Men’s pennant report round 7
Posted on: 21 April
MEN PENNANT REPORT – ROUND 7
YARRA YARRA v. THE NATIONAL at ROYAL MELBOURNE (EAST COURSE)
YARRA YARRA 3 lost to THE NATIONAL 4
No.7 – SHANE FELDMAN (Caddy – Mal Fettes) – After missing the previous fixture due to injury, Shane came back into the team. After bogeys on the first four holes found himself 3 down and immediately behind the eight ball. However as the match wore on, Shane found his best golf to fight back and run out a winner by 2 holes.
WIN – 2 HOLES
No.4 – JARROD HARRIS (Caddy – Geoff Harris) fell behind early and was always playing catch up going down 5 & 3 .
LOSS – 5 & 3
No.3 – DANIEL KRALL played The National’s club captain John D’Apice and despite playing some excellent golf early, faltered in the middle rounds to lose 5 & 3
LOSS 5 & 3
No.2 – BRADLEY HALLAM (Caddy – David Standfield) had a very solid round running out an easy winner 5 & 3
WIN – 5 & 3
No.1 – PHOENIX CAMPBELL (Caddy – Michael Jackson) played Nathan Page in the top billing match. Phoenix held sway all day on the demanding East Course layout to eventual win the 3 &2.
WIN – 3 & 2
With 5 matches decided and Yarra Yarra holding a 3 / 2 advantage it was down to the final two matches, that were both destined to go down to the wire.
A situation that YYGC had already found itself in , on no less than 3 occasions in the previous 6 matches of the season, all resulting in heartbreaking defeat.
No.6 – RILEY STEVENS (Caddy – David Collett) – Having fallen behind early and 2 down at the turn, Riley fought back to be square going down 17. An errant drive followed by a chip out and a great recovery to par and half the hole, saw the combatants head to the 18th all square. Riley’s tee shot was again wayward, and unable to locate the ball, a provisional was required, which proved to be too bigger start, narrowly going down.
LOSS – 1 HOLE
So the match, the season, relegation or not came down to the final match to be decided for the season.
No.5 – IAN SUSIC (Caddy – Ross Mathieson) – Ian and young Sam Bakes had a titanic struggle all match. The match was all square at the turn, before Sam took the lead extending it to two up with two holes to play. On 17, Ian hit a superb approach shot to a metre and canned the birdie putt to reduce the margin to one down with one hole to play. An excellent drive by Ian matched by his opponent on the long par 5 finishing hole. A lengthy wait ensued as the previous match was decided. Ian was 220 metres out and hit his second to a metre and a half of the pin, a brilliant shot, that won the hole and took the match to extra holes. The first extra hole a par 4 dogleg to the right, saw Ian pull his tee shot into the rough and tee tree left of the fairway, while his opponent hit his drive down the middle. Ian’s second found the front bunker, a super result from where he was, however his opponent hit a wonderful approach shot to 70cm from the pin. Ian’s only hope now was to hole the bunker shot to force the match down the 20th. Ian hit a fabulous bunker shot to 15 cm of the pin. His opponent sank the short putt to send the YYGC Men Pennant team out of division one.
On behalf of Rob Draper & Rob Krall, I would like to thank the playing group, the caddies & the supporters for giving it their best. It is a difficult pill to swallow, given the 4 losses by the narrowest of margins in only a 7 match season.
Report by,
Milton Hammon
