Thank you to all our prize sponsors for getting prizes sent so promptly to all those who claimed them. And thank you to our winners, both for their success in winning the prize, and being willing to meet
the posted conditions for claiming your sleeves. As will be obvious from the following, I cannot summarize the full list of winners here...
Two players have not posted here in the thread in order to claim their prizes, despite every effort to contact all those eligible for a prize. I will privately ensure that the next two players in line will receive those sleeve prizes instead.
Further, it is my sad duty to report that at least one player highly placed on the leaderboard was found to be playing with illegal clubs: players were being monitored during the event and below is a screenshot of the bag of one of those players during their TIO round. Their score was posted shortly after this screenshot was taken. Obviously, there is no way to prove deliberate intent, and perhaps on those grounds, WGT may be limited in the action it can take. Be assured though that the evidence we have has been forwarded to WGT. In terms of my own duty as organizer, and my responsibility to the rest of the field, I will PM any players involved in cheating of any kind, and make it clear that they are not welcome in any future events that I organize.
To comply with WGT rules and regulations, I have had to redact out identifying information from the screenshot:
It is my hope that we can keep the tournaments available through the main tournament list, as this vastly increases the participation, and introduces many more players to this different format (which meets the desire from so many to see level playing field events). Clearly, being in the main tourney list opens up these events to players who may not have the same level of integrity as those active in the community forums. And, until WGT fixes the flaws in the restricted-club programming, it is perfectly possible that our leaderboards will be corrupted in the future by cheaters. However, I intend to limit future prizes to those who post screenshots and scorecards in the forum thread.
Given my impending family trip to Scotland in July, there will be no Tough-It-Out event this month, and we will return in August. Please watch the forums for more information early in August.
Thank you.
Corwyn