Sunday 6th of September
I bring you some sensational development over night as firstly the result of the last Quarter-Final match came through just before midnite -
DanManCan defeat nivlac 66 - 68
Unbelievable result in what must be a great match. The brief report I received from DanManCan indicated it was a real tense match and both players are even all the way and he came through as a result of good course management and consistent play under pressure. Congrats to him for a huge upset, very well done. Thank you nivlac for providing us with some great play and it's unfortunate that someone has to lose, I hope you're not too disappointed and had a good time in the tourney.
Immediately after that DanManCan then took on Zant in the 1st Semi-Final and the result is as follow:
Zant defeat DanManCan 68 - 73
Apparently it was a very high quality game in which DanManCan scored an eagle on the front 9 with a hole in approach shot. He only unravel due to 2 bad holes with one of them lead to a triple bogie. I guess Dan ran out of steam in the back 9 and Zant continued his consistent play to win convincingly in the end.
Here is an excerpt from Dan's message to me:
"It's all over but the shouting, almost the match of the tourney, but didn't finish strong enough. Zant will probably post a blow by blow, but long story short. I was 3 down going into the par three 14 at Page after hitting it in the drink on 2 at Kiawah, not looking good for me just came off 13 with a 4 footer for bird, but couldn't pick up a shot, cause Zant drained a 30 footer for bird. He hit it stoney on 14, about 6', then i stepped up and promptly knocked it in for an Ace, and we were off to the races. He missed his bird and i was only 1 back. He put his 2nd in the rough short on 15 and I tried the ole bank shot, just a shade long, or it would have come back to within a foot of the hole. However I promptly 5 putted from 47' on top of that fun green and gave back 3 shots, game over. But for about 30 seconds it was getting exciting."
Congrats to Zant for another excellent win, he has played very well and been consistent through out the tournament and he certainly deserve to be in the Final, very well done. Thank you DanManCan for providing some fantastic games against big name players, Congrats to you also for making it to the Semi-Final and you certainly showed us what a fine player you are.
Also Congrats to Jiggs445 for winning the Pro tournament in a very good Final match. Your name will now go on to the trophy as being the 1st Winner of the Pro Starters Tournament, great job and well done. Thank you to BigJeff65 who have performed excellent through out the tournament and was unlucky to lose at the last hurdle, congrats to you also for some great play and I hope you had a good time in the tournament.
Just a quick note to inform everyone that there will be no match between the Master Champion and the Pro Champion, I'd like to think that there's nothing wrong with having 2 winners in a tournament and there's really no point of matching up player from 2 different tier. I'd like to thanks all the Players in the Pro Tournament for your participation and also for your commitment to complete all your games on time. In my next tournament I'd would certainly invite you all back as I really enjoyed the entertainment you've provided, great stuffs everyone.
That's all for now as we wait for the result of the remaining Semi-Final and then on to the big Final game as the Tournament finally winds down to a fantastic conclusion.