Stood on the 16th tee though, we were still two down but Shaun was in trouble off the tee in the right-hand bunker and Steve hit two balls so far right they would have nearly been in Mappleton! Dave and I had both hit great tee shots long and both on the fairway. With Steve out of the hole, Shaun had to try and make his shot count so just played out of the bunker down towards the mounds. A terrible third shot from him though which finished across near the 17th competition tee, and I thought we had them as both Dave and myself were looking at making birdies. Shaun though somehow found a shot to the green Phil Mickelson would have been proud of and he made his five nett four, and managed to get a half. On to the 17th, we went and with a three putt from Shaun and Steve doing similar we went to the 18th one down. With them both on shots, we somehow needed to make a birdie. We couldn’t manage to do this though, so in the end we finished one down. A great game though with plenty of laughs and banter all the way round. They both made a very generous donation to the Captains Charity too. Here is a picture of them in the car park after they had beaten us. Great photo bomb by Mark Snape too!

As mentioned before the sheet for the matches with available dates is in the gents locker room. Dave has added another interest this year with ‘Animal Tags’ We shall explain these on the 1st tee of our matches but have a word with Steve as he nearly had them all at one point in our match!