Dorset County

Dorset v Cornwall Sunday 7^th May 2023

Dorset hosted Cornwall on Sunday in the second Channel league match of the season, at Parkstone Golf Club.

After what was a disappointing result for the team against a strong Gloucestershire team, they knew it was going to be another trough test against a very good Cornwall team.

Dorset were led out in the foursomes by the experienced pair of Adan Yates and Andy Rideout. This was a fantastic first game with some top-quality golf being played by both teams. Unfortunately, Dorset coming out on the wrong side of a very narrow defeat, 1 down.

The second pairing out included Oscar Hein and Matt Warren who played some of the best golf of the day, shooting 6 under par for 14 holes and gaining Dorset’s first point of the day, with a brilliant 6&4 win.

The third paring saw a very experienced player in David Norton playing with Zac Mudford who was starting only his second first team match. This once again was an extremely close match, with some top-quality golf being played. Both teams had to settle in the end for a share of the points which gained Zac his first points for the first team. Well done Zac!

The fourth pairing for Dorset was Luke Hirst and Joe Turner, who came up against a very strong pairing for Cornwall and unfortunately came out on the wrong side of a defeat by 4&3.

The final foursomes paring was Gregg Sutcliffe and Andrew Simpson, both showed tremendous grit and determination after going behind early to fight back and win 3&2. This is now two wins out of two for this pairing, and clearly, they are a force to reckon with.

So, with both teams tied at 2½ points at lunch, we knew that we needed a quick start from the boys leading us out at the top. And that is exactly what our current Dorset County Champion, Oscar Hein did. He started quickly with birdies and never looked back, getting Dorset’s first singles point on the board winning 2up. Adan Yates was out second, and despite his best efforts and some good golf, lost against a very experienced Cornwall player 4&3. Andy Rideout was out third and we all know how much he loves playing at Parkstone, his golf was superb and despite Cornish resistance managed to get Dorset’s second point of the afternoon with a 2-up win. Cornwall then made a fighting comeback taking both the fourth and five match against Joe Turner and David Norton. At this point on the golf course, it was looking extremely close and could have gone either way, that was until the rising Dorset superstar from Lyme Regis Zac Mudford, stepped up to the plate and won his match 2up. This was then followed by a brilliant win for Matt Warren securing his second point of the day, winning 4&3. A superb effort from Matt!

The good news continued with Andrew Simpson gaining a 2&1 victory; Dorset were extremely close to this season’s first win! And when Luke Hirst delivered a point with a 3&2 win, the guys had done it, Dorset’s first win in the Channel League since their return.

Gregg Sutcliffe who was out last was up against it with The Cornwall boy hitting him with a number of birdies and losing 4&3.

This made the final score Dorset 8½ - Cornwall 6½

We would really like to thank Parkstone for the fantastic reception we received for the whole weekend. The course was stunning, and we were all very well looked after from everyone involved, we very much look forward to returning to Parkstone again soon.

To the Dorset President, executive committee, County officials, supports and caddies that came along to cheers the guys on, your support was amazing and certainly spurred us on to the win.

Thank you again to Kevin and Sean for your continued support and hard work, without this these matches would not happen.

And final a massive thank you to all of the players, I speak on behalf of David and myself it is an absolute pleasure to be working with you all, and we are so grateful for your time and dedication to Dorset Golf.

We now look ahead to Devon away at Exeter Golf and County Club on Sunday 14^th May, where we want to continue this forward momentum through to South West week at Perranporth Golf Club.

Tom Peacock & David Cook

Dorset 1^st Team Managers

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