paul english beats December1(greg) 3&2
first of all thanks to both captains getting this match sorted, takes a lot of work and much appreciated, also thanks to greg, good chat, great sportmanship and a great fighter all the way to the end.
all match we didnt get the most friendly of wind, especially for the first 7 holes but the standard of play was still good.
hole 1 neither of us could reach the green in two shots and we both got pars.
hole 2 and greg got a meter jump and found rough of the tee leaving his second shot almost impossible to reach the green from the left fairawy, my approach was a 3 ft from pin and won the hole to go one up.
hole 3, i was late on ding and found myself a long way from pin, greg hit one of the shots of the match and got so close to the pin to take the hole and square the match.
hole 4, and while greg got a nice birdie i got my first of 3 eagles to go back one up.
holes 5,6,and 7 were halved with 2 pars and one birdie.
hole 8 i managed to go 2 up with another birdie as greg had a real tough short bendy putt which he just missed.
hole 9 and i managed to edge another shot in front with a birdie on the long par 3.
hole 10 and my second eagle of the match, i managed to hit the ding and my 136 yard approach bounced once and went in, 4 up.
hole 11 greg hit a beauty from 200 yards and pulled a shot back, great shot to watch.
hole 12 and the driveable par 4, wind wasnt kind and greg came up a bit short, i managed to get a good bounce and left it 8ft for eagle. managed to hold the putt and go 4 up.
hole 13 and just as i think i have the match in the bag greg starts a great fight back, he hits another dart from miles off to get it back to 3 up.
hole 14 we both birdie
hole 15 greg gets another shot back, we both had long putts, mine looked in but stopped just short but greg got his birdie putt spot on, now i was only 2 up and feeling the pressure, what a fighter greg is.
hole 16 and i hit a awful approach leaving me 16ft away, greg hit a nice shot and was 8.9ft away.
i managed to get the line perfect on this bendy putt and it just dropped, greg just missed his putt and the game ended.
thanks for a great game greg and good luck with your golf.