Group 3, Round 1 (Congo'), Tie 7
#369 doylerc (Clem) v #143 rfpoul (Remi)
1st 1/2 with burds!
2nd Par 3, Left pin with wind off left, Remi drained a 15 Footer from above the hole to go 1 up
"Turd" 1/2'd with pars
4th Remi stuck it close, burd, 2 up
5th Remi went a "little" long, "Fore", Clem stuck it close to pull one back with a burd
6th Par 5, Back pin, wind off right, Clem hits FW, Remi says to himself I'm not going for it it 2 & getting a water ball so hits it in the left rough off tee, Anti-water ball!
Clem's 3 Wd 2nd in carries a ys too far & hops n rolls onto fringe, good out/up by Remi who sticks his 3rd shot in close, 1/2's with burds
7th Par 3, Middle pin, both stick it close, remi was cursing he lying dots, clem sinks his, AS
8th both put it close, Remi sinks his & Clem's lips out, Remi back to 1 up
9th, Middle pin, two nice shots in & two nice burds, as we were with remi staying 1 up
The Turn
10th Both put it close, 1/2'd with burds, Remi stays 1 up
11th Back right pin, Clem had his heart in his moth as his ball took off right, hit bank/rough but luckily got a dead bounce & stayed dry, Remi hits & gets it up on top tier, Clem is shortsided, hits on from rough & rolls out 8 ft past. Remi missed his putt a cup high, great putt, 1/2, save by clem, still only 1 in it
12th Both hit "shockers" in, 1/2 with pars
13th Par 3, right pin, Remi sticks it close, burd, 2 up Remi
14th nasty front pin for a change, Remi goes long, Clem pin high left, both just miss the putt, as you were (Remi 2 up)
15th Back right pin, Clem finishes in fringe long right, Remi short right on green, good try by Clem, Remi misses also, 1/2'd with pars (Remi 2 up)
16th Par 5, Front pin, slight TW off right, Clem looks like he's played a pearler, just rolls off front of green with 3 wd approach, remi makes it on & some, keeps rolling & settles long right, clem pulls ne out of the hat with a 6 yd Slam Dunk EAGLE, looks like !Game On" Remi then needs to sink his 26 footer, down 7 which he does with aplomb, clutch EAGLE putt, GREAT hole, hats off to both players there (Remi stays 2 up)
17th, crunch time, can Clem win the next two hole & salvage a 1/2, HW off tee & left pin, neither can go for 2nd FW, Remi has 153 in with a head/cross wind off right, he elects to hit his 8i with some topspin & what a shot it is, 1 yd from hole, Clem needs a hole out here to prolong the match, alas it was not to be.
2 & 1 win for Remi
Great tight match that could have gone either way with a few putts burning the edges
Remi was in fine form with a keg of IPA by his side, plate of Chilli in front of his, tunes rocking, dog yapping, Wife not yapping! ;) & the Stream Chat was rocking also
GG