Spring UEL Tour Winners:
I'm delighted to announce our Tour Winners.
In first place in the TL credits standings (top37 pic), reflective of sustained excellence with high finishes, is fmagnets with 2,163 cr. As Ben mentioned above, Mags finishes in the top 10 in 11 of 12 events (and 11th in the other!) showed outstanding consistency. He was some 400 cr ahead of Ben (bhoese) in 2nd place, with KonradOse not far behind, andKyRock75 in fourth place. These 4 players had 10 of the 12 wins in the Tour, and can expect to be crucial members of their respective Ryder Cup teams.
In L credits standings (top37 pic), yours truly Corwyn finished top, but was left feeling lucky that it ended when it did, as mmyers0 was closing fast with 3 wins, lol!
In the Relative to Par standings (TLtop37pic), the margin in TL tier was much closer, a mere 3 shots separating Mags and Ben at the top. An impressive 9 TL players (Mags, Ben, Konrad, Rock, Wontonamo, GolferDad, javiertorg, TallAcePaul, and ColumbusStorm), exceeded 100 under par across all the tourneys, while in L tier (top35pic), Corwyn was the only player to manage that feat, and had a healthy margin over nearest challengers in that category.
Looking at the combined best 9 scores relative to par (top36pic), Ben does manage to pip Mags by 1, as his spread of scores was greater (his very best--the 18 under rounds--were better than Mags', while his poorer scores were worse than Mags' consistent excellence). It's worth noting in this category that the highest Legend player is only 9th in the list, indicating either that the TLs are just on another plane, or that the different playing conditions didn't add up to a level of equality (higher wind is harder than faster greens, perhaps?). Discuss, lol!
I feel that despite its flaws, this Tour has set out a reasonably viable way to cross-compare TLs and Ls in a parallel tournament... and that focussing on Credits won and Overall Scores Relative to Par is the best way to go.
Prizes:
As indicated in the post on page 1, the Tour winners each receive a 2,000cr value prize. Mags asked for sleeves from me for his prize, and I'm asking Konrad to send me the BB 3W. The third prize was as follows:
Our anonymous 3rd sponsor's 2,000cr will go towards a sleeve each for the next placed best finishers in each tier's Scores Relative to Par category (skipping the players that win the respective Tour prizes above). [These sleeves to be awarded on this basis: 1. highest placed player in L tier Relative to Par (if not winner of Tour). 2. highest placed player in TL tier Relative to Par (if not winner of Tour). 3. next highest placed player in L tier. 4. If any credits left out of the 2,000, the next highest placed player in TL tier.]
Our anonymous sponsor will be sending sleeves to the highest-placed players as follows:
mmyers0 and lisalovesthesun appear to have tied for next highest placed L tier position, while Ben (bhoese) got 2nd spot in the TL tier, followed in 3rd place by KonradOse.
If these players could indicate here in the thread, or by PM to me, their sleeve of choice, we'll get those sent off to you.
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Ryder Cup qualification update to follow asap in the morning...