Tournament blocks
This article is meant as a repository for tournament and competitive blocks used for seating arragements. The content is mainly present in tabular form: reading it for the sake of reading is not recommended.
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15-player season
Session and Table | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Deadline |
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Session 1 - Table 1 (+1) | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 2 | P6 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P10 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 3 | P11 | P12 | P13 | P14 | P15 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 1 (+3) | P1 | P4 | P7 | P10 | P13 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 2 | P2 | P5 | P8 | P11 | P14 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 3 | P3 | P6 | P9 | P12 | P15 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 1 (+8) | P1 | P9 | P2 | P10 | P3 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 2 | P11 | P4 | P12 | P5 | P13 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 3 | P6 | P14 | P7 | P15 | P8 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 1 (+11) | P1 | P12 | P8 | P4 | P15 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 2 | P11 | P7 | P3 | P14 | P10 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 3 | P6 | P2 | P13 | P9 | P5 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 1 (+5) | P1 | P6 | P11 | P5 | P10 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 2 | P15 | P4 | P9 | P14 | P3 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 3 | P8 | P13 | P2 | P7 | P12 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 1 (+7) | P1 | P8 | P15 | P7 | P14 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 2 | P6 | P13 | P5 | P12 | P4 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 3 | P11 | P3 | P10 | P2 | P9 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
25-player season
An ideal number of participants would be 25. 24 is easy, 21 to 23 require a minor adjustment.
Session and Table | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Deadline |
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Session 1 - Table 1 (+1) | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 2 | P6 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P10 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 3 | P11 | P12 | P13 | P14 | P15 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 4 | P16 | P17 | P18 | P19 | P20 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 5 | P21 | P22 | P23 | P24 | P25 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 1 (-4) | P1 | P22 | P18 | P14 | P10 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 2 | P6 | P2 | P23 | P19 | P15 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 3 | P11 | P7 | P3 | P24 | P20 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 4 | P16 | P12 | P8 | P4 | P25 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 5 | P21 | P17 | P13 | P9 | P5 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 1 (+7) | P1 | P17 | P8 | P24 | P15 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 2 | P6 | P22 | P13 | P4 | P20 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 3 | P11 | P2 | P18 | P9 | P25 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 4 | P16 | P7 | P23 | P14 | P5 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 5 | P21 | P12 | P3 | P19 | P10 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 1 (+11) | P1 | P12 | P23 | P9 | P20 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 2 | P6 | P17 | P3 | P14 | P25 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 3 | P11 | P22 | P8 | P19 | P5 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 4 | P16 | P2 | P13 | P24 | P10 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 5 | P21 | P7 | P18 | P4 | P15 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 1 (+6) | P1 | P7 | P13 | P19 | P25 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 2 | P6 | P12 | P18 | P24 | P5 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 3 | P11 | P17 | P23 | P4 | P10 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 4 | P16 | P22 | P3 | P9 | P15 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 5 | P21 | P2 | P8 | P14 | P20 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 1 (+5) | P1 | P6 | P11 | P16 | P21 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 2 | P2 | P7 | P12 | P17 | P22 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 3 | P3 | P8 | P13 | P18 | P23 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 4 | P4 | P9 | P14 | P19 | P24 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 5 | P5 | P10 | P15 | P20 | P25 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
35-player season
With 35, some groups are hard to form without the occasional double matchup over the season. Nevertheless, it balances a bit better than 30.
Session and Table | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Deadline |
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Session 1 - Table 1 (+1) | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 2 | P6 | P7 | P8 | P9 | P10 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 3 | P11 | P12 | P13 | P14 | P15 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 4 | P16 | P17 | P18 | P19 | P20 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 5 | P21 | P22 | P23 | P24 | P25 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 6 | P26 | P27 | P28 | P29 | P30 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 7 | P31 | P32 | P33 | P34 | P35 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 1 (+7) | P1 | P8 | P15 | P22 | P29 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 2 | P2 | P9 | P16 | P23 | P30 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 3 | P3 | P10 | P17 | P24 | P31 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 4 | P4 | P11 | P18 | P25 | P32 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 5 | P5 | P12 | P19 | P26 | P33 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 6 | P6 | P13 | P20 | P27 | P34 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 7 | P7 | P14 | P21 | P28 | P35 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 1 (+8) | P1 | P9 | P17 | P25 | P33 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 2 | P2 | P10 | P18 | P26 | P34 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 3 | P3 | P11 | P19 | P27 | P35 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 4 | P4 | P12 | P20 | P28 | P24 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 5 | P5 | P13 | P21 | P29 | P32 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 6 | P6 | P14 | P22 | P30 | P8 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 7 | P7 | P15 | P23 | P31 | P16 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 1 (+9) | P1 | P10 | P19 | P28 | P27 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 2 | P2 | P11 | P20 | P29 | P35 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 3 | P3 | P12 | P21 | P30 | P8 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 4 | P4 | P13 | P22 | P31 | P9 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 5 | P5 | P14 | P23 | P32 | P17 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 6 | P6 | P15 | P24 | P33 | P18 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 7 | P7 | P16 | P25 | P34 | P26 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 1 (+11) | P1 | P12 | P23 | P34 | P33 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 2 | P2 | P13 | P24 | P35 | P30 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 3 | P3 | P14 | P25 | P9 | P20 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 4 | P4 | P15 | P26 | P10 | P21 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 5 | P5 | P16 | P27 | P11 | P22 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 6 | P6 | P17 | P28 | P31 | P32 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 7 | P7 | P18 | P29 | P19 | P28 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 1 (+13) | P1 | P14 | P27 | ... | ... | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 2 | P2 | P15 | P28 | ... | ... | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 3 | P3 | P16 | P29 | ... | ... | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 4 | P4 | P17 | P30 | ... | ... | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 5 | P5 | P18 | P31 | ... | ... | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 6 | P6 | P19 | P32 | ... | ... | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 7 | P7 | P20 | P12 | ... | ... | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
40-player season
With 40, it has been a problem optimally solved with the "social golfer problem".
Session and Table | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Deadline |
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Session 1 - Table 1 (+8) | P1 | P9 | P17 | P25 | P33 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 2 | P2 | P10 | P18 | P26 | P34 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 3 | P3 | P11 | P19 | P27 | P35 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 4 | P4 | P12 | P20 | P28 | P36 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 5 | P5 | P13 | P21 | P29 | P37 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 6 | P6 | P14 | P22 | P30 | P38 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 7 | P7 | P15 | P23 | P31 | P39 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 1 - Table 8 | P8 | P16 | P24 | P32 | P40 | Saturday 2015-04-04 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 1 | P1 | P10 | P19 | P28 | P37 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 2 | P2 | P9 | P20 | P27 | P38 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 3 | P3 | P12 | P17 | P26 | P39 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 4 | P4 | P11 | P18 | P25 | P40 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 5 | P5 | P14 | P23 | P32 | P33 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 6 | P6 | P13 | P24 | P31 | P34 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 7 | P7 | P16 | P21 | P30 | P35 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 2 - Table 8 | P8 | P15 | P22 | P29 | P36 | Saturday 2015-04-18 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 1 | P1 | P11 | P21 | P31 | P36 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 2 | P2 | P12 | P22 | P32 | P35 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 3 | P3 | P9 | P23 | P29 | P34 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 4 | P4 | P10 | P24 | P30 | P33 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 5 | P5 | P15 | P17 | P27 | P40 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 6 | P6 | P16 | P18 | P28 | P39 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 7 | P7 | P13 | P19 | P25 | P38 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 3 - Table 8 | P8 | P14 | P20 | P26 | P37 | Saturday 2015-05-02 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 1 | P1 | P12 | P23 | P30 | P40 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 2 | P2 | P11 | P24 | P29 | P39 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 3 | P3 | P10 | P21 | P32 | P38 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 4 | P4 | P9 | P22 | P31 | P37 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 5 | P5 | P16 | P19 | P26 | P36 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 6 | P6 | P15 | P20 | P25 | P35 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 7 | P7 | P14 | P17 | P28 | P34 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 4 - Table 8 | P8 | P13 | P18 | P27 | P33 | Saturday 2015-05-16 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 1 | P1 | P13 | P20 | P32 | P39 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 2 | P2 | P14 | P19 | P31 | P40 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 3 | P3 | P15 | P18 | P30 | P37 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 4 | P4 | P16 | P17 | P29 | P38 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 5 | P5 | P9 | P24 | P28 | P35 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 6 | P6 | P10 | P23 | P27 | P36 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 7 | P7 | P11 | P22 | P26 | P33 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 5 - Table 8 | P8 | P12 | P21 | P25 | P34 | Saturday 2015-05-30 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 1 | P1 | P14 | P18 | P29 | P35 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 2 | P2 | P13 | P17 | P30 | P36 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 3 | P3 | P16 | P20 | P31 | P33 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 4 | P4 | P15 | P19 | P32 | P34 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 5 | P5 | P10 | P22 | P25 | P39 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 6 | P6 | P9 | P21 | P26 | P40 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 7 | P7 | P12 | P24 | P27 | P37 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 6 - Table 8 | P8 | P11 | P23 | P28 | P38 | Saturday 2015-06-13 23:59 UTC |
Session 7 - Table 1 | P1 | P15 | P24 | P26 | P38 | (not played) |
Session 7 - Table 2 | P2 | P16 | P23 | P25 | P37 | (not played) |
Session 7 - Table 3 | P3 | P13 | P22 | P28 | P40 | (not played) |
Session 7 - Table 4 | P4 | P14 | P21 | P27 | P39 | (not played) |
Session 7 - Table 5 | P5 | P11 | P20 | P30 | P34 | (not played) |
Session 7 - Table 6 | P6 | P12 | P19 | P29 | P33 | (not played) |
Session 7 - Table 7 | P7 | P9 | P18 | P32 | P36 | (not played) |
Session 7 - Table 8 | P8 | P10 | P17 | P31 | P35 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 1 | P1 | P16 | P22 | P27 | P34 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 2 | P2 | P15 | P21 | P28 | P33 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 3 | P3 | P14 | P24 | P25 | P36 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 4 | P4 | P13 | P23 | P26 | P35 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 5 | P5 | P12 | P18 | P31 | P38 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 6 | P6 | P11 | P17 | P32 | P37 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 7 | P7 | P10 | P20 | P29 | P40 | (not played) |
Session 8 - Table 8 | P8 | P9 | P19 | P30 | P39 | (not played) |