Crappy round leads to 2nd round Matchplay loss
July 6th, 2008 by Doogs
Played the second round of the Herald Sun Matchplay today. Drawn to play Rick, we decided to play at his home club – Yarra Valley Country Club. My preparation was poor having only swung a club once since the last game. Yarra Valley is a small 9 hole course in Bulleen and as I quickly found out, is very tight and the track rating was Slow to Dead, which summed up my game.
Rick was also playing average golf so I actually found myself 2 up after 6 holes which rapidly came back to even par after I hacked the next 2 holes. The 9th was halved so we went to the turn even. Was having huge problems with the wet fairways, my fat shots were taking huge divots and trashing my approaches and chips. This saw me lose 10,11 and 12 and suddenly it was looking all over. I managed to win 13 and 14 to create a glimmer of hope, and give Rick something to think about, but after halving the 15th, my short game let me down and Rick won the 16th to go two up with two to play.
I had come from two down last round, but it wasnt to be and Rick took the game 3 and 1. The third year in a row that Ive been bundled out in the second round! Back to the driving range and a lesson with Wayne !
