Hello everyone,
Firstly, my apologies for barely being able to get online today. Weekends are really challenging, and it's unfortunate that that is when many matches need to take place and issues can arise.
I am truly sorry about the snafu with the JJ/Rock vs duffputt/Joe match today.
Mags called it right:
fmagnets:Check your time difference in Corwyn's spreadsheet JJ. It says 3pm your time too, yet everyone else was ready an hour earlier which suggests your time difference is wrong on the sheet.
JJ's Time Zone info was wrong on the Data Entries tab in the spreadsheet ... but, it wasn't JJ's fault. It was mine, I'm afraid. As he was a late addition to the US team, we were scrambling to get all the info in, and rather than insisting he fill out the submission form himself, I offered to copy it from last year's Pinehurst event ... and needless to say, copied the YES's and POSSIBLE's correctly but somehow had it in my head that he lived on the East Coast. So, he's not -4 UTC, he's -5.
Unfortunately, no-one caught it, which given that I display every start time in triplicate (UTC time, WGT time, and local time) is really every player's individual responsibility, not just mine. It's another reason why I ask for the City you live in on the submission form -- so that a red flag might pop up for me if it doesn't seem to match the Time Zone chosen. Clearly, we have strong evidence of what a mess up can happen if just one bit of information is wrong, and if we communicate with each other without repeating the details.
I have apologized to JJ, and to Russ as US captain. Russ and I have been attempting to figure out what the right thing is to do in this situation... and it's not easy.
I asked him if he wanted a rematch, and he doesn't. I think everyone is agreed that a match was played and that the result should stand.
I also asked JJ if he would be available to switch out with Fred in match A IF that turned out to be an acceptable solution. JJ has somewhat jumped the gun by posting in this thread that that is happening, which has not been decided.
I have not had a chance to hear from all the interested parties, and until I do, we must stick with the original participants of Match A.
It would, of course, be unfair on Fred to remove him from the match that he was expecting to play with Wes... just because he was around and willing to sub for JJ in today's match, in the absence of any other alternates on the US team.
So, it's a SNAFU in which it's impossible to please everyone, and I am very sorry that it's turned out this way.
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So, unless there is a further post, please plan on tomorrow's Match A remaining as Wes & Fred vs Mags & Tom...
... and, to reflect the fact that he missed his match largely through my error, I hope that JJ can be considered as first alternate for all remaining fourballs.