The abridged Carrinson Cup competition was decided this evening in a tightly fought match between Anthony & Mark A. Byrne and Walter Gilbert & Michael Whelan.
This was a flat match and Michael’s tee shot on the first went to around 10 feet with Anthony having missed the green left but pin high. A great up and down from Mark & Anthony wasn’t enough for even a half as Walter dropped the putt for an opening birdie and to go one up. After loosing both the second the third Walter & Michael hit another birdie on the fourth to bring the match back to all square. A halved hole on the fifth was followed by a gorse bound drive from Walter on the sixth and Anthony & Mark were one up. They maintained their lead through the ninth and managed to build up some breathing space and found themselves three up with four to play.
There is an old golf saying about being three up with four to play …..
Walter & Michael birdied the fifteenth to peg the lads back to 2 up and followed this with yet another birdie on the sixteenth to bring the match withing touching distance. The seventeenth was shared with pars and on the eighteenth green Anthony and Mark needed to get down in two putts for par to close the match out. We all know how tricky the eighteenth green can be and a unfortunately timed three putt took the match to the nineteenth where a par from Walter & Michael closed the match out.
Congratulations to all four players on a great match and special congratulations to Walter & Michael who win the 2021 Carrinson Cup.
The picture below was taken before the match 🙂
