Just played my round with Monty. Wow, that was what I call a tight game.
Monty took an early lead on 2 after my drive went into 40/50 and couldn't get up and down for the par. But from there on, no one was able to take a hole.
On 5, I had a 13 footer for bird but didn't make it. On 7, we had the hard pin, both were on green. Monty had to putt first, he was around 40ft and he fracking nailed it! But wait, I was 34ft out and nailed it too! First time I'm seeing two birdies there.
After 11 holes, Monty was -9 and I was -8. On 12, I hit a tight shot into 7ft from 213 yards but couldn't make the big breaking putt. On 14, Monty's tee shot went somehow 9 yards long and I made my birdie putt to take the game back to AS.
On 16, I was able to make a 15 footer while Monty's 6-iron approach weirdly landed 8 yards short of club distance. We halved pars on 17 and birdies on 18, so I ended up winning 1up.
Thanks for the game, Monty. What a pleasure it was to play with such a nice guy. Let's catch up again.