Fantasy League 2016 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10 - Arnie's party at Bay Hill

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Fantasy League 2016 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #10

The Arnold Palmer Invitational

Mar 17 - Mar 20 ___ Bay Hill Club and Lodge, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Tournament value: Weighted 1

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Leaderboard – Final Round

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

1. McLaren ___________ 45 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 10 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 75 _____ 180

2. TheCleaver ________ 80 (9/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 10 _____ 40 _____ 180

3. AlciG _____________ 80 (9/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 65 _____ 165

4. Hibbz _____________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 60 _____ 150

5. Pedro _____________ 40 (7/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 20 _____ 55 _____ 145

6. 1GrumpyGolfer _____ 50 (8/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 40 _____ 140

6. Beninho ___________ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 65 _____ 140

8. Raycastleunited ___ 40 (7/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 40 _____ 130

9. SetupDetermines ___ 30 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 10 _____ 55 _____ 125

10. LadyPutt _________ 45 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 45 _____ 120

10. Owen10ozzy _______ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 10 _____ 30 _____ 120

12. Davie ____________ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 30 _____ 35 _____ 115

13. BobtheJob ________ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 30 _____ 110

13. Kwinigolfer ______ 35 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 55 _____ 110

15. GolferMartin _____ 50 (8/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 10 _____ 35 _____ 105

16. BlueCoverman _____ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 30 _____ 100

16. SirBenson ________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 45 _____ 100

18. EmmDee57 _________ 50 (8/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 20 ______ 90

18. Eyetoldyouso _____ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 20 _____ 30 ______ 90

20. Sand _____________ 45 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 30 ______ 85

21. MustPuttBetter ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 10 _____ 25 ______ 80

22. I'm Never Wrong __ 30 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 60

22. Super_Realist ____ 25 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 05 ______ 60  
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A short lived playoff determined the winner of the final event of the Winter/Spring Session.  Jason Day's up and down on the 72nd hole ensured he completed a wire to wire win and won the playoff between McLaren and TheCleaver.  The Cleaver's best placed pick was Henrik Stenson who finished in a tie for third.

McLaren may have won but he didn't have the highest number of scoring picks after all was said and done.  Hibbz had five scoring picks while AlciG, who would have won had he not dropped Day for Stenson, had four scoring picks the same number as Beninho.  Just over half of the Fantasy League had three picks score points; BlueCoverman, BobtheJob, Davie, EmmDee57, Eyetoldyouso, GolferMartin, Kwinigolfer, LadyPutt, Owen10ozzy, Pedro, and SetupDetermines all joined McLaren in having three picks score.  1GrumpyGolfer, I'm Never Wrong, MustPuttBetter, Raycastleunited, Sand, and SirBenson all joined TheCleaver in having two picks score points.  Super_Realist had just the one scoring pick.

Three players shot 65 to tie for the lowest round of the day.  All three, Rory McIlroy, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, and Camilo Villegas, were picks and Davie had all three of them.  Pedro and Eyetoldyouso both had McIlroy and then added Aphibarnrat and Villegas respectively.  Almost all of the other Fantasy Leaguers picked McIlroy.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Rory McIlroy -7
1. 1GrumpyGolfer
2. BlueCoverman
3. BobtheJob
4. Davie
5. Eyetoldyouso
6. GolferMartin
7. Hibbz
8. McLaren
9. MustPuttBetter
10. Owen10ozzy
11. Pedro
12. Raycastleunited
13. Sand
14. SetupDetermines
15. TheCleaver

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Kiradech Aphibarnrat -7
1. Davie
2. Pedro

Final Round Low Round (10 points)
Camilo Villegas -7
1. Davie
2. Eyetoldyouso

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The final leg of the Florida swing is also the final event of the 2016 Winter/Spring Session.  120 players tee it up at Arnie's place and Category A has a distinct international feel to it with Brandt Snedeker the highest ranked US player taking part.  However it doesn't bode well for international players as just five editions have resulted in an international win at Bay Hill; four of them taking place in the last ten years.  The most recent was Martin Laird in 2011 and the earliest was Ernie Els in 1998 and Els also won in 2010.  Rory McIlroy is the highest ranked player in the field, Adam Scott tees it up looking to match McIlroy's run of three wins in three starts after triumphing at the Honda and WGC-Cadillac.  

Matt Every is the two time defending champion who is also looking to three-peat for the first time since Steve Stricker at the John Deere Classic.  It would also be Every's third PGA Tour win if he manages it.  Tiger Woods has gone back to back three times in three separate runs for eight overall victories.  Loren Roberts was the first to successfully defend a title back in 1995.  All of the prior winners playing are from Category C and include the previously mentioned Martin Laird and Ernie Els.  The others are Vijay Singh, Chad Campbell, Tim Herron, and Robert Gamez who won back in 1990 and has been dining out on that ever since.  Remarkably the only previous winner who wouldn't be in Category C is Phil Mickelson.  Tiger Woods, Rod Pampling, Kenny Perry, Paul Goydos, Ben Crenshaw, and Fred Couples would also be in Category C if they teed it up here.

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 14th 2016:

CATEGORY A

Rory McIlroy 2
Jason Day 3
Adam Scott 6
Henrik Stenson 7
Justin Rose 8
Hideki Matsuyama 14
Brandt Snedeker 17
Zach Johnson 20
Kevin Kisner 22
Paul Casey 26
Kevin Na 27
Matt Kuchar 28
Marc Leishman 29
Byeong Hun An 30

CATEGORY B

Andy Sullivan 32
Danny Lee 35
Emiliano Grillo 36
David Lingmerth 39
Chris Wood 41
Soren Kjeldsen 43
Billy Horschel 44
Ryan Moore 45
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 46
Matthew Fitzpatrick 47
Robert Streb 49
Smylie Kaufman 50
Thomas Pieters 56
Fabian Gomez 59
Chris Kirk 60
Matt Jones 61
Graeme McDowell 62
Ian Poulter 67
Gary Woodland 68
Ryan Palmer 69
Harris English 70
Webb Simpson 76
Brendan Steele 78
Francesco Molinari 81
Ricardo Gouveia 83
Cameron Tringale 85
Russell Henley 86
Luke Donald 88
Hunter Mahan 90
Keegan Bradley 93
Ben Martin 95
Vaughn Taylor 97
Chez Reavie 98
Freddie Jacobson 100
Tony Finau 101
Charles Howell III 103
K.J. Choi 105
Daniel Summerhays 108
Kevin Streelman 110
William McGirt 115
Jason Kokrak 116
James Hahn 117
Brian Harman 119
Troy Merritt 120
Brendon Todd 123
Patrick Rodgers 124
Sean O'Hair 127
Kevin Chappell 129
Jonas Blixt 131
Will Wilcox 135
Zac Blair 138
Jamie Lovemark 139

CATEGORY C

Boo Weekley 146
Morgan Hoffmann 147
George McNeill 148
Scott Brown 150
David Hearn 155
Davis Love III 156
Matt Every 163
Peter Malnati 165
Si Woo Kim 169
John Huh 180
Brendon de Jonge 182
Retief Goosen 185
Andrew Loupe 186
Jim Herman 188
Adam Hadwin 191
Rory Sabbatini 192
Camilo Villegas 197
Martin Laird 200
Kyle Reifers 201
Colt Knost 203
Vijay Singh 208
Stewart Cink 210
Chad Campbell 211
Ernie Els 215
Bryce Molder 216
Blayne Barber 221
Jon Curran 230
Hudson Swafford 235
J.J. Henry 238
Brett Stegmaier 247
Sam Saunders 252
Harold Varner III 260
Derek Fathauer 262
Spencer Levin 264
Angel Cabrera 284
Tyrone Van Aswegen 288
Roberto Castro 289
Lucas Glover 292
Jhonattan Vegas 303
Aaron Baddeley 307
Jeff Overton 328
Dicky Pride 377
Billy Hurley III 437
Rob Oppenheim 443
Mark Hubbard 461
Bud Cauley 467
Bryson DeChambeau (Am) 538
Tim Herron 576
Ryan Ruffels 771
Ben Curtis 1059
Trevor Immelman 1625
Robert Gamez 1735
David Hronek 1735
Maverick McNealy (Am) 1735

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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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It could be argued that you finished above Super by virtue of your scoring picks finishing higher than his but that really applies to playoffs for overall win. In this instance you're only ahead of Super on an alphabetical basis.

If you changed the I into a 1 on your user name you would fall second in the alphabetical listing behind me but you would still need some better picks to make the most of that

1GrumpyGolfer wrote: you would still need some better picks to make the most of that

I think you've summed it up perfectly with that last phrase Grumps. Ta.

You're welcome INW. Good talk