Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #02

Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #02

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters

Jan 21 – Jan 24 ___ Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. Barragan _________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 25 ____  00 ____ 115 _____ 210

2. Davie ____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 25 ____  00 ____ 110 _____ 195

3. Kwinigolfer ______ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ 30 ____  10 _____ 95 _____ 190

4. BlueCoverman _____ 30 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  10 ____ 105 _____ 185

5. Ned B-H __________ 35 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 95 _____ 180

6. 1GrumpyGolfer ____ 25 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 ____ 100 _____ 155

7. McLaren __________ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 80 _____ 150

7. TheCleaver _______ 30 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 70 _____ 150

9. SetupDetermines __ 45 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____  00 _____ 40 _____ 125

10. Pedro ___________ 15 (3/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____  00 _____ 60 _____ 105

11. LadyPutt ________ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 15 ____  00 _____ 40 ______ 95

12. Goldwolf ________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 40 ______ 85

12. I'm Never Wrong _ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 15 ____  00 _____ 30 ______ 85

14. RedRage _________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 15 ____  00 _____ 30 ______ 80

15. Hibbz ___________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____  00 _____ 20 ______ 65

16. Beninho _________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 25 ______ 60

17. super_Realist ___ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____  00 _____ 00 ______ 30  

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A thrilling finish in the desert say Branden Grace and Marc Warren trade birdies and eagles over the last few holes.  Ultimately Grace rolled in his birdie putt on 18 which Warren couldn't match.  Bernd Wiesberger was hanging onto their coat tails and finished with birdie for third place on his own.  All three were picks but this time no one managed the trifecta.  The combo of Grace and Wiesberger was the closest and three Fantasy Leaguers including two of the leaders had chosen them.  Both Barragan and Davie also picked Justin Rose and George Coetzee but Barragan also had Anders Hansen which gave him a fairly comfortable cushion in the end.  Kwinigolfer also had all five of his picks finish in the points but he had Warren and neither of Grace or Wiesberger, a creditable third place for Kwini..

The surging BlueCoverman also had five picks, including Grace, score points and he was able to overhaul Ned B-H who had four picks, including Grace, score points.  1GrumpyGolfer had Grace and Wiesberger and he moved up into sixth spot just ahead of McLaren and newcomer TheCleaver who had three and two picks score points  respectively; they both had Grace too.  SetupDetermines and Pedro round out the top ten.  Setup slipped after just two of his picks managed to hold onto a scoring position.  Pedro had just three picks left but one of the was pretty good in Grace.

i'm Never Wrong, RedRage, and Beninho all had three picks score points but they didn't have a lot of quality.  GoldWolf and Hibbz both had two picks score points, LadyPutt just one.  Super_Realist's picks didn't trouble the scorers.

For the fourth day running 65 was the low round score and three players shot that score to move into the top 10.  Byeong-Hun An and Gregory Bourdy both moved into fifth. Alex Noren finished ninth and scored points for BlueCoverman and Kwinigolfer.  Wade Ormsby shot 79 for the worst round and he finished one shot above Mikko Korhonen who finshed at +6 in last place.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Alex Noren -7
1. BlueCoverman
2. Kwinigolfer

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Byeong-Hun An -7
1. None

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Gregory Bourdy -7
1. None

Final Round Worse Round (5 points)
Wade Ormsby +7
1. None

Last Place (5 points)
Mikko Korhonen +6
1. None

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The Qatar Masters has only ever seen two repeat winners since its inception in 1998.  They are Adam Scott and most recently Paul Lawrie who last won in 2012.  Past winners are lacking in attendance as only seven of will tee it up this week.  Sergio Garcia will be next to attempt a succesful title defence.  

World Number 2, Henrik Stenson, headlines the field and he'll be hoping for a better performance this week.  Justin Rose has also made the short trip to Qatar and Garcia is the only other top 10er to join them in the field.  Only four others from the top 50 are teeing it up and just 53 players are providing value to the OWGR points on offer for this event, for more detail see the OWGR threads that GPB, Robopz, et al contribute to.  

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 19th 2014:

CATEGORY A

Henrik STENSON 2
Justin ROSE 5
Sergio GARCIA 6
Charl SCHWARTZEL 25
Stephen GALLACHER 33
Thongchai JAIDEE 38
Mikko ILONEN 48
Alexander LEVY 52
Tommy FLEETWOOD 54
Marcel SIEM 58
Ernie ELS 60
Ross FISHER 64
Bernd WIESBERGER 67
Marc WARREN 71

CATEGORY B

Pablo LARRAZABAL 73
Branden GRACE 79
George COETZEE 84
Andy SULLIVAN 85
Thorbjorn OLESEN 86
Richie RAMSAY 93
Rafa CABRERA BELLO 99
Robert KARLSSON 100
Scott HEND 102
Gary STAL 103
Romain WATTEL 104
Fabrizio ZANOTTI 106
Andrew JOHNSTON 111
Edoardo MOLINARI 115
Tyrrell HATTON 116
Benjamin HEBERT 123
Simon DYSON 127
Emiliano GRILLO 131
Kiradech APHIBARNRAT 133
Nicolas COLSAERTS 138
David LIPSKY 139
David HOWELL 142
Peter UIHLEIN 146
Thomas AIKEN 147
Eddie PEPPERELL 151
Wade ORMSBY 153
Alejandro CANIZARES 154
Thomas PIETERS 156
Matteo MANASSERO 158
Kristoffer BROBERG 165
Byeong-hun AN 166
Oliver WILSON 167
Felipe AGUILAR 169
Marcus FRASER 171
Darren FICHARDT 173
Brett RUMFORD 183
Morten Orum MADSEN 188
Gregory BOURDY 189
Jbe' KRUGER 199
Oliver FISHER 206
Moritz LAMPERT 208
Richard GREEN 211
Michael HOEY 213
Julien QUESNE 218
Raphael JACQUELIN 220
Bradley DREDGE 226
Mark TULLO 239
Matthew BALDWIN 240
Shiv KAPUR 243
Scott JAMIESON 246
Sam HUTSBY 252
Paul WARING 255
Seve BENSON 258
Oliver FARR 259
Alvaro QUIROS 262
Dawie VAN DER WALT 265

CATEGORY C

Jason PALMER 266
Mike LORENZO-VERA 270
James MORRISON 275
Steve WEBSTER 281
Anders HANSEN 283
Richard BLAND 285
Gregory HAVRET 290
Paul LAWRIE 293
Lucas BJERREGAARD 295
Jordi GARCIA PINTO 303
Mark FOSTER 304
Graeme STORM 305
Johan CARLSSON 315
Edouard ESPANA 317
Jerome LANDO-CASANOVA 322
Jake ROOS 323
Maximilian KIEFFER 324
Marco CRESPI 326
Chris DOAK 327
Craig LEE 329
Matthew FITZPATRICK 330
David DRYSDALE 332
Eduardo DE LA RIVA 336
Magnus A CARLSSON 339
Soren KJELDSEN 347
Damien MCGRANE 351
Anthony WALL 354
Robert ROCK 359
Jason BARNES 401
Ricardo GONZALEZ 408
Matthew NIXON 409
Garth MULROY 416
Tom LEWIS 417
Mikko KORHONEN 423
Daniel BROOKS 438
Jorge CAMPILLO 439
Jin JEONG 444
Adrian OTAEGUI 447
Soren HANSEN 485
Simon KHAN 511
Richard FINCH 558
Y.E. YANG 584
John PARRY 651
Alex NOREN 654
Niclas FASTH 687
Jose Maria OLAZABAL 736
Matt FORD 742
Peter LAWRIE 916
Dominic FOOS 1104
Jeev Milkha SINGH 1206
Ali Saleh AL KAABI (AM) 1547
Antonio MURDACA (AM) 1547
Renato PARATORE 1547
Ali AL-SHAHRANI (AM) N/A
Jakub HRINDA (AM) N/A
Toby TREE 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.

Order of Merit: The person with the most total points at the completion of the season will be declared the Fantasy League Champion. If there is a tie for total points at the completion of the season, those involved will be declared Co-Champions.

Player Withdrawals: If you pick a player who withdraws during a tournament, that player will be eligble 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.  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

Last Place _________ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15

Low Round * _______ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30
Worse Round * ______ 5 ____________ 10 ___________ 15

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 3 Top 10 * __ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

Low Amateur ** ____ 10 ____________ 20 ___________ 30

* Points awarded for round only unless specified otherwise in the rules
** Where separate Low Amateur is specified in rules

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Hopefully you'll have got the hang of this by now so it's a short turnaround this week so apologies for less time to make picks.  I only realised that this is kicking off on Wednesday to coincide with the end of the Qatari(?) weekend.  (Cue BlueCoverman and Setup [they never let me down] to point out the wonders of the League Administration.....)

Next week will see the Fantasy League shift to the PGA Tour for the Waste Management Phoenix Open because we all know that proper golf will be back that week.... (not so subtle attempt to set Super off)

Cat A
Henrik STENSON
Sergio GARCIA
Charl SCHWARTZEL
(Justin ROSE)


Cat B

Branden GRACE
George COETZEE
Peter UIHLEIN
(Thorbjorn OLESEN)


Cat C

Richard BLAND
Gregory HAVRET
Matthew FITZPATRICK
(Chris DOAK)

Thanks grumps.

Illonen jaidee rose
coetzee sullivan uihlein
jeev milkha Webster bjerregard or however it's spelt

thanks

Good enough for me Ben

In haste ...

Cat A: Alexander Levy, Sergio Garcia & Marc Warren (res Ernie Els)
Cat B: Richie Ramsey, Tyrrell Hatton & Peter Uihlein (res Thomas Pieters)
Cat C: Paul Lawrie, Lucas Bjerregaard & Anthony Wall (res Matthew Fitzpatrick).



I'm on holiday for the next two weeks so can I please have numbers 1, 3 and 7 in each category plus 13 (or nearest) as reserve? You know what I'm like with "picking by numbers"  And in case I don't get to pick the week after as I might be busy at work, then the same numbers.

A - ROSE, GARCIA, WIESBERGER (Res. ILONEN)
B - GRACE, COETZEE, MOLINARI (Res. CABRERA BELLO)
C - HANSEN, Paul LAWRIE, ROCK (Res. HAVRET)

Thanks Grumps

A).Stenson, Ilonen, Warren (Jaidee)
B).Hatton, Grillo, Fraser (Pieters)
C).Noren, Rock, Kjeldsen (Paul Lawrie)

Thanks muchly Grumps

Rose, Schwartzel, Wiesberger. RES Garcia
Hatton, Uihlein, Pieters. RES Sullivan
Havret, Parry, Rock. RES Kjeldsen

A: H. Stenson, C. Schwartzel, S. Garcia, J. Rose (r)

B: N. Colsaerts, A. Quiros, G. Coetzee, P. Uihlein (r)

C: J. Morrison, S. Webster, A. Wall, M. Lorenzo-Vera (r)

Good luck all.

Siem, Schwartzel, Els (Bernt Wiesberger)

T.Hatton, Uihlein, Karlsson (Coetzee)

Bjerregaard, Finch, Webster (Fitzpatrick)

Cheers Grumps,

Justin ROSE
Mikko ILONEN
Bernd WIESBERGER
Alexander LEVY (R)

Nicolas COLSAERTS
David LIPSKY
Thomas PIETERS
Raphael JACQUELIN (R)

James MORRISON
Ricardo GONZALEZ
Robert ROCK
Niclas FASTH (R)

Thank you.

Bloody Hell Grumps, thanks a lot for the short notice! You know I need a lot of time for meticulous research and planning

Cat A: Ilonen, Rose, Stenson, (res: Levy)
Cat B: Coetzee, Grace, Hatton (res: Karlsson)
Cat C: Paul Lawrie, Noren, Webster (res: Wall)

Stenson, Rose, Levy (Fisher)
Karlsson, Grace, Canizares (Johnston)
Paul Lawrie, Bjerregaard, Parry (Fasth)

Scraped in in time?
Rose, Garcia, Stenson (Siem)
Karlsson, Dyson, Uihlein (E Molinari)
Webster Kjeldsen T Lewis (Storm)

I'm sorry Blue. I thought by not giving you a lot of time you might do better than last time

INW, plenty of time mate...

barragan wrote:A - ROSE, GARCIA, WIESBERGER (Res. ILONEN)
B - GRACE, COETZEE, MOLINARI (Res. CABRERA BELLO)
C - HANSEN, Paul LAWRIE, ROCK (Res. HAVRET)

Thanks Grumps

Barra, which Hansen; Soren or Anders?

CAT A : Sergio, Bernd, Henrik. RES Justin

CAT B : Rafa, Alvaro Q, Pablo L. RES Andy S

CAT C : Lucas B, Matt F, Graeme S. RES Jin J

CATEGORY A: Ernie Els, Justin Rose & Charl Schwartzel
RESERVE: Ross Fisher

CATEGORY B: Branden Grace, Thomas Pieters & Gary Stal
RESERVE: Tyrrell Hatton

CATEGORY C: Paul Lawrie, James Morrison & Steve Webster
RESERVE: David Drysdale

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:

barragan wrote:A - ROSE, GARCIA, WIESBERGER (Res. ILONEN)
B - GRACE, COETZEE, MOLINARI (Res. CABRERA BELLO)
C - HANSEN, Paul LAWRIE, ROCK (Res. HAVRET)

Thanks Grumps

Barra, which Hansen; Soren or Anders?

AH - cheers, didn't pick up on that, though i did on p lawrie!

Schwartzel
Ilonen
Levy
R-Stenson

Hatton
Grace
Karlsson
R-Cabrera Bello

Webster
Paul Lawrie
Wall
R-Morrison

CATEGORY A: Justin ROSE, Sergio GARCIA, Bernd WIESBERGER (res: Marc WARREN)

CATEGORY B: Branden GRACE, George COETZEE, Thorbjorn OLESEN (res: Richie RAMSAY)

CATEGORY C: James MORRISON, Richard BLAND, Paul LAWRIE (res: Graeme STORM)

Cat A: Stenson, Schwartzel, Wiesberger. Reserve Rose

Cat B: Grace, R Fisher, Hatton. Reserve Pieters

Cat C: Webster, Morrison, Wall. Reserve Paul Lawrie

Cutting it fine, less than 30 minutes to go to the first tee shots

Go Rafa.

Early start obviously helps his play.

Doh - bloody Wednesday start - completely missed it!!

Sorry BH, I didn't realise until yesterday when I was collating the field that it started today. The working week starts on a Sunday so they moved it forward to avoid the final round being played to an audience of 3 blokes and a dog.

Thursday start next week in Phoenix, promise.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Hopefully you'll have got the hang of this by now so it's a short turnaround this week so apologies for less time to make picks.  I only realised that this is kicking off on Wednesday to coincide with the end of the Qatari(?) weekend.  (Cue BlueCoverman and Setup [they never let me down] to point out the wonders of the League Administration.....)

Next week will see the Fantasy League shift to the PGA Tour for the Waste Management Phoenix Open because we all know that proper golf will be back that week.... (not so subtle attempt to set Super off)

Hey Grumps,

This tournament feels like you've rushed to get this out after "setupdetermines..." pushed you on the other thread.

Please don't feel you have to bow to peer pressure. I certainly don't expect you to run a competition every week, it's a long season and I don't want you suffering from burn out! Maybe a Tiger style season focusing on quality not quantity will keep interest high across the board. I don't see the need for for than 20 tournaments, otherwise it may become a bit of a slog.

Thanks for your efforts running this in 2015.

1GrumpyGolfer wrote: they moved it forward to avoid the final round being played to an audience of 3 blokes and a dog.

How is that any different from the audience on the other days?

Ray, to break up the admin work I normally get the OWGR listing on a Monday and the field on a Tuesday as it's normally finalised by then with qualifiers, withdrawals, and alternates all included/excluded.

This week looks rushed because I forgot that they start this one early. I didn't want to go to the PGA Tour Humana event as they play that over three courses to start with and that makes low round points scoring a bit of a lottery and skewed for round 3.

I take on board your point about quality over quantity and the two events this week were reasonably matched OWGR points wise. I'd be happy to post a list of ET and PGA tour events and perhaps we can collectively decide upon a schedule of events.

raycastleunited wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote: they moved it forward to avoid the final round being played to an audience of 3 blokes and a dog.

How is that any different from the audience on the other days?

No blokes.

raycastleunited wrote:

1GrumpyGolfer wrote: they moved it forward to avoid the final round being played to an audience of 3 blokes and a dog.

How is that any different from the audience on the other days?

I suppose they didn't want the three blokes watching this week bunking off work to be there.

raycastleunited wrote:Hey Grumps,

This tournament feels like you've rushed to get this out after "setupdetermines..." pushed you on the other thread.

Please don't feel you have to bow to peer pressure. I certainly don't expect you to run a competition every week, it's a long season and I don't want you suffering from burn out!

Now don't you go worrying yourself Ray, he's not got any golf to occupy himself with until the Spring!...

Grumps, thanks for your efforts.  
The Desert Swing should be on your shortlist, but as far as I'm concerned you can give a low priority to most of the Saffer and Asian tourneys this winter/spring. (Although I'd happily participate if you run it every week.)

The opening round looks like it has just finished. The wrong Fisher brother (Oliver, I picked Ross) shot 65 for the low round of the day. Qatari amateur Ali Al-Shahrani comfortably took the worst round of the day with an 85. Seven picks have shot 67 or lower to get into the points for round one. Full leaderboard updates to come in a couple of hours.

Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #02

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters

Jan 21 – Jan 24 ___ Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

1. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 30 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. Ned B-H ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 30 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

1. TheCleaver ________ XX (X/X) ____ 30 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

4. Barragan __________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

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

4. Pedro _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 20

8. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

8. LadyPutt __________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

8. McLaren ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

8. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

8. super_Realist _____ XX (X/X) ____ 10 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 10

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

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

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

13. I'm Never Wrong __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

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Seven picks are presently tied for third or better after round 1 of the Qatar Masters.  SetupDetermines has the best placed pick in Rafa Cabrera Bello who held the lead for so long with a round of 66 before being pipped by Oliver Fisher.  Fisher shot 65 to take the lead and reduce Setup's bonus points.  Six other picks shot 67 and BlueCoverman, Ned B-H, and TheCleaver have all picked three of them.  Barragan, Davie, Kwinigolfer, and Pedro each have two picks to shoot 67.  1GrumpyGolfer, LadyPutt, McLaren, and Super_Realist, each had one pick shoot 67.  If your name isn't mentioned here you've not troubled the scorer as yet.

Qatari amateur Ali Shahrani had the worst round of the day with an 85.  He'll need to set a scoring record to make the cut tomorrow which currently stands at -1.  As it stands over a third of the picks are outside of that mark; they'll also need to go low to make sure of a payday.

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Round 1 Low Round (10 points)
Oliver Fisher -7
1. None

Round 1 Worse Round (5 points)
Ali Al-Shahrani +13
1. None

Round 1 Low Scores (10 points)
-5 or lower

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1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Ray, to break up the admin work I normally get the OWGR listing on a Monday and the field on a Tuesday as it's normally finalised by then with qualifiers, withdrawals, and alternates all included/excluded.  

This week looks rushed because I forgot that they start this one early. I didn't want to go to the PGA Tour Humana event as they play that over three courses to start with and that makes low round points scoring a bit of a lottery and skewed for round 3.

I take on board your point about quality over quantity and the two events this week were reasonably matched OWGR points wise. I'd be happy to post a list of ET and PGA tour events and perhaps we can collectively decide upon a schedule of events.

Hey no worries Grumps. It just looked like setup bullied you into organising an event this week! If you want to do an event every week that's up to you. You go ahead and create a rod for bluecoverman to beat you with

I think that to keep a high level of participation you need to give at least 3 days notice to allow everyone to make their picks - many people don't come on here every day.

To keep it fresh I also think it's better to stick to the higher profile events, it creates a bit of anticipation knowing that an event is coming up.

Off the top of my head, I would go with:
Majors
WGCs
On Euro Tour: Abu Dhabi, PGA championship, Scottish Open or the links matchplay, Dunhill Links, then the finals events in Turkey and Dubai
PGA Tour: the ones that attract the most interest like Quail Hollow, Honda, Pebble, Players. As many as you want really.

grumps

Just do what you want, I will play what ever the format. It is really great that you put this together.

For once I agree with Mac. Grumps knows how much I appreciate his efforts as lots do. Personally I'd like to see an event every week but only he knows his own workload - do what is right for you mate

Why can't we do an European Tour and a PGA event each week?    

I love the smell of a Burnt Cheeseburger in the mornings

looks like robbie rock has ruined my chances of a 9/9 cut sweep this week - hey ho... T1, T1 and T3 as things stand, not too shabby.

Five picks missed the cut - this has to be my worst week ever  Thank goodness for Marc Warren! Serves me right for writing down Tommy Fleetwood and then crossing him out and swapping Anthony Wall and Matthew Fitzpatrick round - I had Wall as reserve originally. Seems my skills on the "other side" have deserted me

So Davie does a Setup and blows his pick's chances of low round by succumbing to LPRPitis.

WTF happened to Schwartzel? A snowman in the desert on the par 3 8th.

Thought I had it with Cheeseburger too ... though I do have the three leaders at the moment.

Lost two in the cut though

Fantasy League 2015 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #02

Commercial Bank Qatar Masters

Jan 21 – Jan 24 ___ Doha Golf Club, Doha, Qatar

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Round 2

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

1. Barragan __________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 70

2. Ned B-H ___________ 35 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 65

3. BlueCoverman ______ 30 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 60

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

3. TheCleaver ________ 30 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 60

6. Kwinigolfer _______ 25 (5/9) ____ 20 ____ 10 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 55

6. SetupDetermines ___ 45 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 55

8. McLaren ___________ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 50

9. I'm Never Wrong ___ 40 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

9. LadyPutt __________ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 40

11. 1GrumpyGolfer ____ 25 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 35

11. Beninho __________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 35

11. Pedro ____________ 15 (3/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 35

11. RedRage __________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 35

15. super_Realist ____ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 30

16. Goldwolf _________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 25

16. Hibbz ____________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ XX ____  XX _____ XX ______ 25

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For the second straight day 65 was the low round and Ali Al-Shahrani accumulated the worst round.  Tommy Fleetwood and Johan Carlsson both shot 65 but that didn't mean a lot for the Fantasy Leaguers.  Marc Warren, on the other hand, shooting 65 meant bonus points for Kwinigolfer and LadyPutt.  Ali Al-Shahrani was joined by his stablemate Ali Saleh Al Kaabi in having the worst round; both had 83, unsurprisingly these Qatari amateurs are propping up the leaderboard.

The cut line remained at -1 and some that needed low rounds did just that to make the cut.  Some who needed solid rounds to maintain their position imploded; I'm looking at you snowman Schwartzel! Others just didn't have it and missed the cut.  Cut bonuses were in short supply and only eight Fantasy Leaguers earned them.  Category C proved the downfall of everyone and Robert Rock spoiled the perfect set for Barragan; he has two cut bonuses.  SetupDetermines also earned two cut bonuses.  Cut bonuses were also earned by Beninho, Davie, I'm Never Wrong, McLaren, Ned B-H, and RedRage.

Nine picks are in the top 10 and six more are just one shot back.  Round 3 has the potential to separate the wheat from the chaff.

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Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Marc Warren -7
1. Kwinigolfer
2. LadyPutt

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Tommy Fleetwood -7
1. None

Round 2 Low Round (10 points)
Johan Carlsson -7
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (5 points)
Ali Saleh Al Kaabi +11
1. None

Round 2 Worse Round (5 points)
Ali Al-Shahrani +11
1. None

Cut line (5 points)
-1 or lower

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Scores after round 3 will be updated on Friday afternoon/night

No special bonus for all my subs bench making the cut??

Yes you can have a gold star kwini

That's called LPRPitis Kwini. See a doctor, stay away from the rest of us....

Fair enough; us Hants CCC folks have to stick together anyway.