- November 10th - MIKE'S
REMARKABLE RECOVERY
- Up from the floor to trounce all opposition.
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- A wonderful Autumn morning, but there were glum looks on
the faces of theBaxter boys in the Brent Valley car park which
displayed "Course Closed" notices. However, their patient
mingling was rewarded, as they were allowed to press on with
the Winter Matchplay league.
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- No one was more desperate than Mike, who was left reeling
from Dave's drive on the second. Laying on the floor with a suspected
broken ankle, his only thought was to get up and play the round.
When he finally found his feet, his par on the first signalled
that Con was up for a drubbing. This turned out to be the case,
as Mike scored another five pars and his season's best score
of 88. Nine shots clear of the field and a 4 & 3 victory
in the matchplay.
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- Dave, meanwhile, breathed a sigh of relief as Mike's success
meant that he escaped a law-suit and Steve's second half stumble
meant that he managed a last-gasp victory to keep his league
hopes alive.
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- In the third match, Geoff's compassion weighed heavily, as
he not only had to witness Mike's pain but had to play against
Tony whose back was increasingly giving him gip! The early stages
were cut and thrust, but three in a row for tony suddenly had
him in the driving seat after ten. Four over par on eleven followed
by triple-bogey on twelve, suddenly brought the game alive. With
Geoff getting another two in a row, the match was level with
two to go. In the end, Tony fell foul of a lost ball ( one of
many) on the last, as Geoff managed his second tie of the series.
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- With many lost balls, the scores were high, only Alan with
four pars and Dave who was the only player to avoid worse than
triple-bogey managed to get anywhere near Mike's sub-90 performance.
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|
Con |
Mike |
Match |
Geoff |
Tony |
Match |
Dave |
Steve |
Match |
Alan |
1 |
8 |
4* |
M+1 |
6 |
5 |
T+1 |
5 |
5 |
level |
5 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
M+1 |
8 |
10 |
level |
6 |
5 |
S+1 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
4* |
M+2 |
6 |
5 |
T+1 |
6 |
5 |
S+2 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
M+2 |
5 |
6 |
level |
4 |
4 |
S+2 |
3* |
5 |
7 |
6 |
M+3 |
7 |
6 |
T+1 |
7 |
6 |
S+3 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
M+3 |
8 |
8 |
T+2 |
5 |
8 |
S+2 |
10 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
M+3 |
5 |
7 |
T+1 |
4 |
3* |
S+3 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
4* |
M+4 |
6 |
4* |
T+2 |
6 |
8 |
S+2 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
M+3 |
8 |
5 |
T+3 |
6 |
7 |
S+1 |
4* |
10 |
6 |
4* |
M+4 |
9 |
5 |
T+4 |
6 |
6 |
S+1 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
M+3 |
6 |
8 |
T+3 |
4* |
5 |
level |
4* |
12 |
6 |
3* |
M+3 |
4 |
6 |
T+2 |
5 |
5 |
level |
6 |
13 |
5 |
3* |
M+4 |
6 |
6 |
T+2 |
5 |
9 |
D+1 |
4 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
M+3 |
7 |
8 |
T+2 |
6 |
6 |
D+1 |
5 |
15 |
8 |
6 |
M+4 |
5 |
6 |
T+1 |
5 |
6 |
D+2 |
5 |
16 |
5 |
4 |
|
5 |
6 |
level |
5 |
4 |
D+1 |
3* |
17 |
6 |
9 |
|
7 |
5 |
T+1 |
7 |
5 |
level |
6 |
18 |
8 |
5 |
|
6 |
7 |
level |
5 |
7 |
D+1 |
6 |
in |
59 |
45 |
Mike |
55 |
57 |
Geoff |
48 |
53 |
Dave |
46 |
out |
52 |
43 |
wins |
59 |
56 |
Tony |
49 |
51 |
wins |
53 |
total |
111 |
88 |
4&3 |
114 |
113 |
draw |
97 |
104 |
+1 |
99 |
net |
93 |
70 |
|
92 |
88 |
|
76 |
85 |
|
81 |
stab |
15 |
34 |
|
15 |
19 |
|
27 |
23 |
|
27 |
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