In a closely fought and exciting semi final which had it's share of twists and turns Alex and Michael produced golf that would have been worthy of a final. After 3 holes were halved the next 4 were exchanged before Alex won 8 & 9 to turn 2 up but defending champion then birdied the next 3 holes to take the lead. 13 was halved and Alex squared the match on 14. A great approach shot on 15 made Alex favourite but a missed putt left the match all square and on 16 another great approach shot by Alex was bettered by Michael and in true match play style Alex holed out and Michael's putt lipped out. Alex's tee shot on 17 was just short left and Michael finished a bit long right of the green and his chip ran 15ft beyond the hole leaving Alex 2 putts to win which he managed to convert making him the youngest ever Gents club championship finalist and will play Rory Tinker in next weeks final. In this form Alex can go into the final full of confidence, his iron play tonight was sublime and a repeat will make him very hard to beat.
Great fun tonight with Amy Mitchell (perfect attendance), Conor Hughes, Luke Melvin, Nicholas Melvin and Owen Voice who joined me for a fun Texas scramble on Leitfie. Amy, Owen and I ran out 2 stroke winners.
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