Super_realist steals victory in Ryder Cup Fantasy Game

FINAL LEADERBOARD
Congratulations to super_realist, who wins the Ryder Cup Fantasy Game on countback from Mystiroakey
Tied on 27 pts a piece (from a possible 35), both predicted the correct outcome of the overall match result, scoring a bonus 10pts to slide past CJB and co. at the death.
Both were tied on initial countback of top scorers (both achieving the sequence 6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1), so I have taken the executive decision to award super_realist the title based on his picks total scores from the singles out punching mysti's by 6 points to 4 (including triple point bonuses). Hope that doesn't spoil your night Mysti


Day 2 Leaderboard
Updated scores are below. All to play for tomorrow now so it seems - anything can happen in singles. We could see a last minute romp to the 606v2 title by someone way down the field courtesy of the double 5pt bonus on offer for predicting the overall team result...


Day 1 Leaderboard


Thanks for the suggestions. I think perhaps we ought to go down the traditional 606 fantasy format route here, how about:

Choose 1 player from each category (order based on Pd's wk 38 rankings):

Euro A McIlroy, Donald, Westwood or Rose
Euro B McDowell, Garcia, Hanson or Poulter
Euro C Lawrie, Molinari, Kaymer or Colsearts

USA A Woods, Watson, Simpson, Dufner
USA B Snedeker, Stricker, D. Johnson or Bradley
USA C Kuchar, Mickleson, Z. Johnson or Furyk

From those 6 selections, choose 1 player as your triple points earner.

Select winning team: 5pts bonus
Select winning team and winning scoreline: 5pts bonus
(if you select a draw, then both 5pts bonusses will be 'paid' out if you're right.

Ties will be decided on countback from each teams top points scorers (including triple points earned)


e.g. my selections:
Rose, Garcia, Kaymer
Dufner, Snedekar, Mickleson
Snedeker as triple points earner
USA to win 15.5-12.5


Entries confirmed:barragan, mysti, emmdee, plunky, smithers, setup, cjb, wadey, mclaren, roller, redrage, sand, super, navy, jdizzle, hend, boy, sky, blue, tiler, willy
Entries close prior to pairings etc for first match being announced - so get a move on if you want to be involved

barragan wrote:
Day 1 & 2, 4somes and 4ball.
Choose which team you will back for each session. You must back both teams once each day.

Total pts available = 28... funny how that worked out

I suggest that all selections must be made before the pairings and matches have been announced.

What if a session is drawn, can you not pick a draw ?

barragan wrote:FORMAT SCRAPPED!

Apologies if I'm stepping on anyone's toes here - more than happy to step aside if anyone else had something planned or has a better idea for a format.

Here's my suggestion:

Points accrued are equal to those scored by your selections during the event.

Leading man
Choose 1 player from each team as your leading man. You cannot select these players again.
(1) Leading player Europe - 5 pts available
(2) Leading player USA - 5 pts available

Day 1 & 2, 4somes and 4ball.
Choose which team you will back for each session. You must back both teams once each day.
For each session, select 3 players from the chosen team. You cannot reselect players used on day 1 for day 2 selections.
(3) Day 1 - Morning session - 3 pts available
(4) Day 1 - Afternoon session - 3 pts
(5) Day 2 - Morning session - 3 pts
(6) Day 2 - Afternoon session - 3 pts

Day 3, Singles.
Choose one team only for the singles matches. Select any 6 players from that team. You can choose players you selected on days 1 and 2, but not your leading player.
(7) Day 3 - Singles matches - 6 pts available.

Total pts available = 28... funny how that worked out

I suggest that all selections must be made before the pairings and matches have been announced.

select three players from Europe for the morning, then three players from usa in the afternoon - or vice versa. you score points based on the results of your chosen player - not the team session score.

eg.
i could select:
(1 / 2) mcdowell & furyk as my 'leading men'
(3) mcilroy, westwood, Hanson for session 1
(4) mickleson, Watson, kuchar for session 2 (or vice versa for session 1 & 2)
(5) stricker, woods, z.Johnson for session 3
(6) lawrie , Donald, poulter for session 4 (or vice versa for sessions 3 & 4)
and
(7) mcilroy, westwood, Donald, poulter, colsearts and kaymer for session 5.
i would get 1 pt for every win one of my selections managed, and 0.5 pt for every halved match. if my player lost their match or wasn't selected i'd get nothing...

kind of a confussed format..Personally I would rather us just pick outcomes for every match..However I am still happy with it and will partake!

mysti - thought about that - but usually matches are announced at quite short notice, which would probably mean most of us wouldn't be able to participate - unless we were all glued to the up to the minute news. hence my convoluted format
as i said at the top - if anyone has a better idea then feel free - i won't be offended ! it is quite tricky to come up with something which would produce a wide variety of results from many entrants without it being a little complex.

just scores then for each session.

Yes its simple. but sometimes the simple ones are the best

or i guess we could pick a few players from each team and add their overall total. problem is there might be a lot of duplicate picks. could categorize the players as per the old fantasy system : cat a b and c (based on world rankings) with a couple of picks from each?

barragan wrote:or i guess we could pick a few players from each team and add their overall total. problem is there might be a lot of duplicate picks. could categorize the players as per the old fantasy system : cat a b and c (based on world rankings) with a couple of picks from each?

You could arrange the players by qualification ranking and pick 4 or 6 players out of 12 categories ie You can have Rory but not Tiger. Select a captain (earns triple points) and a vice captain (earns double points).

1 Rory MCILROY 4,050,288.10 1 Tiger Woods 6,014.184
2 Justin ROSE 2,602,910.21 2 Bubba Watson 5,815.054
3 Paul LAWRIE 2,384,837.11 3 Jason Dufner 5,697.302
4 Graeme MCDOWELL 2,375,790.52 4 Keegan Bradley 5,551.206
5 Francesco MOLINARI 2,112,452.06 5 Webb Simpson 4,635.500
6 Luke DONALD 363.46 6 Zach Johnson 4,491.544
7 Lee WESTWOOD 280.2 7 Matt Kuchar 4,448.942
8 Sergio GARCIA 200.85 8 Phil Mickelson 4,233.108
9 Peter HANSON 189.32 9 Steve Stricker 4,015.069
10 Martin KAYMER 172.26 10 Jim Furyk 3,369.616
11 Ian POULTER 171.64 11 Brandt Snedeker 3,176.787
12 Nicolas COLSAERTS 161.67 12 Dustin Johnson 3,040.020

Thanks for the suggestions. I think perhaps we ought to go down the traditional 606 fantasy format route here, how about:

Choose 1 player from each category (order based on Pd's wk 38 rankings):

Euro A McIlroy, Donald, Westwood or Rose
Euro B McDowell, Garcia, Hanson or Poulter
Euro C Lawrie, Molinari, Kaymer or Colsearts

USA A Woods, Watson, Simpson, Dufner
USA B Snedeker, Stricker, D. Johnson or Bradley
USA C Kuchar, Mickleson, Z. Johnson or Furyk

From those 6 selections, choose 1 player as your triple points earner.

Select winning team: 5pts bonus
Select winning team and winning scoreline: 5pts bonus
(if you select a draw, then both 5pts bonusses will be 'paid' out if you're right.

Ties will be decided on countback from each teams top points scorers (including triple points earned)


e.g. my selections:
Rose, Garcia, Kaymer
Dufner, Snedekar, Mickleson
Snedeker as triple points earner
USA to win 15.5-12.5

Ok fine for me Banban..

my picks.

donald*3,poults, colsaets
watson,sneds,pmick
europe to win 14.5-13.5

good stuff mysti - glad your not bamboozled this time

yeah stop bamboozling me

its just in my nature


and yours

Euro A - Donald
Euro B - Poulter
Euro C - Molinari

USA A - Woods
USA B - Stricker
USA C - Kuchar

Triple points earner - Poulter

Select winning team: Europe
Select winning team and winning scoreline: USA 12.5 v 15.5 Europe

Cheers Barragan

This sounds like fun.

Donald, Garcia (times 3), Lawrie, Watson, snedeker, kuchar

Europe to win 15.5 12.5.

Thanks Barragan !

Euro A Donald
Euro B Poulter * 3
Euro C Colsearts

USA A Dufner
USA B Stricker
USA C Kuchar

USA to win 15-13

Europe: Donald, Garcia (* 3), Colsaerts,

US: Dufner, Snedeker, Furyk

Europe to win 14.5 - 13.5.

Rose
Poulter*3
Colsaerts

Bubba
Snedeker
Kuchar

Europe 15-13 US

Westwood*3
Garcia
Molinari

Woods
D Johnson
Kuchar

Europe 15-13 USA

McIlroy
Hanson
Kaymer

Woods
Snedeker
Z. Johnson *3


USA 15 - 13 Europe

Donald
Poulter
Lawrie

Dufner *3
Snedecker
Kuchar

USA 15.5 Europe 12.5

Cheers barra

EU: Donald, Poulter, Lawrie(x3)
USA: Watson, Bradley, Kuchar
Score Tied 14-14

EU : Donald, Garcia (x3), Colsearts
USA: Dufner, Sneds, Z.Johnson

14 All.

EU: Donald*3, Poulter, Lawrie
Septics: Sweaty Dufner, Cyclops Snedeker, Baldie Kuchar

Score 14.5-13.5 to the good guys (Europe)

Cheers buana.

Sounds like fun. My picks are:

Donald*3, McDowell, Lawrie
Woods, Snedeker, Z. Johnson

U.S.A. 14.5 - 13.5 Europe

Can anyone have a go? If so;

Donald*3, Poulter, Molinari
Simpson, Snedeker, Mickelson

Europe 14.5-13.5 USA

Cheers.

Anyone can have a go, even you Mr J Dizzle

Rose poulter molinari
Woods x3 sneds and Michelson
17-11 to USA! Thanks!

barragan wrote:Anyone can have a go, even you Mr J Dizzle

If (when) I win I will donate all of the prize money to the golf section for their generosity in letting me enter.

Gratefully received

Mcilroy*3, Garcia, Lawrie
Woods, D Johnson, Kuchar

USA win 14.5 - 13.5

Cheers Ban

Donald (x3 Power Play!), Poulter, Molinari
Dufner, Snedeker, Furyk

My longstanding overall prediction has been USA to win by a point (so 14.5 - 13.5), so will stick with that.

Thanks,

Europe
McIlroy
McDowell
Colsaerts

USA
Woods (x3)
Bradley
Kuchar

USA win 16 - 12

Thanks Ban

Thanks all, entry list to date confirmed on OP.
b

Donald, Poulter, Lawrie
Woods (x3), Stricker, Kuchar

USA to win 15-13

Given my awful track record at these things, hopefully I'm jinxing the Americans!

Cheers Barragan, good format...

Howdy.

West, Garcia (*3), Lawrie
Watson, Sticker, Uncle Phil

USA 12.5 - Europe 15.5

Pretty please.

Cheers Tiler and Willy,

Bump - for the rest of you still undecided - time is running out!

Here we go:

Europe;
Donald x 3
McDowell
Lawrie

USA;
Woods
Stricker
Zach

14 - 14: Europe retain the Ryder Cup

Thanks barra

Euro A McIlroy X3
Euro B Poulter
Euro C Colsearts

USA A Woods
USA B Bradley
USA C Kuchar

Europe 15-13 (heart ruling head)

Thanks kwini, hogie
b

Euro A: Rose
Euro B: Poulter x 3
Euro C: Molinari


USA A: Woods
USA B: Snedeker
USA C: Kucher

Europe 15 - 13

Nearly missed this...

McIlroy
Garcia*3
Colsaerts

Woods
Bradley
Kuchar

Europe - USA 15.5-12.5

Cheers barragan!

Donald Garcia Molinari
Woods* Stricker Mickelson
USA 15-13 Europe

Thanks.

Rose*3, Poulter, Lawrie
Woods, Snedeker,Furyk
Europe 15-13

Entries are now closed.

Interesting - all of my picks are playing in the first session... which means (barring withdrawal) that each of them should have at least 2 chances to score for the golfing version of Team Sky! [not that either side would be crazy enough to only play certain individuals in the singles... ever again]

Also interestingly, only 1 pair of opposing picks amongst them (neither being the x3 PowerPlay) - which therefore guarantees a riskless 1 pt from that match...?

I shouldnt have picked colsaerts- He doesnt look like he will get more than 2 doubles matches!! should have thought about that before I made my picks

Sky you make a good point mate.. All about missing them oposing picks.

poults v

sneds v

donald v pmick

watson and colsartes arent playing

I can only score on a max of 3 of my picks!

The donlad v pmick game is material only because it is my multiplier(donald)

Still its gonna be fun..

will any of Lawrie, Molinari, Kaymer or Colsearts get more than 2 games during the pairs? my kaymer pick looking a little shaky also.
unfortunately the format will throw up the odd guaranteed point - the only way around that would be to do something along the lines of my initial format suggestion. but to keep things straightforward we are where we are. with only 3 picks per team, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. the person who correctly guesses the final scoreline may well be the winner at the end of the day.