Postby dolfan » December 24th, 2012, 5:00 am
This is a common rank listing convention. you see it a lot when watching golf, for example. When listing places, and there are ties among multiple players/teams/etc., conventionally, you place the same rank next to all of the first place tie holders, then instead of 2nd place, you place as the next rank the actual place count of the next lowest team. So, if you have 15 teams and 3 are tied at first, your next highest ranking team is ranked fourth. If only one team has that next to highest record, and 5 teams have the 3rd highest record, that second place team gets ranked fourth (because three are in first) and the first listed of the next group of (current third highest ranks) is listed as fifth rank and 4 others tied for that same rank get fifth ranked as well. So your ranking would be:
1. A (7 under par)
1. B (-7)
1. C (-7)
4. D (-5)
5. J (-1)
5. MD (-1)
5. YU (-1)
5. TT (-1)
5. H (-1)
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