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Rules

You select 7 golfers playing at the Ryder Cup starting September 26th, from these 7 a maximum of 5 can be from one team.

Team Europe

Thomas Bjorn
Jamie Donaldson
Victor Dubuisson
Sergio Garcia
Martin Kaymer
Graeme McDowell
Rory McIlroy
Justin Rose
Henrik Stenson
Lee Westwood
Stephen Gallacher
Ian Poulter

Team USA

Rickie Fowler
Jim Furyk
Zach Johnson
Matt Kuchar
Phil Mickelson
Patrick Reed
Jordan Spieth
Jimmy Walker
Bubba Watson
Keegan Bradley
Hunter Mahan
Webb Simpson

From the Official World Rankings website (2014 Week 35) http://www.owgr.com/ranking your choice of players will be restricted by the following criteria:

Of your team of 7, at least 3 of your players must be ranked outside the Top 10.
Of the allowed 4 players ranked inside the Top 10, no more than 2 can be from the Top 5.

Rankings

01. Rory McIlroy
02. Adam Scott
03. Henrik Stenson
04. Sergio Garcia
05. Justin Rose
06. Jason Day
07. Jim Furyk
08. Matt Kuchar
09. Bubba Watson
10. Phil Mickelson


Scoring System

Foursomes and Fourballs

You will score 5 points for each match finishing all-square involving one of your players.
You will score 10 points for each match won by one of your players.
You will be awarded 1 point for each un-played hole in a match won by one of your players.

Singles

You will score 10 points for each match finishing all-square involving one of your players.
You will score 20 points for each match won by one of your players.
You will be awarded 2 points for each un-played hole in a match won by one of your players.


You will score points for your best 5 performers over the course of the Ryder Cup.

The poster with the highest number of points at the end of the Ryder Cup will be declared the winner.


Good luck one and all

Rory McIlroy
Sergio Garcia
Phil Mickelson
Zach Johnson
Hunter Mahan
Ian Poulter
Lee Westwood

My VII:

McIlroy
Rose
McDowell
Poulter
Watson
Mickelson
Fowler

Furyk (USA)
Rose (Europe)
Watson (USA)
Fowler (USA)
Kaymer (Europe)
Speith (USA)
McDowell (Europe)

Fowler
Furyk
Poulter
Rose
Garcia
MacDowell
Westwood

gingerpele wrote:Rory McIlroy
Sergio Garcia
Phil Mickelson
Zach Johnson
Hunter Mahan
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose

Gonna swap Rose for Westwood if that is ok?

R McIlroy
J Rose
S Garcia
B Watson
P Mickelson
G McDowell
Z Johnson

Rose
McIlroy
Kuchar
Watson
Fowler
Poulter
Bradley

mcilroy
poulter
McDowell
rose
speith
Bradley
fowler

Mcilroy
Poulter
Stenson
Gallacher
Mahan
Fowler
Furyk

Just a suggestion as picking pairings is going to be as important as anything ....

Maybe we can do the final as an average points available per match? The current scoring system means that a player can lose four partnership matches on the day 1-2 and end with a draw, so finishing 0-4-1 and get the same points against another person who draws against him in his only single match.

To me it's pretty much a lottery to second guess who gets picked

I agree that you might be unfortunate if one of your selection only plays once (or even not at all) on Friday/Saturday. However, as in your example, if someone loses all their fourball/foursome matches, surely they wouldn't have earned any points anyway?

Or are you suggesting there should be some points for being selected on Friday/Saturday? If so, and it seems popular with everyone else, it could be added for next time around.

The point is that players not playing will cripple you quickly, even if those players would perform when they do only if given one chance.....yeah in my example they are the same points, but surely the singles only guy has performed better?

The suggestion was to simply take an average points per match for each player and then total it at the end..... It reflects performance better and takes the luck of the pick out? I can see the competition being won on the luck of who gets the most picks playing

isn't part of picking your team trying to predict who you think will play in the fours ?

rich1uk wrote:isn't part of picking your team trying to predict who you think will play in the fours ?

It was a suggestion, if people disagree then it's fine