PortsD (Dan) & I had a great match. We were playing very similar, sometimes driving the ball only a few paces apart! Highlights are few and far between as we halved 13, out of 17 holes played but here is a recap of holes won/lost:
#7 I hit my approach to about 2 ft (old pin), Dan to about 15. Unfortunately, he tugged it a bit and missed just outside. USA 1up
#8 Not to be deterred, Dan fires right back and sticks his approach to about 10 ft just short of the back pin. I hit a terrible shot 20 yds off the back, after flopping to about 4 ft, Dan putts a beauty. Back to AS.
#10 Both in the fairway, 20 mph left to right wind, front right pin. Dan catches his a bit early, then catches a bad break...it hits left of the slope and goes down in the valley to the left of the hole, 20+ feet. I ended up about 5 ft long. Dan caught another bad break, apparently there was some hidden fringe on his putt...it only got about halfway to the hole. He then drained that 12 footer for a par. I was fortunate, and had a straight birdie putt. USA 1 up
#14 18 mph tailwind, old pin (right side). We both stripe the fairway, I hit a full 3 wood from 270ish, catches slope and stops 30 foot away. Dan has similar yardage, pulls out the hybrid and sticks his to 33 ft. Dan hit a great putt, nearly grazes hole low side. My eagle putt barely trickles is. USA 2up
From there we halved. Dan almost forced us to go to 18 on #17. His approach was just short of bunker in the 20/25, left pin...he hit a great flop that grazes the hole...we both thought it was in for birdie the whole way. With pars the match ended, USA 2 & 1.
Great match Dan, it was a pleasure and you played exceptional!
Jared
USA