mulletless Hoffman
Res: Harris Not English

CAT C
Bryce Scullyand Molder
Camilo Spiderman Villegas
Ernie Big E Els
Res: Chesson Fingers Hadley

Ta very much 1GG

Ah, think you've missed one out there Bob. Chesson Toast Hadley would probably be better?

1).Reed, Stenson, Mickelson (Walker)
2).Piercy, Bradley, Hoffman (Stroud)
C).Wagner, Villegas, MacKenzie (Glover)

Thank you Mr Grumps

Stenson
Koepka
Mickelson

Hoffman
Delaet
Harrington

Fathauer
Baddeley
Taylor

Cat A
Jordan Spieth 2
Henrik Stenson 7
Shane Lowry 32
*Reserve Rickie Fowler 5
CAT B
Thongchai Jaidee 41
Tony Finau 72
Padraig Harrington 128
*Reserve K.J. Choi 97

CAT C
Bryce Molder 202
Johnson Wagner 229
Dawie van der Walt 244
*Reserve Nicholas Cochran 1742

Cat A : King Louie, Phil Mick, Pat Reed. Res Charl.

Cat B : Matt Jones, Jamie D, Lee W. Res Scott P

Cat C : Steve Stricker, Camillo, Angel C, Res Ernie.

DJ, Mickleson, Garcia (Spieth)
Bradley, Finau, Wiesberger (Henley)
Stricker, Singh, Els (Wagner)

Cheers

CATEGORY A: Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Patrick Reed (res: Jimmy Walker)

CATEGORY B: Bernd Wiesberger, Charley Hoffman, Tony Finau (res: Keegan Bradley)

CATEGORY C: Bryce Molder, Camilo Villegas, Johnson Wagner (res: Hudson Swafford)

Spieth
Fowler
Stenson
(Koepka)



Patton Kizzire
Kevin Chappell
Tony Finau
(Scott Piercy)


Derek Fathauer
Bryce Molder
David Toms
(Seung-Yul Noh)

Reed, Oosthuizen, Schwartzel (Stenson)
Jaidee, C Hoffman, Woodland (Jacobson)
Villegas, Knost, Stricker (Cink)

Cheers

Stenson, Reed, Walker
Finau, Bradley, Senden
Stricker, Marino, Burgoon

Thanks.

Stenson, Reed, Oosthuizen

Hoffman, Finau, Lahiri

Noh, Stallings, Beljan

Many Thanks

Kwini is saying my favourite name in golf Bronson Burgoon is out please may I have Harold Varner III instead if so?

True dat Hibbz. Burgoon replaced by Kang.

Remember all ladies and gents who moved your timepieces forward last Sunday, it's a 5-hour time difference between East Coast and Londinium again, a six-hour difference with Houston where the boys are opening the batting Thursday at 1.20 p.m. Wentworth time.

Mickelson, Stenson, Spieth (Koepka)

Piercy, Hoffman, Tringale (Howell III)

Taylor, Kang, Hadley (Singh)

Cheers Grumps

Spieth, Holmes, Reed (Stenson)
Piercy, Finau, Bradley (Henley)
Knost, Noh, Singh (Els)

Spieth, Fowler, Oosthuizen (Johnson)
Hoffman, Delaet, Howell (Finau)
Els, Stricker, Toms (Singh)

Cat A:
Jordan bounceback Spieth
Dustin Johnson
Patrick Reed
Res - Rickie Fowler

Cat B:
Charley Hoffman
Keegan Bradley
Charles Howell
Res - Brendan Steele

Cat C:
Steve Stricker
Aaron Baddeley
Ernie Els
Res - Camilo Villegas

Cheers Grumps

CATEGORY A: Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson & Jordan Spieth
RESERVE: Rafael Cabrera Bello

CATEGORY B: K.J. Choi, Charles Howell III & Jamie Lovemark
RESERVE: Graham DeLaet

CATEGORY C: Rodolfo Cazaubon JNR, Lucas Glover & Steve Stricker
RESERVE: Tyrone Van Aswegen

Cheers 1GG!

Can't believe only pedro picked him, BUT:

JB HOLMES Withdraws, replaced by Listing Luke List.

CATEGORY A
Henrik Stenson
Dustin Johnson
Louis Oosthuizen
Charl Schwartzel

CATEGORY B
Thongchai Jaidee
Anirban Lahiri
Tony Finau
Graham DeLaet

CATEGORY C
Bryce Molder
Derek Fathauer
Seung-Yul Noh
Hudson Swafford

Spieth, Holmes, Walker, - Rs Stenson
Kizzire, Palmer, Howell 123, Rs Westwood
JJ, Wagner, Knost - rs Toms

Thanks

Cat A

Rickie Fowler
Patrick Reed
Louis Oosthuizen
Jordan Spieth (R)

Cat B

Kevin Chappell
Ryan Palmer
Patrick Rodgers
Martin Laird (R)

Cat C

Steve Stricker
Camilo Villegas
Colt Knost
Vijay Singh (R)

kwinigolfer wrote:Can't believe only pedro picked him, BUT:

JB HOLMES Withdraws, replaced by Listing Luke List.

Beninho, Holmes had withdrawn - you might like to adjust your pick

Hi Grumps, just in case there are any more last minute withdrawals, my reserve in Cat A is now Schwartzel.

Cat A:Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka & Charl Schwartzel (res Rafa CB)
Cat B: Thongchai Jaidee, Patton Kizzire & Jonas Blixt (res Jamie Lovemark)
Cat C: Camillo Villegas, Derek Fathauer & Bryce Molder (res Steve Stricker)

Cheers Grumps.

If there are any more withdrawals, given that some have not picked a reserve (why not????), if they are affected they will have only two picks in that category - so says the Lady Judge!

Can I replace Fat JB Holmes as my reserve to Monobrow please?

LadyPutt wrote: some have not picked a reserve (why not????),

Because they didn't like to see their reserve doing better than their picks.

kwinigolfer wrote:True dat Hibbz. Burgoon replaced by Kang.

owen10ozzy wrote:Mickelson, Stenson, Spieth (Koepka)

Piercy, Hoffman, Tringale (Howell III)

Taylor, Kang, Hadley (Singh)

Cheers Grumps

Owen, would I be right in thinking you were selecting Sung Kang because as Kwini mentioned he was in the field replacing Bronson Burgoon?

At the time of posting the field there was no other Kang's listed in Cat C and on checking the world ranking Sung Kang at 179 would be in the field under Cat B. As such he's ineligible for your picks and Vijay Singh steps up

Changes to lineups

Super_Realist
Cat A: Rickie Fowler as reserve replacing J.B. Holmes (withdrawn)
Cat C: Chad Collins replacing Bronson Burgoon (withdrawn)

Pedro
Cat A: Henrik Stenson replacing J.B. Holmes (withdrawn)

Beninho
Cat A: Henrik Stenson replacing J.B. Holmes (withdrawn)

I'm Never Wrong
Cat A: Charl Schwartzel as reserve replacing J.B. Holmes (withdrawn)

Hibbz
Cat C: Harold Varner III replacing Bronson Burgoon (withdrawn)

Owen10ozzy
Cat C: Vijay Singh replacing Sung Kang (ineligible Cat C pick)

Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #01

Shell Houston Open

Mar 31 - Apr 03 ___ Golf Club of Houston (Tournament), Humble, Texas, United States of America

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

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

2. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

2. BobtheJob _________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

2. Eyetoldyouso ______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

2. LL Cool Nay _______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

2. Owen10ozzy ________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

10. AlciG ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

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

10. Sand _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 10

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

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

13. GolferMartin _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

13. Hogie ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

13. LadyPutt _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

13. Pedro ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

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

13. TheCleaver _______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00  
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Some ninety seven players broke par in the first round of the Shell Houston open and rounds of 65 were needed to make the Top Five Low Round scores.  Two players in the morning wave were looking pretty at the top of the leaderboard.  Roberto Castro and Dustin Johnson, who was a Fantasy League pick, did jus that.  In the afternoon wave two other players, Scott Brown and Morgan Hoffmann, joined them at seven under and the other Hoffman, Charley went one better with an eight under round of 64.  

The lessser "n'd" Hoffman was a popular pick in the Fantasy Leaguer with nine folks sticking him in their team.  BlueCoverman, BobtheJob, Davie, Eyetoldyouso, Kwinigolfer, LL Cool Nay, Owen10ozzy, Raycastleunited, and SirBenson reaped the rewards.  Raycastleunited broke from this pack as he also had Dustin Johnson in his selection.  AlciG, I'm Never Wrong, and Sand also picked Johnson to get off the mark.

It was a bittersweet day for LL Cool Nay as he had the leader and the player with the worst round, Charlie Beljan, who then withdrew; welcome to the Fantasy League LL!

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Charley Hoffman -8
1. BlueCoverman
2. BobtheJob
3. Davie
4. Eyetoldyouso
5. Kwinigolfer
6. LL Cool Nay
7. Owen10ozzy
8. Raycastleunited
9. SirBenson

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-7 or lower

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Twenty seven players, four of them picks, are left to finish up to five holes of their second round. Round two updates are likely to take place mid afternoon East Coast time, early evening in sunnyish England

Oh dear! Lost 5 of my nine - worst performance so far

Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #01

Shell Houston Open

Mar 31 - Apr 03 ___ Golf Club of Houston (Tournament), Humble, Texas, United States of America

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. Kwinigolfer _______ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

1. Owen10ozzy ________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

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

4. BlueCoverman ______ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

4. Davie _____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

6. Eyetoldyouso ______ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 55

6. TheCleaver ________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 55

8. Beninho ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

8. SirBenson _________ 30 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 50

10. AlciG ____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 45

10. BobtheJob ________ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 45

10. I'm Never Wrong __ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 45

13. LL Cool Nay ______ 20 (4/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

13. McLaren __________ 40 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

13. Sand _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

16. Pedro ____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 35

17. Hibbz ____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

17. LadyPutt _________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

17. SetupDetermines __ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

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

21. EmmDee57 _________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

21. GolferMartin _____ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

23. Super_Realist ____ 15 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 15  
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Round two was eventually finished and the cut line moved to one under.  The failure of popular picks Louis Oosthuizen, Shane Lowry, and Brooks Koepka caused havoc in Category A and just over half of the Fantasy League failed to earn a bonus from what's normally a safe bet.  Cut bonuses in Categories B and C were just as problematic with only six Fantasy Leaguers picking up a bonus from these categories.  

Beninho and Owen10ozzy came the closest to keeping a full set as they both lost one pick.  McLaren made have lost two more picks than those two but he kept the full complement in two of the categories and he was the only other Fantasy Leaguer to earn more than one bonus.  BlueCoverman, Davie, and Kwinigolfer all have seven picks left and all earned the one bonus.  AlciG, Eyetoldyouso, I'm Never Wrong, LadyPutt, Pedro, Raycastleunited, SirBenson, and TheCleaver joined McLaren in having six picks left.  All, except LadyPutt and SirBenson, earned a cut bonus.  BobtheJob, Hibbz, Hogie, and Sand each have five picks left, Hibbz and Sand both earned a bonus.  EmmDee57, GolferMartin, LL Cool Nay, and SetupDetermines all have four picks left.  Super_Realist has just the three.

Five players shot 68 to tie for the low score in round two; four of those were picks.  Jamie Lovemark and Lucas Glover both earned points for TheCleaver, Jamie Donaldson earned points for SetupDetermines, and Will MacKenzie earned points for Kwinigolfer.  Russell Henley was the other player to shoot 68.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Jamie Donaldson -4
1. SetupDetermines

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Will MacKenzie -4
1. Kwinigolfer

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Jamie Lovemark -4
1. TheCleaver

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Lucas Glover -4
1. TheCleaver

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Russell Henley -4
1. None

Cut Line (5 points)
-1 or lower

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Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #01

Shell Houston Open

Mar 31 - Apr 03 ___ Golf Club of Houston (Tournament), Humble, Texas, United States of America

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 3

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

1. Kwinigolfer _______ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ 30 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 100

1. Owen10ozzy ________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ XX _____ XX _____ 100

3. Beninho ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 90

4. Davie _____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

4. Hibbz _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

4. SirBenson _________ 30 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 70

7. AlciG _____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 65

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

7. I'm Never Wrong ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 65

10. BlueCoverman _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

10. LL Cool Nay ______ 20 (4/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

10. McLaren __________ 40 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

13. Eyetoldyouso _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 55

13. Hogie ____________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 55

13. Pedro ____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 55

13. TheCleaver _______ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 55

17. BobtheJob ________ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 45

18. Sand _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

19. LadyPutt _________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

19. SetupDetermines __ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 30

21. EmmDee57 _________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

21. GolferMartin _____ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

23. Super_Realist ____ 15 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX _____ XX ______ 15
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Despite lots of opportunitues to score points in round three just over half the Fantasy League didn't trouble the scorer. Rounds of 69 were needed to make the Top 10 Low Round scores in difficult scoring conditions. Thirteen players shot 69 or lower; Henrik Stenson shot 66 for the low round of the day and eleven Fantasy Leaguers picked Stenson.

Four other picks shot 69 to score points and five of those eleven Fantasy Leaguers had one or more of the other scoring picks. Beninho and Hibbz had two more while Hogie, Kwinigolfer, and Owen10ozzy had one more picks. AlciG, I'm Never Wrong, LL Cool Nay, McLaren, Pedro, and SirBenson all had Stenson and Davie was the only other Fantasy Leaguer to score without having Stenson.

With a larger field for round three a secondary cut was implemented at one over. Ten players had an MDF; seven of those were picks. Eleven Fantasy Leaguers were affected by this; LadyPutt and AlciG especially so as they both had two of the seven. Beninho, Hibbz, I'm Never Wrong, LL Cool Nay, McLaren, Pedro, Sand, SetupDetermines, and SirBenson were the others to lose another pick.

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Round 3 Low Round (10 points)
Henrik Stenson -6
1. AlciG
2. Beninho
3. Hibbz
4. Hogie
5. I'm Never Wrong
6. Kwinigolfer
7. LL Cool Nay
8. McLaren
9. Owen10ozzy
10. Pedro
11. SirBenson

Round 3 Low Scores (10 points)
-3 or lower

MDF Cut Line
+1 or lower

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Hi 1GG,

I've just got a query on the scoring as my score remained the same from rounds 2 to 3 but i've still got Lovemark in the Top 10 on the leaderboard, so should this have given 20 points?

Are you also able to explain the cut points this year, especially the number of points you get for a bonus when all players in same category make the cut?

I know scoring has changed since last year, just trying to follow it a bit better, perhaps if I could get a breakdown of my existing score for this tournament?

Thanks mate, much appreciated for running it and liking the number of tournaments this year.

TheCleaver wrote:Hi 1GG,

I've just got a query on the scoring as my score remained the same from rounds 2 to 3 but i've still got Lovemark in the Top 10 on the leaderboard, so should this have given 20 points?

Are you also able to explain the cut points this year, especially the number of points you get for a bonus when all players in same category make the cut?

I know scoring has changed since last year, just trying to follow it a bit better, perhaps if I could get a breakdown of my existing score for this tournament?

Thanks mate, much appreciated for running it and liking the number of tournaments this year.

Points are only give for low round scores... So top 10 low rounds + ties. In this case 69 and lower scores. Lovemark had a 70.

I'm not sure about the exact bonus points so I'll let somebody else answer that.

Hello TC,

AlciG has is right in his explanation of the Top 10 Low Round scores for round three but I can see why the confusion comes in; before I took this over I had the exact same question as you.  In round one the Top 5 scores happen to be the same players at the top of the leaderboard.  We use the Top 10 Low Round scores in round three because that gives the opportunity to folks who have picks who aren't at the top of the leaderboard  to catch up.  Hope that makes sense?

Here's your scoring breakdown from round to round.

Round 1:
Your lowest scoring picks were Jordan Spieth and Jamie Lovemark who both shot 67 but it wasn't low enough to make the Top 5 Low Round scores which was 65.  0 Points

Round 2:
Cut line fell at -1 or 143.
Cat A: Rickie Fowler 139 (5 points)
Cat A: Phil Mickelson 140 (5 points)
Cat A: Jordan Spieth 140 (5 points)
Cat B: Jamie Lovemark 135 (5 points)
Cat B: Charles Howell III 138 (5 points)
Cat B: K.J. Choi 148 (0 points)
Cat C: Lucas Glover 139 (5 points)
Cat C: Steve Stricker 145 (0 points)
Cat C: Rodolfo Cazaubon 147 (0 points)

Six picks made the cut so that's 30 points.  Then each category is looked at individually to see if all three made the cut.
Cat A: 3/3 (5 points)
Cat B: 2/3 (0 points)
Cat C: 1/3 (0 points)
Then it's checked to see if all 9 made the cut if so, 20 extra points are then awarded.  In your case it's not applicable.
Total points from cut: 35 points

Round two saw the Low Round score as 68.  Of your picks Lucas Glover and Jamie Lovemark shot 68; each scored 10 points.  Total points for Low Rounds: 20 points

Total points after round two: 55 points

Round 3:
Of your remaining six picks three (Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, and Jamie Lovemark) shot 70.  Thirteen other players combined to shoot 69 or lower so the Top 10 Low Round scores needed to be 69.  0 points

Total points after round 3: 55 points

Hope that helps to explain the scoring system, let me know if you have any questions and I'll do my best to bamboozle you

Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #01

Shell Houston Open

Mar 31 - Apr 03 ___ Golf Club of Houston (Tournament), Humble, Texas, 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. Kwinigolfer _______ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 85 _____ 185

2. Beninho ___________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 170

3. Owen10ozzy ________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 65 _____ 165

4. I'm Never Wrong ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 85 _____ 150

5. AlciG _____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 135

5. Raycastleunited ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 135

7. Hibbz _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 130

8. McLaren ___________ 40 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 65 _____ 125

8. Pedro _____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 125

10. Davie ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 120

10. SirBenson ________ 30 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 120

12. Hogie ____________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 115

12. LL Cool Nay ______ 20 (4/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 115

14. TheCleaver _______ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 110

15. BlueCoverman _____ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 40 _____ 100

16. Eyetoldyouso _____ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 80

16. Sand _____________ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 40 ______ 80

18. BobtheJob ________ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 75

19. SetupDetermines __ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 60

20. LadyPutt _________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 55

21. EmmDee57 _________ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 50

22. GolferMartin _____ 20 (4/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 45

23. Super_Realist ____ 15 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 40  
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Kwinigolfer and I'm Never Wrong scored the most points from their picks finish positions; Kwini went for quantity with six of his seven picks scoring while I'm Never Wrong went for quality with three picks scoring, two of them finishing second and third.  Beninho and TheCleaver both had five picks score points but Beninho was one of the many with Henrik Stenson so he easily outscored TheCleaver.  Davie, Owen10ozzy, Pedro, and Raycastleunited all had four picks score points.  BlueCoverman, Hibbz, Hogie, McLaren, and SetupDetermines joined I'm Never wrong by also having three picks score points.  AlciG, BobtheJob, EmmDee57, Eyetoldyouso, GolferMartin, LadyPutt, LL Cool Nay, Sand, SirBenson, and Super_Realist all had two picks score points and those with Stenson separated themselves.

Rafa Cabrera Bello finished with the best round of the day after shooting 65.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Rafa Cabrera Bello -7
1. None

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With his win Jim Herman earns the final invitation to The Masters and no doubt will be mentioned as being the fourth player to win the week before to earn a last minute trip.

Oooh that's better. Well done Kwini.
Good job Grumps. Thanks.

Last two weeks in a row. Takes some doing.

Cheers chaps.
But critical review will show I only won because Grumps didn't come under Starters Orders.

Ref his post Houston post - and I'll ask this on the quiz thread:
Who is the last British golfer not previously qualified for Augusta who won the week before (as Herman did yesterday) to earn his Masters invite?

You're too kind Kwini; last year I may have been more competitive

Cheers for the explanation 1GG, The Low Round Top 10 makes sense now.

And yeah just wanted it clarified on the cut points and I got that, maybe you could post the cut points under the scoring system for future events though?

TC, it did used to be shown in the scoring system but I think I must have deleted it when posting a no cut event. Thanks for highlighting this; I've just added it back into the Masters posting and will make sure it's there for the next event. Cheers, Grumps