Grunt V MikeZone13 - Oatlands GC - Friday 5th September

[Grunt]

NSW Matchplay Semi Final #2

Grunt V Mikezone13

Venue: Oatlands GC

Time: 9:30am

Date: Friday 5th September

1. Grunt 39 points
2. Mikezone13 34 Points

Grunt Won Matchplay 4&2

[Grunt]

Shot 39 points for the Stableford comp too.

[Jarro]

Nice win Grunt

[sms316]

Does this mean Mike got sloppy seconds?

[Grunt]

Well Where do I start? We certainly got dumpped on with the rain during the game.

Mike started off well birdieing the 1st, he was striking irons purely to be 1 under off the stick for the 1st 5 holes. His only problem was I was playing pretty well too. He was only 1 up

I then got a good run of Birdie, Par, Par. All of a sudden I was 2 up.

On the 11th Tee I was 3 up and had a shot, could not convert and Mike won the next 2. I was back to 1 up on the 13th Tee. Mike mistook it for the 14th and attacked his 1st putt as if it had to drop to halve the hole, it missed and gave me a chance to win it. I knocked it in and got another win. I went on to win the 14th to go 3 up on the 15th Tee. We halved the 15th and I was 3 up with 3 to play. The 16th was another hole that I got a shot on and Mike knew it would take a birdie to keep the game going. I got a good shot away and was beside the green in 2. Mike went long and was in the back bunker. He got out and had a 12 foot putt. I chipped on and 2 putted for a 5. Mike missed the Par save and that was it. I won 4 & 2.

[Scottt]

Nice work Grunt. You had some good scores lately...

[Grunt]

Forgot to add the course has some renos happening and greens were sanded. It was tee up thru the green. Holes 4 & 12 were out of play with 2 spare holes in play. Sanded greens were not to bad at all. Teeing up was a little bit of a hassle but both Mike and myself were just pushing the tee right down as if it was not there.

[Scottt]

I f**king hate tee up through the green!

[Grunt]

was that wet it actually stopped casual water being to big a problem.

[Grunt]

Woo Hoo won the Day in a HUGE field,4 players.
A win is a win, Mike got 2nd with 34

[Pinglauncher]

Well done Grant

Must be time for a new set of sticks

[mikezone13]

Woo Hoo won the Day in a HUGE field,4 players.
A win is a win, Mike got 2nd with 34

There you go, my maths was crap, was sure I had 34 but added the card up as 32 in the rain.

As grant said it was fun but WET day.

Here's my call on the day..

1st hole: I win it with a bird
2nd hole: We both miss short par putts for a half
3rd hole: Halved in pars
4th hole: Being renovated
5th hole: The turning point came when I backed my 9 iron up to about 8 feet from the hole and grant hit the tree next to the green and rebounded on to the green and grant drained his putt for a 2, I missed
6th hole: Grant gets a shot but I birdie this one as well to win it
Next hole I can remember me parring it - yet another iron inside 12 feet

SO after 6 holes played I've missed all of 1 green and am 1 under off the stick, but only 1 up, I then 3 putt the next (miss from 2-3 feet) for bogey to lose to grant's up and down par.. grrr, then the rain starts to bucket down and a hole I should definitely win as I'm sitting 2 100m from the pin and grant is lying 4 40m from the flag (with a shot) but my wedge shot plugs in the downslope of the bunker and it takes me 2 to get out so we both score 7's, another silly 3 putt for a bogey and a loss on the next and I'm in serious trouble - the downpour destroyed me.

Overall I had the chance to get ahead early with some great ball striking, but grant kept pace and didn't let me get ahead, from there I got it back to 1 down later in the round but his shots got him home as did a very very solid short game and some silly greens missed with under clubbed wedges (probably the tee up) by me.

Well played grant, good luck in the final!

[Grunt]

Thanks for the game Mike, not sure as we both added it as 32 but thought it was 34. I was going to forget my birdie off the tree, for all the luck off the tree the putt deserved a 2.

[mikezone13]

Thanks for the game Mike, not sure as we both added it as 32 but thought it was 34. I was going to forget my birdie off the tree, for all the luck off the tree the putt deserved a 2.

I think I added it up as 17 on the front when it was actually 19 on the front, was definitely 15 on the back as I only hit 2 or 3 GIR then and as you see in the what did you shoot thread' my putting never recovered after the downpour.

[Grunt]

Wonder how we went in the 2BBB, could be ok seeing as the other 2 did not score that well