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2025 knock out matches - tales of death or glory

My wife and I won the club's inaugural mixed greensomes knockout a little while back. Won't bore you with a hole by hole commentary, but we were 2 down with 2 to play and thought we were dead and buried. Then we won 17, 18 and the first playoff hole 😃 (Or to be more accurate, our opponents lost them. Neither side covered itself in glory).
 
It’s the 2nd round of our Winter Knockout we have both had bye’s in the first round. Off the Silver Tees I am getting 5 shots from my opponent C (12 vs 7), we are starting on the 10th due to a Halloween comp for the women’s section, there are a number Witches and Pumpkin outfits being worn on the putting green.

10th Hole Par 3 – Need to carry 180 yds to avoid the wrap around bunker guarding the front and right side of the green. I have the honour first shot of the day so I club up but didn’t need to I catch it nicely and the ball finishes back left leaving a 45ft putt. C scuffs one off the tee 20 yds, which stops just before the heather that runs the full length of the hole. C plays his 2nd to 25 ft and we both 2 putt but I take the hole (1 Up)

11th Hole Par 4 – I pull my drive a bit and just escape being in the heather but he is miles down the fairway. I play a hybrid and miss the green just left but I am short sided on the pin. C scuffs his shot and comes up a bit short. He knocks his 3rd to 2ft, and I get up and down to half the hole (1 Up)

12th Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole! I hit the fairway and C pulls it left, I lay up to about 60yds but C hits the trees and then leaves it short after finding a horrific lie under it. I play up onto the green to about 20ft and he concedes (2up)

13th Hole Par 4 – I hit the fairway leaving a 9 iron in, he pulls it left into a heather bank on the left, but it’s in GUR so he gets a nice drop and finds the green. I pull my shot into a bunker and narrowly fail to get up and down. He two putts for the hole (1 Up)

14th Hole Par 4 – Shot hole! We both hit the fairway. I pull my 2nd left but he is on the green. He 2 putts and I once again fail to get up and down but it’s a half. (1 Up)

15th Hole Par 3 – Both hit solid shots to the green to 20ft and then 2 putt. Half (1 Up)

16th Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole. I hit two good shots for me to have cleared the rough that splits the fairway and have about 40yds in. C has hit the fairway and pushed a bit right of the green and is pin high. I punch it in to about 30 ft and then knock close enough. C’s shot on lands about a foot short of where it needed to and only trickles onto the green, leaving a 15ft putt with plenty of break which he holes for the half (1 Up)

17th Hole Par 5 – 2 good shots leave me a 9 iron in from the middle of the fairway. C has some fun down the left of the fairway with the trees but is in the greenside bunker for 3. I shank my 9 iron! Then chip onto about 15ft. C comes out of the bunker but it’s got to much on it and rolls down the slope off back. I two putt and he gets up and down so hole halved (1 Up)

18th Hole Par 4 – 2 good shots and I am on the front of the green, the Pin however is at the back. C has gone left and has a bit of tree interference on the 2nd shot which causes him problems. His 3rd shot goes about 20yds over the back of the green and finds the practice green. I putt up and he fails to get up and down and concedes (2 up)

1st Hole Par 3 – We both miss the green but he gets’ up and down and I don’t. (1 Up)

2nd Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole I hit two good shots and then try a punch in a 9 iron, I’ve shanked it again! Despite once again going left off the tee this time C has avoided the trees and hit the green. He 2 putts and I get up and down (1 Up)

3rd Hole Par 5 – We both hit decent drives but I am giving up 30 yds. My 5w second finds the fairway but his 8 iron goes in the water. In explicably I top my 3rd. After everything we are both eventually on in 4 and halve in 6’s. (1 Up)

4th Hole Par 4 – I hit the fairway and leave myself a 9 iron to the green he is on the green in two. I hit a monster pull about 25 yds left of my target, and my putt for 4 lips out. C makes his 4 and is back level. (A/S)

5th Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole! I find the fairway again but C hit’s a big slice into the trees. We are both on the green for 3, C misses a 40ft putt by inches for a 4 and I lag one to 6 inches for the win. (1 Up)

6th Hole Par 4 – I find the fairway, but C hits a monster that goes over the hill and he’s about a 90yds ahead of me but just off the fairway. I hit my second left but pin high sadly there is a bunker in between my ball and the pin. C in explicably leaves his approach in the front bunker. C play’s a great shot down the length of the green to 6ft. I hit a superb flop shot over the bunker to 8ft and we both hole our putts (1 Up)

7th Hole Par 4 – We both 2 good shots and are on the green. I’m at the back 30 ft from the pin he is at the front 25ft away. I play first and blast my putt 20 ft past, C then blasts his 12ft past. I then play it safe and only knock it 7ft past the hole. What is going with this green? Eventually C takes 2 more putts but I knock mine in and we halve the hole (1 Up).

8th Hole Par 3 – I cut one in to a tricky pin hidden behind a bunker. The ball pitches and spins right off the upper tier of the green down onto the lower tier. C hit’s a solid shot but is on the upper tier leaving him 15 ft down a slope with a fair amount of break, be putts to 2ft, but I’ve got 6ft for a birdie and the match. The putt goes in dead centre. (Won 2&1)

I actually, played well off the tee only missing 2 fairways all day and then not by much, the 9 iron has had a very strong talking to and needs to up it’s game for the weekend.
 
HampshireHog said:
It’s the 2nd round of our Winter Knockout we have both had bye’s in the first round. Off the Silver Tees I am getting 5 shots from my opponent C (12 vs 7), we are starting on the 10th due to a Halloween comp for the women’s section, there are a number Witches and Pumpkin outfits being worn on the putting green.

10th Hole Par 3 – Need to carry 180 yds to avoid the wrap around bunker guarding the front and right side of the green. I have the honour first shot of the day so I club up but didn’t need to I catch it nicely and the ball finishes back left leaving a 45ft putt. C scuffs one off the tee 20 yds, which stops just before the heather that runs the full length of the hole. C plays his 2nd to 25 ft and we both 2 putt but I take the hole (1 Up)

11th Hole Par 4 – I pull my drive a bit and just escape being in the heather but he is miles down the fairway. I play a hybrid and miss the green just left but I am short sided on the pin. C scuffs his shot and comes up a bit short. He knocks his 3rd to 2ft, and I get up and down to half the hole (1 Up)

12th Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole! I hit the fairway and C pulls it left, I lay up to about 60yds but C hits the trees and then leaves it short after finding a horrific lie under it. I play up onto the green to about 20ft and he concedes (2up)

13th Hole Par 4 – I hit the fairway leaving a 9 iron in, he pulls it left into a heather bank on the left, but it’s in GUR so he gets a nice drop and finds the green. I pull my shot into a bunker and narrowly fail to get up and down. He two putts for the hole (1 Up)

14th Hole Par 4 – Shot hole! We both hit the fairway. I pull my 2nd left but he is on the green. He 2 putts and I once again fail to get up and down but it’s a half. (1 Up)

15th Hole Par 3 – Both hit solid shots to the green to 20ft and then 2 putt. Half (1 Up)

16th Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole. I hit two good shots for me to have cleared the rough that splits the fairway and have about 40yds in. C has hit the fairway and pushed a bit right of the green and is pin high. I punch it in to about 30 ft and then knock close enough. C’s shot on lands about a foot short of where it needed to and only trickles onto the green, leaving a 15ft putt with plenty of break which he holes for the half (1 Up)

17th Hole Par 5 – 2 good shots leave me a 9 iron in from the middle of the fairway. C has some fun down the left of the fairway with the trees but is in the greenside bunker for 3. I shank my 9 iron! Then chip onto about 15ft. C comes out of the bunker but it’s got to much on it and rolls down the slope off back. I two putt and he gets up and down so hole halved (1 Up)

18th Hole Par 4 – 2 good shots and I am on the front of the green, the Pin however is at the back. C has gone left and has a bit of tree interference on the 2nd shot which causes him problems. His 3rd shot goes about 20yds over the back of the green and finds the practice green. I putt up and he fails to get up and down and concedes (2 up)

1st Hole Par 3 – We both miss the green but he gets’ up and down and I don’t. (1 Up)

2nd Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole I hit two good shots and then try a punch in a 9 iron, I’ve shanked it again! Despite once again going left off the tee this time C has avoided the trees and hit the green. He 2 putts and I get up and down (1 Up)

3rd Hole Par 5 – We both hit decent drives but I am giving up 30 yds. My 5w second finds the fairway but his 8 iron goes in the water. In explicably I top my 3rd. After everything we are both eventually on in 4 and halve in 6’s. (1 Up)

4th Hole Par 4 – I hit the fairway and leave myself a 9 iron to the green he is on the green in two. I hit a monster pull about 25 yds left of my target, and my putt for 4 lips out. C makes his 4 and is back level. (A/S)

5th Hole Par 4 – Shot Hole! I find the fairway again but C hit’s a big slice into the trees. We are both on the green for 3, C misses a 40ft putt by inches for a 4 and I lag one to 6 inches for the win. (1 Up)

6th Hole Par 4 – I find the fairway, but C hits a monster that goes over the hill and he’s about a 90yds ahead of me but just off the fairway. I hit my second left but pin high sadly there is a bunker in between my ball and the pin. C in explicably leaves his approach in the front bunker. C play’s a great shot down the length of the green to 6ft. I hit a superb flop shot over the bunker to 8ft and we both hole our putts (1 Up)

7th Hole Par 4 – We both 2 good shots and are on the green. I’m at the back 30 ft from the pin he is at the front 25ft away. I play first and blast my putt 20 ft past, C then blasts his 12ft past. I then play it safe and only knock it 7ft past the hole. What is going with this green? Eventually C takes 2 more putts but I knock mine in and we halve the hole (1 Up).

8th Hole Par 3 – I cut one in to a tricky pin hidden behind a bunker. The ball pitches and spins right off the upper tier of the green down onto the lower tier. C hit’s a solid shot but is on the upper tier leaving him 15 ft down a slope with a fair amount of break, be putts to 2ft, but I’ve got 6ft for a birdie and the match. The putt goes in dead centre. (Won 2&1)

I actually, played well off the tee only missing 2 fairways all day and then not by much, the 9 iron has had a very strong talking to and needs to up it’s game for the weekend.
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Well played. If you never score worse than bogey you are always in the hole.

I’m similar handicap to you and it’s the double bogeys which gift the hole to your opponent and lose the match.
 
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