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When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?

Posted By: backgame
Date: Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 2:42 a.m.

In Response To: When Should Intermediates Move into the Open? (Chuck Bower)

Therein lies the problem. In too many cases, there are no rules nor objective criteria. Here are a few samples of “Limited” eligibility:

“Top Championship level players are not eligible.”

“Players of a top championship level are not eligible.”

“Limited to players who have not cashed in any multi-day tournament Open or Championship division or Masters type Jackpot.”

“The Tournament Director reserves the right to disallow any entrant from playing below his/her level.”

“No entrant will be allowed to play below his or her level.”

In the first two examples, what is “top championship level” in a field that is 20% Giants? Should any middle-of-the-pack Open player have any qualms about entering a jackpot with such criteria? How about after noting that prior Open winners have met this “not top level” criterion?

(I always thought the last example meant that if I made a particularly egregious blunder that the rules required a do-over until my play was more suitable.)

Messages In This Thread

• When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
  Prince Barlow -- Tuesday, 10 July 2012, at 11:28 p.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Tuesday, 10 July 2012, at 11:47 p.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Bob koca -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 1:45 a.m.
      • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
        Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 2:07 a.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open? an Intermediates perspective
    DanielP -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 12:12 a.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 3:37 a.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    Marv Porten -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 4:32 a.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    mtuhtan -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 6:31 a.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 7:31 a.m.
      • +1 *NM*
        Maik Stiebler -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 7:44 a.m.
      • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
        storm -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 9:35 a.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 7:02 a.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 7:25 a.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    Ken Larsen -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 12:36 p.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    Justin N. -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 6:35 p.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Stick -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 6:40 p.m.
      • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
        Bob koca -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 7:44 p.m.
        • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
          Stick -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 7:52 p.m.
        • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
          benf -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 8:22 p.m.
          • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
            Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 11:46 p.m.
      • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
        Justin N. -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 10:03 p.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 1:00 a.m.
      • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
        backgame -- Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 2:42 a.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 2:26 a.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 2:34 a.m.
  • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
    Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 7:52 p.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Ken Larsen -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 8:13 p.m.
    • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
      Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 9:20 p.m.
      • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
        benf -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 9:43 p.m.
      • When Should Intermediates Move into the Open?
        Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 11 July 2012, at 10:40 p.m.
  • I won my first intermediate(a little long)
    benf -- Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 12:52 a.m.
    • I won my first intermediate(a little long)
      Stick -- Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 3:27 a.m.
      • I won my first intermediate(a little long)
        benf -- Thursday, 12 July 2012, at 3:47 a.m.