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THE 2015 BETFAIR GOLF COMPETITION
Welcome to the 2015 golf competition! The competition will begin on 5th March with the WGC Cadillac Championship. Please reply on this thread if you wish to enter. The competition is open to all and is free to play.
2015 GOLF COMP RULES SUMMARY
This year's competition will be staged over 20 of the biggest tournaments (see schedule below). In order to keep the competition interesting with this shorter format, there are a few changes to the rules from previous years. Here is a summary of the rules:
For each event, competitors are invited to select FIVE PLAYERS.
Competitors will score points according to the BEST PLACED of their five players.
Competitors are free to select ANY five players (no restrictions on favourites etc).
Scoring is as follows: Winner = Best RP Price x 10, with a minimum of 100 points, 2nd place (and ties) = 70 points, 3rd place (and ties) = 50 points, 4th place (and ties) = 40 points, 5th place (and ties) = 30 points, 6th place (and ties) = 25 points, 7th place (and ties) = 20 points, 8th place (and ties) = 15 points, 9th place (and ties) = 10 points, 10th place (and ties) = 5 points. Otherwise, if a competitor's best placed player is outside the top 10, nul points!
Points will be DOUBLED for the four MAJORS.
At the end of the Regular Season, the top 50 competitors (and ties) will advance to the Final Stage. Scoring in the Final Stage will be the same, with points carried over from the Regular Season. Thereafter, the lowest placed 5 competitors will be eliminated after each event, until we are left with the top 15 (and ties) for the final tournament, which will be the DP World Tour Championship.
One other change from previous years: DEFAULT SELECTIONS will be assigned in case competitors are away or fail to post on time. The default selections will be the 5 highest ranked players in the field from the OWGR at the start of the tournament week. However, competitors will only be allowed to use this safety net twice during the Regular Season, and twice during the Final Stage.
I will post a more detailed rules thread with i's dotted and t's crossed in a few days. I hope everyone, or at least the majority, will be happy with this new format. I look forward to seeing you all in the comp soon. Let battle commence!
2015 GOLF COMP SCHEDULE
Regular Season
1) 5 March - WGC Cadillac Championship
2) 19 March - Arnold Palmer Invitational
3) 9 April - MASTERS
4) 29 April - WGC Match Play
5) 7 May - PLAYERS Championship
6) 21 May - BMW PGA Championship
7) 7 June - Memorial Tournament
8) 18 June - US OPEN
9) 9 July - Scottish Open
10) 16 July - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
11) 6 August - WGC Bridgestone Invitational
12) 13 August - PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Final Stage
13) 27 August - The Barclays
14) 4 September - Deutsche Bank Championship
15) 17 September - BMW Championship
16) 24 September - The TOUR Championship
17) 29 October - Turkish Airlines Open
18) 5 November - WGC HSBC Champions
19) 12 November - BMW Masters
20) 19 November - DP World Tour Championship
Welcome to the 2015 golf competition! The competition will begin on 5th March with the WGC Cadillac Championship. Please reply on this thread if you wish to enter. The competition is open to all and is free to play.
2015 GOLF COMP RULES SUMMARY
This year's competition will be staged over 20 of the biggest tournaments (see schedule below). In order to keep the competition interesting with this shorter format, there are a few changes to the rules from previous years. Here is a summary of the rules:
For each event, competitors are invited to select FIVE PLAYERS.
Competitors will score points according to the BEST PLACED of their five players.
Competitors are free to select ANY five players (no restrictions on favourites etc).
Scoring is as follows: Winner = Best RP Price x 10, with a minimum of 100 points, 2nd place (and ties) = 70 points, 3rd place (and ties) = 50 points, 4th place (and ties) = 40 points, 5th place (and ties) = 30 points, 6th place (and ties) = 25 points, 7th place (and ties) = 20 points, 8th place (and ties) = 15 points, 9th place (and ties) = 10 points, 10th place (and ties) = 5 points. Otherwise, if a competitor's best placed player is outside the top 10, nul points!
Points will be DOUBLED for the four MAJORS.
At the end of the Regular Season, the top 50 competitors (and ties) will advance to the Final Stage. Scoring in the Final Stage will be the same, with points carried over from the Regular Season. Thereafter, the lowest placed 5 competitors will be eliminated after each event, until we are left with the top 15 (and ties) for the final tournament, which will be the DP World Tour Championship.
One other change from previous years: DEFAULT SELECTIONS will be assigned in case competitors are away or fail to post on time. The default selections will be the 5 highest ranked players in the field from the OWGR at the start of the tournament week. However, competitors will only be allowed to use this safety net twice during the Regular Season, and twice during the Final Stage.
I will post a more detailed rules thread with i's dotted and t's crossed in a few days. I hope everyone, or at least the majority, will be happy with this new format. I look forward to seeing you all in the comp soon. Let battle commence!
2015 GOLF COMP SCHEDULE
Regular Season
1) 5 March - WGC Cadillac Championship
2) 19 March - Arnold Palmer Invitational
3) 9 April - MASTERS
4) 29 April - WGC Match Play
5) 7 May - PLAYERS Championship
6) 21 May - BMW PGA Championship
7) 7 June - Memorial Tournament
8) 18 June - US OPEN
9) 9 July - Scottish Open
10) 16 July - OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
11) 6 August - WGC Bridgestone Invitational
12) 13 August - PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Final Stage
13) 27 August - The Barclays
14) 4 September - Deutsche Bank Championship
15) 17 September - BMW Championship
16) 24 September - The TOUR Championship
17) 29 October - Turkish Airlines Open
18) 5 November - WGC HSBC Champions
19) 12 November - BMW Masters
20) 19 November - DP World Tour Championship
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great stuff , sounds good
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in ,please
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Count me in - thanks!
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Count me in.
So only one player score counts each week? |
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Yep callitasucit, that's correct.
So, for example, if you had two or more players out of your 5 picks tied for second place, and didn't have the winner, you would score 70 points. |
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^ and of course, even if you just had one player in second place (or tied for second), would also be 70 points.
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glad you have scottish open,my home course gullane 1.2,3
choosing top 20 is inspired,had to be done weekly euro/pga was grinding,even thou max,s effort,work put in was awesome,never forgotten thx El Bandito |
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sounds intriguing - add me to the mix
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Happy you like the new format.
Like everyone on here, I really appreciate all the work Max put in over the last years. Without those efforts, there wouldn't be any golf comp this year either. Actually, I haven't seen any sign of madmaxkelly in a while. So Max, in case you're reading this, I hope you will come and enjoy the 2015 golf comp without having to do the admin. |
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I'll have a go, cheers for running it and many thanks to max over the years
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Count me in please, EB.
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Yep im in, ta
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add me
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Count me in, ta!
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I'll give it a go
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yep I'm in thanks
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count me in please
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I'll have a go
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Count me in
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I'm in Bandido
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My withdrawal symptoms will soon be over after last seasons early bath
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IN
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In again please!
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yep im in.but do you konw the last event the tour champ is the final of the fedex cup with only 30 players the BMW aweek before = 70.which may or may not skew the points a bit
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Yes please.
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Great stuff El, I'm in too!
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Thanks
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dukeofpuke - I'm aware the Tour champ is only 30 players. And 5 picks out of 30, but remember this year it's only the best pick that counts towards the scoring. Also, it's not our last event, we will still have 4 more events to go after that.
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Add me sir
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Thanks for organising this El Bandido. I'd like to give it a go.
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I'm in
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I'm in. Please and Thanks.
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yipppppppppppppppp
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Thanks El B, I'll enter.
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Hi all I'm in please
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Yes please. Ta
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In, thank you.
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Yes please!
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