Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #07 The Players

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Fantasy League 2016 - Spring/Summer Session - Event #07

The Players Championship

May 12 - May 15 ___ TPC Sawgrass (Stadium Course), Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States of America

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Owen10ozzy ________ 100 (8/9) ___ 40 ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 170 _____ 370

2. AlciG _____________ 050 (5/9) ___ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 180 _____ 310

2. BlueCoverman ______ 080 (7/9) ___ 40 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 170 _____ 310

2. Eyetoldyouso ______ 060 (5/9) ___ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 170 _____ 310

5. SirBenson _________ 040 (4/9) ___ 40 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 170 _____ 290

6. McLaren ___________ 050 (5/9) ___ 60 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 150 _____ 260

7. Raycastleunited ___ 050 (5/9) ___ 40 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 140 _____ 230

8. Kwinigolfer _______ 100 (8/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 200

9. GolferMartin ______ 070 (6/9) ___ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 190

10. LL Cool Nay ______ 080 (7/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 170

11. I'm Never Wrong __ 080 (7/9) ___ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 150

12. Beninho __________ 040 (4/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 110

12. Hibbz ____________ 060 (6/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 110

12. SetupDetermines __ 040 (4/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 110

15. LadyPutt _________ 030 (3/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 100

15. Sand _____________ 060 (6/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 40 _____ 100

17. Super_Realist ____ 060 (6/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 80

18. Pedro ____________ 050 (5/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 70

18. TheCleaver _______ 050 (5/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 70

20. Davie ____________ 040 (4/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 40

20. EmmDee57 _________ 040 (4/9) ___ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 40  
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With Jason Day's wire to wire win seven Fantasy Leaguers were looking at beaucoup de points (shout out to Eurovision there) and it was really a battle to see if anyone could challenge Owen10ozzy's lead.  AlciG had four picks score points but it wasn't enough to catch Owen10ozzy who had three picks score.  GolferMartin also had four picks score points but without Day in his selections he was always struggling to play catchup.  BlueCoverman, Eyetoldyouso, Kwinigolfer, LL Cool Nay, McLaren, and SirBenson also had three picks score points; easy to spot the haves and have nots there.  Hibbz, I'm Never Wrong, Raycastleunited, Sand, and SetupDetermines all had two picks left; it's not hard to see the quality difference there either.  Beninho, LadyPutt, Pedro, Super_Realist, and TheCleaver each had one pick score points while the Czech Republic and Germany, I mean Davie and EmmDee57, didn't have any of their picks score points.

Justin Thomas shot 65 for the low round of the day and the runners up spot.

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Justin Thomas -7
1. None

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Love it or hate it the Stadium course certainly garners opinion and most of it centres around the shortest hole on the course; the 137 yard par 3 17th.  Often the location of the sudden death playoffs the 17th will this time be part of a three hole playoff comprising of holes 16-18 should the need arise.  Sudden death will resume on the 17th if there is still a tie.

Lots of the top players are in attendance with 46 of the top 50 in the world rankings taking part.  The top 20 are all present and correct with Jason Day leading the way.  The missing players from the top 50 are Charl Schwartzel, Lee Westwood, K.T. Kim, and Thongchai Jaidee.  119 out of 144 players from the top 200 are in attendance cranking up the world ranking points on offer in this event; Bernard Langer is the lowest ranked player at 672 and the only one outside of the top 500.

Rickie Fowler is the defending champion having finished birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie over his last four holes to force his way into a playoff which he eventually won with another birdie of the 17th.  He will be hoping to be the first man to win back to back titles in the 43 years the Players has been run.  There has only been six multiple winners and Jack Nicklaus has come the closest to defending having won it three times in a five year spell.  Hal Sutton, Fred Couples, Steve Elkington, Davis Love-III and Tiger Woods are the other players to have won it more than once.  Elkington has the second shortest time between wins with seven years separating his.  All the others have taken over 10 years to capture a second crown.  Out of those players only Davis Love III is playing.  Other former winners who are in the field are Martin Kaymer, Matt Kuchar, K.J. Choi, Henrik Stenson, Sergio Garcia, Phil Mickelson, and Adam Scott.  Recent missing winners in the last 10 years are Tim Clark and Stephen Ames.

There are three Categories where you will need pick three players, plus reserve, from each one.  There are bonus points available if you get all of your picks through in any category.  Get all 9 picks through and you get an even bigger bonus.  It's all way down at the bottom in the scoring section if you are interested.

This is a full field with cut event, cut points will be available; see above.

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Everyone please notify others of changes in field before tournament starts and invalid or incomplete picks from participants.

Rankings based on the Official World Golf Ranking – May 9th 2016:

CATEGORY A

Jason Day 1
Jordan Spieth 2
Rory McIlroy 3
Bubba Watson 4
Rickie Fowler 5
Henrik Stenson 6
Adam Scott 7
Dustin Johnson 8
Danny Willett 9
Justin Rose 10
Branden Grace 11
Patrick Reed 12
Louis Oosthuizen 13
Hideki Matsuyama 14

CATEGORY B

Sergio Garcia 15
Brandt Snedeker 16
Phil Mickelson 17
Zach Johnson 18
J.B. Holmes 19
Brooks Koepka 20
Kevin Kisner 22
Paul Casey 23
Byeong Hun An 24
Jim Furyk 25
Kevin Na 26
Bill Haas 27
Jimmy Walker 28
Rafa Cabrera Bello 29
Matt Kuchar 30
Russell Knox 31
Charley Hoffman 32
Andy Sullivan 33
Marc Leishman 35
Shane Lowry 36
Danny Lee 37
Justin Thomas 38
Soren Kjeldsen 39
Emiliano Grillo 40
Matthew Fitzpatrick 41
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 42
Bernd Wiesberger 44
Daniel Berger 45
Billy Horschel 46
Ryan Moore 47
David Lingmerth 48
Chris Kirk 50
Smylie Kaufman 51
Scott Piercy 53
Patton Kizzire 54
James Hahn 55
Robert Streb 58
Martin Kaymer 59
Fabian Gomez 60
Kevin Chappell 64
Jason Dufner 67
Ian Poulter 70
Luke Donald 71
Jim Herman 72
Harris English 73
Matt Jones 74
Ryan Palmer 75
Graeme McDowell 76
Gary Woodland 77
Jamie Lovemark 78
Brendan Steele 79
Tony Finau 81
Jason Bohn 83
Russell Henley 85
Francesco Molinari 86
Charles Howell III 87
Webb Simpson 90 withdrawn
Troy Merritt 91
Jason Kokrak 95
Chez Reavie 96
John Senden 99
William McGirt 100

CATEGORY C

Cameron Tringale 102
Vaughn Taylor 103
Daniel Summerhays 105
Freddie Jacobson 108
Steven Bowditch 109
Ben Martin 110
K.J. Choi 111
Sean O'Hair 113
Keegan Bradley 114
Kevin Streelman 116
Hunter Mahan 120
Graham DeLaet 126
Brian Harman 130
Jonas Blixt 131
Will Wilcox 134
Padraig Harrington 137
Bryce Molder 138
David Hearn 140
Patrick Rodgers 141
Brian Stuard 143
Scott Brown 144
Si Woo Kim 146
Alex Cejka 149
Zac Blair 151
Boo Weekley 152
Kyle Reifers 157
Davis Love III 160
Retief Goosen 163
Peter Malnati 166
Chris Stroud 167
Brendon Todd 168
Morgan Hoffmann 172
Jerry Kelly 173
Jason Gore 176
George McNeill 179
Colt Knost 184
Greg Owen 186
Harold Varner III 188
Adam Hadwin 192
Johnson Wagner 194
John Huh 195
Matt Every 197
Martin Laird 199
Chad Campbell 203
Jon Curran 218
Chesson Hadley 221
Jhonattan Vegas 222
Ricky Barnes 224
Camilo Villegas 225
Brendon de Jonge 227
Ernie Els 229
Vijay Singh 235
Spencer Levin 243
Shawn Stefani 259
Scott Pinckney 260
Hudson Swafford 263
Chad Collins 268
J.J. Henry 273
Nick Taylor 274
Carl Pettersson 279
Steve Wheatcroft 344
Carlos Ortiz 352
Jeff Overton 366
Erik Compton 374
Mark Wilson 420
Andres Gonzales 468
Ken Duke 495
Bernhard Langer 672

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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

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 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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Well my new policy of picking players guaranteed to make the cut was a failure! Well done Owen. Thanks Grumps

Phew glad to pick up a win finally; plenty of top 5's so nice to get the big one. I'm hoping that puts me on top of the overall league now...mind I imagine my downfall will quickly occur once there.

Thanks Grumps, another dismal effort in a premium-points tournament, but have I got great picks for this week's Byron Nelson . . . . . Oops

AlciG wrote:Congrats Owen10ozzy... Another second place for me

Ahem...joint second if you please!

I was watching this last night thinking I could be in with a chance with Justin Thomas and Kevin Chappell, as well as Jay Day. Then I came on here and realised those were my picks last week.

Thanks Grumps. Good work as always. Congrats Owen

Ray, I nearly added that sentiment on Justin Thomas when noting his low round of the day and runners up finish. Was thinking of saying the once popular or something like it.

I think I picked Justin Thomas about 5 weeks in a row, as soon as I lost faith he turns it on!

You can guarantee that he'll turn it off once he's back in most lineups