MONTHLY MATCHPLAY - JAN07

Date: 27.01.07
Players: Col Jones
Anish Patel (received 9 shots)
Alex Hammersley
Neil Ranscombe (received 9 shots)

Game: Matchplay

Weather: Clear, light breeze.

Game Stats:

Hole Won Score Winning Score

1. C&A +1 4
2. A&N E 6
3. HALVED E 4
4. C&A +1 4
5. HALVED +1 4
6. C&A +2 4
7. A&N +1 3
8. A&N E 5
9. C&A +1 5
10. HALVED +1 7
11. C&A +2 4
12. C&A +3 4
13. C&A +4 4
14. C&A +5 3
15. MATCH WON: C&A WON5&4

You could feel the nerves on the first tee as the four gladiators got their drives away, although the crowd were disappointed to see Alex only selecting a five iron to start proceedings.

C&A got off to a flyer with a par four only to be pegged back on the 2nd as they both drove into trouble off the tee.

The 3rd saw both teams score bogey but it was enough for a well earned half.

C&A went on a run of three straight pars from the 4th to the 6th and extended their lead to 2up. Colin was heard to say to his partner 'let's turn the screw' on the short walk to the par three 7th only for Alex to knock his seven iron to 5 feet and take the hole. The straight forward 8th was also taken by A&N with Neil using his extra shot to great effect.

AK Patel, who had been slowly finding his swing, got it together going down the par five 9th to ensure that C&A went through the turn at 1up.

The energy sapping 10th was split between the two sides in a poor seven.

The game then took a decisive turn as C&A both got their drives away down the difficult 11th with Colin getting up and down to take the hole in par.

It was at this stage that C&A seemed to get a second wind and were determind not to let the 2up advantage slip again. The dog legged 12th and 13th provided a great spectacle for the crowd with the pin being peperred by all four players. C&A's putting was the telling factor as they took both holes and took the score 4up with five to play.

At the par three 14th both Neil and Alex hit the green but as on earlier greens both failed to get down in two leaving the door wide open for Colin to settle the game with a par three. C&A won 5&4 which would have never have been considered possible at the hal way point.

Both teams seemed to enjoy the next few holes thus completing a very enjoyable round of golf.

The next game is due in Feb07 and Pineridge has been penciled in as the venue.