Last night was the completion of the Middle School Match Play tournament and the end of the season. Again, there were two 6-hole rounds.
As told by Jacob:
First 6-hole match: I played an 8th grader named Jon who was left-handed. I won the first hole, 13, with a par. He won 14 and 15. On 16, I stuck my drive (my hybrid) 10 feet from the hole. I made that putt to win the hole. 17 was not a good hole for me. I had some water trouble with a lake in the middle of the fairway. Lucky for me, John had a rough time in the woods and we both maxed the hole with an 8. All-square going to the final hole. Jon crushed his drive and parred the hole. I had a 8 foot putt for par but barely missed it. On to the next match.
Second match: I played a kid named Brandt who I've beaten before. He won the first hole, hole 1, then a par gave me a win on the second. We tied the third. But an uphill putt with a break to the left on 4 cost me the hole. 5 is a par 5 and Brandt made a par and I bogeyed. The two of us now can both say we've won against each other! :)
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| Waiting to tee off amidst kids two and three years older than him |
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| Not too hot in May but still need a drink |
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| I'm my own caddy walking to my ball |
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| My 3 wood |
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| Walking the fairway |
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| Marking my ball for a putt I later made |
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| Waiting for my opponent to hit |
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| Used my putter just off the green |
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| Watching the ball |
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| Came up a little short |
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| Hole 16 |
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| Took advantage of a chance to sit and rest |
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| Made this 10 foot putt to birdie the hole |
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| The last hole - missing this putt could cost me the match |
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| Broke to the left |
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| Disappointed I missed that putt and gave John a chance to win, which he did |
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| In my backswing, all the way back |
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| Contact with the ball |
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| Follow through and watch where it goes |
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| A 10-foot putt I could tell was going in so I started walking toward it to get it out of the hole! |
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| Still walking... |
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| In my pocket it goes |
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| Waiting for the group ahead of us to leave the green |
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| A chip on 4 for birdie |
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| In the air, I knew it was too far to the right |
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| It lands too far right... |
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| and stops a few feet from the hole. This is the putt I missed that made me down one. |
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| Adjusting my sleeve, a habit for a good swing |
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| Addressing the ball |
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| Clubface is straight, went right down the middle of the fairway |
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| Starting to look where the ball went |
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| "Please be good!" |
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| Approach shot onto the green |
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| Reading an important putt |
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| See it start going left |
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| And it stops left of the hole |
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| The match ends with him 2 up with 1 to play |
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| Saying "good match" |
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| Receiving a plaque for the top 16 from the year |
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| My first middle school golf year has ended. |
