2018 Beaver State Fling - Amateur Lottery

[BuiltTooLong]

Cold, but very true. I'm thinkin' he must be hurt. Hope not.

A lot of times when you see a round like that, if there wasn't an injury, its a ratings manipulation. He realized he wasn't doing well, so he shot bad enough that the rating will get automatically dropped when he shoots 100 points above it. I have no idea how they ever prove this, but they could theoretically slap him with an 888 violation.

 

[JC17393]

Will S. shoots seven down. He keeps showing promise.

Hope he keeps it up. With that low rating, he's a hell of a pick for a fantasy roster (at least, that was my thinking when I picked him this week).

 

[teemkey]

Live scoring isn't easy on the eyes with shotgun starts.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Shoestring making a run...

 

[lyleoross]

Hope he keeps it up. With that low rating, he's a hell of a pick for a fantasy roster (at least, that was my thinking when I picked him this week).

Still running! It would be way cool if he started making runs at McSocki. And no, I'm not a Will fan, I'm a good competition fan. I like McSocksterick.

 

[bmcgov1209]

Udisc is showing McBeth had a 16' putt for eagle on the genius hole! And Uli threw in a 300' eagle on hole 11!

 

[davidb]

hoping thediscgolfguy is randomly following that card with mcbeth and Uli. Would love to see that throw in

 

[bmcgov1209]

Looks like a great lead card for tomorrow.

 

[lyleoross]

A lot of times when you see a round like that, if there wasn't an injury, its a ratings manipulation. He realized he wasn't doing well, so he shot bad enough that the rating will get automatically dropped when he shoots 100 points above it. I have no idea how they ever prove this, but they could theoretically slap him with an 888 violation.

I could always see an am doing that but a traveling pro? Seems pretty unintelligent. Weirder things happen.

 

[brutalbrutus]

Was just looking at the tee times, they are splitting the field teeing groups off on holes 1 and 10.

 

[JC17393]

A lot of times when you see a round like that, if there wasn't an injury, its a ratings manipulation. He realized he wasn't doing well, so he shot bad enough that the rating will get automatically dropped when he shoots 100 points above it. I have no idea how they ever prove this, but they could theoretically slap him with an 888 violation.

The only way to "prove" it is if he makes it obvious enough that his card can see he's not trying, or trying to miss intentionally. I disagree with your contention that "a lot of times" a bad round like that is intentional ratings manipulation. I think it is very rare that that happens, at least with touring players (different story when we're talking local weekend warrior players).

There's just no reason for a touring pro to tank a round to make sure it gets excluded from their rating. Especially considering they are playing week in and week out and their ratings generally have 80-100+ rounds included. One poor round just isn't going to impact his rating by enough that it would ever matter. We're talking a fraction of a point change to his average at most. Simply not worth even worrying about. There's more to gain by trying to salvage the round, especially a first round, and fighting his way to the cash line than in intentionally tanking to "preserve" his rating.

 

[SD86]

Udisc is showing McBeth had a 16' putt for eagle on the genius hole! And Uli threw in a 300' eagle on hole 11!

They should always keep a camera on Uli. He always seems to come up with a super, "highlight reel" throw or two, be it an ace or a 300' eagle....

 

[brutalbrutus]

GG with back2back eagles...

 

[brutalbrutus]

Bunch of guys out there killing it...






Mcbeth is not one of them... Top6 are a combined -46 for the round, at the moment with no bogeys.

 

[Halcón]

No reason to really make another, so I guess we're just gonna hijack this thread for tourney chat.

Now I see why you got your undies twisted over someone making the other thread. Either way, nobody is paying attention to this tourney. :|

 

[brutalbrutus]

 

[rocthecourse]

Can't wait for the videos of these rounds to be up on Youtube...

 

[SD86]

Can't wait for the videos of these rounds to be up on Youtube...

I believe some CCDG coverage is up already.

 

[Streets]

I believe some CCDG coverage is up already.

 

[lyleoross]

Now I see why you got your undies twisted over someone making the other thread. Either way, nobody is paying attention to this tourney. :|

Throwing down the gauntlet for the top PacNW tourney? Ouch.