Post by Friar Mike on Oct 29, 2014 2:50:36 GMT
The PakPicker events allow fans of the LPGA to compete in determining who can come closest to predicting the top 12 finishers in each given LPGA event. Points are awarded to the top 10 PakPicker predictors each week (including ties), and aggregate totals are maintained over the entire season. The top PakPicker each week receives 10 points, the second finisher receives 9 points, and so on. At season's end, the participant with the highest aggregate point total is awarded the (virtual) PakPicker Season Trophy, and other awards are made (virtually, of ocurse) for Sportsperson of the Year and Rookie of the Year. Any PakPicker winning 3 weekly events in a given season gets to retire (virtually of course) a special PakPicker Trophy. Most precious of all is the (virtual) HappyFan Trophy, which is presented each year in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the PakPicker Forum during the course of the year. Happily, because all awards are virtual, winners not having an actual fireplace or trophy case will nonetheless be able proudly to exhibit their trophies.]
Here are the rules:
1. Each contestant lists in order the top twelve picks for the week, plus 3 alternates. The alternates are used, in the order listed, only if one or more of the 12 official picks do not start in that week's event. [This can happen due to (i) a golfer's withdrawal prior to teeing off on the first day, (ii) a picker's listing a golfer who was not entered in event in the first place or (iii) a picker's listing the same golfer twice in naming the 12 picks.] If an alternate is needed, the first listed alternate goes into 12th place, and other golfers move up one pick as required. Once a golfer tees off on the first hole on day one, that pick counts and no substitution is allowed. Contestants are urged to consult the LPGA website in determining which golfers are entered each week.
2. Entries (including any edits to an entry) must be entered by the date and time announced in each PakPicker starting thread, which is generally at midnight (New York time) preceding the first day of the event. Cut off times are altered for LPGA events held in Europe or the Far East. [The PakPicker Committee reserves the right (but is not obligated) to allow late entries where no prejudice has occurred, i.e. the entry is submitted before any golfer has teed off in the LPGA event.]
3. Points are scored in two ways. First, points are awarded for each top 12 pick that actually finishes in the top twelve (including ties), as follows: nine (9) points if the golfer finishes first, 8.25 for finishing second, 7.5 for third, and so on down to 0.75 for 12th place. Second, accuracy points are awarded with reference to how close the top-12-pick golfer's finish came to the exact finishing position predicted by the contestant. A maximum of six points is awarded for nailing the golfer's exact finish, a half point is subtracted for each place the actual finish is removed from the predicted finish. Thus, if a contestant lists "Kim, Birdie" to finish 12th when Birdie actually finishes second, that contestant will receive 9.25 points for that selection (8.25 points for finishing second and an additional 1 point for accuracy in predicting the actual finish-- 6 points minus 10 X 0.5 for missing Birdie's actual finish by 10 slots).
4. To make it easier for the PakPicker Committee to enter each contestant's picks (which is done manually by entries into an Excel spreadsheet), contestants are urged to list each golfer in descending order from 1 to 12, with a single golfer on each line listed, first, by the golfer's last name, and then including the golfer's first name if two or more golfers entered that week share the same last name. For example, please list "Kim, Birdie" rather than "Birdie Kim" of just "Kim" or just "Birdie" or some other nickname. Where there is any ambiguity in the golfer listed, the PakPicker Committee will do its best to determine the entrant's intention but reserves the right to eliminate that pick altogether and move an alternate on to the contestant's entry.
Here are the rules:
1. Each contestant lists in order the top twelve picks for the week, plus 3 alternates. The alternates are used, in the order listed, only if one or more of the 12 official picks do not start in that week's event. [This can happen due to (i) a golfer's withdrawal prior to teeing off on the first day, (ii) a picker's listing a golfer who was not entered in event in the first place or (iii) a picker's listing the same golfer twice in naming the 12 picks.] If an alternate is needed, the first listed alternate goes into 12th place, and other golfers move up one pick as required. Once a golfer tees off on the first hole on day one, that pick counts and no substitution is allowed. Contestants are urged to consult the LPGA website in determining which golfers are entered each week.
2. Entries (including any edits to an entry) must be entered by the date and time announced in each PakPicker starting thread, which is generally at midnight (New York time) preceding the first day of the event. Cut off times are altered for LPGA events held in Europe or the Far East. [The PakPicker Committee reserves the right (but is not obligated) to allow late entries where no prejudice has occurred, i.e. the entry is submitted before any golfer has teed off in the LPGA event.]
3. Points are scored in two ways. First, points are awarded for each top 12 pick that actually finishes in the top twelve (including ties), as follows: nine (9) points if the golfer finishes first, 8.25 for finishing second, 7.5 for third, and so on down to 0.75 for 12th place. Second, accuracy points are awarded with reference to how close the top-12-pick golfer's finish came to the exact finishing position predicted by the contestant. A maximum of six points is awarded for nailing the golfer's exact finish, a half point is subtracted for each place the actual finish is removed from the predicted finish. Thus, if a contestant lists "Kim, Birdie" to finish 12th when Birdie actually finishes second, that contestant will receive 9.25 points for that selection (8.25 points for finishing second and an additional 1 point for accuracy in predicting the actual finish-- 6 points minus 10 X 0.5 for missing Birdie's actual finish by 10 slots).
4. To make it easier for the PakPicker Committee to enter each contestant's picks (which is done manually by entries into an Excel spreadsheet), contestants are urged to list each golfer in descending order from 1 to 12, with a single golfer on each line listed, first, by the golfer's last name, and then including the golfer's first name if two or more golfers entered that week share the same last name. For example, please list "Kim, Birdie" rather than "Birdie Kim" of just "Kim" or just "Birdie" or some other nickname. Where there is any ambiguity in the golfer listed, the PakPicker Committee will do its best to determine the entrant's intention but reserves the right to eliminate that pick altogether and move an alternate on to the contestant's entry.