THE US Masters Tipster Competition 2014

[Karabiner]

Nothing personal Justin Rose but I could do with you dropping a shot at the last.

There's a drink in it for you.

[Junior Senior]

I dont know who i am hoping wins or loses now

[MereNovice]

I dont know who i am hoping wins or loses now

I think the general consensus is that we're hoping for tikay to lose.

[MereNovice]

The individual choices for those near the top:

Nico29   
Jason Dufner   e/w   
Graeme McDowell   Win      
Joost Luiten   e/w      
John Senden   e/w   33.25   
K.J. Choi   Win   7.5   
Ernie Els   Win      
Joost Luiten   e/w      
Miguel-Angel Jimenez   Win   7.5   
Garrick Porteous   Win      

Karabiner   
Russell Henley   e/w   
Jamie Donaldson   e/w   5   
Matteo Manassero   e/w      
John Senden   e/w   33.25   
Thongchai Jaidee   Win      
Ernie Els   Win      
Harris English   Win      
Miguel-Angel Jimenez   Win   7.5   
Chang-Woo Lee   Win   

Junior Senior   
Billy Horschel   e/w   
David Lynn   e/w      
Matteo Manassero   e/w      
John Senden   e/w   33.25   
Sang-Moon Bae   e/w      
Ernie Els   e/w   1.375   
Billy Horschel   e/w      
Bernhard Langer   e/w   2.375   
Matthew Fitzpatrick   e/w   1.75   

BorntoBubble   
Harris English   Win      
Lee Westwood   Win   14   
Sergio Garcia   Win      
Matt Jones   Win      
K.J. Choi   Win   7.5   
Louis Oosthuizen   Win   7   
Harris English   Win      
Fred Couples   Win      
Oliver Goss   Win   9

tikay   
Bubba Watson   Win   20   
Graeme McDowell   Win      
Victor Dubuisson   Win      
Adam Scott   Win      
K.J. Choi   Win   7.5   
Louis Oosthuizen   Win   7   
Jimmy Walker   Win      
Fred Couples   Win      
Chang-Woo Lee   Win   

[MereNovice]

Just minor shuffling now:

Tipster      Total Score
Nico29      48.25
Karabiner      43.25
Junior Senior      38.75
tikay      34.50
BorntoBubble      30.50
DungBeetle      24.88
nakor      23.75
Royal Flush      22.38
Omm1      20.75
doubleup      20.13
ripple11      16.50
claypole      16.50
tightend   ***   16.50
Doobs      15.50
swinebag22      13.50
Eso Kral      9.88
lucky_scrote       9.00
Omm2      7.94
bookiebasher      7.50
roscopiko      7.50
cheapwetsuit      7.00
DeePreacher      7.00
edgascoigne      6.00
Boba Fett      4.38
redsimon      4.00
horseplayer      2.50
MTT DESTROYER      0.00
redarmi      0.00

[MereNovice]

Final scores for the players who made the points in each group.

US
1   Bubba Watson   -8
2   Jordan Spieth   -5
T3   Matt Kuchar   -2
T3   Rickie Fowler   -2
T5   Kevin Stadler   E
T5   Jimmy Walker   E


GB&I
1   Lee Westwood   -1
2   Rory McIlroy   E
T3   Jamie Donaldson   1
T3   Justin Rose   1


Europe
1   Jonas Blixt   -5
2   Miguel-Angel Jimenez   -4
T3   Thomas Bjorn   E
T3   Bernhard Langer   E


Australia
1   John Senden   E
2   Adam Scott   1


Asia
1   K.J. Choi   6   
2   Thongchai Jaidee   7   


South Africa
1   Louis Oosthuizen   3   
T2   Ernie Els   5   MC
T2   Charl Schwartzel   5   MC

Debutant
T1   Jonas Blixt   -5
T1   Jordan Spieth   -5
T3   Kevin Stadler   E
T3   Jimmy Walker   E


Senior
1   Miguel-Angel Jimenez   -4
2   Bernhard Langer   E
3   Fred Couples   2


Amateur
1   Oliver Goss   3
2   Matthew Fitzpatrick   5    MC

[MereNovice]

The provisional final table:

Tipster      Total Score
Nico29      48.25
Karabiner      43.25
Junior Senior      38.75
BorntoBubble      37.50
tikay      34.50
Royal Flush      25.88
nakor      23.75
DungBeetle      22.50
Omm1      20.75
doubleup      20.13
ripple11      16.50
claypole      16.50
tightend   ***   16.50
Doobs      15.50
cheapwetsuit      14.00
swinebag22      13.50
lucky_scrote       9.00
Omm2      7.94
Eso Kral      7.50
bookiebasher      7.50
roscopiko      7.50
DeePreacher      7.00
edgascoigne      6.00
Boba Fett      4.38
redsimon      4.00
horseplayer      2.50
MTT DESTROYER      0.00
redarmi      0.00


Congratulations to our winners.
I will double re-check the workings and then contact them for bank details.

For those that wish to check for themselves, the final spreadsheet is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aia1Hxq-NDNWdFVVSTN5Nl8zT0RRV045YzE1SzNfZ0E&usp=drive_web#gid=2

[Royal Flush]

How much did Tikay win?

[MereNovice]

How much did Tikay win?

It was a (very) round number.

[doubleup]

well done winners

ty Mere

[MereNovice]

I'm happy to announce that the above table is the final standings.

Final prizes  are:

1st Nico29    (£243+£168)  £411
2nd Karabiner    (£121.5+£84)   £205.50
3rd Junior Senior    (£40.5+£28)   £68.50

Congratulations once again to our winners and thanks to everyone for taking part in such good spirit.

[Karabiner]

Great job again Vince, and congratulations to Nico29.

I now understand why he didn't want the place terms to be altered.

[Nico29]

Great job again Vince, and congratulations to Nico29.

I now understand why he didn't want the place terms to be altered.

Haha, thanks mate.

Funnily enough I actually started seeing where you were coming from when I started making my selections!

Luckily this has got me out of it after backing half the field myself and bricking pretty bad on my own bets.

Thanks for running this Vince, Pm sent.

[swinebag22]

Great comp. Thanks for running it vince.

Wp the winners....


....and tikay

[Omm]

Thanks Vince, really enjoyed my first Masters Tipster comp even though I couldn't win it with two teams! Wonder if you would consider on the next golf one to add in End of round leader for each day. I think it would make it slightly more interactive. (Obviously only if it doesn't cause to much workload). Not a game breaker but maybe something to consider.

Well done winners.

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