SeveDay - Are They Bandits?

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Rory130911

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Just seen the winning scores in Seveday.com - does anyone know about any of these individuals? Some of the Scores are beyond belief:

http://www.seveday.com/leaderboard

The organisers have put out an email about this - just wondered if anyone could help?

I mean, I can just about believe 45 points, but what about these scores:

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Name Score [/TR]
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[TD]S Varma[/TD]
[TD]62[/TD]
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[TD]T Caplehorn[/TD]
[TD]55[/TD]
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[TD]B Prewett[/TD]
[TD]50[/TD]
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[TD]P Calver[/TD]
[TD]49[/TD]
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By my calculations they have shot (36 being par with handicap) 13-26 under their handicaps?
 
62!

That's equivalent to a 26 handicapper shooting level par!

I think that's rather more than a 'good day'!
 
They do look quite good scores....

This is what it says on the Seve site about qualification.

"The tournament will commence on 1st July 2012. You have the whole of July and August 2012 to play your qualifying round of golf (18 holes) on any European course and submit your Stableford scores on the Seve Day site. Try your luck at playing like Seve during the month of the Open Championship, where Seve won his first major.
Scores must be submitted by 31st August 2012 and all tournament results will then be posted online. The top 72 full handicap Stableford scores from across Europe will then be invited to play in the Seve Day final. Finalists will win a trip to the star-studded celebrity final and be in with a chance of winning a trip to the US Masters in Augusta and much more!"

Open to serious abuse if ever a format was.
 
A bit more from the site suggests the golfers & level of probity they are expecting...

Do I have to be a golf club member to enter?
No you don’t have to be a club member to take part – anyone can play.

How do I calculate my score by using the Stableford Scoring System?
All scores for Seve Day will be worked out using Stableford scoring. If you are not familiar with Stableford, it works by giving you points for your score on each hole as follows:
0 Double bogey or above
1 point Bogey
2 points Par etc

Nuff sed I think
 
You can only begin to imagine what the real golf on finals day is going to be like!

It'll be loads of "put me down for 9 for 3 points mate"! "the winner with a score of 42 points at the turn and a final tally of 71 points, on countback from 4 others....................... from Cheatham in the Rough - Pancho Gonzales"
 
When will these people learn.
IF YOU OFFER AN ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP TO THE MASTERS, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO CHEAT!!!
I cant believe the scores don't even have to be confirmed by a club.
And if they're not a member of any club, how do they work out their NET score without a handicap?
And how come if it's open to all of Europe, all the 72 winners appear to be British?
 
When i saw the way the comp was run i had a feeling it would be a farce. Thats why i didnt enter. Cant believe the great mans name has been put to the event tbh.
 
Someone has tracked the 62 pointer down on Twitter, She posts all here scores on Twitter, lots of rounds in the 90s then a 79, she has her handicap down as 28/29.
 
louise_a said:
Someone has tracked the 62 pointer down on Twitter, She posts all here scores on Twitter, lots of rounds in the 90s then a 79, she has her handicap down as 28/29.
Click to expand...

79 by a so called 28/29 handicapper? Its just not even funny! I wouldnt be able to sleep at night!
 
It is, of course, possible for someone to have one of those days when the ball seems magically attracted to the hole, and every break goes for them. But the probability of that happening is less and less as the score gets better and better. For someone to score 62 points in one round of golf sounds like it would be so improbable as to be more or less impossible, and should raise serious concerns over the integrity of the handicap or the score.
 
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