Fantasy League 2017 - Event #03 - Genesis Open

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Fantasy League 2017 - Event #03

Genesis Open

Feb 16 - Feb 19 ___ Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, California, 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. SetupDetermines ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 120 _____ 185

2. Pedro _____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 165

3. Owen10ozzy ________ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 160

4. Kwinigolfer _______ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 155

4. Sand ______________ 25 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 100 _____ 155

4. TheCleaver ________ 25 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 155

7. Raycastleunited ___ 30 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 80 _____ 150

7. SirBenson _________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 75 _____ 150

9. Robopz ____________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 75 _____ 140

10. LadyPutt _________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 10 _____ 70 _____ 130

11. AlciG ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 55 _____ 125

11. GPB ______________ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 75 _____ 125

13. Be_the_Ball ______ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 75 _____ 115

14. Eyetoldyouso _____ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 110

15. Beninho __________ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 30 _____ 100

16. McLaren __________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 35 ______ 85

16. Super_Realist ____ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 40 ______ 85

18. EmmDee57 _________ 30 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 80

19. Davie ____________ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 75

20. I'm Never Wrong __ 10 (2/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 10  
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Players other than Dustin Johnson were chasing second place and Thomas Pieters charging 63 secured the runners up spot.  Four Fantasy Leaguers profited from the Belgian's round of the day.  Two of those Fantasy Leaguers, Sand and SetupDetermines, also had Johnson earning them beacoup de points.  Sand stopped scoring there but Setup was able to add another two scoring finishers to move, just like Johnson, out of sight at the top of the leaderboard.  Owen10ozzy matched Setup's scoring picks in number but not in quality.  Pedro had three scoring picks which was enough to hold onto second spot.  EmmDee57, Kwinigolfer, LadyPutt, McLaren, Raycastleunited, SirBenson, Super_Realist, and TheCleaver also had three scoring picks; EmmD, LP, Mac, and Super didn't have Johnson in their picks and LP did well to crack the top ten in spite of this.  AlciG, Be_the_Ball, Beninho, Davie, GPB, and Robopz also had two picks score points; Alci, Ben, and Davie didn't have Johnson.  Eyetoldyouso had the one scoring pick but it was the best one, I'm Never Wrong failed to trouble the scorers.

Alci and LP were the other two Fantasy Leaguers to have Pieters.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Thomas Pieters -8
1. AlciG
2. LadyPutt
3. Sand
4. SetupDetermines

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The majority of the world's elite players are gathering at Riviera Country Club for the Genesis Open.  Jason Day headlines as world number one and seven others from the top ten are also playing with just Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson missing the party.  Bubba Watson is the defending champion with impressive course form having won twice in the last three years.  Other former champions in the field include James Hahn, John Merrick, Bill Haas, Aaron Baddeley, Steve Stricker, Charles Howell III, Adam Scott, and Ernie Els.  There have been a few back to back winners, most recently Mickelson, but no one has had three in a row although Ben Hogan fans would argue that he did win three times in a row at Riviera; one of them being the U.S. Open sandwiched between his wins in 1948 & 1949

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 – February 13th 2017:

CATEGORY A

Jason Day 1
Dustin Johnson 3
Hideki Matsuyama 5
Jordan Spieth 6
Adam Scott 7
Justin Thomas 8
Sergio Garcia 9
Patrick Reed 10
Justin Rose 12
Bubba Watson 15
Paul Casey 16
Branden Grace 17
Brooks Koepka 20

CATEGORY B

Matt Kuchar 21
Phil Mickelson 22
Jimmy Walker 23
Brandt Snedeker 24
Charl Schwartzel 27
Ryan Moore 30
Francesco Molinari 31
J.B. Holmes 32
Kevin Chappell 36
Scott Piercy 38
Byeong Hun An 42
Bill Haas 43
Jim Furyk 46
Thomas Pieters 47
William McGirt 48 withdrawn
Shane Lowry 51
Kevin Na 53
Brendan Steele 54
Soren Kjeldsen 56
Webb Simpson 59
Marc Leishman 61
Si Woo Kim 62
Charles Howell III 65
Pat Perez 66
Jhonattan Vegas 70
Tony Finau 72
James Hahn 73
Charley Hoffman 74
Billy Horschel 75
Daniel Summerhays 80
Anirban Lahiri 81
Harris English 82
Danny Lee 84
Graeme McDowell 87
Jim Herman 89
Ryan Palmer 90
Hudson Swafford 93
Luke Donald 94
Jamie Lovemark 96
Fabian Gomez 97
Steve Stricker 103 withdrawn
Brian Harman 104
Adam Hadwin 106
Jason Kokrak 107
Keegan Bradley 108
Ryo Ishikawa 109
Mackenzie Hughes 110
Robert Streb 111
Patton Kizzire 113
Martin Laird 117
Chez Reavie 119
Kevin Streelman 121
Cameron Smith 122
Harold Varner III 123
Smylie Kaufman 126 withdrawn
Patrick Rodgers 132
Billy Hurley III 136
Bryson DeChambeau 140
Wesley Bryan 141
Aaron Baddeley 142
Grayson Murray 145
Jon Curran 148
Padraig Harrington 150

CATEGORY C

Brian Stuard 152
Vaughn Taylor 155
Ollie Schniederjans 162
Kyle Reifers 165
John Senden 176
Geoff Ogilvy 180
Alex Cejka 181
Graham DeLaet 184
Luke List 185
Derek Fathauer 186
Bud Cauley 187
David Hearn 188
K.J. Choi 191
Chad Campbell 195
Cody Gribble 196
Sung Kang 197
Troy Merritt 198
Ben Martin 200
Bryce Molder 204
Johnson Wagner 205
Vijay Singh 216
Kyle Stanley 220
John Huh 223
Blayne Barber 227
Scott Brown 231
Ricky Barnes 233
Michael Kim 238
Tyrone Van Aswegen 241
Stewart Cink 242
Cameron Tringale 248
Whee Kim 272
Andrew Loupe 273
Spencer Levin 275
Zac Blair 282
Jinho Choi 286
Camilo Villegas 291
Greg Chalmers 292
Seung-Yul Noh 294
Brett Stegmaier 297
Ken Duke 328
Nick Taylor 334
Shawn Stefani 338
Steven Bowditch 352
Peter Malnati 362
Morgan Hoffmann 374
Ryan Blaum 375
Ernie Els 377
Steve Marino 405
Ben Crane 409
Sam Saunders 426
Chad Collins 442
Nick Watney 475
Mark Hubbard 482
Hunter Mahan 509
J.J. Henry 556
Carl Pettersson 688
Matt Every 709
John Merrick 788
Charlie Beljan 1294
Rich Berberian-Jr 1884
Michael Block 1884
Bob Estes 1884
Kevin Hall 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

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

Low Amateur *** ___ 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
*** Where separate Low Amateur is specified in rules

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1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Apologies for the delay in getting the results out.  The delayed and compacted schedule happened while I was finishing up my vacation and I was travelling home yesterday.

Good work Mr Griswold

Thanks Grumps

raycastleunited wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Apologies for the delay in getting the results out.  The delayed and compacted schedule happened while I was finishing up my vacation and I was travelling home yesterday.

Good work Mr Griswold

Hey look kids! Big Ben and Parliament!

Thank goodness for the inspired pick of Thomas Pieters.

As you're only just back home I presume we're having the break this week? Glad they let you back in!

Was a little nervous LP but everything was smooth sailing. Yes, we'll be off this week.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

raycastleunited wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Apologies for the delay in getting the results out.  The delayed and compacted schedule happened while I was finishing up my vacation and I was travelling home yesterday.

Good work Mr Griswold

Hey look kids! Big Ben and Parliament!

Hey look kids! Big Ben and Parliament!
Hey look kids! Big Ben and Parliament!

haha

These lines come out a few times during the course of a round when someone's not paying attention.

Super - Fully agree it's an ugly car but check out this review from the NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/automobiles/autoreviews/genesis-g80-review.html?_r=0

Americans look for different things in a car SR, for example, you rate Cadillac, hence why the Genesis, or Cadillac are not even sold over here.

Super - Can't imagine I would ever buy a cadillac. Don't like the look or fit at all. I've owned a Mercedes E Class and (as I shared on another thread) now have a Range Rover Sport (that I use for more than trips for Chinese food in the rain, but for family skiing trips and summer vacations in the mountains). I will not buy another Mercedes anytime soon. Over engineered IMO. VERY happy with the Range Rover.

But I think this review is interesting. If you can get past the look (IMO of course), this appears to be a pretty decent car for the money.

I was speaking in general SR. American requirements are generally different to European ones.

The Genesis is not that bad looking, and it's slightly cheaper than the competition, my issue with it and virtually all Asian cars is that it's just so bland. It seems to try and steal a bit from every proper premium maker (a bit like what Lincoln are trying with the new continental), but it ends up looking second rate to all of them.