Group 7, Round 1
PARAGON 2 v OUTKASTS COBRAS
#125 Kenher01 v #35 DeanBarr
I won 4 & 3
I just had one of those days that nearly everything went right for me & Dean had one of those days that even though he played well he had no luck.
#1 Dean hits pin with 3 wd approach & he finishes 14 Ft pin high left, I go long & roll back to finish 12 Ft pin high left, Dean's putt skirts around edge of hole & I then make my Eagle putt to go 1 up.
#2 Short Par 4, Bird, Bird to stay 1 up
#3 Par 3, We both had slippy downhillers from above the hole from 15 & 12 Ft that we both made, I stay 1 up
#4 Dean throws a dart & I try & force an FTS 80 wedge which failed!, I just miss my mid range putt a ball high 7 Dean's Is a gimmee, Back to all square
#5 Par 5, Surprise surprise we both go long & I miss my eagle putt a ball high but Dean drains his, Dean goes 1 up
#6, Dean had a bad distance In & got a terrible kick backwards off fringe to leave a long breaking uphiller, I stuck mine with 2 yd's & I made the bird to go back level
#7, HW off tee so we couldn't go for green In one, Dean nearly holes out & leaves It tight (1.6 Ft) & I finish 4.8 Ft pin high left, We made bird, bird, Still all square
#8 Par 3, Dean throws another dart (1.4 Ft) & I finish 12 Ft pin high right but manage to make my putt so bird, bird to stay all square
#9 We both finish below hole to leave semi easy putts, Bird, Bird, All square
We both finished -9 apiece for the F9
#10 I hit my approach to 2.5 Ft pin high left & Dean finished 4.9 Ft above hole, Dean rammed his & even though It went In full ball just left of centre It somehow lipped out & I went 1 up
#11 Par 3, I finished 7 Inches from the hole & Dean finished 12 Ft short right & his putt ran over the edge of the hole so I went 2 up
#12 Par 5, I played It long to roll back & It came back to 9.7 ft above the hole, Dean's just landed at/short of ridge & didn't quite make It over to leave him a 33 footer which wait for It lipped out, I made my 9.7 footer for Eagle to go 3 up
#13 I hit the green & rolled off to front left of green & Dean's hit the cart path & landed 13 yd's away In 25/30 rough at back/side of green, I stuck my punch from 29 yd's close & Dean's flop just landed on the fringe & after an Initial dead bounce It slowly started to accelerate & finished 65 Ft away, He just missed that putt for bird so I went 4 up
#14 We both nearly holed out our approach shots so bird, bird, I stay 4 up
#15 Par 3 I hit my tee shot to 3.8 Ft pin high right & Dean then finished nearly got a H.I.O, His tee shot finished 11 Inches from the hole, Bird, Bird so I won 4 & 3.
I finished -7 tru 6 holes on the back 9 & I finished -16 tru the 15 holes we played so It was a case of everything going right for me & so many near misses for Dean.
The margin of victory bore no reflection on the match, It was really tight & If those lip outs had dropped the result could have been very different.
Thanks again for the game Dean, Well played & best of luck In your forthcoming matches
Ken