Seacoast Christian GC , October 23 , 2020
The Field – The Crossings at Carlsbad
Today a new champion will hoist this trophy. Who will it be?
We had 25 players show up for our 13th Event of the Season. Today’s event marks the “Championship Finals” event as we complete our playoff season. Today’s challenge involved an 18 hole challenge here at The Crossings at Carlsbad where “Match Play” along with Low Gross / Low Net medal play would mark our final playoff event of our season. This event involved players being matched up in “Match Play” according to their monthly indices and player’s course handicap. Our TOP 2 Finalist would square off in competition in an attempt to earn 600 points for a match play WIN . Our two other Semi Finalist who did not make it to the finals would also play their “Consolation” match to determine 3rd and 4th place finishers. Player’s who didn’t qualify for the “Championship Bracket” would participate and compete in the “Player’s Bracket” and would have the possibility to earn 200 points for a match play WIN. Also points would be earned in our normal LOW GROSS / LOW NET / LOW NET Skins , as well as pin competitions.
Our 2 Finalist players who remain in the 2020 Championship Bracket will be competing in the Championship match to determine our 2020 Seacoast Cup Champion
A Big Congratulations to our Low Gross / Low Net Winners as some great golf was on display today. Here are the results.
Flight “A” Low Gross Winner: Johnny Li (79)
Flight “B” Low Gross Winner : Rik Thistle (93)
Flight ” C” Low Gross Winner: Brian Carter (94)
Flight ” D” Low Gross Winner: John Riggs (91)
Overall Low Net Winner: Johnny Li (68)
SCORE CARD
Match Play Match UPs
Pre Match Notes:
Match 1
Rik Thistle has been to the Championship finals before but he came out short and has never hoisted the cup on his own. This year he has a deepened appreciation for “pressure” during match play and he has learned from his past how to channel his efforts into positive outcomes. Rik has been practicing how to take the pressure and not allow it to affect his play. Today, his match against Geoff will be one of his toughest challenges as he will be giving +8 strokes today to his opponent. Rik was in this position one year ago, but he ended up on the loosing side against Richard Mulligan. That loss one year ago still has a sour taste to his being, and Rik has vowed to himself he won’t let it happen again. His focus is to come out on the winning end. With that, he has spent a few extra hours practicing his putts, short game, and drives off the tee.
Geoff Baynes has been the “cinderella” story of the playoffs. Seven weeks ago he was at his doctors office discussing whether he should even be playing golf. Geoff has been miraclously been recovering from a heart attack. More so, he has been on stick orders not to put his body under any extra physical stress to allow his body to recover and dissolve a life threatening blood clot. Geoff’s relentless zeal to be the next “Seacoast Cup” champion, will not let anything get in his way. For the last rounds, Geoff has kept his pulse and blood pressure to a low level, as he was told by his doctor not to get his heart rate to get past 120 beats (you may have noticed the Geoff has been using a golf cart rather than walking with his bag to follow his doctors suggestion to keep his heart rate at an acceptable level. Geoff is mentally tough and his competitive spirit allows him to be a very tough opponent. If Geoff continues to play at the level he’s been showing during the playoffs, he will be looking at lifting the trophy today.
Match 2 – Pre Match Notes
Ted Clinite has shown playoff golf at a very high level, but he has found himself again, in the consolation match. He mentioned in the interview room his disappointment in not making it to the final two championship match, but expressed he was still happy to make it to the consolation match. Ted’s game has been crisps and clean, and he navigates courses with precision, thus making the low score. Today he will take on Kevin, who’s game has been elevated with his new clubs. Ted and Kevin play regularly together, so this will be a nail biter of a match as each one knows the other one’s game.
Kevin Barrett has been building confidence in his golf game especially since he switched to his new SIM TaylorMade irons. He’s seen his monthly golf index reduce each month as his game has become more refined. Kevin’s explained that he’s reached new plateaus in his golf game experience and his goal is to become a single digit player by next year. Barrett explained on the practice range, “I knows that Ted is a tough player to match up against, but I’ll give it my best today. Ted can sometimes leave doors open for you, and I need to take advantage of any opportunities that he presents.”
Match Play Score Cards
Match Play ACTION:
In Match #1 / Geoff Baynes vs. Rik Thistle:
Hole #1 – Both players showed nervousness on the tee box. Rik took honors to tee off first and barely got his drive off the tee as he “topped” his shot to the fairway leaving himself 260 yards to the green. Geoff kept his driver in the bag and took out his long iron to insure a shot to the fairway. He solidly hit his ball but it sliced to the right side rough. Rik could only lay up to 60 yards while Geoff confidently put his ball on the back side of the green from 200 years out. Rik chips up to the green leaving himself 60 feet to the cup. After 2 putts Rik still finds himself 15 feet from the cup. Geoff smoothly putts his 20 footer to 7 inches from the cup and taps out for par and the win. Baynes 1UP
Hole #2 – Baynes confidently takes out his driver and bombs a drive down the right side of the fairway leaving himself 140 yards to the hole. Rik hits his drive solidly, but leaves himself on the left side of the fairway 187 yards to the hole. Rik tries hard to get to the green in regulation but lands 20 yards short. Baynes again lasers an 8 iron to the green and lands 18 feet from the cup leaving himself an uphill putt. Rik realizes he must get up and down and chips his shot long 10 feet above the cup. Baynes lines up his putt and misses the edge for a conceded tap in par. Rik also lines up his par putt and hits his line with a perfect speed as his ball finds the cup to match Baynes’s par. Baynes 1UP
Hole #3 – Both players get off tee and find the fairway. Baynes misses his approach shot to the green and ends up in the right green side bunker. Thistle having an approach shot 158 to the green misses short with his 7 iron. Rik then tries to execute his 20 yard pitch shot to the hole but he “chunks” his shot and it only goes 10 yards. Geoff delicately navigates his sand shot to leave himself a 20 footer to save par. Rik misses his 30 foot par putt and and continues to miss his bogey putt. He settles for a “dreaded double bogey.” Geoff sees an opening and nails his line to save par, but his ball stops short, but bogey still wins the hole. Baynes 2 UP
Hole #4 – The hole is determined to be 169 yards from the tee box. Baynes takes out his long iron but doesn’t hit solidly leaving a ball the sails right and short of the green 15 yards short of the green. Thistle now sensing an opening, takes out his ultility club but also hits his shot short leaving himself 30 yards to the green. Both players fail to get their second chipping shots to the green. By the time the players settle themselves down, Thistle has to settle for a triple bogey, while Baynes shakes his head at his double bogey putt…but it’s enough to win the hole. Baynes 1 UP
Hole #5 – Baynes takes out driver and solidly hits a straight drive 260 yards, almost beating the “longest drive” pin marker. Thistle hits his drive but doesn’t get enough to keep up with Baynes. Realizing he has to lay up to a nice distance, Rik rips his 3 wood club 220 yards to leave himself 105 yards to the hole. Geoff takes out his 4 iron and smashes his ball 200 yards to get himself 110 yards to the cup. Baynes misses his approach shot to the green and has to resort to a long chip shot. Rik lasers his approach shot to the green and leaves himself a 15 footer to the cup. Bayens struggles to get to the pin and 3 putts for a triple. Rik calmly putts out and scores a par thus winning the hole. TIE MATCH
Hole #6 – Thistle now feels a slight momentum shift in his favor, he places his drive perfectly down the middle. Geoff pulls his drive to the left leaving a lengthly 187 yards to the hole. Baynes tries to get to the hole on his second shot but comes out short of the green next to the greenside bunker. Rik realizes he will have a difficult time getting to the hole from 178 yards decides to lay up to 80 yards and hope for an up/down par save. His efforts to place his third shot close fails as he sails the landing area by 40 feet and lands high above the cup, leaving a very difficult downhill putt for the saving par. Baynes places his third shot short of the hole leaving himself an uphill 18 footer. Rik leaves his downhill putt short giving himself another difficult look from 8 feet. Baynes nearly sinks his putt but settles for a tap in bogey. Rik ends up missing his bogey putt and settles for a double, giving the win to Baynes who still had a stroke to spare. Baynes 1 UP
Hole #7 – Both players hit nice drives and also get their second shots to within 120 yards to the water protected green. Rik misses his approach shot and drops into the water. Geoff hits a great PW shot to the green given himself a long 40 birdie putt. Rik realizes his mistake and continues to compound his blunders by missing his short chip shot to the green. By the time the hole ends, Rik scores a triple, and Baynes taps out for a bogey to win the hole. Baynes 2 UP
Hole #8 – Baynes now feels a bit of control of the match, he calmly pulls out his long iron fires his tee shot 170 yards down the short fairway. Rik realizing he needs to get his game in gear, nails his drive down the fairway leaving himself 118 yards to the hole. Baynes’ second shot to the green comes out short and lands in the hazard. He takes a drop and fires his 4th short and left of the hole. Thistle lands his shot long but finds the green. Geoff tries to make magic happen by hoping his chip shot to the hole but it stops 12 feet short of the cup. He proceeds to 2 putt for a “8” snowman score. Rik calmly gets his ball to the cup for a tap in bogey and a win. Baynes 1 UP
Hole #9 – Rik measures up the short par 3 (120 yard) hole. His 9 iron shot buzzes the pin but lands a bit long 30 feet beyond the cup. Baynes sees that he needs to get one on the green.. pulls out his PW and pulls his shot left almost into the left hazard. Baynes calmly regroups his thoughts and chips his 2nd shot right onto the green but his ball rolls past the cup to about 20 feet. Rik thinking that Baynes would have a difficult 2nd shot, realizes the Geoff just pulled off a great shot and now has a chance at par. Rik focuses on his putt and hoped to get within 2 feet for a tap out par, but crushes his putt so that it rolls 10 feet past the cup. Baynes misses his par putt and taps out for bogey. Rik can’t make the 10 footer and also taps out for par so that the hole is tied. Bayens 1 UP
Hole #10 – Realizing there are only 9 holes left to determine the winner, both players stood nervously on the tee box . Each has given their best to this point, but no one has taken a substantial lead nor taken full momentum of the match. Rik takes out his driver and confidently hits a nice drive down the short fairway leaving himself 120 yards to the hole. Geoff goes to his driving iron, but slices his shot wide right and his ball finds the blue staked nature hazard area. He has to take his penalty shot from the “drop area.” Feeling a bit flustered from blundering his drive, Geoff takes aim from the drop area and planned to drop his shot somewhere on the green from 215 from the drop area box. But in his zeal to make a fantastic shot count, he again slices his shot as it sails right into the “blue staked- nature hazard” area. Taking another penalty shot and relief Geoff now is looking at his 5th shot to the green. He chips from 30 yards to the green and lands just wide of the green. In the meantime, Rik patiently waits his turn as Geoff sorted out his situation. Rik places his approach short of the green. He chips onto the green and calmly two putts for a bogey. Geoff finally putts out for the dreadful “triple bogey.” TIE MATCH
Hole #11 – The group now heads up the hill to the towering tee box overlooking #11 fairway. Rik feeling some momentum shift in his favor again takes out his drive and fires a straight drive down the middle near the 150 yard marker. Geoff does away with his “driving iron” and hits his driver short and left of the fairway, leaving himself 180 yards to the hole. Geoff next takes aim with his 6 iron and gets off a nice hit to find the left side of the green above the cup. Rik approaches the green with his 7 iron and lasers his shot to 8 feet from the cup. Geoff misses his putt by rolling past the cup leaving a lengthy 6 foot “come backer.” Rik confidently putts and lips out for a tap in par. Geoff has to settle for the bogey giving Rik the win. Thistle 1 UP
Hole #12 – Both players now are in the heat of the battle. Geoff realizes that he’s given 2 holes to Rik by his poor play. All he needs to do is hit decent shots and he’s back into the match. Rik formalizes his “back 9” strategy as he takes the long drive to the 12th hole tee box. All he can think to himself “fairways / green / fairway / green”…if he can put this into action he will do fine. Standing on the tee box, Rik focuses on his drive shot, and gets off a 230 yard drive down the right side of the fairway. Geoff takes out his driver and pulls his shot, and only gets 180 yards off the tee. Looking at 240 yards to the hole, Geoff takes out his driving iron and solidly nails an amazaing shot laying up to 80 years from the hole. Rik can only shake his head at Geoff’s great shot, and he takes aim for the green with his utility club which he hits firmly… but the ball sails long over the green to the back side left area rough. Rik chips out but leaves himself a 15 foot par saving putt. Geoff takes out his PW and confidently places his shot 10 feet from the cup giving himself a chance to save par. Rik misses his putt to save par, and taps out for bogey. Geoff takes aim at his putt and barely misses the left edge of the cup and has to also settle for bogey. Fortunately this is the #4 handicap hole and a “stroke hole” for Geoff so his “bogey” turned into a “NET PAR” and a win! TIE MATCH
Hole #13 – Rik once again confidently places his drive down the middle of the fairway leaving 128 yards to the cup. Geoff elects to use his driving iron and successfully hits it also down the fairway to 130 yards to the cup. Both players size up their approach shots. Baynes selects his 9 iron but doesn’t hit the ball squarely and his ball lands in the green side right bunker. Rik takes out his 8 iron and lands his ball 30 feet short of the cup. Baynes sizes up his bunker shot and successfully carry’s the steep lip and lands his ball 15 feet from the cup. Rik tries hard to sink his birdie attempt but rolls 2 cups right leaving 18 inches for par. Baynes misses his (must make) “sand save” par putt and scores a bogey. Rik sizes up his “knee knocker” short par putt and hits the pin to make par. Thistle 1 UP
Hole #14 – With a “1 Up” lead, Thistle feels the confidence he was hoping to have as he knew the last 5 holes would be crucial in the match. He reminded himself that Geoff would be getting a stroke on 3 of 5 of the final holes and this upcoming Par 3 would be so important. Rik stands at the tee box and realizes the short 92 yard hole also had “wind” considerations. He chooses to hit a 3/4 “8-iron” shot to fly low and cut through the wind. As soon as he swings and hits his ball, its apparent he has too much club as the ball sails to the furthest back side of the green on the top shelf…leaving a lengthy 60 footer (down hill) as the pin was placed on the front side of the green. Baynes seeing a “big opening” confidently takes out his 54 degree PW and perfectly connects to place his ball 10 feet left of the pin onto the green. Rik tentatively hits his long putt, but does make the hill leaving himself 25 feet to the cup. His third putt misses wide and he realizes he just easily gave up the hole to Geoff. Geoff sizes up his birdie putt and just misses the cup by inches and taps out for a par win. TIE MATCH
Hole #15 – This tricky par 5 demands the best of any golfer. The tee shot is crucial, and the 2nd shot “lay up” is the key to scoring. Geoff feeling confident from his win on the previous hole, grabs his driver but slices his ball right towards the right bunker. Rik collects himself with the loss from the previous hole and hits a firm shot left of the green and catches the hill side for a roll to the middle of the fairway. Geoff does find the right rough but is able to nail is second shot (lay up) leaving himself just 145 yards to the hole. Rik decides to hit a long layup shot with his 3W and successfully hits 190 to the elevated green leaving himself a 40 yards to the hole. Geoff unfortunately duffs his approach shot and finds the creek side hazard. Taking a drop he hits his 5th shot to the green and misses right in the deep rough. Rik seeing that Geoff is having “troubles” on this hole knows he’s still got to get up and down as this is a “stroke hole” for Geoff and even though he’s in trouble, he still can score well. Rik carefully sizes up his short 40 yard pitch shot to the elevated green, and “overcooks” his PW shot as he watches his ball sail high and long beyond the green. Rik shakes his head in disgust as he realizes he’s just opened the door back to Geoff. Baynes desperately tries to chip out of the deep rough to the cup but comes out short leaving a length 25 footer. Rik settles himself down and takes a deep breath as he knows he’s needs to make a good shot. He left himself a 40 foot chip shot off the green but has plenty of green to work with. He calmly takes his PW and executes a perfect shot to leave himself a 2 foot putt for par. Geoff lines up his putt but misses and begrudgingly takes his “8” and walks off the green. Thistle cleans up his par. Thistle 1 UP
Hole #16 – Rik tells himself, “one hole at a time”….Geoff realizes that he gave the hole to his opponent, and if he just bogey’s the next hole, he should be able to win as he gets a stroke once again. Rik confidently takes out his driver and put it on target down the middle of the green. Geoff being aware of the gravity of the situation, knows he must win this next hole or else he’s in “match play trouble.’ Being an experienced match play player, Geoff knows, being 2 down with limited holes left is not a good thing. He concentrates on his swing and nails an amazing long shot (into wind) with his driver. In fact, he passes the existing long drive marker and the drive finds the 1st cut of grass just off the fairway leaving just 218 yards to the cup. Geoff tells himself “I’ve got to make something happen” …so he takes his trusted long iron and goes for the green (thinking…”eagle will win the hole”). Geoff hits his shot firmly and the ball flies long but drops just short into the green side bunker. Rik decides to lay up and hits 180 yards down the fairway to leave himself 115 yards to the hole. With his 3rd shot, Rik takes his 9 iron but miss hits and the ball barely makes the green, but at least he can make a 2 putt par. Geoff sizes up his bunker shot and takes COVID 19 relief. He now has the perfect lie, and executes a picture perfect sand bunker shot, leaving himself a 4 foot putt for birdie. Rik realizes how important his long birdie putt has become. He has to make it… as Geoff has a stroke. Just thinking about the importance of this putt becomes too much pressure for Rik as he doesn’t get enough swing power on his putt and leaves it short by 15 feet. Rik mumbles to himself in disgust…and ends up 3 putting for bogey. Geoff again has a chance at birdie, but slightly misses his line, but taps out for par (net birdie) to win the hole. TIE MATCH
Hole #17 – The match is now elevated to another level of pressure as both players realize that “all is now on the line.” The challenging hole #16 presents many issues. 1)Wind 2)Elevation Change 3)Right side canyon hazard… just to name a few. The players both stand on the tee box to access their challenge. Baynes takes the tee box and has his 7 iron in hand to navigate the 147 yard hole. The wind begins to gust, but Geoff knows he can nail his iron to get to the green. As soon as he hits, a gasps comes from his mouth…”I can’t believe I just sliced my shot..”…and the group watched his ball sail wide right into the canyon. Geoff is again shaking his head in bewilderment. Rik now has his turn and thinks to himself …”just hit the green….don’t go right!”….he clubs up to his 6 iron and takes a strong three-quarter swing and punches his shot perfectly left of the flag stick down to the green, leaving himself a 25 foot putt. Geoff took his penalty drop 30 yards from the green where his ball crossed into the canyon hazard. His 3rd shot is “shanked” and barley moves 5 yards. Geoff then finally gets his ball to the green leaving himself 20 feet. After two putting Geoff has to take a 7. Rik calmly takes 2 putts to get into the hole and he takes a win. Thistle 1 UP
Hole #18 – Thistle feels real good about the situation. 1 Up going into the final hole. He needs to play well to “seal the deal.” Geoff on the other hand feels the pressure, but he’s ready to take on the challenge. He’s not new to this situation and he realizes that the entire match been a “sea saw battle”….now it’s time for the match to swing his way. Rik takes the honors on the tee and blasts a great drive down the middle leaving himself 178 yards to the hole. Geoff stands alone on the tee box, and takes a deep breath…visualizing the shot he needs. He takes an extra 10 seconds for a deep breath to calm his nerves and pulse. Geoff selects driver and he pulls off a great “long” drive to the middle of the green leaving himself 169 yards to the hole. Rik decides to go for the green instead of laying up, but in his quest to get to the green in two, he hits his ball short and ends up in the dreaded “front of the green” hazard. Rik is now forced to take a drop. Geoff takes aim and perfectly executes a 7 iron shot to the green and puts his ball just 25 feet from the cup. Rik now has to “get up and down” to even have a chance of winning the hole. He feels the nerves set in as he sets up for his pitch shot to the green …. he puts all is efforts into this delicate shot, but he doesn’t hit squarely the face of his PW …and his ball lands short of the green. After his 4th shot, Rik finally gets onto the green, but his 2 putt double bogey is not a match for Geoff’s tap in par. Geoff Wins the hole to “TIE” the match !!!! After 18 holes – TIE MATCH
Note: In the event of a TIE MATCH for the Championship Match, the tournament committee already determined that finals match opponents would go back to the 18th hole tee and play the hole until there was a winner.
TIE BREAKER HOLE #19 – The two players shook hands and got their drivers ready. The “toss of the tee” went to Rik Thistle for honors on the tee. Rik took a deep breath, realizing that he’s been driving the ball well all day, he just pleaded to himself to give him “one more drive please.” Rik’s drive flies well off the tee as he executed another great drive down the middle leaving himself 179 yards to the cup. Geoff now takes his turn on the tee. He surmises that he’s got the momentum as he made a nice solid par to win the hole just minutes before and now he just has to duplicate and repeat the process. He grabs hold of his driver, takes a deep breath… and nails his shot…BUT… he pulls his shot so that the ball draws sharply left towards the driving range…it’s appears to be close to the fence and OB marker. After reviewing Geoff’s ball position, it is determined to be “in bounds” and in play, but there’s no room to get a full normal golf swing on the ball. Geoff reviews all his options, and request clarification as he inquires whether he’s able to take free relief from the fence. After several minutes of evaluating, and consulting a rules committee member, it was determined that he CAN NOT take relief from the fence and either must play it as is, or take an unplayable lie (rule 18.1 / 19.1). Geoff elects to play “as is”and attemps to get the ball off the fence area with an impossible down stroke iron shot. Bayens courageosly attempts this difficult shot, but is not very successful as the ball moves 3 feet off the fence in the opposite direction of the green. Geoff is now forced to make a big shot and tries to get near the green from 184 yards. His line is obstructed by the left side tree line and he attempts to get a “driving slice shot” with his long iron. He once visualizes the shot…takes a deep breath…takes the shot… but the ball lands left into the fairway bunker as the fade action he had hoped for didn’t transpire. Rik, witnessing all these extra shots that Geoff has taken, now contemplates his own options. All he needs to do is keep his ball in play, get on the green, and get into the hole. Rik elects to play it safe. He takes out his 9 iron and chips far left onto the safe fairway area. Last time he was here just minutes ago, he tried to get to the green in two, but ended up in the hazard. Lesson learned, Rik realizes his best option is to play safe and steers his ball left. He succesfully chips his shot 100 yards and his ball lands in the middle of the fairway, leaving just 30 yards to the hole. Geoff is now in 45 yards to the hole…lying 3…still in a bit of trouble..but trying his hardest to make it happen. He chips out of the bunker leaving himself 20 yards to the hole. Rik now collecting his thoughts focuses in on his next shot…he calmly and accurately chips his shot to 10 feet from the cup …leaving himself a chance to make par. Geoff now must make his shot from 20 yards away to make “Net” par…but his ball goes long past the cup leaving 18 feet to the cup. Geoff misses his double bogey putt and taps out for a triple. Rik with a big smile on his face nails his par putt…and WINS the Championship !!!! What a finish !!!
Rik Thistle – 2020 Seacoast Cup Champion
Post Game Interviews: After all the congratulation formalities were done, both players were generous enough to sit down for post match interviews. They were both asked what went well and what stood out for each of them during today’s match.
Geoff.…”I had a fun challenging day against Rik today. Unfortunately, I came up short on the last hole. I didn’t get the job done when I pulled my drive that almost went out of bounds. I was hoping to get relief, but the rules are the rules and I had to play the ball as is. It would have been a miracle score for me to get even a “bogey” to tie the hole again as we did in regulation. My hat goes to Rik as he played that playoff hole well and that was the difference. We battled back and forth all day… but today was his day !”
Rik….” I can’t believe I pulled it off today. I knew Geoff would be a challenge…and even having to spot him 8 strokes today that would be hard to overcome as I know Geoff plays well under pressure as he is a competitive player. Every year I see him make it to the semi finals…and for me I’ve come close a few times but never got the job done. Today, I finally climbed the mountain and achieved my goal….I can’t believe the match went to the full 18 holes. Geoff just would not go away …he fought very hard and I give him much credit for making shot after shot…and especially he make some tough shots under pressure and won holes when he had to. It was the toughest battle I’ve encountered…and I know after we both tied the match after 18 holes it was anyone’s match. Fortunately I came out on top. I somehow played the playoff hole properly. I played it safe and depended on my short game to see me through….I congratulate Geoff on his competitive spirit and his sportsmanship in this tough battle.”
NOTE: the above account is the onsite media reporter’s account of the match and is purely meant to provide info, entertainment value, and perspective of what took place during the match. Complete accuracy and actual thoughts of each player during the round is purely speculative, but done to the best ability of the reporter. There is no intention to demean nor question players’ character or thought process.
In Match #2 / Ted takes the early charge of the match by making a series of pars. Kevin has a hard time getting into tempo and scoring bogey and double bogey doesnt’ help his cause. By the end of front 9 Ted has a 2 Up lead. As they continue onto the back 9, Kevin still is unsteady in his game and continues to give up easy holes to Ted. Even when Ted has a poor scoring hole, Kevin doesn’t take full advantage to win needed holes. By hole #12, Ted has a 3 UP lead, and Barrett has a difficult time climbing back into the match. By hole #16, Ted closes the match at 4 and 2. Ted becomes the 3rd place semi finalist in the Seacoast Cup 2020 Championship.
The remainder of the field enjoyed friendly “match play” competition in the Player’s Bracket where 200 points were being offered up for winners.
Player’s Bracket Match Play Score Cards
GREAT SCORING / NET SKINS / PIN COMPETITION WINNERS
Recap Event 13 – Today 25 golfers showed up to play The Crossings at Carlsbad GC. The weather was picture perfect as we all enjoyed today’s competition. Our two finalist battled it out in one of the most exciting finishes we’ve had for the Seacoast Championship Cup. A big congratulations to Rik Thistle for earning his 2020 Championship Trophy Cup title. Ross Mitchell turned up the heat in his playoff quest and has earned the “Player’s Cup” title. Several other players notably made their marks these past few events and are to be commended for their great play. John Riggs / Johnny Li earning / Brian Carter all earning 1000+ points today!
Congratulations to all for coming out and competing with our group this year. Make sure you all mark your calendars for our next event which is the “President’s Cup” where we have team competition, and then we have our year end meeting / lunch / prize meeting. This will be at Arrowood GC – Friday November 13, 2020. Early morning start.
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