pokerjoke
Money List Winner
To be honest a poll would take forever.
It needs someone to make a decision and run with it.
Im sure yourself and JO could sort something.
We need a leader,the rest will follow
2014 Forum matchplay "King of Kings" competition...
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To be honest a poll would take forever.
It needs someone to make a decision and run with it.
Im sure yourself and JO could sort something.
We need a leader,the rest will follow
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Oddly I was thinking about just asking the TOP 4 where they wanted to play when they get to the TOP 4 and saying you can play anywhere you 4 guys want to that doesn't have a green fee in excess of £xxx's
Birchy
Money List Winner
That's how I would play it too. A mutual venue eliminates somebody from the highlands having to travel to Hampshire for the final as an example too.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
Just playing Devil's advocate here, what if 3 of the 4 are from Yorkshire and the 4th is from Cornwall. The 3 could decide that a northern venue, possibly one they've played before, would be good and the other guy is out voted and has to travel a long way to a course he's never played before.
virtuocity
Tour Winner
It seems that we have very different ideas
Maybe JO can run the '4 guys meeting at the best course in the country' cup and I can arrange the '80 cheapskates interested in a night of drinking followed by a knock round a half decent course Plate'. :cheers:
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
Absolutely,... if that was the case then the final could be in Scotland and the guy from Hampshire could take £100 for petrol out of the prize pot.
OR the venue would be more in the middle and they'd all take a bit of petrol money.
Just making it up as I go along right now... but I don't see the point of a forum meet for 32 people if you only have to beat one person to get there
... and it's harder to organise, and it makes it less to 'play for'.We could have regional leagues... and the top 8 go thru..... but it would still only be 8 people who make it to the final (at MOST) there wouldn't be 50 other forumers there to cheer them on as they would still need to play 3 rounds!!!
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The only thing with that could be the demographics if 3 were from the north west and 1 was in the south!
I think you need to make a decision that the semi-final will be xyz and the final will be zxy and then everyone has something to aim for, especially if its special.
Otherwise their are plenty of gems in the Midlands as a central area such as Beau Desert, Little Aston or Sherwood Forest to name just 3 top tracks all easy to access wherever you reside.
Birchy
Money List Winner
Its got to split some of the mileage for all competitors really to be viable.
That's silly anyway, we all know theres no chance of 3 Yorkshires getting to the final :rofl:
P.S Im joking just before the death threats start
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
in case you missed it...
if that was the case then the final could be in Scotland/yorkshire (wherever the most finalists live) and the guy from the other end of the country could take £100 for petrol out of the prize pot.
OR the venue would be more in the middle and they'd all take a bit of petrol money.
if that was the case then the final could be in Scotland/yorkshire (wherever the most finalists live) and the guy from the other end of the country could take £100 for petrol out of the prize pot.
OR the venue would be more in the middle and they'd all take a bit of petrol money.
ColchesterFC
Journeyman Pro
What about a resort type set up with two course? Semi finals played on the cheaper of the two courses with the final being over the better one? Could still give other forummers the chance to get there and play in a losers stableford competition in the morning before watching the proper golfers play in the final in the afternoon.
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Ah, it's going to be scratch matchplay!? OK then!
Birchy
Money List Winner
That's where It will kick off though if we try and pick a central set of venues for the semis and final etc.
Somewhere in Yorkshire would be the centre taking into account the full area of competitiors.
Imagine getting 4 from northern Scotland qualifying for a final 7 hours away?
Its gonna be a top course wherever it is I would imagine?
pbrown7582
Money List Winner
Did the main man get chance to ponder this and get back to you?
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
how many people are you considering being there?
in theory we could just send the 2 finalist to play at ANY OTHER forum meet.... and force the people there to watch a further 18 holes after they've finished their round.... can't see that happening.... and don't see what's in it for the finalists.
Personally i couldn't care if the 4 finalists decide to play a course with a £10 green fee and split the pot (in cash) between them.... more going to the winner of course..... as it would be something to play for and to justify the petrol you MIGHT have spent on the way to the final.
This is about finding a matchplay winner.... and as such it's not really suitable to having 40 people there... in my opinion. i couldn't care if it was just me and Birchy playing at Lytham together... i'd make the trip and enjoy the day... it might seem a 'no fun' final to other forumers... but then you should have WON your matches!!!
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virtuocity
Tour Winner
Not yet mate. As far as I know it's a busy old time at GM Towers just now but I'm sure Mike will be along a some point to give us his slant on the idea.
JustOne
Ryder Cup Winner
£10/15 in the pot for a chance to play at Lytham (for example) in a matchplay final with just 2 or 4 people and meet (play against) a few other forumers on the way sounds ideal to me..... if I want to go to an event where there's 40 other people then I'd just attend ANY OTHER forum meet thoughout the year (and knob it round in 22pts more than likely)
(and knob it round in 22pts more than likely) 
bluewolf
Money List Winner
Sounds like a plan to me mate...:thup:
£10/15 in the pot for a chance to play at Lytham (for example) in a matchplay final with just 2 or 4 people and meet (play against) a few other forumers on the way sounds ideal to me..... if I want to go to an event where there's 40 other people then I'd just attend ANY OTHER forum meet thoughout the year
I agree, anything else is over complicated and nothing different to the many meets that happen. Weekend accommodation, semi-final on Saturday and final on Sunday, could have local caddies also as the icing on the cake if the course selected have them.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Assuming you're splitting the competition into a certain number of areas, and each area has a winner, then you can already nominate somewhere geographically roughly in the middle of them, even if the area winners need whittling down a little more for the finals.
I know the thread is only a fact finding mission at the moment, but I'd consider making it real fairly soon if you're going to go ahead with it. As soon as you (or whoever) receive an entry fee, put a dot on a map for their home (or nominated home) course.
Have a strict deadline, so that you have a few weeks of the year left to split the map into areas once all the entries are in, then do the draws.
If you want a way to decide home/away, I've always used the lotto bonus ball (odds/evens) in things I've had to make such decisions for. Venues can be switched on agreement by both players though.
I know the thread is only a fact finding mission at the moment, but I'd consider making it real fairly soon if you're going to go ahead with it. As soon as you (or whoever) receive an entry fee, put a dot on a map for their home (or nominated home) course.
Have a strict deadline, so that you have a few weeks of the year left to split the map into areas once all the entries are in, then do the draws.
If you want a way to decide home/away, I've always used the lotto bonus ball (odds/evens) in things I've had to make such decisions for. Venues can be switched on agreement by both players though.
Liverbirdie
Ryder Cup Winner
Or, it is drawn as a home match within 1 hour's drive, if more than an hour a neutral venue. Also a neutral venue if both parties agree.
