Sad to hear about connection issues in our first match today :(
Hope it all goes more smoothly Friday...
Corwyn:
MATCH B :: is confirmed for Wednesday 10/21 at 4:30pm UTC time (9:30am WGT time)
B :: BigKnight & jaycen129 vs Legaci & Corwyn
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Our game went up the last as well. It was a ding-dong affair, never more than a hole in it, with some unexpected turnarounds.
Team USA came out on top: 1 UP
Here is the card and stats, and a description to follow:
#10 wind 29@1030 :: BK was only one to get close, knocking his to 3ft. My guess is BK found the middle and had a pretty flat spot. L & C had drifted too far left and were dealing with bigger sidehill lies. They ended up 11 and 9.5ft short left respectively and both just missed their curlers low; Jaycen had missed from 15ft short left. No problem for BK with short birdie putt. USA 1 UP
#11 wind 24@1030 :: C got lucky with drive to catch downslope of brush and jump forward. L & J rolled back from pin-hi left to short left 5 & 4 yds away; BK went 34ft long. L's putt slid low again; J's was hard and high, BK left his 6ft short but holed for par; C had pushed his approach a touch, pin-hi right, but made this tricky 7ft slider to win the hole. A/S
#12 unfamiliar wind 29@515 :: C went first and rolled around the houses to get to 11ft left; both BK and L ended up short, BK not threatening from 41 feet, L getting close but low again from 22ft. But Jaycen came up with a beauty tee shot to 1yd left after some roll off the right ridge. C's attempted matching eagle just shaved the hole low. USA 1 UP
#13 new wind again for me: 23@115 - C got cutesy trying to replicate something that had worked in practice but with 11 o'clock wind instead, hit 3W up left side and found fairly flat lie, but still with some downhill. BK got lucky to run through left-side brush and reach fairway beyond. L had longest drive, like J splitting narrowest part of fairway. C's 2nd too long, and made nice lag from 52ft for certain par. J missed left of green, hit nice up to 6ft but missed par putt. BK's 2nd just failed to clear ridge and settled 16ft short right: attempted birdie caught lip but went 3.6ft past. L hit best 2nd spinning it to a halt 5.7ft past pin... but pulled the birdie putt, leaving BK's par save to halve the hole. USA remain 1 UP
#14 wind 23@9 :: C makes tragic error, not allowing quite enough for the wind and greedily trying for flattest part of left side fairway. Just catches bunker, and is effectively out of the hole. Others find good spots: J's 2nd goes 11yds long left, BK's comes up short of the green, L's on but 13ft short. J doesn't threaten, C missed his irrelevant 18ft putt just low; BK's pitch goes close, and L missed from 13ft on low side again. USA remain 1 UP
#15 wind 27@415 : BK on but 6yds short left; L misses short right; J misses short; C goes long but overcompensates and is 5yds past. L & J hit nice ups ... BK runs his 17ft putt by... and C sinks his 14 footer. ROW win hole. A/S again
#16 wind 22@515 IIRC : C chokes drive for flatter spot but clicks late on 2nd to be 18ft below in fringe. BK hits stunner that trickles down to 1yd below, followed by J to almost the same spot. L's 2nd had gone long to 27ft fringe: his effort misses low again, and C has to hole clutch putt ... which he does! still A/S
#17 tricky 28@430 wind : C goes first to 3 yards long, followed by BK to 5 yds past. J comes up short and rolls further left off ridge, has 41ft lag and solid par. L's tee shot caught the wind, and slope and found bunker; 2nd rolled back to rough, 3rd was a peach stone dead. BK up next and he nailed his 14 foot birdie. C seemed certain to make his from 9.4ft but with big wind behind only gave it enough to reach and fractional mishit took pace off it and it trickled by... costly miss on easy putt. USA 1 UP dormie
#18 wind 25@1045 : long drives from all, but inevitable downhill lies. Both USA players hit first and went long left, raising hopes for ROW, but neither could get ball to stop, C's 2nd seemed almost perfect in the air, but a few yards too far and rolled over ridge. L had impossible 104ft putt and was out of hole. BK secured the Team USA win with a superb lag from 69ft to 3ft short. C followed to 5ft, J to 5.5ft and all made their birdies.
USA win 1 UP
ROW are left to rue a poorly played first hole, and missing a couple of very makeable putts, along with a few much harder ones.
Thanks guys for a cracking match. Very tense and exciting!
Good luck for the rest of the tourney.