Fantasy League 2016 - Summer Session - Event #04 - WGC Bridgestone

Fantasy League 2016 - Summer Session - Event #04

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Jun 30 - Jul 03 ___ Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio, 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. Raycastleunited ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 60 ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ 270 _____ 430

2. TheCleaver ________ XX (X/X) ____ 60 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 270 _____ 390

3. LL Cool Nay _______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 40 ____ 80 ____ 00 ____ 210 _____ 370

4. McLaren ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 180 _____ 340

5. AlciG _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ 60 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 140 _____ 320

6. Sand ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 60 ____ 00 ____ 190 _____ 310

7. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 190 _____ 290

8. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ 40 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 150 _____ 270

9. GolferMartin ______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 150 _____ 250

10. SirBenson ________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 180 _____ 240

11. Pedro ____________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 150 _____ 230

12. Eyetoldyouso _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 60 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 120 _____ 200

13. LadyPutt _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 00 ____ 120 _____ 180

14. EmmDee57 _________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 170

14. SetupDetermines __ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 90 _____ 170

16. I'm Never Wrong __ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 110 _____ 150

17. Owen10ozzy _______ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 140

18. Kwinigolfer ______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 40 ____ 20 ____ 00 _____ 60 _____ 120

19. Beninho __________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 20 ____ 40 ____ 00 _____ 40 _____ 100

20. Super_Realist ____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 ____ 00 _____ 40 ______ 40  
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Dustin Johnson had another round of 66 and won another WGC title and a second title in a matter of weeks.  No one managed to have more than four picks score points in the final reckoning at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational and no managed to have higher scoring picks than Raycastleunited and TheCleaver.  Both had Dustin Johnson and two of the third placed finishers plus a seventh placed finisher.  Those two leapfrogged overnight leader AlciG to take finish first and second.  AlciG, Davie, McLaren, and Sand also had four picks score points; Sand was the only one to have Dustin Johnson from this group.  BlueCoverman, Eyetoldyouso, I'm Never Wrong, LadyPutt, LL Cool Nay, and Pedro all had three scoring picks; LL Cool Nay also had Dustin Johnson.  Beninho, EmmDee57, GolferMartin, Kwinigolfer, SetupDetermines, SirBenson, and Super_Realist all had two picks score points; GolferMartin and SirBenson also had Dustin Johnson.  Owen10ozzy had one pick score points.

McLaren's Zach Johnson shot 65 for the low round of the day.

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Final Round Low Round (20 points)
Zach Johnson -5
1. McLaren

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Golf at the Rio Olympic Games is fast becoming a farce; players dropping like flies at the mere mention of the Zika virus and a scheduling nightmare not given much thought by the ruling bodies and respective tours.  This week sees the WGC Bridgestone Invitational go up against not just the Barracuda Championship opposite field event on the PGA Tour but the French Open which is celebrating it's 100th Anniversary.  A smaller than the usually small field tees it up at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.  Seven of the World's Top 10 are here including the new U.S. Open Champion in Dustin Johnson who is now number three in the world.

Shane Lowry is the defending champion and Adam Scott is the only other winner of the Tiger Woods Firestone WGC in the field; Woods has won eight of the seventeen tournaments.

Due to the limited field size the number of picks is scaled back to two from each category plus reserve.  This is also a no cut event so the usual cut bonuses are not in effect but additional points are available in round two.

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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 – June 27th 2016:

CATEGORY A

Jason Day 1
Jordan Spieth 2
Dustin Johnson 3
Bubba Watson 6
Rickie Fowler 7
Adam Scott 8
Justin Rose 10
Branden Grace 12
Patrick Reed 13
Louis Oosthuizen 14
Brooks Koepka 15

CATEGORY B

Hideki Matsuyama 16
Matt Kuchar 17
Jim Furyk 18
Zach Johnson 19
Phil Mickelson 20
J.B. Holmes 21
Brandt Snedeker 22
Charl Schwartzel 24
Shane Lowry 25
Russell Knox 26
Paul Casey 27
Byeong Hun An 28
Kevin Kisner 29
Kevin Na 30
Daniel Berger 32
Bill Haas 33
Justin Thomas 34
Charley Hoffman 36
Kevin Chappell 38
Marc Leishman 39
K.T. Kim 40
Emiliano Grillo 41
Scott Piercy 43
Jimmy Walker 44
Danny Lee 45

CATEGORY C

William McGirt 46
Soren Kjeldsen 47
David Lingmerth 48
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 49
Jason Dufner 51
Harris English 52
Smylie Kaufman 56
James Hahn 58
Chris Kirk 59
Anirban Lahiri 61
Fabian Gomez 71
Jim Herman 80
Marcus Fraser 81
Matt Jones 85
Andrew Johnston 108
George Coetzee 116
Vaughn Taylor 121
Steven Bowditch 124
Younghan Song 130
Brian Stuard 150
Billy Hurley III 169
Nathan Holman 182
Davis Love III 187
Yosuke Tsukada 306
Michio Matsumura 310

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RULES

Picking players: Unless stated, pick a total of 6 players as follows:

Pick 2 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 6 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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INW, sorry to burst you bubble but it's only six picks because the field is so small.

Maybe Adam Scott, Paul Casey, Chris Kirk, Matt Jones, or at a stretch Davis Love could be the basis for your picks.

No problem Grumps. I shall spend another hour trying to think up something. My fault for not reading the question. RTFM!!

There are not enough players with vowels as the first letter of their names. so I am giving that idea up. Took me ages to format it as well.

So anyway, here we go with just a random selection of picks.
Cat A - Adam Scott, Bubba Watson (R) Patrick Reed
Cat B - Matt Kuchar, Phil Mickelson (R) Brandt Snedeker
Cat C - Soren Kjeldsen, Harris English (R) James Hahn.

Hope that's better Grumps.

Johnson, Scott (Fowler)
Matsuyama, Kim (Lowry)
Aphibarnrat, English (Kjeldsen)

Thanks Grumps

A) Koepka, Grace (Sh1t Shoes)

B) Casey, Berger (Grillo)

C) Kjeldsen , Herman's Hermits (Lahiri)

Cheers as ever Grumps.

A. Jason D, Branden G. Res Jordan S

B. Shane L, Kevin Na. Res Hideki

C. Kiradech, Fabian. Res Younghan

Is there a better field in France ??

A) Day, Spieth (Scott)
B) Schwartzel, Snedeker (Kisner)
C) Aphibarnrat, Dufner (Lingmerth)

Cheers Grumps

Setup, no. The WGC field despite being smaller is stronger. 40 of the top 50 are playing it and the strength of field is almost three times that of France.

CATEGORY A
Jason Day
Rickie Fowler
Dustin Johnson

CATEGORY B
Hideki Matsuyama
Zach Johnson
Emiliano Grillo

CATEGORY C
David Lingmerth
Anirban Lahiri
Smylie Kaufman

Cat A
Jason Day
Adam Scott
Bubba Watson (R)

Cat B
Jim Furyk
Russell Knox
Shane Lowry (R)

Cat C
Harris English
Soren Kjeldsen
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (R)

Cheers

Jason Day
Jordan Spieth
(Adam Scott)

Hideki Matsuyama
Zach Johnson
(Phil Mickelson)


William McGirt
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
(Jason Dufner)

CATEGORY A: Jason Day, Jordan Spieth (res: Patrick Reed)

CATEGORY B: Matt Kuchar, Paul Casey (res: Jimmy Walker)

CATEGORY C: Jason Dufner, Smylie Kaufman (res: Vaughn Taylor)

Jordan Spieth
Dustin Johnson

Hideki Matsuyama
Daniel Berger

Jason Dufner
Harris English

Feels weird not picking Tiger for this tournament.

Cat A:
Jason Day
Dustin Johnson
Res - Jordan Spieth

Cat B:
Hideki Matsuyama
Matt Kuchar
Res - Jim Furyk

Cat C:
Jason Dufner
David Lingmerth
Res - Chris Kirk

Thanks Grumpy

Brooks - Branden - Bubba (rsv)
Brandt - Beyong - Bill (rsv)
Brian - Billy 123 - Bowditch (rsv)

Ben!

Koepka, Scott (Bubba)
Furyk, Kuchar (Grillo)
Lingmerth, Aphibarnrat (English)

Cheers

A).Grace, Koepka (Scott)
B).Matsuyama, Ben An (Danny Lee)
C).Dufner, Lingmerth (Kjeldsen)

Thanks Grumpers,

CATEGORY A: Dustin Johnson & Jordan Spieth
RESERVE: Jason Day

CATEGORY B: Matt Kuchar & Phil Mickelson
RESERVE: Charl Schwartzel

CATEGORY C: Chris Kirk & William McGirt
RESERVE: Soren Kjeldsen

Cheers 1GG!

Day
Scott
R-DJ

Kuchar
Lowry
R-Furyk

Barnrat
Dufner
R-Hurley 3

Pedro, you have too many picks. Can you cut them down to two per category otherwise I'll take your first two and make the next one your reserve. Cheers, Grumps

Cat A: Day, Koepka (Scott)

Cat B: Furyk, Lowry (Grillo)

Cat C: Dufner, Kaufman (Lingmerth)

Cat A: Day, Johnson
Cat B: Furyk, Schwartzel
Cat C: Kjeldson, Lahiri

Cheers

Dustin Johnson, Fowler (Day)
Lowry, Casey (Snedeker)
Lingmerth, Dufner (Kaufman)

1GrumpyGolfer wrote:Pedro, you have too many picks. Can you cut them down to two per category otherwise I'll take your first two and make the next one your reserve. Cheers, Grumps

Cheers Grumps, corrected now.

1GG I would like to make following change:

CATEGORY B
Jim Furyk
Emiliano Grillo
Hideki Matsuyama

Think I'm just in time!

Cat A: Branden Grace & Brooks Koepka (res Adam Scott)
Cat B: Matt Kuchar & Daniel Berger (res Kevin Kisner)
Cat C: David Lingmerth & Jason Dufner (res Fabien Gomez)

LadyPutt wrote:Think I'm just in time!

Cat A: Branden Grace & Brooks Koepka (res Adam Scott)
Cat B: Matt Kuchar & Daniel Berger (res Kevin Kisner)
Cat C: David Lingmerth & Jason Dufner (res Fabien Gomez)

I think there's still over 2 hours to go until the first flight

First tee times were 10am in Ohio, 3pm in SW19. All picks and changes made so far or before then are valid and will be accepted.

Can I replace Daniel Berger, he withdrew after a tee shot? If I can, can it be with Shane Lowry...No problem if not!

If he withdrew before starting then not a problem however if he started his round and pulled out then you, LadyPutt, and Super_Realist have been screwed by him.

EDIT: GolfChannel tweeting that he hit the opening tee shot and then withdrew with shoulder problem.

LadyPutt, SirBenson, and Super_Realist all down one pick.

With that one shot Berger earned $50k; that's a stupendous hourly rate!

But people who haven't picked can pick players now but yet a player withdraw's after a tee shot and you can't replace? That makes no sense to me personally.

Sorry sir benson, but those are the rules. I've been screwed by his withdrawal, too.

I hate to tell some of you guys but Koepka has pulled out also... Especially Super and LadyP... Both down to 4 players

LadyPutt wrote:Sorry sir benson, but those are the rules. I've been screwed by his withdrawal, too.

There is leniency for those who can pick late by 4/5 hours in a normal event, yet absolutely no leniency for when a player withdraws after hitting a drive, absolutely ridiculous.

Where is the fairness or sense in those rules.

sirbenson,
LadyPutt has now lost Koepka as well (and so have I) if that's any consolation.

Still got a reserve, so what's the problem?

The rule is, once a player has teed off, he has "played" and can't be substituted. Your reserve only comes into play if he withdraws before.

I'm never wrong isn't wrong about that rule

It's the same In real life. If a player withdrawals prior to teeing off, an alternate can replace him. Once he has teed off, he can't.

And again I'm never wrong is not wrong

Ah well, It's only a bit of harmless fun, not worth getting upset about. Nobody has died.
I usually come in the bottom 20%, so this only guarantees it. I'm hardly going to lose sleep over it.

super_realist wrote:Ah well, It's only a bit of harmless fun, not worth getting upset about. Nobody has died.
I usually come in the bottom 20%, so this only guarantees it. I'm hardly going to lose sleep over it.

Me too

Fantasy League 2016 - Summer Session - Event #04

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Jun 30 - Jul 03 ___ Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio, United States of America

Tournament value: Weighted 2

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Leaderboard – Round 1

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

1. AlciG _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

1. McLaren ___________ XX (X/X) ____ 80 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 80

3. TheCleaver ________ XX (X/X) ____ 60 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 60

4. BlueCoverman ______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

4. Davie _____________ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

4. LL Cool Nay _______ XX (X/X) ____ 40 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 40

7. EmmDee57 __________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

7. Owen10ozzy ________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

7. Raycastleunited ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

7. Sand ______________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

7. SetupDetermines ___ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

7. SirBenson _________ XX (X/X) ____ 20 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 20

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

14. Eyetoldyouso _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. GolferMartin _____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

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

14. Kwinigolfer ______ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. LadyPutt _________ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00

14. Super_Realist ____ XX (X/X) ____ 00 ____ XX ____ XX ____ XX _____ XX ______ 00  
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William McGirt got off to a flier at the WGC Bridgestone Invitational.  His first round score of 64 set the early pace which sees him take a three shot lead into the second round.  Eight other players, five of them picks, had rounds of 68 or better to round out the Top Five Low Round scores.  Emiliano Grillo and Jason Day had 67s while Anirban Lahiri, Branden Grace, Jordan Spieth, and Rickie Fowler all shot 68.

Two Fantasy Leaguers, McLaren and TheCleaver, picked McGirt.  McLaren added two more scoring picks but still shares the lead with AlciG who had four of the five other scoring pioks.  TheCleaver added one more scoring pick while BlueCoverman, Davie, and LL Cool Nay also had two scoring picks.  EmmDee57, Owen10ozzy, Pedro, Raycastleunited, Sand, SetupDetermines, and SirBenson all had one scoring pick.

Daniel Berger and Brooks Koepka both withdrew during the first round and their withdrawals hit the Fantasy League hard with LadyPutt and Super_Realist taking the worst of it as they had both of them.  

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Round 1 Low Round (20 points)
William McGirt -6
1. McLaren
2. TheCleaver

Round 1 Low Scores (20 points)
-2 or lower

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Player withdrawals will be looked at for the next session.  Most likely it will change to:

1. If a player withdraws during the first round the reserve will replace them.  If a reserve isn't selected then a player who hasn't started may replace them.

2. If a player withdraws after the first round then the existing rule applies.  They are eligible for points scored from completed rounds or making the cut but will not be replaced by a reserve.

Key item here.  Pick a reserve because if a late tee time player withdraws and you don't have a reserve listed it's possible that you will not be able to replace them.

Comments or questions welcomed.

Hmm - your game, your rules ... but personally I'd leave them as they are. Withdrawing during the first round is just bad luck

We're all grateful to you for running this and you should do as you see fit - but I see no need to change this rule

I tend to agree with Davie.

I'm pretty sure we've all been hurt at some time by this rule but I still see no point in changing it and possibly causing you more  work.

But if you feel like a change is in order feel free to change it as you see fit. I have no problems whatsoever with the proposed change.

Btw... I haven't checked if anybody picked him but DL3 also withdrew...

Thanks for the responses. I'll probably set up a vote and let the majority decide. Any rule changes won't take place mid session so there are six more events to go under the existing rules.