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And it was. When we counted up the handicap differences, we calculated that the Lawrences had to give the Mortlocks nine shots, or one on every other hole. This was not going to make life easy for us... Fortunately, on the front 9 of the New Course, we were very steady both hitting fairways and Mrs Lawrence holing every putt that she was given. At the same time, our opponents were a bit more wayward off the tee and also found the sand a few times.
Had it not been for a miraculous up and down on the 7th by Mrs M, the whole match could essentially have been done and dusted by half time: as it was, we were 5 holes up at the turn and things were looking good. But it was not to stay that way... Our opponents had 5 holes with a shot their way on the back 9 and they both discovered their drives off the tee, whilst at the same time, nerves began to play their part and both Mr and Mrs L found a ditch off the tee on holes 14 and 15 respectively.
By the time we came to the 16th tee, there was only one hole in it and things were definitely getting tense! On both of the next holes, we found ourselves on the back foot but just managed to squeeze a half on each as the dew started to settle and the greens slowed down. This took us to the 18th, one hole up and it ws definietly starting to get darker and hard to see the ball.
Before we teed off, we agreed that were the match to be all square after the 18th then we would have to come back on another day to finish the game as there wouldn't be time to play the extra hole(s) required. As things turned out, the Captain found the middle of the green off the tee on the last and this proved to be enough to halve the hole and thereby win the match by just one up.
The consequence of all of this: Mrs L made Mr L promise that he would never convince her to enter the competition again...
Congratulations!! A win is a win and a close finish is good for your game!!
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