Matchplay results report July 2012 for Doubles

N. Tyley/R.Berg Vs K. Entekhabi/S. Sturm (3&1)
after playing the round in Spillern we ended up square but Neil had to leave on duty travel so we decided to go back another time to Süssenbrunn and play 9 holes and afterwards sudden death! Friday, 15.6., we went out at beautiful weather(in comparison to the other rounds before!) and were fighting  back and for - square, 1 up, 2up, 1 down...sorry for my poore English, by time I will also get used to this.... and decided the game on hole number 8 - 3up and 1 hole to go! We had a fun round and enjoyed our cool drinks afterwards in the club house, thanks to Neil who had a girlie on the first hole .....

G. Dupuy/A. Reepmayer Vs J. Carter/P. Gazzola (2&1)
Team AReepmeyer/GDupuy faced off against team PGazzola/JCarter for a balmy twilight match at GC Spillern last night. In spite of Gazzola/Carter working the match to all square at the turn and Pari’s draining a 50m birdie putt on 15 to get to within 1, Reepmeyer/Dupuy managed to hang on with a timely mix of par and net par saves on the back to ultimately take the match 2-and-1. It was nearly 9pm by the finish so we had to postpone the 19th this time, but I’ve got next rounds. Tight match and lots of fun, thanks everybody.

V. Guenwald/P Zachry Vs Norris/Norris (5&4)
The match took place at Schoenfeld on a balmy Wednesday afternoon. The team of Norris /Norris was all business from the start. Zachry/Gruenwald took an early lead, but the Norris team never gave in and continued to win or push holes frequent enough to  make the outcome unpredictable. It was not until Zachry/Gruenwald gained some momentum on a run of holes in the back 9 that the likely outcome became predictable. Still,  the Norris team fought hard, hitting some beautiful golf shots and fighting till the end. Zachry/Gruenwald eventually closed out the match 5&4 at approximately 20:15 in the evening. Hats off to both teams for their competitive spirit, golf etiquette and good play.

David Hatt & David Jenkins Vs Tim LeMay & Jae Sung Lee – one up
Süssenbrunn, Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Fight in the Twilight“
Problems in finding date on which all parties could come together threatened to consign this match to the dreaded coin toss.  Eventually, however, it was agreed the match could take place on 19 June, at Süssenbrunn, at 18,30, to be played over 12 holes.

The handicap differential gave the Davids a stroke on the first and eighth holes and things looked bad for them when they promptly lost the first.  They recovered, however, well enough to make the match all square at the turn.

Light was fading fast as the two pairs set off to play the last 3 holes.  The 10th was halved and by this time it was, for once, not only David J. who had problems on seeing the ball.  The Davids managed to win the 11th and there was much speculation as to what would happen if the match ended all square (to play on for a “sudden death” finish would have been impossible in these light conditions).

The 12th was halved, however, thus resulting in a win for the Davids and sparing the match organizers from the headache of deciding what to do had the match been tied.  (They may wish to consider how such cases should be handled if they arise in future.)

Many thanks, Tim and Jae, for a most enjoyable round and a very closely fought match.