Well, my previous day's forebodings proved to be not totally unfounded: yesterday's boxing started late and this meant that anyone who stayed up to watch had a short night, a very short night! Not a problem unless you also had a tee-time at 0830 the next morning. Which my partner did. A rushed coffee and a takeaway bacon sarnie ingested, the game started and we were very ragged for the first 7 holes. Our opposition, John and David, cruised into a three hole lead and all was looking a bit uphill.
Matchplay is, IMHO, the purest form of golf and, as we all know, this means that the game isn't over until it's over. Mike and I finally got our act together, playing the final 12 holes in one over par, and steadily we hauled back the opposition until by the time we were on the 18th tee, the match was all square. This is the third time we have played these Captain & Pro Challenge matches and also the third time that we have been level going into the final hole: great fun!
On this occasion, we managed to make a par on the last, which proved to be enough and we came away the victors by 1 up. All had enjoyed it: the course had been empty for us (had everyone watched the boxing?) and the rain held off, so what mnore could you have wanted on a Sunday morning, apart from the pints of Youngs and Amstel that followed that is...
Most of the evening was spent watching the World Matchplay: as I type this, Rory has just seen his 4 shot hole lead reduce to 2 and very nearly to 1 (see above comments on it not being over until the last hole). I am not sure that I shall last until the end of this match, but I do believe that our Northern Irish world No.1 will add another trophy to his shelf tonight...
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