FYI: Ben returned from his trip yesterday, and intends to disburse his prize sponsorships tonight. Here is a wrap-up of the tbc prizes:
Corwyn:18.
Best GIR at Olympic [with tie-breaker of best Ave.Distance to the Pin] ]
(1 sleeve of balls of players choice. sponsor: bhoese)
Winner: Macduff10 (61%)
Mac asked that we "pass this prize on to someone who needs it more" ... so next in line for Best GIR at Olympic was Neil (unclenewy), who hit just one green fewer.
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Corwyn: 22.
CTTH competition at #5 Merion: Post screenshot showing closest-to-the-hole location after your 2nd shot on this hole, and replay links would be great too.
(1 sleeve of balls of players choice. sponsor: bhoese)
Winner: tbc (we did not specify, but perhaps should have, that this needed to be on the green [a common criteria for CTTH]… so have a situation with one player on the green at 7 yards, the other in the rough past the pin at 6 yards. Awaiting Ben's return from a trip to clarify this prize.)
We are going to treat this as a shot that had to be on the green to qualify. Closest to the pin was JayO92 with 7 yards (see this post). Note that Jay has asked to defer (or decline if that's not possible) his prizes.
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Corwyn: 23.
Worst Lie factoring in upslope vs. downslope, severity of sideslope, burial % and rough/sand/fescue/brush. Screenshots should be taken with the aimer at the default position.
(1 sleeve of balls of players choice. sponsor: bhoese)
Winner: tbc (Awaiting Ben's return from a trip to get sponsor's input for prize determination.)
Although there were entries from JayO (p49), and BogieZed (p47) that were considered, it came down to a choice between hyena's quarry adventure on Merion #16, and Inigo's battle with the hill in front on #3. Even though hyena's was terrifying from the main view, it was actually a lot flatter and easier than Inigo's, so our winner here is BigInigoMontoya.
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Corwyn: 24.
Best Save: to be judged similarly - the difficulty of the worst situation on the way to a par. Screenshots should be taken with the aimer at the default position, and replays of the resulting shot will be needed too.
(1 sleeve of balls of players choice. sponsor: bhoese)
Winner: tbc (Awaiting Ben's return from a trip to get sponsor's input for prize determination.)
There were really only 2 shots considered here, Kurt's par chip-in from here on #18 at Merion, and Ben's own up-and-down on #16 (which only we witnessed, as Ben was too focussed to take a pic). This actually revealed the flaw in this prize: anything that was too hard a lie required so much player focus that taking a screenshot was not realistic. We've decided not to make an award for this prize. Sorry Kurt! One factor was that we didn't think your shot was hard enough (!) in the context of all the challenging situations we've all faced in this tourney (odds are that many of us had harder par saves elsewhere), and secondly your screenshot didn't show the full ball lie making it difficult to assess.
Winner: none
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That wraps up the remaining prizes. Those of you still to declare sleeve preferences please do respond in the thread, or via PM to myself, or direct to the sponsor (but also let us know) so that we can finish things off asap.
Thank you!