Congratulations to Peter Anderson and his Irish Junior Foursomes team who advanced through the first round of the competition this afternoon.
This Under 18s, straight foursomes event is handicapped and, even with home advantage, it can be tricky. Pete put out a strong team this afternoon to face a good Milltown Golf Club team.
Our first pair out were Dylan Holmes and Milo Doyle. The Greystones men were giving five shots to their opposition and the match was tight from the get go. Holes were traded over the first 6 holes, at which point the match was back to level. A win on the ninth saw Greystones get their noses in front heading to the back nine but they were giving a shot on ten after which the match was back to friendly. A win on the fifteenth had the game once again back to all square and it took a long range putt by the Milltown pair to half the sixteenth, after Milo had played a fantastic tee shot to eight feet. Another shot had to be given on seventeen and despite a big drive from Dylan, Milltown won the hole. Two pars on the eighteenth saw the match halved.
The scoring for this event is cumulative and our second pair of the in-form Jamie Anderson & equally in-form William O’Riordan. Shots were once again being given to Milltown, three in this match, but Jamie & William played some excellent golf on the front nine to turn four up and in control. From there they were relentless and finished five up on their opposition to give a cumulative score of five up to Greystones.
Well done to all involved.
