Competition - Entries - Standings

This is the thread that gives the information about the Open Golf competition.
In the absence of any prize from Betfair this time, The top 5, at the end of the championship will receive prizes, courtesy of a really kind and interested donor, for whom I’m running this.
1st - £150.   2nd - £100.   3rd - £70.  4th - £50.  5th - £40. 
We have 101 entries this time, sadly down from around 600 in previous competitions for this event. As a matter of interest, The US masters got 513 entries in 2012 and 197 in 2016, the Open used to be even bigger. Sad to see the demise of so much that was good about the forum. So THAT, coupled with the desperate response I’ve had from Betfair so far, will probably mean this is the last time I put the effort in.
Thanks for taking part and may the best form student or the luckiest guesser win.
Better still, may I make the top 5 for the 1st time ever. That would be justice!
Anyway, this is the update thread. Where relevant, I’ve translated the choices into vague odds based on everyone’s choices
I’ll update the entire scoreboard after each day’s play and the post the entire selection grid as the 1st post on this thread for you to use as reference.
The sections and selections

Section A: Dylan Fritelli’s 1st round. Predictions range from 68 – 78, Most people have chosen around par.  Well, between 70 and 74 – 74 being fractional fav at about 5/1 in an 13 runner race, it’s 100/1 less than 68 or more than 78.

Section B: 1st round leader.  Over 30 different choices, McIlroy, Koepka, Spieth, Oosthuizen, Stenson and Fleetwood were all picked at least 5 times.

Section C: How many ‘S’ surnames will make the cut?  Picks for this range from 3 to 13, the vast majority though, between 5 & 10.

Section D: What will the cut mark be?  The predictions suggest between 2 and 4 over (144, 145 or 146) all though there are some higher and some lower. If it’s higher than 148, there will be no points scored.

Section E: Best round 3 score No-one thinks Grace’s 62 will be equalled, but 1 person thinks it’ll be beaten. 65 is the most picked score. It will depend on the weather, I think.

Section F: top 20 in top 20, at the end of Rd 3 choices range from just 4 all the way up to 15. Mostly between 6 and 11 of “the cream rising to the top” with a round to go.

Section G: Top Asian player I have to be honest. I had meant, but forgot, to make this a top 3 section. So it will remain as originally stated 1st and 2nd (and ties) count only. Matsuyama translates as about 5/4, S. Kim, Li, and Aphibarnrat about 8/1,  Janewattanond 10/1, Ikeda 33/1, 50’s Bar

Section H: Top British or Irish player Your predictions are roughly like this:
McIlroy 11/8, Rose 4/1, Fleetwood 9/1, Poulter and Fitzpatrick both 16/1, Casey 20/1
More or less in line with the actual book. Well, maybe McIlroy’s a bit short on the competition book.

Section I: Top continental European player John Rahm about 11/8, Stenson and Molinari both 4/1 chances, Noren 20/1, Garcia 25’s, the rest bigger.

Section J: Top American  The predictions for this section translate as:
Koepka 3/1, Schauffele 8/1, Dustin Johnson 9/1, Cantlay 10/1, Thomas 10/1, Kuchar 12/1,  Fowler 14/1,  Spieth 14/1, Woods 20/1
Makes an interesting comparison.

Section K: Winning margin three quarters of us think 1 or 2 shots. Only 1 prediction of 5 shotsand 1 of 8 shots, no-one said 6 or 7

Section L: Winning Score Pick range from 264 to 284, with a few numbers not chosen at all.272 has the most picks with 12, the result of the whole competition will almost certainly hinge on this section.

That’s all the information at the start. Let’s hope it’s a good, exciting tournament.

The next post on here is the full list of your entries: