2025 knock out matches - tales of death or glory

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I remember a popular thread last year where people recounted their epic battles. I know we have an existing thread covering rounds played, but I felt knock out comps deserve their own little corner, especially following Peter Cool's amusing recent experience.

I thought I’d kick off with my recent match at the weekend. Not quite as epic as McIlroy v Rose for the Masters, so feel free to ignore.
 
I've entered four knockouts this year with all matches taking place within the next month or so. Was going to start a new thread this year for match reports anyway, but I shall use yours. (y)
 
I'm going to do this properly: foursomes knock out at my home club, my partner and I are both off 11, our opponents were off 9 and 12 so we received 1 shot.

1. 490 yard par 5:
My partner starts with a solid drive on this downhill short par 5, pushed a little into the right rough. Opponents find the middle of the fairway then flush a fairway wood on to the front of the green. I have 190 to the front of a green which slopes heavily from front to back. I hit 5 iron, hoping to fly it 180 and chase it on to the green. I strike it well but the ball holds up into the wind and finishes 5 yards short of the green. My partner plays a heavy handed chip that rolls 40 feet past the hole, my putt never gets close to the hole but it doesn’t matter because our opponents 2 putt for birdie to win the hole.

2. 400 yard par 4:
Opponent finds the fairway bunker up the right at 250. I aim more left and pull it slightly into the light rough. My partner hits a 7 iron on to the front of the green and our opponents respond with a superb fairway bunker shot on to the green just past our ball. The pin is right up the back though and this is a treacherous green, so we both 3 putt for the half. All four of us walk off the green thinking that was a missed opportunity.

3. 200 yard par 3:
Opponents leak it right into the bunker, pin high but above the hole. My partner misses the green left but below the hole. Opponent then plays a worldy, delicate flop out of the sand that lands as softly as a butterfly with sore feet and trickles to finish 3 feet from the hole. I want to keep my chip below the hole, I play the shot I wanted but it doesn’t release like I expected. I’ve left my partner a 6 footer for par, he misses, they hole it and we are already 2 down.

4. 340 yard par 4:
Opponent plays a fairway wood into the right rough, I respond with a solid 4 iron up the middle to the corner of the dogleg. My partner safely plays a 9 iron on to the green. Our opponents have missed the green and chipped to 20 feet. I have a 40 foot uphill putt, looks good but rolls 4 feet past. Our opponent then goes and rolls in the 20 footer for par, suddenly my partner has a nervy putt for the half, but he strokes it in and we remain 2 down.

5. 450 yard par 4:
Stroke index 1 – our only shot hole. Our opponent hooks it into the trees in the left rough, and my partner hits a solid shot, just a little pull into the left rough. Our opponent then hits a brilliant fairway wood from the rough, leaving a wedge to the green. I have 200 yards to go to an elevated green ringed by bunkers, I hit a solid 6 iron that takes the bunkers out of play and finishes 20 yards short of the green. My partner doesn’t make it easy with another heavy handed chip that scuttles 20 feet past the flag, but I roll a nice putt to 3 feet, we make a 5 and they can’t match it so we’re back to 1 down.

6. 390 yard par 4:
I flush driver down the middle, opponent follows me. When I get to the ball it’s probably 20 yards shorter than I expected due to the swirling wind, and the wind catches out my partner too as his 9 iron comes up a few yards short. They miss right, above the hole and then chip it down to the bottom of the green, but I don’t hit my putt anywhere near hard enough and we halve the hole. 1 down.

7. 140 yard par 3:
Downhill and downwind, I want my partner to hit PW to the back of the green to take the bunkers out of play, but the green slopes front to back and he wants to play a gap wedge… and finds a bunker. When we get to the ball it’s actually on a narrow tongue of grass protruding into the bunker, it’s nestled down and my chip has no chance of stopping near the flag. My partner putts it to a couple of feet, but our opponents were safely on the green and 2 putt for a par and a win. 2 down again.

8. 520 yard par 5:
Opponent smashes one up the middle, I send it into the right hand rough. We both lay up, I’m left with 155 to the pin, I flush a 7 iron but it holds up into the breeze, lands on the top tier but spins back down to the front of the green. Our opponents find the same part of the green, and we both do well to 2 putt from there for a half.

9. 340 yard par 4:
Our opponent hits a decent drive but it doesn’t have the legs to clear the fairway bunker on the left. My partner then hooks it into the trees, luckily it bounces out into the rough. I have 200 yards to go to an elevated green ringed by bunkers, I’ve already faced this shot on the 5th, so again I hit a solid 6 iron that takes the bunkers out of play and finishes 20 yards short. Except this time it’s a flier and rolls out 195 yards into the front bunker. Our opponents pitch out of the bunker and wedge it on to the middle of the green. My partner is again heavy handed with his chip out of the bunker and it rolls through the green and into the rough. Luckily the lie is good, and I’m able to chip it to 3 feet. They 2 putt and my partner taps in for a half and we remain 2 down at the half way stage.

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1] Playing a county player, I was never up in the close game, he misses a 3 footer at 18th and I win at 19th.

2] Giving around 12 shots, Dormie 4 down and win at 21st.

3] Better ball KO, 6 down after 7, I said to my young partner that if he gets a par 4 at the 8th we would win the game.
Turned into the wind and a tough run of 5 holes he gets his par and we win 2 up.
Never seen two guys so totally broken on a golf course, one even had an air shot at 18th tee.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
1] Playing a county player, I was never up in the close game, he misses a 3 footer at 18th and I win at 19th.

2] Giving around 12 shots, Dormie 4 down and win at 21st.

3] Better ball KO, 6 down after 7, I said to my young partner that if he gets a par 4 at the 8th we would win the game.
Turned into the wind and a tough run of 5 holes he gets his par and we win 2 up.
Never seen two guys so totally broken on a golf course, one even had an air shot at 18th tee.
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Pedantic point - you can only be dormie if halving the match is an option! :)
 
Doon frae Troon said:
1] Playing a county player, I was never up in the close game, he misses a 3 footer at 18th and I win at 19th.

2] Giving around 12 shots, Dormie 4 down and win at 21st.

3] Better ball KO, 6 down after 7, I said to my young partner that if he gets a par 4 at the 8th we would win the game.
Turned into the wind and a tough run of 5 holes he gets his par and we win 2 up.
Never seen two guys so totally broken on a golf course, one even had an air shot at 18th tee.
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All this year? You've been busy!
 
Back nine...

10. 190 yard par 3:
An intimidating tee shot over the lake. Opponent blocks it right and it hits a tree, we’re not sure if it finished on dry land. My 4 iron isn’t the best strike, but it’s straight and finishes on the apron 3 yards short of the green, nicely below the hole. Our opponents find their ball but have a tricky pitch over a bunker and can’t get it close. My partner chooses to putt from the apron but misjudges the pace through the longer grass and comes up well short of the hole. Luckily our opponents race their putt past the hole and we win with a bogey 4. Back to 1 down.

11. 400 yard par 4:
My partner hooks his driver into the left rough, they are up the middle. My ball is sitting nicely but I’ve got 200 yards uphill with a bunker on my line in front of the green. I flush a 4 iron up the hill that finishes on the apron 5 yards from the green. They also come up short then pitch it up the back of the green. My partner finds the top tier with his chip but it’s 15 feet past the hole. Our opponent hits a very good lag putt to 6 feet. My course was designed by Allister MacKenzie, and now I’m faced with an Augusta-like treacherous downhill putt. It’s only 15 feet but I’m aiming 5 feet left of the cup, and if my ball rolls 4 feet past the hole it will catch the slope and roll 60 feet off the green. I need to trickle this down to the hole and hope they miss their tricky 6 footer. I set it off exactly at the pace I wanted, it dies towards the hole and drops in dead weight for a crucial par and we are all square for the first time since the 1st tee!

12. 430 yard par 4:
I confidently stride towards the 12th tee and promptly block my drive right into the trees. What have I done? Our opponents then do the same, even further right! They find theirs straight away, mine was well inside the line of theirs but we can’t find it anywhere, the three minutes are probably up and I’m about to walk off, but my partner finds it, and he punches it on to the fairway. I have 150 to go, over a stream to an elevated green. Nice smooth 8 iron, but I hit an awful chunk and run. I’m convinced it’s in the water. Our opponent then tops his approach, but his partner bails him out with a superb wedge to 4 feet. We walk down to the green and miraculously my shot had cleared the stream and was sitting in the rough 5 yards short of the green. My partner’s chip is again heavy handed, 18 feet past the pin, leaving me another tricky downhiller. The hole is cheekily placed at the top of a tier again, but I can’t trickle it down this time, they are nicely placed below the hole and aren’t going to miss. I make a smooth stroke on the right line, but straight away I know it’s too quick and won’t take the break. It trundles past the hole, looks like it’s going to stop 3 feet past, but keeps edging forward then starts to pick up pace again, catches the slope and rolls 20 feet away down to the bottom tier. My partner can’t make the putt back up the slope and we concede. I’ve just played three poor shots in a row and completely wiped out our momentum. 1 down.

13. 500 yard par 5:
Our opponent finds the right rough and my partner belts his drive up the middle, best drive of the day. The hole is a big dogleg right through an avenue of trees, so they are blocked out on the right hand side and play it across the fairway into the left rough to open up the angle to the green. I try to play a smooth 5 iron to set up an easy pitch in, but again it’s a poor swing and I pull it into the trees. We find it, the pin is on the left protected by a bunker and my partner is planning on chipping out sideways, but I convince him to punch a low chaser that will run up to the right side of the green. He plays it nicely, it runs up the false front, the bottom tier then on to the top tier, but keeps going and finishes a few feet up the bank above the hole. Our opponents meanwhile left their approach short and then chipped to 9 feet. I’ve got a horrendous chip, I need to flop it up with my lob wedge at right angles into the fringe above the hole and then let it curve down to the cup. I play it exactly as I wanted, but it grips unexpectedly and stays in the fringe. Curse these brand new wedges with their grippy grooves! My partner gently taps it down the slope and it races 7 feet past. They have a 9 footer for par and the win but miss, I confidently stroke it in for what feels an important half. 1 down.

14. 500 yard par 5:
This can be an intimidating drive over a valley to an uphill fairway, OOB left, trees right, and I’ve made some poor swings on the previous couple of holes. It becomes more intimidating when my opponent nails his drive up the right side of the fairway. I dig deep and flush my drive up the middle. We both lay up to 80 yards, this is a good yardage for me. I watch my opponent leave his approach short, my ball stalls into the wind, and lands 20 feet short of the pin but safely on the green. They don’t get up and down, and my partner leaves me a 3 foot tap in for the win to square the match again.

15. 320 yard par 4:
My partner hits a solid 4 iron down the right side of the fairway, our opponents follow with a fairway wood, and when we walk down the hill to our balls they are sitting side by side, a couple of feet apart. They go first and put a wedge into the middle of the green. This is classic match play, the pin is right at the back, laser says 100 yards, that’s a full 54 for me. I strike it sweetly, it’s right on line, it drops over the flag, hops forward then disappears over the back of the green! I need my mate to bail me out with a delicate chip, but again he’s heavy handed and it races 40 feet past the hole. I putt it to 4 feet but they lag it safely to reclaim the lead. 1 down.

16. 370 yard par 4:
My opponent nails another drive down the middle – this guy was relentless! – and I hook it into the left rough. We have 180 to go, with big trees in the way. My playing partner wants to punch it safely into the fairway, which will leave me about 140 for my approach. I convince him to hoist a gap wedge over the first tree, it’s not a difficult shot and he plays it fine, leaving me 60 yards to go. Our opponents find the middle of the green. I know what I need to do: a three quarter swing with my 58, it takes a hop forwards, checks, and releases to 4 feet. It’s a flat green with no dramas: they 2 putt, my partner holes a clutch par putt and we move on. 1 down.

17. 170 yard par 3:
The pin is tucked away in the back right corner, and our opponents safely find the left side of the green. My partner pushes it right, pin high but short-sided above the hole. I have a tiny landing target, but with surgical precision I float a lob wedge on to the green above the hole and watch it curve round and finish 5 feet below the hole. Our opponents are below the hole but they have a long putt and race it 8 feet past. They’re not below the hole any more, and it results in a 3 putt. My partner has a putt to square the match, he’s just holed a similar putt on the last, we agree on left edge, nice and smooth… and he bangs it 3 feet past. I haven’t got my putter with me, I need to walk over to my bag to collect it, head in hands, to compose myself. 3 feet steeply downhill to keep the match alive. Tiger used to bang these into the back of the cup. I haven’t got the nerves to do that, but I can’t dribble it at the hole either, it will take the break. I decide to go for a nice smooth pace, standing over the ball this is the ultimate knee knocker, the hole looks tiny, there’s no margin for error, somehow the putter goes straight back, straight through and I hear the joyous sound of the ball rattling into the cup. Phew. 1 down.

18. 410 yard par 4:
Inevitably, my opponent sends another drive right up the middle of the fairway. I strike a decent drive up the right, cutting the dogleg, my opponent congratulates me but as soon as the words have left his mouth my ball kicks right into the right hand rough, blocking our route to the green. My partner tries to punch a low one but it clips an overhanging branch. It’s a long way uphill to the green but our opponents hit a good fairway wood missing the green left but pin high. I have 100 yards to the flag and play a nice 54 wedge, it drifts left a little in the breeze but lands 20 feet from the pin. Now it’s our opponent’s turn to play a tricky chip above the hole: it catches in the fringe and just trickles on to the green. They have a fast curving downhiller and it rolls 6 feet past. Our turn: my partner hits a nice putt but it rolls 4 feet past. They have a 6 footer to win the match, it’s all very tense, he allows too much break and it finishes a foot behind the hole. I have a 4 footer to keep the match going. It’s across the slope, I don’t want to, but I’m going to have to aim outside the hole. There’s people drinking on the terrace outside the clubhouse, others milling around by the car park and practice green, I block it all out, it’s just me and a Pro V1. My palms are so sweaty. I rock my left shoulder back, I feel the left arm come through, it’s over in a second as the ball arcs into the middle of the cup.

All square after 18 holes. Back to the 1st tee. ADAA continuation rule 113-D – sudden death dodgeball!
 
19. 490 yard par 5:
Back here again. Three and a half hours null and void.
My partner pulls his drive, I see it clip a branch then lose the flight. Left is bad, could be lost or OOB. Our opponent pushes his drive out right. Right might be blocked out but it’s safe. The match is starting to take its toll. Luckily, our ball was knocked down by the branch and we see it sitting up in the rough, with a clear route down the hole. Unluckily, there’s a big tree 3 feet behind the ball. If I whip the club away on the inside I can make a swing at it. It’s a risky shot, I’ve really got to come from the inside with the clubface shut, but I decide a half swing with a 5 iron will work and I bunt it 150 yards down the fairway. Our opponents have laid up and then miss the green by a couple of yards front right.
My partner and I debate his approach: the green slopes front to back and he wants to hit a sand wedge to the front that releases to the pin in the middle of the green. I want him to hit gap wedge so it lands pin high, the green is slightly flatter and I’d rather be past the hole putting back up the hill. But I don’t want to put doubt in his mind so I back his sand wedge choice: he plays a nice shot which pitches on the front of the green and stops dead – just what I feared.
Next up are our opponents, only a couple of yards off the green they elect to putt up and over a little shoulder and down to the hole. It hasn’t got the legs and has left them a tricky 6 foot downhiller for par.
My turn: 30 feet down a sheet of glass, I need to lag this up to the hole and put the pressure on our opponents. From above the hole it looks like it goes right, I walk down and from below the hole it looks like it goes left. I decide it's going to break right then break left. I gently send it on its way, about 6 inches outside the left, it drifts back on line, now it’s outside the right. It’s half way there, it’s straightened, it’s rolling so slowly, it’s never going to get there. It’s back on line, but it won’t have the legs. The ball keeps trundling on, it’s getting closer, but now it’s slowly drifting to the left, it’s like watching treacle sliding off a spoon, it’s going to miss left. And then, with it’s last roll, it catches just enough of the left lip and drops for a birdie. Stunned silence. I’m in shock, our opponents are crushed. Smash and grab. My mate bounds over to me to high five. We offer our commiserations to our opponents as we shake hands.
Paraphrasing Alex Ferguson in 1999: golf, bloody hell!
 
Mine is going to be very short. Our ladies foursomes with a new partner getting one shot and we lost on the 17th. Mixed foursomes with HID getting one shot and we won on 17th.
 
sunshine said:
I'm going to do this properly: foursomes knock out at my home club, my partner and I are both off 11, our opponents were off 9 and 12 so we received 1 shot.

1. 490 yard par 5:
My partner starts with a solid drive on this downhill short par 5, pushed a little into the right rough. Opponents find the middle of the fairway then flush a fairway wood on to the front of the green. I have 190 to the front of a green which slopes heavily from front to back. I hit 5 iron, hoping to fly it 180 and chase it on to the green. I strike it well but the ball holds up into the wind and finishes 5 yards short of the green. My partner plays a heavy handed chip that rolls 40 feet past the hole, my putt never gets close to the hole but it doesn’t matter because our opponents 2 putt for birdie to win the hole.

2. 400 yard par 4:
Opponent finds the fairway bunker up the right at 250. I aim more left and pull it slightly into the light rough. My partner hits a 7 iron on to the front of the green and our opponents respond with a superb fairway bunker shot on to the green just past our ball. The pin is right up the back though and this is a treacherous green, so we both 3 putt for the half. All four of us walk off the green thinking that was a missed opportunity.

3. 200 yard par 3:
Opponents leak it right into the bunker, pin high but above the hole. My partner misses the green left but below the hole. Opponent then plays a worldy, delicate flop out of the sand that lands as softly as a butterfly with sore feet and trickles to finish 3 feet from the hole. I want to keep my chip below the hole, I play the shot I wanted but it doesn’t release like I expected. I’ve left my partner a 6 footer for par, he misses, they hole it and we are already 2 down.

4. 340 yard par 4:
Opponent plays a fairway wood into the right rough, I respond with a solid 4 iron up the middle to the corner of the dogleg. My partner safely plays a 9 iron on to the green. Our opponents have missed the green and chipped to 20 feet. I have a 40 foot uphill putt, looks good but rolls 4 feet past. Our opponent then goes and rolls in the 20 footer for par, suddenly my partner has a nervy putt for the half, but he strokes it in and we remain 2 down.

5. 450 yard par 4:
Stroke index 1 – our only shot hole. Our opponent hooks it into the trees in the left rough, and my partner hits a solid shot, just a little pull into the left rough. Our opponent then hits a brilliant fairway wood from the rough, leaving a wedge to the green. I have 200 yards to go to an elevated green ringed by bunkers, I hit a solid 6 iron that takes the bunkers out of play and finishes 20 yards short of the green. My partner doesn’t make it easy with another heavy handed chip that scuttles 20 feet past the flag, but I roll a nice putt to 3 feet, we make a 5 and they can’t match it so we’re back to 1 down.

6. 390 yard par 4:
I flush driver down the middle, opponent follows me. When I get to the ball it’s probably 20 yards shorter than I expected due to the swirling wind, and the wind catches out my partner too as his 9 iron comes up a few yards short. They miss right, above the hole and then chip it down to the bottom of the green, but I don’t hit my putt anywhere near hard enough and we halve the hole. 1 down.

7. 140 yard par 3:
Downhill and downwind, I want my partner to hit PW to the back of the green to take the bunkers out of play, but the green slopes front to back and he wants to play a gap wedge… and finds a bunker. When we get to the ball it’s actually on a narrow tongue of grass protruding into the bunker, it’s nestled down and my chip has no chance of stopping near the flag. My partner putts it to a couple of feet, but our opponents were safely on the green and 2 putt for a par and a win. 2 down again.

8. 520 yard par 5:
Opponent smashes one up the middle, I send it into the right hand rough. We both lay up, I’m left with 155 to the pin, I flush a 7 iron but it holds up into the breeze, lands on the top tier but spins back down to the front of the green. Our opponents find the same part of the green, and we both do well to 2 putt from there for a half.

9. 340 yard par 4:
Our opponent hits a decent drive but it doesn’t have the legs to clear the fairway bunker on the left. My partner then hooks it into the trees, luckily it bounces out into the rough. I have 200 yards to go to an elevated green ringed by bunkers, I’ve already faced this shot on the 5th, so again I hit a solid 6 iron that takes the bunkers out of play and finishes 20 yards short. Except this time it’s a flier and rolls out 195 yards into the front bunker. Our opponents pitch out of the bunker and wedge it on to the middle of the green. My partner is again heavy handed with his chip out of the bunker and it rolls through the green and into the rough. Luckily the lie is good, and I’m able to chip it to 3 feet. They 2 putt and my partner taps in for a half and we remain 2 down at the half way stage.

To be continued...
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With that much effort going into the write up it was clear from the first hole who was going to win. ;)
 
sunshine said:
19. 490 yard par 5:
Back here again. Three and a half hours null and void.
My partner pulls his drive, I see it clip a branch then lose the flight. Left is bad, could be lost or OOB. Our opponent pushes his drive out right. Right might be blocked out but it’s safe. The match is starting to take its toll. Luckily, our ball was knocked down by the branch and we see it sitting up in the rough, with a clear route down the hole. Unluckily, there’s a big tree 3 feet behind the ball. If I whip the club away on the inside I can make a swing at it. It’s a risky shot, I’ve really got to come from the inside with the clubface shut, but I decide a half swing with a 5 iron will work and I bunt it 150 yards down the fairway. Our opponents have laid up and then miss the green by a couple of yards front right.
My partner and I debate his approach: the green slopes front to back and he wants to hit a sand wedge to the front that releases to the pin in the middle of the green. I want him to hit gap wedge so it lands pin high, the green is slightly flatter and I’d rather be past the hole putting back up the hill. But I don’t want to put doubt in his mind so I back his sand wedge choice: he plays a nice shot which pitches on the front of the green and stops dead – just what I feared.
Next up are our opponents, only a couple of yards off the green they elect to putt up and over a little shoulder and down to the hole. It hasn’t got the legs and has left them a tricky 6 foot downhiller for par.
My turn: 30 feet down a sheet of glass, I need to lag this up to the hole and put the pressure on our opponents. From above the hole it looks like it goes right, I walk down and from below the hole it looks like it goes left. I decide it's going to break right then break left. I gently send it on its way, about 6 inches outside the left, it drifts back on line, now it’s outside the right. It’s half way there, it’s straightened, it’s rolling so slowly, it’s never going to get there. It’s back on line, but it won’t have the legs. The ball keeps trundling on, it’s getting closer, but now it’s slowly drifting to the left, it’s like watching treacle sliding off a spoon, it’s going to miss left. And then, with it’s last roll, it catches just enough of the left lip and drops for a birdie. Stunned silence. I’m in shock, our opponents are crushed. Smash and grab. My mate bounds over to me to high five. We offer our commiserations to our opponents as we shake hands.
Paraphrasing Alex Ferguson in 1999: golf, bloody hell!
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Great post . I’m amazed you can remember so much detail, I can barely remember my scores after a round
 
Played a 8 h/c I’m 19, I was never. behind in match , got to 15th 4up.
Had a put to win but 3putted and lost hole , 16th I hooked my ball into sea and lost that hole.

Both played 17 poor and I lost hole.

So walking to 18th tee I had visions of match going down the 1st.

He hit a great long drive I hit a average drive probably 60 yards behind him, I had a shot on this hole so didn’t take the hero shot on as it was over water, played safe and left myself 60 yards to middle of green.

He had around 110 so just a wedge for him but he hit poor shot and left a 25 foot put , I hit a good p/w to 4 feet, his put was outside mine and he conceded.

My take on match, for a 8 h/c he didn’t do himself justice, he was easily out driving me by around 25-60 yards and getting in trouble, I think he could have played without driver and found more fairways and still get farther than me.

What pleased me most was holding it together for the last hole, you hear so often about momentum in sport and my opponent certainly had that for 15th-17th holes.
 
I entered our club's handicap knockout this year. Haven't bothered with it for many years.
Out first round, lost 2 down. Giving 11 shots to someone half my age. Shan't bother again.
 
Rlburnside said:
Played a 8 h/c I’m 19, I was never. behind in match , got to 15th 4up.
Had a put to win but 3putted and lost hole , 16th I hooked my ball into sea and lost that hole.

Both played 17 poor and I lost hole.

So walking to 18th tee I had visions of match going down the 1st.

He hit a great long drive I hit a average drive probably 60 yards behind him, I had a shot on this hole so didn’t take the hero shot on as it was over water, played safe and left myself 60 yards to middle of green.

He had around 110 so just a wedge for him but he hit poor shot and left a 25 foot put , I hit a good p/w to 4 feet, his put was outside mine and he conceded.

My take on match, for a 8 h/c he didn’t do himself justice, he was easily out driving me by around 25-60 yards and getting in trouble, I think he could have played without driver and found more fairways and still get farther than me.

What pleased me most was holding it together for the last hole, you hear so often about momentum in sport and my opponent certainly had that for 15th-17th holes.
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Keeping it together on 18 is very satisfying. Mind you, if I was your opponent I would have tried to hole the 25 footer before conceding.
 
Haven't entered any this year - the joys of having to ferry a junior golfer round all summer. Entered a couple last year but found it left me with very little time for any social golf with mates.

Jamie has played two this week - lost in the foursomes on Tuesday but came back from being 3 down through 9 yesterday in the singles to take his opponent down 4 and 2 winning 7 holes straight.
 
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