Crow
Crow Person
Well done in making the final Rick!
You'll probably not read this until after the final but good luck anyway. :thup:
You'll probably not read this until after the final but good luck anyway. :thup:
Into semis of club scratch champs tomorrow.
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Hendo007
Challenge Tour Pro
Yeah I seen on bookface that he has made the final.
Play well Rick and all the best.
Play well Rick and all the best.
BTatHome
Tour Winner
Pics on twitter, show him as runner-up 
Unlucky Rick, good show to make the final though !
Unlucky Rick, good show to make the final though !
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Unlucky Rick !
I'm guessing they don't have a "medal" type club champs there ?
I'm guessing they don't have a "medal" type club champs there ?
RW1986
Head Pro
Unlucky bud. Happy birthday though!!
PNWokingham
Journeyman Pro
Great effort Rick 
chrisd
Major Champion
Well done Rick
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
Well done for making the final, but sorry you didn't win.
Obviously losing the fiver to me on Friday weighed heavy over the weekend!
Obviously losing the fiver to me on Friday weighed heavy over the weekend!
louise_a
Money List Winner
Great effort Rick!
Blue in Munich
Crocked Professional Yeti Impersonator
Hard lines mate, better luck next year.
rickg
Money List Winner
Thanks for all the good luck wishes folks... :thup:
Well as already reported, I won my semi final in the morning. A great game against a 20 year old long hitter who played off 4 in his earlier days and will probably get down to 1 or 2 now he's come back to the game after a break of a couple of years. a very tight match all the way round but I was never down and closed it out on the 16th......
As in the 1/4 final, my putter was on fire and I holed a mile of putts.
Into the final in the afternoon, and the shock in the other draw was that the firm favourite had been beaten 5&4!! So my opponent was a wily old campaigner who was a former county champion.
Again my putter was the difference and twice I went 2 up after some great birdies before giving them back in consecutive holes each time.
We had a good crowd following us round and were still all square going down 16 where he produced a piece of magic from off the green to get up and down and win the hole going ahead for the first time.
The 17th is a short par 3 and he stuck it to 6 feet and I was on the green but 40 feet away. I got the line right but forgot to hit the putt and it came up 15 feet short!!
I thought the match was going to fizzle out there, but once again the magic stick came to my rescue and I drained the par putt. He missed the birdie so off down the par 5 18th we went.
2 good drives in the middle of the fairway but I knew I had to win the hole so tried to get it close and in doing so pulled my second into the rough. He was in the middle of the fairway and all I could do was hack out. He then gave me a glimmer of a chance when he found the green side bunker. I was now kicking myself for the earlier aggressive approach, as a 5 would have seen us go down the 1st.
As it was, a half in 6 and we shook hands.
I was physically and emotionally drained and the realisation slowly sunk in that I'd missed up on a great chance to get my name on the first ever club championship board by the tiniest of margins.
However, when I look back in time it will be with pride that I managed to put some great rounds together and was involved in an epic battle that gave the crowds a lot of excitement.
At the presentation, the club even had a cake for me, a nice bottle of red and a birthday card signed by all the staff with some lovely comments.
My opponent made a very emotional speech and you could see it clearly meant a lot to him.
A great day that I will look back on with a lot of fond memories.
Well as already reported, I won my semi final in the morning. A great game against a 20 year old long hitter who played off 4 in his earlier days and will probably get down to 1 or 2 now he's come back to the game after a break of a couple of years. a very tight match all the way round but I was never down and closed it out on the 16th......
As in the 1/4 final, my putter was on fire and I holed a mile of putts.
Into the final in the afternoon, and the shock in the other draw was that the firm favourite had been beaten 5&4!! So my opponent was a wily old campaigner who was a former county champion.
Again my putter was the difference and twice I went 2 up after some great birdies before giving them back in consecutive holes each time.
We had a good crowd following us round and were still all square going down 16 where he produced a piece of magic from off the green to get up and down and win the hole going ahead for the first time.
The 17th is a short par 3 and he stuck it to 6 feet and I was on the green but 40 feet away. I got the line right but forgot to hit the putt and it came up 15 feet short!!
I thought the match was going to fizzle out there, but once again the magic stick came to my rescue and I drained the par putt. He missed the birdie so off down the par 5 18th we went.
2 good drives in the middle of the fairway but I knew I had to win the hole so tried to get it close and in doing so pulled my second into the rough. He was in the middle of the fairway and all I could do was hack out. He then gave me a glimmer of a chance when he found the green side bunker. I was now kicking myself for the earlier aggressive approach, as a 5 would have seen us go down the 1st.
As it was, a half in 6 and we shook hands.
I was physically and emotionally drained and the realisation slowly sunk in that I'd missed up on a great chance to get my name on the first ever club championship board by the tiniest of margins.
However, when I look back in time it will be with pride that I managed to put some great rounds together and was involved in an epic battle that gave the crowds a lot of excitement.
At the presentation, the club even had a cake for me, a nice bottle of red and a birthday card signed by all the staff with some lovely comments.
My opponent made a very emotional speech and you could see it clearly meant a lot to him.
A great day that I will look back on with a lot of fond memories.
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duncan mackie
Money List Winner
no wonder your golf's come on so much over the recent period if you can see things this clearly!
you can only do your best - and it sounds like you did exactly that in all aspects of this competition; you may well win it another day
:thup:
Crow
Crow Person
Great effort Rick, sounds like it was a thriller, hope you've got no golf on today so you can recover....
Doon frae Troon
Ryder Cup Winner
Magic day that you will remember for the rest of your life [especially that 2nd at the 18th!]
Well done and a great effort.
This time next year you could be ...........
Well done and a great effort.
This time next year you could be ...........
rickg
Money List Winner
Some photos of the weekend.....
Presentation table.....semi final opponent.....finalists and club owners.....runner up presentation.......amazing Paella the club put on for us......my birthday pressies and card
Presentation table.....semi final opponent.....finalists and club owners.....runner up presentation.......amazing Paella the club put on for us......my birthday pressies and card
FairwayDodger
Money List Winner
Great effort Rick, sounds like that last hole will bug you for a while but, as they say, hindsight is 20/20 - you had to go for it.
And there's always next year!
And there's always next year!
Rooter
Money List Winner
Awesome, looks like you had a fab day Rick! Lovely touch from the club re card and wine etc!
rickg
Money List Winner
virtuocity
Tour Winner
Lovely stuff rick and seriously good golf this year.
Alex1975
Tour Winner
Great job Rick and Happy Birthday!
