Open Pool Bragging Rights!

[jvincent]

My "Make the cut you spoiled pansies!" vibes must be getting through because most of my guys are now either above the cut line or have a good chance.

Except for stupid Katayama who is done for the day and will not be playing on the weekend. He should probably fall on his putter in ritual suicide.

[Shivas Irons]

Would you like "23.Davis Love III, USA" instead? or how about "20.Stuart Appleby,Aus"? [In your very best Eric Idle impersonation]

nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean? Uh, I guess I'll stick with Cabrerra and a can of SPAM.

[Started2k3]

nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean? Uh, I guess I'll stick with Cabrerra and a can of SPAM.

I DON'T LIKE SPAM!

Spam. Spam. Spam. Spam....


Great skit.

[sharkhark]

The initial pool responsibility belongs to Sharkhark - he can have the final decision I don't want it. I made the spreadsheet out of the kindness of my heart (touching, eh?), and I don't mind updating it. It only took me 1.5h to put together (the most time consuming was getting everybody's picks correct).

If we had challenged any of the people who made "mistakes" before the first tee off they probably would not have chosen the last place player in each group. Remember this is a friendly pool, and nobody will be forced to change their avatar or caption ... except maybe "Richard" ... any suggestions?

Not only did you put the extra work into creating the spreadsheet, you also were more than fair to others giving benefit of the doubt to people who picked non players, or who got cut.
Your suggestions should be used as already implemented.
Should it turn out that someone who wins, won in part due to a generous decision, we will take the top 2, flip a coin, arrange a 2man head to head battle at le sorcier and hold a forum vote to designate winner.
In other words, its a fun contest and whatever winner bears out wins, regardless of a favourable bounce

[Started2k3]

Not only did you put the extra work into creating the spreadsheet, you also were more than fair to others giving benefit of the doubt to people who picked non players, or who got cut.
Your suggestions should be used as already implemented.
Should it turn out that someone who wins, won in part due to a generous decision, we will take the top 2, flip a coin, arrange a 2man head to head battle at le sorcier and hold a forum vote to designate winner.
In other words, its a fun contest and whatever winner bears out wins, regardless of a favourable bounce

I can dig it.

[dH]

What About Els!?

["Richard"]

sharkhark
7
Indio
6
scottycameron
7
Shivas Irons
5
"Richard"
5
Hank Hill
6
Wilster
6
Started2k3
7
Sakuraba
2
jeffc
5
spart
5
cueball
5
spackler
6
little brit
5
jvincent
5
Golfbum
5
jonf
6
Maverick
7
No Back
6
fundonny
4
larry
3
Thom Panikorn
5
Eldred
5
mpare
5
BirdieMan
7
Chambolk
5



These are how many players we each have left.. more players equals lower score... some of us are screwed.... I'd say anyone under 5 or less players has no chance

[Started2k3]

Well folks, round 2 is over for our picks.

Maverick is in the lead.
Followed closely by:
sharkhark +9 strokes;
Started2k3 +10;
BirdieMan +13;

Here comes the cut, not to worry everybody was hit.
Started2k3 lost 2 players
5 contestants lost 3 players
9 contestants lost 4 players
9 contestants lost 5 players
larry lost 6 players
Sakuraba lost 8 players to the cut.

I have attached the latest version (mainly so I can get it from home), and it has the standings and everything.

[Started2k3]

"Richard" you and your crazy math. I only lost Perry and Couples. I have 8 players left.

Unfortunately - no tiger. (probably need to change my avatar)

["Richard"]

Not my math dude, I just deleted the players from the spread sheet and totaled up all the 1's Maybe I deleted one of your players by mitake. Looks like you will probably take it... good stuff

[fundonny]

What the hell happened to Paddy Harrington????? Gaddam it, good thing I didn't put a quid on him!

[Indio]

What the hell happened to Paddy Harrington????? Gaddam it, good thing I didn't put a quid on him!

Who on earth would be silly enough to pick Padrig anyway

[Maverick]

Damn, im good

[Started2k3]

Still a pretty tight race at the top.

Here are the round three rankings and gap from the leaders:

HANDLE RANK GAP
Maverick 1 0
Started2k3 1 0
BirdieMan 3 2
sharkhark 4 4
No Back 5 8
scottycameron 6 16
Indio 7 28
Eldred 8 29
Wilster 9 32
jonf 9 32
Shivas Irons 11 34
jvincent 11 34
spackler 13 44
jeffc 14 46
Golfbum 14 46
Hank Hill 16 47
mpare 16 47
spart 18 48
cueball 18 48
"Richard" 20 49
little brit 20 49
Thom Panikorn 22 53
Chambolk 22 53
fundonny 24 55
larry 25 75
Sakuraba 26 93

(Stupid web - it doesn't look like that when I type it in.)

["Richard"]

I just noticed that my pics are completely different on the spread sheet than what I took!!!

WOODS, Tiger
GARCIA, Sergio
DIMARCO, Chris
ELS, Ernie
FURYK, Jim
CABRERA, Angel
TANIHARA, Hideto
CALCAVECCHIA, Mark
SCOTT, Adam
ROMERO, Andres

[Started2k3]

Sorry busy. I'll post the final rankings in the morning.

C.

[Started2k3]

And the winner is ... me. Damn I'm awesome!

Final results are:
GAP HANDLE
0 Started2k3
4 sharkhark
4 Maverick
12 BirdieMan
17 No Back
27 scottycameron
35 Indio
42 Eldred
51 Wilster
56 Shivas Irons
56 jonf
60 Hank Hill
60 jvincent
64 "Richard"
65 little brit
66 spackler
71 cueball
72 spart
73 jeffc
74 Thom Panikorn
75 mpare
77 Golfbum
78 Chambolk
82 fundonny
114 larry
138 Sakuraba

I would like to thank Sharkhark for the idea. I had a lot of fun watching the Open and rooting for lesser ranked players, because of this pool. I would also like to thank DiMarco for keeping me in the game after I stupidly didn't pick Tiger.

Attached is the final Excel file if there is any interest.
C.

[sharkhark]

Hey its like my golf game. close. But just coming up a bit short.

Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.

[Sakuraba]

I still like my picks :O

[Started2k3]

I was going to pick VJ, until the last moment before posting when I switched to Goosen. That alone would have knocked me out of the running completely.

[jvincent]

At least I finished better than thotho.

[Eldred]

I like it, first top 10 in any golf related events

["Richard"]

Atleast I finnished better than Fundonny... Hope his football picks are better than his golf picks

At least I finished better than thotho.

[fundonny]

Ouch

[mpare]

Does anyone know if there's a correlation between the results achieved in our little challenge and the contestant's handicap?

[little brit]

And the winner is ... me. Damn I'm awesome!

Final results are:
GAP HANDLE
0 Started2k3
4 sharkhark
4 Maverick
12 BirdieMan
17 No Back
27 scottycameron
35 Indio
42 Eldred
51 Wilster
56 Shivas Irons
56 jonf
60 Hank Hill
60 jvincent
64 "Richard"
65 little brit
66 spackler
71 cueball
72 spart
73 jeffc
74 Thom Panikorn
75 mpare
77 Golfbum
78 Chambolk
82 fundonny
114 larry
138 Sakuraba

I would like to thank Sharkhark for the idea. I had a lot of fun watching the Open and rooting for lesser ranked players, because of this pool. I would also like to thank DiMarco for keeping me in the game after I stupidly didn't pick Tiger.

Attached is the final Excel file if there is any interest.
C.

Way to go

[Started2k3]

Way to go

That is a little bit excessive ... "Richard" only beat you by one stroke.

[Big Johnny69]

[quote=Started2k3]And the winner is ... me. Damn I'm awesome!

Final results are:
GAP HANDLE
0 Started2k3
quote]


Cheater!

[Started2k3]

[QUOTE=Geoff Johnston]

And the winner is ... me. Damn I'm awesome!

Final results are:
GAP HANDLE
0 Started2k3
quote]


Cheater!

If I was a cheater, then I should be bragging about how good I am at cheating not how awesome (lucky) I am at picking the winning team for the Open.

It would only be cheating if I had used "Richard's" math.
Note - he has had two posts since losing to Dan where his math has been wrong. I think he is going to suddenly "add correctly" and find that he should have been listed as a 25hcp for their match play and demand a rematch. Very tricky indeed.