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Sunday, September 27
at Clydebank and District GC
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Lancashire and Hampshire take first-day
honours at men's county championship
Lancashire and Hampshire took the honours on the first day of the Men’s County Championship at Wychwood Park in Cheshire.
Both teams
got off to a fast start, winning their foursomes 3-0, and Hampshire went
on to complete a comfortable 6½-2½ scoreline against Somerset.
But
Lancashire had to survive a late scare before defeating Lincolnshire
5½-3½. They had romped through the foursomes, winning the first two
matches by the margins of 6 and 4, and 7 and 6, before taking the third point on the
18th.
But the Northerners lost three of the first four singles and were
all square in the final two games as the players made their way up the
18th.
However,
Lincolnshire’s hopes of a dramatic comeback were dashed when Matt
Haynes pushed his approach to the last and his ball was lost in bushes
close to the green.
Behind him, the final match was halved in par by
Lancashire’s Sean Towndrow – an England international – and
Lincolnshire’s Sam Whittaker.
“It
was a bit of a fright,” said Lancashire captain Paul Williams.
“But
this afternoon was exactly what we expected, Lincolnshire are here for a
reason and we knew they would be a strong team. They played very well
and all credit to them really, because they got a good thumping this
morning.”
This
was Lincolnshire’s first defeat of the season after completing a
winning treble: topping the Anglian League, winning the Eastern Counties
foursomes and securing their place at this weekend’s county finals.
Lincolnshire
captain Steve Brattan commented: “It was close, but very, very
disappointing. We still have high hopes but you really do need to win
your first game.”
“It
was deflating that we got off to such a bad start, we really lost the
match on the first three or four holes of the foursomes. The back pair
really got into the game but they just couldn’t get that point, or half
point.”
Hampshire
are making their fifth appearance at county finals in nine years – and
aiming for their first win since 1996, when Justin Rose was in their
team.
They
started their campaign in style, with three comfortable wins in the
foursomes and another 3½ points from the singles. But Somerset pushed
them hard in the afternoon: “They showed us how good they are,” said
Hampshire captain Steve Williams. “We had won one match and were up in
another – but down in the other four. But, once we got that second point
a couple of others started fightbacks.”
One
of the highlights of the day was provided by Hampshire’s Tom Robson
(image © Leaderboard Photography), who holed a 120-yard wedge shot for
an eagle two on the fourth. He was five or six under par for his round,
but Somerset’s Phil White was also on top form and the match went to the
18th before Robson triumphed.
Somerset
captain Justin Lane counted the cost of the foursomes: “They were
really dreadful. We had a good fightback in the afternoon, but not good
enough,
“Hampshire played very steadily all day. I didn’t really see any bad golf played, but it didn’t go our way.”
Somerset last played at county finals in 2010 when they missed out on the title on countback.
Tomorrow Lancashire play Somerset and Hampshire play Lincolnshire.
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Lyndsey Hewison Press Officer England Golf pr@englandgolf.org 07825 752 193 |
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