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Post by Brighttail on Mar 21, 2015 16:34:57 GMT -5
When you send out invites, people have to actually register. Are you going to have an alternate list of lets say 91-100 WGR that if any of the people invited that don't register they will get their chance to play? I remember a guy named John Daly was the last alternate in a certain PGA Championship and won it a while back.  |
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Post by AFCTUJacko on Mar 21, 2015 17:19:28 GMT -5
Invite only events are usually automatic registration aren't they?
The WGC was anyway....
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Post by Brighttail on Mar 21, 2015 17:31:14 GMT -5
Ah. Well considering I haven't played in an invite tourney yet, I didn't know. This would make it more difficult to have an alternate list for sure then. Oh well!
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Post by NCFCRulz on Mar 21, 2015 18:43:48 GMT -5
Yeah fwiw I think if an event is top 90 WGR then even if 8 withdraw, no one below that threshold should be invited as they haven't met the criteria.
This coming from someone who will be in and around that 90 mark!
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Post by MrSourNinja on Mar 21, 2015 18:53:54 GMT -5
Yeah fwiw I think if an event is top 90 WGR then even if 8 withdraw, no one below that threshold should be invited as they haven't met the criteria. This coming from someone who will be in and around that 90 mark! I disagree. This coming from someone within the top 15 OWGR. No hate meant twords you of course just wanting to state my opinion. I feel as the event shouldn't be automatic registration and there should be an alternate list. For obvious reasons people in real life always try to play these events but if for some reason they cannot then someone else gets their chance at it. It only makes sense to replicate the circumstances in TGCT as well. |
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Post by NCFCRulz on Mar 21, 2015 19:19:08 GMT -5
Yeah fwiw I think if an event is top 90 WGR then even if 8 withdraw, no one below that threshold should be invited as they haven't met the criteria. This coming from someone who will be in and around that 90 mark! I disagree. This coming from someone within the top 15 OWGR. No hate meant twords you of course just wanting to state my opinion. I feel as the event shouldn't be automatic registration and there should be an alternate list. For obvious reasons people in real life always try to play these events but if for some reason they cannot then someone else gets their chance at it. It only makes sense to replicate the circumstances in TGCT as well. no hate taken  it's healthy to have different opinions! If that's what happens in RL then fair dues, I didn't realise that and I agree that would be the way to go |
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Post by Brighttail on Mar 21, 2015 19:26:36 GMT -5
On the PGA tour there is always an alternate list in case someone like Tiger has to withdraw. They want to have a max field with 3 or foursomes on the first two days. If a bunch of people withdrew it would skew the pairings and cause delays as some groups would play faster than others.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2015 7:38:42 GMT -5
The Masters doesn't have an alternate list.
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Post by MrSourNinja on Mar 23, 2015 9:18:35 GMT -5
The Masters doesn't have an alternate list. Good point. I'm not sure where I stand on this anymore. :/ |
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Post by Pubknight on Mar 23, 2015 10:34:35 GMT -5
While that is true, the Masters is unique in that while there is qualifying material that leads to invites, it is still technically an invitational tournament.
And the Masters Tournament Committee reserves the right to invite international players to the tournament.
One can assume that they use this to fill out the field should 'qualifier invites' not be accepted.
Since fair play would likely prevent TGC Tours from hand picking players to fill out the field, an alternate list would be a seemingly good compromise to accomplishing something similar.
It's all theoretical of course, and really only factors in should invitees not accept.
But since this is a video game and not our real life careers, it's possible that there are some invitees that may no longer be playing the game, or are on vacation, etc, and wouldn't have the opportunity to participate.
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Post by edi_vedder on Mar 23, 2015 20:29:11 GMT -5
While that is true, the Masters is unique in that while there is qualifying material that leads to invites, it is still technically an invitational tournament. And the Masters Tournament Committee reserves the right to invite international players to the tournament. One can assume that they use this to fill out the field should 'qualifier invites' not be accepted. Since fair play would likely prevent TGC Tours from hand picking players to fill out the field, an alternate list would be a seemingly good compromise to accomplishing something similar. That sounds good (to me). Just had the newsletter in my inbox, and it seems they have something like this in mind anyway: There will be up to 5 Tournament Director Sponsor Exemptions to be used at the discretion of the TD. |
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Post by Brighttail on Mar 23, 2015 20:34:59 GMT -5
Yeah be interesting to be a fly on the wall during these discussions. Hopefully after this week's performance I won't have to worry about making it |
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Post by edi_vedder on Mar 24, 2015 18:57:13 GMT -5
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it's healthy to have different opinions!
