Fantasy League 2016 - Winter/Spring Session - Event #07 Honda Classic

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

The Honda Classic

Feb 25 - Feb 28 ___ PGA National (Champion), Palm Beach Gardens, 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. Sand ______________ 30 (6/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 105 _____ 185

2. GolferMartin ______ 50 (8/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 180

3. Raycastleunited ___ 40 (7/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 10 _____ 95 _____ 175

4. Hibbz _____________ 50 (8/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 50 _____ 160

5. I'm Never Wrong ___ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 155

6. BobtheJob _________ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 150

7. Beninho ___________ 35 (6/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 30 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 145

8. SetupDetermines ___ 30 (6/9) ____ 30 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 70 _____ 140

9. BlueCoverman ______ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 85 _____ 135

10. LadyPutt _________ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 110

11. McLaren __________ 15 (3/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 10 ____ 00 _____ 45 ______ 80

12. Davie ____________ 25 (5/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 60

13. 1GrumpyGolfer ____ 20 (4/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 25 ______ 55

13. AlciG ____________ 20 (4/9) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 15 ______ 55

13. Kwinigolfer ______ 45 (7/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 10 ______ 55

13. TheCleaver _______ 15 (3/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 30 ______ 55

17. SirBenson ________ 35 (6/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 15 ______ 50

18. Pedro ____________ 25 (5/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 25

18. Super_Realist ____ 15 (3/9) ____ 10 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 25

20. EmmDee57 _________ 15 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 15

20. Eyetoldyouso _____ 15 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 15

20. Owen10ozzy _______ 15 (3/9) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 00 ______ 15  
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With Adam Scott holding off Sergio Garcia it was a case of the haves and have nots in the Fantasy League. Picks finished in the top 3 spots on the leaderboard but no one managed the trifecta.  The closest was a first and third and two Fantasy Leaguers had those in their picks.  The next best finish from a pick was sixth and one of those two, Sand, had that pick.  That was enough to leapfrog everyone to the top of pile.  Raycastleunited and Hibbz may have had the most picks score points with four but Hibbz was hampered by not having Scott.  GolferMartin was one of five Fantasy Leaguers to have three picks score points; Sand has already been mentioned and the others were BlueCoverman, I'm Never Wrong, and SetupDetermines.  Setup was the only other Fantasy Leaguer in the top ten that didn't pick Scott, he was however the only one to pick Garcia.  Six Fantasy Leaguers had two picks score points, two of them, BobtheJob and Beninho, had Scott and they finished in the top ten the others, 1GrumpyGolfer, Davie, McLaren, and TheCleaver, couldn't match the quality and finished in mid table obscurity.  AlciG, Kwinigolfer, LadyPutt, and SirBenson all had one pick score points; LadyPutt's also happened to be Scott so she was the final Fantasy Leaguer to crack the three digit mark and round out the top ten.

John Huh had the round of the day with a 66 and that earned points for Raycastleunited.

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Final Round Low Round (10 points)
John Huh -4
1. Raycastleunited

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The Honda Classsic signals the forst of the Florida swing and means a fair few of the players will sleep in their own beds and commute a short distance to work for a change.  They might need home comforts after they enter the Bear Trap.  Rory McIlroy headlines and has better memories of PGA National than the ones he created at Riviera after his implosion.  Exhibition opponent Rickie Fowler is the next highest ranked player; Patrick Reed and Branden Grace are the other top ten ranked players teeing it up.

Padraig Harrington eventually won last year's tournament, in a playoff, on a Monday no less.  It was his second win at The Honda just the ten years after the first one; no doubt he'll be long odds for 2025.  Other former champions in the field date back to 1997 with Stuart Appleby.  Vijay Singh also won before 2000.  More recent winners include Russell Henley, Michael Thompson, Rory McIlroy, Rory Sabbatini, Camilo Villegas, Ernie Els, Mark Wilson, and Luke Donald.  Only Y.E. Yang is missing from the list dating back to Harrington's first win.

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 22nd 2016:

CATEGORY A

Rory McIlroy 3
Rickie Fowler 5
Patrick Reed 9
Branden Grace 10
Hideki Matsuyama 11
Adam Scott 13
Zach Johnson 16
Brooks Koepka 17
Kevin Kisner 18
Sergio Garcia 19
Phil Mickelson 20
Shane Lowry 23
Jimmy Walker 25
Paul Casey 29
Andy Sullivan 30

CATEGORY B

Russell Knox 32
Emiliano Grillo 34
Bernd Wiesberger 36
David Lingmerth 39
Justin Thomas 40
Scott Piercy 43
Matthew Fitzpatrick 46
Robert Streb 47
Billy Horschel 48
Anirban Lahiri 49
Jamie Donaldson 50
Chris Kirk 51
Matt Jones 52
Fabian Gomez 54
Daniel Berger 57
Ian Poulter 59
Gary Woodland 63
Ryan Palmer 64
Smylie Kaufman 65
Jason Dufner 67
Patton Kizzire 70
Jason Bohn 71
Graeme McDowell 73
Webb Simpson 74 withdrawn
Francesco Molinari 78
Brendan Steele 81
Cameron Tringale 83
Russell Henley 84
Keegan Bradley 88
Luke Donald 89
Ben Martin 91
Tony Finau 92
Hiroshi Iwata 94
Brendon Todd 99
John Senden 101
Freddie Jacobson 105
Brian Harman 107
Daniel Summerhays 114
Jason Kokrak 115
Patrick Rodgers 118
Charles Howell III 124
William McGirt 128
Padraig Harrington 130
Jonas Blixt 133
Sean O'Hair 135
Will Wilcox 136
Zac Blair 139
Boo Weekley 140
Morgan Hoffmann 141
Jamie Lovemark 143
David Hearn 145
Alex Cejka 147
Matt Every 151
Davis Love III 156
Peter Malnati 159
Jerry Kelly 161
Chris Stroud 162
George McNeill 163
Si Woo Kim 169
Graham DeLaet 171
Greg Owen 176
Geoff Ogilvy 178
Brendon de Jonge 180

CATEGORY C

Jim Herman 181
Martin Laird 183
Adam Hadwin 185
Pat Perez 190
Rory Sabbatini 191
Kyle Reifers 194
Ernie Els 196
Chad Campbell 197
Andrew Loupe 204
Colt Knost 206
Seung-Yul Noh 207
Scott Brown 209
Stewart Cink 210
Carl Pettersson 211
John Huh 213
Retief Goosen 216
Jon Curran 220
Camilo Villegas 221
Johnson Wagner 223
Sung Kang 228
Hudson Swafford 229
J.J. Henry 231 withdrawn
Scott Pinckney 236
Harold Varner III 251
Derek Fathauer 259
Vijay Singh 262
Spencer Levin 263
Chesson Hadley 265
Erik Compton 266
Scott Stallings 270
Angel Cabrera 271
Tyrone Van Aswegen 276
Carlos Ortiz 281
Brett Stegmaier 286
Lucas Glover 287
Sam Saunders 289
Ricky Barnes 290
Bronson Burgoon 305
Kyle Stanley 311
Michael Thompson 326
Steve Marino 341
Ben Crane 342
Jeff Overton 352
Ollie Schniederjans 363
Dicky Pride 364
Tom Gillis 371
Steve Wheatcroft 379
Whee Kim 393
Mark Wilson 396
Blayne Barber 402
Stuart Appleby 409
Luke List 447
Chad Collins 454
Mark Hubbard 455
Will MacKenzie 464
Ken Duke 471
Nicholas Thompson 524
Justin Hicks 581
Robert Allenby 670
Mike Weir 855
Brian Gay 1706 withdrawn
Alan Morin 1730

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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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Occupying my usual region.. cheers 1GG

Truly attrocious tournament for me; made more painful with my decision to sack off Fowler for McIlroy (would have given me few more points at least)

Back to my usual way of picking next time round and Rory will not get a 3rd chance to disappointment! (Everyone pick him...nailed on to win now)

Congrats sand and as always big thanks to Grumps