Finished my match with LeopoldStotch this afternoon. He is a great player and a really good dude. I left the screen capture of the scorecard at work and will post it tomorrow. But below is a recap of the match.
Kiawah. Started with birdies and both surprisingly followed with pars on 2 after very misses on makeable birdie putts. Both routine birdies on 3. I pour in a 16 footer on 4 and Leopold just misses his 19 footer. I hit what I thought was a flush shot on 5 only to have it stop on the hill above the hole 7 feet. Leopold also leaves his up on the hill and misses. I make to go 2up. Leopold comes right back and stiffs his approach on 6, while i trickle off to the back right fringe and miss the chip. back to 1up. I lip my eagle putt on 7. Both birdie. Leopold hits another solid approach on 8, while mine gets hung up on the hill. I pull a putt out of my ass an make an 18 foot putt that broke more than 18 feet for birdie. Leopold was clutch and knocked in his 9 footer. Another clutch 10 footer on 18 gives him bird. I make mine from behind the hole to halve. At the end of nine i'm 1up with a 29 to his 30.
Back nine we both miss makeable birdies on 10. Birdies on 11 and 12. On 13, we both leave 15 footers for birdie. I have the easier putt to the right of the hole. I lip mine. Leopold drains his. All Square. On 14, he lets me off the hook as he missed an 8 footer for birdie to halve the hole.
Here is where I think i was a bit unfair. I was under time constraints as my wife was breathing down my neck as I was supposed to leave in 10 minutes. I felt like a dick suggesting that we drop in 10 if neither of us has won and pick up where we left off later. Leopold was cool about it and said no prob. Then I argue with the old lady and actually had to close the browser. After assuaging her, I get back on open the browser and proceed. We both birdie 15 and 16 and when it is 5pm, Leopold graciously offers to drop. Still feeling like a jerk, I said I owed it to him to at least finish the 18. He then gets a bit of a meter jump and leaves it on the right edge of 17 green where you get the BS aerial or back view of your putt. He misses. I drain my 15 footer to go 1up. We both play 18 well with a tailwind and both birdie.
Final score: JCOlson 59, LeopoldStotch 60 - JCOlson wins 1up
As my prize, BiB awaits =]