2014 Sime Darby

After sifting through all sixteen entries - and yes, I do know that Blue was 1.5hrs late, but more on that shortly - this is who everybody chose this week in order of popularity:

Now for the 404 report: as previously mentioned Blue was a late submission but it was accepted since he must not have consulted the Field List beforehand, much less the early scoring, since he had Inbee Park listed on his card. That brought his first alternate into the frame, making So Yeon Ryu the only unanimous choice this week.

Shungkim listed "Louis" at #2, which brought first alternate Sun Young Yoo onto the card. Cannuck's sin was neglecting to note which Lewis he meant to pick in his #2 slot; as it turns out neither of them nor Karrie Webb (his first alternate) factored in the result.


FIRST ROUND SUMMARY


The Saint, used to bringing up the rear, was walking point after the last putt on Thursday as he alone had seven scoring selections.

ROUND TWO SUMMARY

All but five contestants gained points thanks mainly to Chella and Lydia. With NYC and Stacy sliding down the standings and two obscure picks exiting the Saint tumbled out of the top ten, with his former perch on top now occupied by tonyj5.

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1. tonyj5 70.25 (8)
2. benchjockey 65.00 (8)
3. Schoolteacher Cindy 61.75 (7)
4. Friar Mike 59.25 (6)
5. ghinhee 57.25 (7)
6. Verdant Garden 56.50 (7) <
7. Elf 55.25 (6)
8. Centurion 54.75 (6) <
9. IceCat 54.00 (6)
10. The Constructivist 51.75 (6)

11. cannuck 51.50 (5)
12. Saint-Just X 48.75 (6) <
13. Golfing Grammy 46.00 (6)
14. GD Smyth 43.25 (6)
15. Blue 34.75 (5) <
16. shungkim 34.25 (4) <[/ul]


ROUND THREE SUMMARY


As the Table contracted to fourteen players, all but one of whom were among our selections, the Standings were shaken up again but the top and bottom rungs remained the same at the last break.

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1. tonyj5 75.75 (8)
2. Schoolteacher Cindy 70.75 (7)
3. Saint-Just X 65.00 (7)
4. Friar Mike 64.00 (6)
5. benchjockey 63.25 (6) <
6. Golfing Grammy 58.25 (6)
7. ghinhee 57.25 (6) =
8. GD Smyth 56.75 (6)
9. Verdant Garden 55.50 (6) <
10. Elf 54.75 (5) <

11. The Constructivist 51.75 (5) =
12. cannuck 50.75 (5) <
13. Centurion 50.25 (5) <
--- Blue 50.25 (5)
15. IceCat 49.25 (5) <
16. shungkim 45.00 (5)[/ul]


FINAL ROUND SUMMARY


All but two scores went down on Sunday as Lydia and Mirim slid down the Table. No one had this week's winner, Shanshan Feng, higher than 4th on their card.

The bottom six in the Standings on Saturday shuffled a bit but still remained outside the Top 10. Your humble scorer is truly humbled this week as I come away with this week's wooden spoon.

Tonyj5 was alone in having eight scoring selections and in so doing becomes the fourth PakPicker to retire a virtual trophy by racking up his third win of the season. Once the roller coaster stopped Saint-Just X, feeling kind of queasy, snags the silver medal away from Schoolteacher Cindy as well as the apple off her desk; he needs nourishment after barfing the lead on Friday and is thus in no condition to console Pornanong Phatlum, whose chances of winning this week literally sank.

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1. tonyj5 71.50 (8)
2. Saint-Just X 64.25 (7)
3. Schoolteacher Cindy 62.25 (7)
4. GD Smyth 59.50 (7) >
5. Golfing Grammy 59.25 (7) >
6. benchjockey 54.75 (5)
7. ghinhee 54.25 (6)
8. Verdant Garden 53.50 (6)
9. Elf 52.50 (5)
10. Friar Mike 52.25 (6)

11. The Constructivist 47.75 (5)
--- Blue 47.75 (5)
13. cannuck 44.25 (5)
--- Centurion 44.25 (5)
15. shungkim 43.50 (5)
16. IceCat 41.75 (5)[/ul]


Onward now to Incheon and this week's event in the land of the Seoul Sisters! Get your picks in early!


Kevin