Dorset County

Tall Pines provided an interesting location for the Dorset Boys Under 14’s first match of the season against Summerset. With the backdrop of planes taking off, the course was in excellent condition and the Dorset boys were raring to go!

The foursomes started in beautiful sunshine with the early exchanges very tight. There was drama in the first match as Alfie and Harrison missed a putt to win it on the last hole only to lose the match. The 9th saw more drama as both Ryan & Reece and Zach & Alex came from 2 down to tie matches 2 & 3. Having built a good lead early on Taylor and Will survived a late push to leave the scores 2-2 going into the afternoon’s singles.

The earlier sun sadly gave way to clouds for afternoon singles and the strong wind meant for testing conditions. The early matches proved very tight with the lead fluctuating throughout. Harrison, Ryan and Reece narrowly losing on the 18th with Alfie and Alex both losing 3&2 (Alex fighting back well from 4 down through 8 in his first county match). 

Thankfully the last 3 matches went our way with Zach winning 3&2 and both Taylor and Will winning (4&3 and 7&6 respectively) to pick up maximum points for the team. 

A great battling effort from all the boys and while we were disappointed to lose there was a significant improvement from our start last year. With only a few weeks to wait for the next fixture we are all looking forward to another match. 

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