SPC 2025: Mark Garrod [2-06]

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On this page, you will find information about Mark Garrod, who is competing at the 2025 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 17-14, +715, and is ranked #17 in Division 2.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Mark Surname(s): Garrod Home: Lansing, MI, United States

Round by Round
High score: 554 Average for: 406 Average against: 382
Round 1		Garrod played #67 Shelley Kirk (Wyoming, OH) and won 413 to 397 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-0, +16.
Round 2		Garrod played #36 Asif Ali (NORMAN, OK) and lost 395 to 462 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 1-1, -51.
Round 3		Garrod played #30 Robin Lewis (Houston, TX) and won 439 to 406 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-1, -18.
Round 4		Garrod played #59 Verna Richards Berg (New York, NY) and won 554 to 322 (a spread of 232). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-1, +214.
Round 5		Garrod played #39 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and won 406 to 392 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-1, +228. Garrod is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Garrod played #40 Steve Anstandig (Commerce Township, MI) and won 411 to 371 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-1, +268. Garrod is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Garrod played #46 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and lost 328 to 396 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, +200.
Round 8		Garrod played #1 Michael Thelen (Newton, MA) and lost 402 to 447 (a spread of -45). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-3, +155.
Round 9		Garrod played #34 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and won 499 to 310 (a spread of 189). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 6-3, +344.
Round 10		Garrod played #14 Edwin Roth (Conshohocken, PA) and lost 352 to 490 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-4, +206.
Round 11		Garrod played #27 Alan Stern (Shadow Hills, CA) and won 434 to 272 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 7-4, +368.
Round 12		Garrod played #42 Mark Milan (San Clemente, CA) and lost 366 to 472 (a spread of -106). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-5, +262.
Round 13		Garrod played #7 Joe South (Schertz, TX) and won 524 to 286 (a spread of 238). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 8-5, +500.
Round 14		Garrod played #12 Patrick Beatrez (North Olmsted, OH) and lost 270 to 422 (a spread of -152). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 8-6, +348.
Round 15		Garrod played #33 Stefan Fatsis (Washington, DC) and won 548 to 373 (a spread of 175). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-6, +523.
Round 16		Garrod played #5 Adam Henderson (Seattle, WA) and lost 353 to 414 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-7, +462.
Round 17		Garrod played #21 Sebastian Knowles (Columbus, OH) and lost 343 to 347 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 9-8, +458.
Round 18		Garrod played #38 John Wilder (Arlington, VA) and won 429 to 312 (a spread of 117). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 10-8, +575.
Round 19		Garrod played #51 Sheikh K Dukuly (Liberia) and won 423 to 330 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-8, +668.
Round 20		Garrod played #29 Kevin Nai (Wilmington, DE) and lost 416 to 432 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-9, +652.
Round 21		Garrod played #53 Natalie Dicou (Woodland Hills, UT) and won 444 to 288 (a spread of 156). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 12-9, +808.
Round 22		Garrod played #15 Scott Leifer (Mansfield, MA) and won 382 to 378 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 13-9, +812.
Round 23		Garrod played #4 Michael Baker (Portland, OR) and won 373 to 372 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 14-9, +813.
Round 24		Garrod played #17 Mark Abadi (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 306 to 426 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 14-10, +693.
Round 25		Garrod played #15 Scott Leifer (Mansfield, MA) again and won 448 to 410 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 15-10, +731.
Round 26		Garrod played #2 Menachem Rosenberg (Galloway, NJ) and lost 319 to 390 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 15-11, +660.
Round 27		Garrod played #55 Erik Salgado (Cary, NC) and lost 417 to 445 (a spread of -28). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 15-12, +632.
Round 28		Garrod played #20 Ed Liebfried (East Kingston, NH) and won 456 to 274 (a spread of 182). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 16-12, +814.
Round 29		Garrod played #16 Emmett Brosowsky (Washington, DC) and lost 380 to 405 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 16-13, +789.
Round 30		Garrod played #26 Kristy Zurbrick (Dublin, OH) and lost 285 to 457 (a spread of -172). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 16-14, +617.
Round 31		Garrod played #8 Robert DeSimone (Norwalk, CT) and won 457 to 359 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 17-14, +715.

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