Corwyn:Analysis, written explanation etc to follow asap...
UEL Ryder Cup @ Olympic :: Final Team Standings: after week 52 tourney at Oakmont
see post above for explanation of how these spreadsheets work
Below are updated sheets for each Team's qualification status following wk52 results at Oakmont in the UEL Fall Tour. Please check that everything is correct. Note: to be a part of this qualification process you just had to play the weekly UEL single-play tourney (and shoot par or better, or finish with a credit prize), and then indicate your intent to try and make whichever team.
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PLEASE NOTE: the credit allocations for wk52 are estimates at this stage, and thus the standings involving credits are all provisional. Given the holidays, it seemed unlikely that WGT would get to closing out this tourney soon enough to help us know quickly what the final Tour standings were, hence I have estimated the likely credit disbursement based on the payout rules in the FAQ.
Team USA: qualification standings after wk52 tourney
Just as at Pinehurst in the last RC, bhoese and mmyers0 secure their slots on the USA team by virtue of being the leading players from their country in the TL and L tier credit standings respectively...
... although, interesting fact this time around (and a clear psychological advantage to the ROW team, lol), not one Team US player in TL or L tier had a weekly win in the Fall Tour!
The next 4 spots go to the next best placed players in the combined best 9 finishes in the credit standings: ColumbusStorm (US team captain), BigKnight, GolferDadRB and KyRock75 fill those positions.
The final 3 spots go to the next best placed players in the combined best 9 scores relative to par standings: they are Wesdogg75, DaveDwingdale, and CerinoDevoti.
The USA team is made up of these 7 TLs and 2 L players, with 3 captain's picks to be made closer to the event (one of which is reserved for WGTicon, who will play as Iconian).
On the US side, players unlucky to miss automatic qualification include thunder6255 who challenged mm for the L credit winner place, and was only 134cr behind a place in the best9 credits standings too. And even closer to making the team was devonnnn, who was just 2 strokes short of Cerino's -55 total for the last place via the best 9 relative to par route.
Team ROW: qualification standings after wk52 tourney
fmagnets and JoeMaverick secure their slots on the ROW team by virtue of being the leading players in the TL and L tier credit standings respectively (indeed, they both won their Tours. Congrats!). Mags had a huge 774cr margin over next placed player Konrad, while Joe was clear of Corwyn in 2nd by 130cr, with emmalinks just another 48cr further back.
The next 4 spots go to the next best placed players in the combined best 9 finishes in the credit standings: KonradOse, FairwayRuepel68, johehejo, and emmalinks fill those positions. Again Corwyn was just short of a place via this route: emma's best finishes gave her a 39cr lead.
The final 4 spots go to the next best placed players in the combined best 9 scores relative to par standings: they are Saurabh08, Daskino, Priestess, and Wontonamo. And once again, Corwyn was the next in line, just 4 strokes short of Wontonamo's -85.
The ROW team is made up of these 8 TL and 2 L players, with 2 captain's picks to be made closer to the event.
The ROW team qualification was especially hard-fought, with many outstanding players not far back from automatic qualification. And it was great to see some new names battling it out for RC places as well: e.g. DodgyPutter, Tgkomv, sprntrl7. lisalovesthesun, who started the tour so strong, and has yet to make the RC team, also came close to qualification. Several RC veterans such as LOLserver (who had several good finishes), jsweetcr, MainzMan, Dazza501 will be reliant on a captain's pick.
And, as for yours truly, I didn't think it possible for one player to end up so close to qualification and miss out, given the varied way in which places were available, so it's ironic that the test-case for that was myself, lol! I finished one place back in all 3 categories, and may have only needed one shot better in any of half a dozen of the weekly tourneys to have made the difference. I too am now dependent on a captain's pick...
With the certainty that alternates will be needed, ROW players that missed out should keep in touch with this thread and be ready for a call if needed!
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Thank you everyone for your participation in the UEL Fall Tour and for battling away for Ryder Cup qualification.
Congratulations to all those who made automatic team selection, and commiserations to those that fell short.
Please look out for a separate thread with further tourney information in the next few days, including a Time Availability signup form. The UEL Ryder Cup @ Olympic is scheduled to begin mid-late January:
Here are the event dates:
wk1 series :: Fourball :: Sat 1/17 thru Mon 1/26
wk2 series :: Foursomes (Alt Shot) :: Mon 1/26 thru Mon 2/2
wk3 series :: Singles :: Mon 2/2 thru Mon 2/9
The countdown begins... I believe Olympic is one of our finest UEL courses: it should be a cracking event!