Corwyn:
With the overall score standing all square after 5 matches, and just one match remaining in the week1 Worst-Ball series, captains have been through another 'secret envelope line-up' process, and are ready to announce the week2 pairings for the Best-Ball series.
I'll make another post today or tomorrow to explain the secret envelope process... In the meantime, commiserations to Jon (jsweetcr) who has once again ended up playing against Icon and Rock!
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Here is our line-up for the 2nd week Best-Ball Matches, to be completed by Mon 10th Feb (you can start as soon as it works for all your players): see Chart here
ROW Team vs USA
A :: oneeyedjohn & Bonalyau Cygnus3000 & jimbech
B :: Daskino & Corwyn devonnnnn & deedles77
C :: stevereilly & WigerToods2010 ColumbusStorm & bhoese
D :: johehejo & FairwayRuepel68 woodoworkery & natemakesaholein
E :: jsweetcr & fmagnets KyRock75 & iconian
F :: Dazza501 & LOLserver wesdogg75 & SilentOmegaWolf Dakotarov
Suggested dates/times for Matches:
A :: The overlap time for the 4 of you is between 12 midnight-4am UTC (4-8pm WGT time), on both weekdays and Sundays. On weekdays the best overlap (i.e. not involving any 'possible' time blocks) is from 1am-3am UTC (5-7pm WGT time).
Please try first to set up for a weekday at 1am UTC (5pm WGT time).
John (oneeyedjohn): your window of 2-5pm 8-11am local time.
Jean (Bonalyau): your window of 9pm-midnight 9am-noon local time.
Dave (Cygnus3000): your window of 3-6pm 8-11pm local time.
Jim (jimbech): your window of 5-8pm local time.
B :: The only overlap for the 4 of you is weekdays, between 5-7pm UTC (9m-11am WGT time), and is complicated by Corwyn's 9am being more like 9:30am (by the time I get back from school drop-off).
I will aim for 9:15 if I can but 9:30 is definitely OK, and we are also hoping Luciano can stay 15-30 mins longer if needed at the end, but 1.5hrs should be enough time if we are all prompt.
Luciano (Daskino): your window of 6:30-8pm local time.
Corwyn: your window of 9:30am-11am local time.
Devon (devonnnnn) & Dee (deedles77): your window of noon-2pm local time.
C :: The only overlap for the 4 of you is weekends, between 7pm-1am UTC (11am-5pm WGT time), again assuming that 'possible' window can work for Steve. To have a backup of Sunday, I suggest you try for Saturday first.
Steve (stevereilly) & Johnny (WigerToods2010): your window of 7pm-1am local time.
Russ (ColumbusStorm): your window of 2pm-8pm local time.
Ben (bhoese): your window of 1pm-7pm local time.
D :: The overlap for the 4 of you is both weekdays and weekends, between 6-10pm UTC (10am-2pm WGT time). Only restriction is Nate can't play Tuesdays.
Jorg (johehejo) & Mark (FairwayRuepel68): your window of 7pm-11pm local time.
Gary (woodoworkery): your window of noon-4pm local time.
Nate (natemakesaholein): your window of 1-5pm local time.
E :: The only overlap for the 4 of you is weekends, between 8pm-4am UTC (noon-8pm WGT time). Again, best to plan for Saturday if that will work for Rock this week, to leave Sunday as backup.
Jon (jsweetcr): your window of 2-10pm local time.
fmagnets: your window of 8pm-4am local time.
Rock (KyRock75) & Icon (iconian): your window of 3-11pm local time.
F :: The only overlap for the 4 of you is weekends, between 7-11pm UTC (11am-3pm WGT time). Darren can't do Saturdays after 5pm so that leaves just Sunday! Please let me know asap if that can't work (and thus more juggling of matches needed).
One possibility, if Eric is able to extend his window of availability, is for you all to try and play tonight if that worked! Jon (Wolf) will be playing his wk1 match starting at his 3pm, and could perhaps go on to play wk2 right after... Radical, I know, but worth mentioning to give you a backup date with two Sundays!
Darren (Dazza501): your window of 7-11pm local time.
Eric (LOLserver): your window of 8pm-midnight local time.
Jon (SilentOmegaWolf): alternate: Dakotarov (with Moosetaya on standby if needed)
Wes (wesdogg75): your window of 1pm-5pm local time.
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What to do next?
Send Friend Requests to your playing partner and your opponents from the other team. Either use this forum thread to confirm your matches via public replies (please quote this post and any relevant replies to make it easier to track), or do it all via PMs. [Note though that many people are having trouble with PMs recently, so follow up to make sure messages received, and always post here in the thread so we know you are scheduled.]
This tourney will not work if you rely on just 'catching your partner and opponents green' -- you must schedule a specific time and date, and be there at that time!
Note that you will be keeping the Matchplay score as you go via the chat: the winning team per hole is the one whose Best-Ball of the 2 players is the lowest.
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Please set up the week 2 Best-Ball matches as follows:
Week 2 (from now to Mon 2/10):: will be Best-Ball fourball with a set of six matches to be played over 9 holes (the back 9 this time at Merion) with the following conditions:
Merion :: 4-Player Strokeplay :: Practice Mode :: Back 9 :: Hard Pins :: Champion (Hardest) tees :: Tournament Green speed :: Moderate wind :: Uneven Lies :: 90 second timer
Whichever team is in the lead after the Worst-Ball series (or if still tied, the ROW team as reigning Virtual Ryder Cup champions), shall have the honor, and so should set up the matches and be the first pair to tee off.
Please designate one player per match (per team as backup) to capture and share scorecard screenshots in the forum thread. Note that there can be an A/S result, which will mean 1/2 point to each team.
Any questions, please ask here!
Thanks, and good luck to everyone, Corwyn
P.S. Please note we are also setting up matches for Alternates on both teams to play against each other in the singles series. These will be matches 'for fun' to make sure those players get some involvement even if not called upon earlier in the tournament. However, should the rest of the Ryder Cup end up in a tie, the results of these matches will be the tie-breaker for the competition!