2017 Golf World Matchplay Bracket * final results *

[SamD]

Briefly:
- free game run by US PGA Tour at http://fantasybracket.pgatour.com
- pick winner in each pairing of WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play event (64 golfers)
- make selections from Tues 21 March
- enter before first scheduled tee time (around lunchtime GMT on Wed 22nd)
- to join Fiso Bracketeers, first post team-name or game-ID here

In 2016:

• Final: Jason Day (2) beat Louis Oosthuizen (16) 5&4
  Third: Rafa Cabrera Bello (52) beat Rory McIlroy (3) 3&2
  
  Fiso Bracketeers league
  01 sdavid, 190 points; 7,904th overall
  =2 shaun-cooper, 170
  =2 Spencer4, 170
  =2 paulandrewstringer, 170
  05 branners, 140
  =6 philblackburn17, 130
  =6 nevblake, 130
  08 karlbooth4444, 110
  09 cdrobertson, 90
  10 The From Traps, 40
  
  but all of us well behind overall top two
  01 jbente, 610
  02 rynkeeton, 600
  
  thread: viewtopic.php?f=26&t=120354

Incidentally, these Fiso competitions will also return shortly:
- Golf Prize Series - viewtopic.php?f=26&t=120463
- Majors Lucky 15 - viewtopic.php?f=26&t=120469

[megadyl]

My entry name is megadyl

[Maldini]

Thanks for the heads up Sam.

Maldini (paulandrewstringer) awaiting entry.

[topspur]

branners pending

[SHAFTY1]

gary.shaft

[SamD]

Fiso Bracketeers password has been sent to last season's players and above applicants.
More welcome over next 24 hours; simply post username in thread.

In summary:
- predict the winner of each league of four, ie the last 16
- nominate the winner of the remaining 16 knockout matches, including 3rd/4th place decider
- finally, for the tiebreaker, forecast total birdies in Championship match
- save above picks and join mini-league by 2:30pm GMT tomorrow, Wed
- link is http://fantasybracket.pgatour.com

[Sport Billy]

I'll be back with The From Traps

[phil73]

I'm in again - philblackburn17

cheers for this

[Man United's #1 Fan]

I'm pending (cdrobertson)

[Curwinkle]

Curwend pending. Cheers

[yorkshiredragon]

Yorkshiredragons pending

[SamD]

Password sent to 13 FISOns. Ten in mini-league currently (list below). Deadline is 14:25 GMT today.

• Team-name - FISO-ID
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  yvesam - SamD
  megadyl - megadyl
  paulandrewstringer - Maldini
  branners - topspur
  gary.shaft - SHAFTY1
  
  cdrobertson - Man United's #1 Fan
  philblackburn17 - phil73
  curwend - Curwinkle
  yorkshiredragons - yorkshiredragon
  Meglew - ?

[Britinus]

for some strange reason is seems my ID or team name is ...powwow2101 ...I must have missed where or how to enter a team name. anyway there you go, for a one off it's ok just glad it's not for a whole season.

[nevblake]

I'm in, didn't ask for your password though.

[Sport Billy]

From Traps are in. No password needed

[Spencer4]

COuldn't get it to save so I'm out this year.

[SamD]

@Sp4: yes, site seems to have issues this year, eg

• didn't recognise old USPGA login; league pw not needed, etc.

If not already successful, might be worth trying to enter and save all 33 forecasts afresh before 2:25pm deadline.

Fiso Bracketeers mini-league holds 13 currently. Three newcomers since overnight list above:

• nevblake - nevblake
  actionplus - ?
  The From Traps - Sport Billy

[Trotter]

Meglew is mine.

[rubikqube]

karlbooth4444 is mine

[SamD]

Pity there aren't reserves standing by to take over if any golfer withdraws during the round robin stage (three to date: Day, Woodland, Molinari).

Think the cash for even finishing in the bottom four ($40k cash for 61-64 last year) should be an incentive for any reserve to aim for a group-match win. Spectators, sponsors and other golfers in that section would surely gain from this (eg McIlroy is eliminated after losing first match as Woodland's WD means Kjeldsen can't be overtaken in Group Two).

Fiso Bracketeers attracted 13 valid entries, nine of which chose Rory to regain the title. The other four are on Rahm, D Johnson, Matsuyama and Holmes. Third and final round of group matches begins two hours earlier today at 12:30 GMT.

[Trotter]

Yep, and with the 2 hours earlier start, looks like Sky Sports have cocked up.
The programme still runs from 6pm until midnight.
All games will be finished by 10pm
And the match they were rightly bigging up Garcia v. Rahm will be completed before their programme starts

[Britinus]

way things are going I'll be lucky just to get Johnson through.

[SamD]

At end of group stage, top five of 13 in Fiso Bracketeers:

• Meglew [Trotter] 70 points (ie seven of 16 forecasts correct)
  yorkshiredragons 60
  branners 50
  philblackburn17 50
  paulandrewstringer 40

In the overall contest, six co-leaders are on 100.

[SamD]

After round of 16 on Sat morning, top seven in Fiso Bracketeers:

• 1 (1) Meglew, 130 points
  2 (3) branners, 110
  3 (2) yorkshiredragons, 100
  4 (4) philblackburn17, 90
  5 (-) gary.shaft 5th, 70
  6 (5) paulandrewstringer, 60
  6 (-) nevblake, 60

In overall contest, joint leaders are on 190.

[SamD]

After quarter-finals on Sat evening, top five in Fiso Bracketeers are clear in the league:

• 1 (1) Meglew, 210 points
  2 (2) branners, 150
  3 (3) yorkshiredragons, 140
  3 (6) nevblake, 140
  5 (4) philblackburn17, 130

In overall contest, front-runner is on 280.

Semi-finals tee off from 15:00 BST, Sunday

[SamD]

Final - Dustin JOHNSON beat Jon RAHM by 1 Hole
3rd/4th - Bill HAAS beat Hideto TANIHARA by 2&1

Congratulations to Britinus, who emerges as top dog in the Fiso Bracketeers league.

• Rank - Team - FISO-Name - Points
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
  01 powwow2101, Britinus, 320 points
  02 Meglew, Trotter, 290
  03 nevblake, nevblake, 260
  04 yorkshiredragons, yorkshiredragon, 220
  05 philblackburn17, phil73, 210
  
  06 yvesam, SamD, 170
  07 curwend, Curwinkle, 160
  08 branners, Topspur, 150
  09 cdrobertson, Man United's #1 Fan, 80
  10 gary.shaft, Shafty1, 70
  
  11 paulandrewstringer, Maldini, 60
  12= megadyl, megadyl, 40
  12= The From Trap, Sport Billy, 40

Overall WGC Matchplay game is won by Coker with 600 points.

US Masters is ten days away. Do look out for the imminent return of two Fiso competitions:
- 2017 Golf Prize Series
- 2017 Majors Lucky 15