DISCLAIMER: This tournament is not sponsored by WGT
WORLD U.S.A
12.5 15.5
ALTERNATE HOLE
BolloxinBruges/Werksux vs. AvatarLee/Infinito3010 USA 1UP
JulioMoot/Geordieles vs. Ahudd/Lilrob88 USA 2 AND 1
Pricehcs/Claremoreblue vs. Priestess/Portsd WORLD 1UP
Coolswing/Shagar vs. Nickolijj/Dud_doodle DRAW
Angelotti20/Craiger85 vs. Kam4122/Gladstonescrewer USA 1UP
AvatarLee/Coolswing vs. Iconian/Jakestanfill7 USA 3 UP
BolloxinBruges/Jakestanfill7 vs. Infintio3010/Priestess USA 3 UP
Villadeoro/Flocke2308 vs. Iconian/Angelotti20 DRAW
FOURBALLS
Villadeoro/Flocke2308 vs. Iconian/Ahudd WORLD 1UP
Angeltotti20/Nickolijj vs. Coolswing/Shagar DRAW
Imcoola/Infinito3010 vs. Lilrob/Claremoreblue
Dud_doodle/Craiger85 vs. Villadeoro/Kam4122 USA 1UP
Coolswing/Priestess vs. Jakestanfill/Pricehcs WORLD 2UP
BolloxinBruges/Werksux vs. JulioMoot/Geordieles USA 3/2
Kam4122/Gladstonescrewer vs. Iconian/Werksux USA 4/3
BolloxinBruges/Pricehcs vs. Priestess/Portsd WORLD 1UP
SINGLES
Villadeoro vs. Jakestanfill7 3/2
Cyl6 vs. Shagar 3/2
Infinito3010 vs. Ahudd 2/1
Lilrob vs. JulioMoot 4/3
Priestess vs. Claremoreblue 1UP
Werksux vs. Gladstonescrewer DRAW
Portsd vs. Nickolijj 2/1
Craiger85 vs. Kam4122 1UP
Geordieles vs. Pricehcs
Dud_doodle vs. Imcoola 1UP
Coolswing vs. BolloxinBruges
Angeltotti20 vs. Flocke2308 2UP
GMT=BST=0 SPAIN/GERMANY=+1 EST=-5 CST=-6 MST=-7 PST=-8 AUS WEST= +8 AUS EAST= +10 AUS CENTRAL= +9:30
Teams
Due to the large amount of American players on this site, this Ryder Cup will again be World vs. U.S.A.
Captains
Like in the real Ryder Cup, each team will have a Captain. The difference is that, in our virtual Cup, the Captain is also one of the twelve players of the team. If you are elected Captain you don´t have to take part in the qualifying process, you automatically earn a place in the team.
If you want to be Captain you have to sign up by using the links at the bottom of this page.
You will have to try to convince the voters of why you deserve to be elected and you will also have to answer a few questions for an interview in “The Weekly Ryder”.
Captains will be required to choose the pairings for the fourballs and the alternate hole when the time comes. They are allowed to recruit players for the qualifying process and are also expected to raise team spirit. It is also their duty to choose the two Wild Cards.
Signups will be open until the 30th of April (the sooner you sign up the more time you will have for your electoral campaign). Elections will start on the 1st of May and finish on the 28th. You must post your May score before voting so that I know you are going to take part in the tournament. If you vote but don´t post a score, your vote will not be counted.
Wild cards
The nine qualifiers plus the Captain add up to ten players, which means we are still missing two players per team. Just like the real Ryder, the Captains choose two player to complete their team. The two wild cards must be chosen from the pool of players who took part in the qualifying.
NEW! Awards
In an effort to keep interest at its highest level, this year I have included a couple of new sections. One of them is the Ryder Cup awards, which you can win with good performances in your Cup matches. There are various awards to be won:
- Player of the tournament. Based on your stats during the tournament, but the final decision is taken by the Awards Committee. The winner gets a trophy plus 200 credits.
- Newbie of the tournament. The best player of the ones who didn´t take part last year wins a trophy plus 100 credits. Decided by the Awards Committee.
- Best International player. Also voted by the Awards Committee, the best International player gets a trophy.
- Best U.S.A. player. A trophy for the best American player of the tournament.
- Most holes in one. Aces are now more valuable than ever, because the person who gets the most during Ryder Cup matches will get a trophy plus 100 credits.
-Winning Captain. The person who leads the team to victory receives a trophy, and will “come on stage” during the Awards Ceremony to collect the 2010 Ryder Cup!
All awards will be given at the end of the tournament, in a ceremony which will take place at the IRC chat room.
IRC Commentary
When the Ryder Cup starts, you will be able to follow live commentary of some of the matches. In the meantime, the place that will be used for commentary is a chat room where you can talk to WGT members. Click HERE to go to the chat room.
NEW! THE WEEKLY RYDER
Click HERE to go to the Ryder Cup newspaper, where you will find articles about the competition and interviews with players and Captains. I have decided to call it “The Weekly Ryder”, but that doesn´t mean it will be updated every week.
Ryder Cup stats Center
Click HERE to see last year´s stats. This section will be updated when the competition starts.
NEW! Ryder Cup Betting Center (Coming 14th September)
This year you will be able to win credits by betting on the Ryder Cup matches. More details in next week.
Format of play
There will be three different formats of play, just like the real Ryder Cup. Two of them will be exactly the same as in real life, and, one of them will not. Let’s start with the one that won’t.
Alternate hole
This would usually be alternate shot in the real Ryder Cup, but we can’t do that in virtual life, so we have to settle for alternate hole.
Alternate hole will be played in pairs. The pairings will be decided by the Captains, who can take advice from the players as to who they would like to play with as a partner.
Basically, all four players (two from Team World and two from U.S.A.) play nine holes, but they take it in turns for their score to actually count.
Example: Padraig Harrington and Rory McIlroy vs. Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
Before the start of the game, all four players talk to each other and the players from Europe say: the first hole will be played by Harrington. U.S.A. say: the first hole will be played by Woods.
So they all play the hole, but the scores that actually count are Harrington’s and Tiger’s. So if McIlroy and Woods get a birdie and Mickelson and Harrington get par, the hole is won by U.S.A. because the scores that we were counting were Tiger’s and Harrington’s.
And the next hole goes the same way, only now the scores that count are McIlroy’s and Mickelson’s.
There will be eight alternate hole matches played, meaning that four players from each team will have to play twice. Alternate hole will take up the first ten days of the virtual Ryder Cup.
CONDITIONS: Front nine St Andrews
Doubles match play
This will be normal doubles match play (nine holes). We play in pairs and the score that counts is the lowest of the pair.
Example: Harrington takes a 3, Mickelson and Woods both take a 4 and McIlroy takes 6. Even though, if you add up the scores, U.S.A. have taken less shots, Team World would win because the lowest score is Harrington’s.
There will be another eight matches of doubles, so, again, four players from each team will have to play twice. Doubles will take up another ten days of the virtual Ryder Cup.
CONDITIONS: Back nine St Andrews
Individual match play
Just like the real Ryder Cup, the last part of the tournament will consist of 18 holes of individual match play. One player from Team World against one from U.S.A.
CONDITIONS: St Aandrews 18 holes match play
And, after all this, one of the two teams will be the champion of the virtual world!
Good luck to everybody and let me know if anything hasn’t been explained clearly or if I’ve missed out something.