THE RICK SHIELS MAJOR

THE RICK SHIELS MAJOR

All right, guys. Big day today, Major. Me, James, Guy. [Music] If I can win this, they are never ever ever ever going to hear the end of it because I will be a major champion. Got to shoot my scores today. Got to get the birdies going early. Rick’s always playing well, but uh we’ll give it to him. Anything is possible. That was like a dagger to the heart. That’s absolute bullet. Please be amazing. Please, one time. You die, the hero live long enough to be the villain. I think James is becoming a villain now. Yes, I can put that out there. Watch this. I just want to let you two know now, just so you’re completely clear, I’m coming to play from this point onwards. We need something special. So, here we go. Summer major here at SNA in Southport. Got myself, we’ve got a guy, we got James. We are gonna do 18 hole stroke play and there’s no catch. No, you get to use all your clubs. Yeah, everyone gets to use all the clubs. The only catch is we’re gonna handicap it a little bit. We thought it won’t be fair. I’m going to start level par. Yep. Can I start five under par already? Just go technical now. Five under. You shot a nice 67. And then James is going to you’re going to start five overpar. Right. Okay. Level five under, five over. Now James, this is one of your old stomping grounds. Yeah. You have had some incredible history here, including in one year, didn’t you win seven major tournaments? Seven gold boards in one year. Yeah. You nearly did the double grand slam in one year. 2006. 2006. Tiger was good back then. You’ve you’ve actually not played here for since 200. 2018. Yeah. So this is this is kind of familiar, but also not. There was a year when I won seven putting comps. So, well done, mate. I don’t want to practice. There’s four par threes on this golf course. Starting here on the first. Yeah. The eighth. Yeah. The 11th. Uh the 10th. The 10th and the 13th. How many have he has he got holding ones on so far? I’m going to go for two. He’s got hauling ones on three of them. Yeah. Only the 13th he’s not got hauling one on. Yeah. Is today the day? Imagine. Give it a go. So, beautiful golf course, Southport and Aale. As we said, start us off with a nice little par three. Um, can can often play like 200 odd yards, I thought, can’t it? 193 was the one I had put holding one on here. So, how far is it today? 186. Okay, guys. I see that you’ve got the lead. Would you like to go? Yeah, of course I will. Just so I’m just so I’m aware and everyone watching is aware. Is it a Is this serious today? What do we win? Do I win a prize if if I win or we just having a casual? No, we’ll get a trophy. Okay. We’ve not got one yet, but we’ll have a trophy made. Okay. Okay. And depends on who put in the video at the end. Depends on who wins. Depends how big the trophy is. So Rick gets a massive one. Like a little tiny one. Okay. Are you going to birdie it to get to six under? Imagine that. Okay. Pins at the front. Right at the front in the bowl. Absolutely gorgeous day. Play well, guys. Let’s have a fun day. Yeah. Let’s enjoy it. And let’s shoot some good scores. Oh, it’s a puller. Great strike. If it misses the trap, it’ll kick right into the middle of the greenness. Yeah. Yeah. Is that seven? Yeah. Feel like you had plenty club. Strong guy. That’s ended up close. Look at that. Oh my days. Actually has. Oh my goodness. To go to six under. Today could be the day. Finally. No, it’s 18 holes, mate. Not one. What’s the course record? That could be the new challenge. I s I play one hole and that’s my score. You have to play two. That’s a good idea. Oh, hello. That’s a dream. That is looking to feed in as well, I guess. Oh, yes. Oh. Oh, jeez Louise. Oh my days. That hit guy’s ball. Just don’t go on that top bar. It’s a bit big, but it’s nice first T- shot. Come down. This is good. Oh, I think it’s just stayed on that little ridge. Very nice shot, though. Thanks, P. Do you want it back? I literally I hit 25 golf balls on the range. I hit every single one of them. horrendously bad. Like the worst I’ve ever hit it. That was a great shot. That was a really nice one. No expectations. Oh, it’s the best of the lot. It’s right on it. It’s a little bit long if anything. Sit. No, that’s nice. It’s nice. All depends on the bounce. Good golf. Let’s go. We’ll take that. Inspired by some good shots there. It’s going to be exciting. Guys, before you continue, carry on. Leave a comment in the comment section now. Who do you honestly think is going to win this? Who do you think is going to be walking down the 18th hole and win this? Me at level par, starting at level par, James starting five over, or guy starting five under. And we’ll see. We’ll see in a few hours. You guys will see fairly soon. All right, let’s go. You two have just landed on the down slope where mine’s landed in that bowl on it. Yeah. Good shots, though. I monster put on there. Last time we played, I was down at the bottom and the pin was up at the front like a monster. Did you? Okay, first hole. Three nice well opportunities for birdie. I’m down the hill right to left guys in there at about 15 20 ft. James is just off the green but it’s actually closest. Greens look magnificent. It’s rolling well. It’s a good as quick as I thought that. Yeah. And also it didn’t break anywhere near as guy. Yeah, please, mate. And the flag. I had to settle once a round now. Phil started them already. We get to six under. Have you ever been six under? Have they? What a silly question. Not even round the putting green. No, I’ve never been six under. James, imagine like genuinely if this is the day everything clicks for you. You’re already five under. The thing that’s why it’s exciting because you know, be honest. I could shoot three over today, but also I could shoot 23 over. That’s the thing. But anyway, let’s get one more. Extend that lead. If it rolls, it’s got a chance. Are they not actually as quick as I thought? I should have learned more from you. I actually think they’re the same space pace as the putting green. Yeah, they look great, though. Right, let’s get catching these boys up. That putter looks really weird in James’ hand. He gave it a little nudge, didn’t he? He nudged it there. No, I put for you, mate. It’s not good out the rough. Joking. Come and talk to us here, James. One, though. Come and talk to us. One put. Taking that as a one put, ladies and gentlemen. Does that look Does that look right? Like for me, that face and that putter doesn’t match. Yeah. Like that look, that whole look that he’s got going on. Desperate man. James is trying anything he can to improve his putting at the moment. And so he borrowed a few of my lab putters. Did you borrow three of them? Oh, and you and you whittleled it down to that one. Yeah. If I have anything with James Robinson, though, if we give him too much stick about this, he’ll put an I’m almost kind of antagonizing him. It’s a broom handle next video. This doesn’t work. We have actually got a broom handle in the car as well. Good times. All right. to tidy up the par. Just nervy leader there. You know, my thought though, genuinely, every hole I can match you on that 10 shot lead stays the same. Well, yeah, but it gets better, doesn’t it? Cuz now I’ve only got 17 holes. I still think I can capture. But you can and you will. You haven’t yet. God, very true. The only thing me giving you jit with your putting puts a bit more pressure on my putting. Yeah, I thought that as well. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. You have to back it up with being good. Usually I’ll pal. You’ll be fine. Yeah. Nice. Okay. Three pars on the first. Very nicely negotiated. Um navigated, shall I say? Par five coming up next. There’s actually three par fives on this front nine. Wow. Lots of birdie opportunities. Okay. Second hour par five. Wind off the right. Um, you say it’s quite a long par five this J. Yeah. Two good hits to get there. 565. There’s a bit of a sneaky ditch in the left roof, isn’t there? Yes. So, you want to be at that tower in the background. Tower in the background’s good. It on those people. Going to go with the mini driver, James. Oh, you’re decking it. I think so. I’m going to I really want to just try today and not have any stupid bad holes. Going to play like Laura all day. Laura Davis. Yeah. Bit of a Just clip that little saying of guy saying that. Yeah. Replay it later. Oh, that is so good. It’s a man in control that, isn’t it? So good. You do that 16 times today and you’ve got this bad boy. Yep. That’s really easy going to win. Looks like it’s gone a long way as well. Does it look quite cool off the deck as well? Doesn’t it? It was quite cool. I’ll give you that. Does it look cool? That looks like it’s gone a long way. It was a little spinny. It’s not the lowest of bad, but like visually it just looks like a an awful long way. That Thanks, Rick. It does. Why is he being so nice to you? It’s weird, isn’t it? Yeah. Oh, that looks that’s gone a long way. That’s gone long way. Mr. Big dog. That’s perfect. That’s a T- shot. Go on, Jimmy. Perfect. Follow that. Follow that. Nice. Eat that one. Hey, thanks. There you go. Yeah. Great shot. Thanks, pal. Move out the bunker. Oh, it’s a bit close. Can’t tell. around. Yeah, it skipped over it. Nice. So, where nice ball neck if I can keep hitting mini driver like that off the tea, that would be amazing. Not going to be anyone. Well, maybe I’m not going to be anywhere near as long as those guys who are hitting their actual driver and hitting it well. But if I can keep it in play today with that head start I’ve got, can’t be far away. If I can hit one about 200. Yeah, about 200. That should leave me like 100 left in. Oh, cut it. Silly boy. Okay, second shot in this par five. Actually 270 yards away. Pins in that kind of back right corner. Anything in line with the center of the green or slightly left should kind of collect round to the pin. But just going to go left side of it. Give it a rip. Threewood. Oh, that’s going to be so good. Oh, front edge. Oh, great. Lovely shot. Thank you. Very, very nice. Come to play. Little kiss of the 3-wood there. Did you have like 265 then? 272 or something. with you. I’m running a joke with Ben. Ben forced me to put that 3-wood in the bag and you love it. I don’t want to put it in the bagard, but I can’t argue with it. It’s really good. Okay, I’m going to hit five wood here. I’m not I’m not going to go for the green. I’m just going to try and get it close to but just short of. Not happy in threewood out the roof. Oh, that’s going to get on. Wow. That’s come out flying on it. That’s going to get on the green. No way. Yeah. Oh my days, James, just take that back. I’m going to go for the green. Expect to fly around. Mate, it’s going to go close. Yeah, that is super close. That’s insane. Great shot, mate. And did you hear the big cheer in the middle of your back swing? Cheers. Well, they knew it was going to be good, didn’t it? It came Yeah, it came 5 seconds too early. That was insane. I got a little flyer. Love that. That’s That has come out really close. Yeah, it came out hot. That for a fivewood. Normally, it spins up this. Okay, I’ve been quite lucky there. I hit it. Not what I wanted to do at all. Come with the rough, but it could have been in that patch. I probably would have got a drop off GU anyway in there. But it’s in this kind of a little bit thick. We’re not horrendous. 114 yards the green. Anywhere on there I’d be happy with. Really? Should be all right. Nice shot. Yeah, happy with that. It’s on there. Okay. face with a very long put here. I’m happy to be on the green now. Left to right most of the way to get to three over two under for the day. Yeah, beautiful pace. See, I can’t. Gorgeous put. I tell that lab putter. What a putter. I am that lab putter. Look at that. I’m not I’m almost not giving you credit though. I’m giving the lab credit. [Laughter] Just does it for you. Get some nice early birdie sauce. There we go. Boom. Get that sauce on. You all right with the flag out, guy? Uh, yeah. A flag out’s good. This is a long range birdie put, but I’d love to see what James did and nestle it close and tap the par in. They’re not as quick as I keep thinking that they are. Ah. You nervous? No. I just keep thinking they’re going to be rapid, but they’re not, are they? They’re nice. They’re really nice greens. I thought you were nervous about getting to six deep. Oh god, I get that wood feedback. I get it. Just to catch up with guy. He probably will be when I miss mine. Okay, for eagle here on two little double breaker left to right and then right to left other way around. Left to right, right to left. Slightly uphill, then left. Then left, then left. Oh my gosh. Take your name off. Take my mouth off the golf ball, Rick. Like, what am I doing? I told it to move left and it moved left. Are you angry that you’ve missed a 27 foot ball? I’m angry cuz I’ve I took I toalked my own golf ball out the hole. That was in the middle of the hole and I said move left and it listened to its owner and it missed left. [Music] Very easy for easy. I’m going to try that technique. Go in the hole. Go in the hole. Go in the hole. It was in James. Doesn’t work if you get them off Amazon. P. Read it to perfect. Go in the hole. Right. Is it listened? Go in the hole. Go in the hole. Mine’s bell. Why didn’t mine work? I’m happy that guy’s back. Oh, six little bog. So, that’s brought it close already. And it Yeah, but why does it work? Why do I start off having loads of shots then? Within a couple of holes, they’ve all gone. Sad. Cuz you run out of energy from all the talking. One under, four over, four under. Okay, as we come up to an elevated third hole, third T here, par four down the hill, just want to appreciate this property, this patch of golfing real estate, this patch of golfing heaven. Obviously, we’re here in here on SNA. Next door, just over the railway line, that’s Hillside Golf Club. Next door to that, and you can just about make out the clubhouse through the trees, that’s Royal Bertdale, the home of next year’s Open Championship. I mean, what three golf courses this is a class. It’s unbeliev. And then you just have formulite down the road. Yeah. Which is also incredible. Yeah. I’m confused why you’re not in driver. 290 27 290 playing 275 is the area you want to be short of them traps. You can hit driver, but it might bring them traps in. Middle 3wood. A little bit of wind off the right. Get down. it. That’s fine. Yeah. There’s a lot more for the right that you can’t see or not really. There’s a bit of fairway right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That was a so bad it’s all all good. Okie dokie. I’m going to hit a fivewood down there. Let’s give it a rip. That good. Close to the bunker. That off memory. It’s not a great shot. That hopefully it’s short of it. Little fatted one. Go. You’re all right. That long way in, but you can get there. Wasn’t ideal that was it. I like the no T though. So that’s probably a risk case. Did you think about maybe topping it down there? Then you thought I’ll hit the floor hard. It was my It was my thoughts. I couldn’t have decked a driver off there. You could deck this. Even Even hitting threewood. I wasn’t comfortable cuz of that. Oh, really? Even teed up. Yeah. Yeah. That’s why I chunk mine a little bit. This is what I should have done. I don’t know why I did that. I like this shot. Yeah, perfect. Honestly, I really like Doesn’t worry me. I don’t know why I did that, but beautiful. Look at the size of him. I think mini drive is a game changer, honestly. It is good. Okay, so my T-shot is here. I’ve fired it quite badly. I’ve got 205 left in out this quite deep stuff, but it’s not a bad lie. I’m going to try and hit a five iron. Just watch out Rick. Oh no. Oh, that’s bad. Is that gone? No, I’ve got an eye on it. Ah, in my head I’m thinking, don’t hit any really bad shots. And I just can’t stop. I can’t can’t always hit good shots. Okie dokie. Not a very good T-shot here. I’m in a bit of bit of heather. So, sometimes it flies out of this stuff, sometimes it doesn’t. So, we’re playing for a little bit of a flyer. 153 yards. I’m just going to hammer a wedge. Hopefully, it gets front edge and runs down to the flag. It’s all we can hope for. Be good. Yeah, it looks quite good. Sorry, I did have I had It’s all right. It’s not very good. Actually went in like over the top of this. Let’s have a look. It wasn’t even a hard shot. I just fig it so bell. Shouldn’t have tried to hit a five iron really, but I did have a good lie. Oh, here we go. He’s there. Oh, wow. Look who that is. That’s going to be an interesting next shot. P on a nice mound. Watch the take it unplayable. Genuinely I’m just going to miss that. It’s got my name on it. You could potentially hack it on the fairway, but if you don’t, you’re in trouble. All right, I’m going to What’s What’s the rules on playable, James? We’re playing somewhat serious today. You can either do two club lengths where the ball is or you can keep the ball line and flag in line and come back as far as you want. Right, let’s have a look at this. doesn’t look great unless you go all the way to that fairway. So, if I go two club lengths will get you certainly here, then at least you can get it on. Right, let’s do that then. We’re not going to bother with all the ways two club lengths. I’m happy with that. Yeah, I’m not bothering with all the tea. Someone all comment saying, “Oh, that’s not proper.” But look, it’s only a bit of a friendly game. Bit serious, but bit friendly. That’s okay. Happy with that. It’s a club and a quarter. Okay. Eyeballing it. Okay. 133 yards pinned kind of at the front. I’m not going to play too aggressive. Just a nice gap wedge just coming out the rough on the left hand side. Be good for distance. Oh, it’s a wee bit short. Oh, that was all over it as well. That my fourth shot. Why? What happened to the No. No. disasters. 58 yards. 58 yards. Ironically, it’s a 58 degree. Get down. Shot guy. Oh, no. Spin out of there. It’s rolled on a bit, but we’re on the green. What a lovely day. I can think of worse things to be doing right now. Nice to be back. It is nice to be back. The course is better than than ever. It’s really nice. Very nice. I’ll let you know in 16 time. Okay, just off the front of the green. I needed to carry it. I was a bit concerned it wouldn’t stop quick enough, so I need to be a bit more aggressive. Anyway, up the hill and it’s going to fall back down the hill. Um, keep the flag in for a little bit of protection. Oh, that went on a bit. Quick, that wasn’t it. That really went on a bit. Wow. Thought it I didn’t think it was going to be quite I should have come up here. It’s a lot more severe than rapid down the slope. Yeah. Okay. This is for a bogey now. Get in. Get in. Yeah. How good’s that? Did you have to take a penalty drop? Yeah. Wow. I found it and I had to call it unplayable. Wow. That is a five. That’s a hell of a five. That’s when the penalty drop’s well worth it, isn’t it? Yeah. Honestly, I would have hit a million to get out. So, I took you out with out. Out’s good, please. Yeah. Five. Just do that, James. Just do that. Guy can do it. I can. It’s the way I’m thinking of this. That might be what you have to think going forward. If guy can, I can. Guy can hold a put that long. Guy can be shorter though. You’ll have to have a go at that one. Faking that. Wasn’t a bad put. No. No. Seems to be rolling pretty well. Let’s have a look at giving it a bad time, but I do understand him. I do get it. It’ll be horrible to her. No, it does feel stable. Okay, par put up the hill. I know the read cuz I saw it go past the hole. Pull that. That is a terrible five. There’s a good five and a bad five. There’s a fish bumped five and there’s a hang your head in in five. Okay, fourth hole. Nice little par four, 363 ys, but we’re back into the wind here. So, there’s four bunkers in the fairway. I’m going to try and hit drive past it into the fairway ideally. Yeah, that’s awesome. Yeah, that’s ideal. I let you hit that very hard. Well, I needed every bit of it really to get past those traps. That’s a hole. It’s not a strong wind, but it’s certainly affecting it. Okay, follow James. Same shot. Get lucky. It’s bouncing around. So, yeah, it looks a bit feathery over there, but few spots are rough. That was so Look at the draw. That’s literally hit like there, but you struck a good couple there. I’m going to go with the three iron option and try and go short of the bunkers. Oh, pulled it. Right. is nice that down. Yeah, it bounced. Should be fine. You know, I keep doing when I’m swinging the top of the swing, I’m then thinking all the things that could go wrong. Quite a bad batting it. No, just think target. I’m in the rough again. Um 133 yards out of this. You might come out a bit hot. So, I’m going for a nice pitching wedge and just try and get it greened. That came out very weird. Flipping heck. That was a weird golf shot. I almost missed it. Okay, 94 yards. Just come out the left roof. Uh pins accessible. Just hit a nice shot at the right distance. Great shot. Great shot. Very good. Nice. Thank you. Okay. 58 yards. Perfect spinning shot. This got 58° past the flag with a bit of zip. So good. Go in. Spin. Great shot. There we go. Really nice. Bringing back old memories. Done that before on this hole. This is well hard. I’ve got a really quite a burly lie pop bunker all going away from me and no greens to work with. So I’m debating do I put it almost around the bunker and go like the big ski slope. How far is good from here? Be honest. How close? Three feet. Release three. How many? Three feet. Release three. Three feet. You are you’re good at this. You’ve got this mate. Okay. You’ve actually Have you come up and had a look? A little bit. There is weirdly enough land. Little bit into breeze. Right. Open hands, soft hands. Yeah, it’s really good. Good effort that mate. You actually got a tiny bit unlucky there. I know. That was actually really good. So, thank you. Thanks for that. Thanks for confidence, guys. Well, I was saying three feet, so at least it was close to the hole. Your mindset. Yeah, you just got a bit lucky. Take that that off the green. You don’t want me to say that? Just on me. The world’s hardest shot, pal. And you’re probably like doing with those shots, though. Almost gripping it ridiculously loose. Yeah. Don’t know why. Just loose as a goose. Not loose as a goose. That’s a bit too loose. But too loose. That’s a bit ridiculous, James. Loose as a goose. Come on. Okay. Birdie put from here on number four. Just up the hill. Right to left. Got surprised the amount of spin out the rough that shot then. But it’s a nice approach. Need to have a groove check. Those talking golf balls. Yeah. Voice activated. Okay. For birding to get back to one under. It’s a really nice putt as well. Turns a lot, doesn’t it? I thought if anything I’d give it enough break, like generous amounts of break. I’m saying nothing cuz I’m going to hold my put. Then James going to miss and I’ll just look at him. Don’t like you, Paul. Guys, it’s kind of hemorrhaging shots a little bit here at the moment. So, this needs to go in, I feel. Nice put. Good up and down that. Really good up and down. Nice put, mate. I can put now. Watch this. Oh. Oh, big dive. Have you won that? Wow. The octopus doesn’t work all the time. Right. Three fours. Everyone says the same guy. What you three under? You’re three under par, mate. Three. Three under. How good are you? We played five all. Four. You had a penalty drop. Yeah. Look, I just want to be competitive though. I don’t want to blow it all at the start. Three. Level par four under. Okay. Fifth L par four stroke index one 450 yards. Uh just dead straight. Literally just got to bullet a driver down there or a mini driver. Yeah. We don’t discriminate on this channel. You hit it off the deck again. It’s not the side. It’s how you use it. On the wife says size of the hammer, not the nail. Mini ham. Mini ham. Right on. That tree looks pretty good, doesn’t it? Yeah, one in line with the bunker. One in line with the bunker. Yeah. Sorry, I knew I would have gone the other tree at the right. Tight fairway this one. Need a good one. Leaking leaky face. The ditch over there that we don’t want to be in. Bounc of it, did it? Yeah, you’re fine. Not ideal. You’re always a cut to the line. Yeah. Don’t know sometimes. Wind. Wind. That should be fine. Yeah. Just over that bunker. Not a great strike, but it’s fine. No, I knew that was going to happen. Felt that so bad. I s my foot up like that. There used to be bushes over there. It’s near the second green, is it not? I don’t provision. Yeah, there used to be bad bushes. And I just felt so bad over there. Last time we came, I hit a provisional and smoked it. See if I can do it again. No. Is it bad on the right? It’s quite bad. Yeah, that’s findable. Do I go five off the T? No, we’ll find it. Uhoh. So, found my golf ball, which is great. Nearly hit those guys. Didn’t shout for cuz I didn’t know what was over here. My bad. should always shout four. Okay, I’ got no idea how far I’ve got here. I’m going to hit a six iron and hope. Yeah, it’s all right there. It’s in the rough, but it’s fine. Just ter playing so bad. Trying to put the golf ball back in play. Making it hard for myself. How similar are mine and Rick’s tops? Very similar. Like we are twinnies. rang him this morning said, “Wear a black top with like little white spots all over it.” And I wear the same. Have you seen his top? It’s so similar. 176 just coming out the left roof. Uh quite a bare light actually. 176. Don’t know what I hit. 176. It’s a bit of an awkward yardage into breeze. I think it’s just a fiery seven iron wind. Might have missed the green. Left that. Damn. Okay. 156. Drawn quite a good lie here, so shouldn’t get a big flyer out of it. That’s coming. Nice. She all right. That should be all right. Such a weird lie. Very foamy. Oh, it’s come out weird. It’s going to be huge. Oh, it’s on the back of the green. That was bad. Okay, just off the side of the green. Good for distance, terrible for line. I’m going to put it just cuz it’s still a bit bare line and just got to get up over that hill. And once it gets on the green, it’s going to slip away and be fast down the hill. Good speed this Rick. Really good. Oh, nice. Thank you. Now, that was definitely a putter all day. Everything is You couldn’t get a lob wedge much closer than that. Well, you can’t get anything much closer. Do I tap it? Yeah, I’ll tap it in. It’s actually looks better from here. Where are you? Uh, just over there towards the fringe. You’ll be fine, Paul. Nice. I could really do a chipping this in now. Come on. That’s not grabbed, is it? Wow. Thrillly top spinner. All right, James, to get to two under. But three over overall for the tournament. Got to start catching soon. Very weak. Very low. A not good. Not good. We’re going to do a video soon where James plays all the full shots and I just put. See what we shoot. What I need is a new putter. I say we’ll do a video soon where you play all the full shots and I put be silly. We see what we shoot. You’re thinking of all I’m happy with two puts. You’re going not good. I’m thinking I’m happy with that guy. That takes me about to well down to one under now. Is that a dub? Dubé and Michael. Michael Doobes. So Rick, what are you level? So we’ve got one in it now. And then what are you? Four over. I’m four over still. Okay, we’re in five holes and me and Rick have now got one shot in it. We had five to start with. However, the only caveat is I’m playing so badly so far. I’m going to change my mindset and think that’s the bad holes over with. The birdies are coming now. And if we get the birdies, there’s a good chance I could still win. Okay. 6o, 400 yard par four, but it’s a dog leg to the right. What you hitting, James? Driver. It suits like a little fad around the corner, ideally. How much can you chew off? Uh, with a driver, you want to be hitting it. See the big bunch of trees on the corner? Yeah. You want to be hitting it over the left one. Is it over? Mhm. Yeah. Where does Where do I hit a mini driver? Other than probably a mini driver just just inside the tree line on it. If I’m in a three iron, we’re at a three iron. Just dead straight at that post. Is that a bunker? You can just about see. Yeah, that’s like literally level with the post. I just want to let you two know now just so you’re completely clear. I’ve stopped being stupid now. I’m hitting bad golf shots. So, I’m coming to play from this point onwards. We had a bit of a laugh. All guys in the roof. It starts now. Okay. Okay. Okay. Mark my words. Honestly, they don’t believe me. It’s fine. Good. Should be good. Yeah, that looks too much, but I believe Yeah. How far would you be left in with that? 100. I kind of go with drivers. I’m going to try and fade it a little bit more than that. Start it straighter, but fade it more. Or is it dead straight? Dead straight. It needs to get down or it’ll be be on that bank. Oh, it’s just cracked. It’s all right. It doesn’t look too bad there. It’s not long rough, is it? No. Right. Damn. Come on. What you doing, Paul? I’m praying that I hit a good golf shot. You teed it up on this hole. Yeah. Mixing things up. Variety the spice of life. Laura’s gone. Welcome guys. Back in the building. Come on. Yes. Perfect. Great ball. Great ball. You get I tried it cool then hit a great shot. I can’t get my tea out the floor. You don’t pick your tea up after a shot like that. No, I do. I need him. But all the tour pros are free T’s. There we go. Right. I honestly just don’t want to mess up now. I just want it to be a close I don’t want to Well, obviously I want to win. That’s stupid. I want to win. I’m not bothered about winning. I just want to have a good close match and not just like I always do fade away after nine holes. So that was a good shot. Got 140 left in. There’s lots of wind behind. I don’t if you can see the flag over there, but it’s really like blowing. I think it’s behind. It’s kind of behind off the left. Going try and hit like a committed pitching wedge. I’ll be good. Be enough. Ah. It’s all right that I thought it could have been really good in the air. Okay, just in the left roof. Sat beautifully, but just on a bit of a bank. 130 yards. I’m going to go at guy’s ball and just try and kind of draw slash run it up there. Be good. Yeah, pretty good from there. Pretty happy with that. Right. 80 yards down. So downwind into the wind. We don’t know. Depends who’s talking. I think it’s just mainly off the left. So knock a little 52 in there. Light it in. Oh, I love that. It’s gone. Oh, it’s gone big. Ah, slightly big. That’s just downwind. Downwind. It’s not into Okay, so this is the six green. Obviously, I feel this is quite a pivotal point in the round cuz obviously once we’ve done this one, we’re a third of the way through the round. So, it’s interesting to see what the scores are all like. This is for a long, long, long chance at birdie. Was started whacking him through the green, right? Bit aggressive on that pitch shot. But a good putt will make up for that. Oh, I hit the hole. Oh, it’s got a tiny bit of left bias today. Everything I’ve missed has been tiny bit left. Right. What can we vagus? Not quite. But can you do that stretch? Don’t worry his leg up behind you. He does it on one leg like that. Doesn’t he putting Nice putting. I needed that. You did. I felt like you really needed that. It’s always going to happen. Has anyone missed a put that show the lab? Cuz I have. It’s like the Home Simpson meme, right? H I don’t even know what to say to him. Bloody awful. What’s the line, Jimmy? The two traps on the corner. Yeah. You want to be pretty much left edge of the left one. Left edge of the And you can carry it all. Yeah. What does mini drive mini drive and might not? No. I think your normal driver on this. Okay, that’s perfect. Maybe just a little left. Stay in the air. Get over the top. Can’t see it. It was hit well enough. Probably a little bit left, but to fly. It’s not bad. It’s just a bit of rough. If it’s long enough though, it’s middle of the fairway cuz it it runs sideways. It was hit well, but not absolutely smoked. It’s a good line. No wind. Help it, wind. Leave it to help it wind. Yeah, it’s fine. Short of everything. I didn’t feel good over that at all. Don’t know why I hit it, but it’s all right. It’s fine. We’re in play. I’m under power. We’re in play. It’s all nice. And you beat James on a hole. Did very powerable hole out there, wasn’t it? So very powerful. That’s what he does. So that’s the difference. That’s what he does after a bad hole. Just absolutely sends one. I mean you you l That’s exactly where you told us to hit it. Yeah. Is it? Fair play. Inner focus. Fair. Thanks. Fair. That t-shirt of mine was so bad in the air. I thought it was in those trees, but luckily cuz the wind is so strong and I like sliced into the wind. It just kept kind of going up and up and up and finished here. I didn’t go very far, but hey, we’ll take it. Should be all right. It’s not the best shot, but yeah, that’ll be fine, I think. Okay, 184 into this par five. Um, just in this left roof. Blind blind shot. There’s a post in the background I’m going to try and nail it at. Oh, just left. Not miles left. You What’s over there? The next T, but I don’t know. It might have missed the left. Missed it left. That was awful. Okay, 184. I’ve got a seven iron. Not sure it’s going to get there, but I don’t really want to hit a six over the back. So, is that six? That’s seven. Short left maybe. Don’t know. Can’t see it. Okay, we got 90 yards to the pin. A bit of an ups slope. bit wind into. I’m going to try and hit a little 50°ree. Bit thin, bit left, bit rubbish. Decent shot. Kind of getting better. I got away with that big T. That was a terrible golf shot, but outside chance of a birdie. Okay, after my pulled seven iron, I can’t believe how far I hit this left, but we’re on the next T- box. Perfect lie, as you’d imagine. It’s a nice, confident, aggressive lob wedge. Sharp. Lot of spin. Nice shot. Spun too much. Hit it too good. Okie dokie. Eagle chance. Slightly down the hill. Not doing a great deal of break. Looks good. Maybe it’s a nice pot. Yeah, good roll. A little bit leaky, right? Stick a mark on it. See you. No, don’t want to look at it for too long. That’s just one handed it in. It’s easy that put that you could have tap that in. Well, I need to clean the ball. It’s actually a bit of a mud ball bounced by that sprinkler. Go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Oh, I thought I was in a little minute and it’s come up quite short. I’ll knock it in. What? There’s a power. Okay. Down the hill, left to right. Be nice one to birdie this. This would be to Tai Chanuk. The under park club at the top of the leaderboard. What score are you now? One. One under. Still. What a player. Come on. Still make the most of it. It’s a good roll. Lovely roll. Yeah, it is. Yeah, that was in all the way. Great put. It’s a nice pace that Thank you. Nice birdie. Nice bird for another birdie. Yeah. Two birdies, one par. One under, one under, four over. What is the wind actually doing? Slightly into off the left. What’s the What’s the cover of the bank? 143 to the fringe. So, it’s like 10 yards in it. Yeah. You’ve got wiggle room. Yeah. Oh, I hit that so bad. Should have hit hard. Nine. Hit that so bad. You’re going eight, Jim. I’ve got nine. I don’t know if the wind’s hurting or helping or not. It feels like it’s hurting now. Could it seven? I I had it as hurting slightly off the left. It’s like I think that flag’s going more towards the buggy. I would say it’s like a 10:00 wind. Yeah, I don’t think that’s enough puff. Might have done the same as me. Just grab a piece. Yeah, might fall down the road. Yeah, it will. Ow. Green’s for you, pal. I’ll try my best. Yeah, that’s nice. That’s at it. That is nice. Go in. Go in. Very good. Great shot. Nearly hold it again. Got to go aura farming. That felt nice shot guy. Thanks, mate. Okay. Got punished for not hitting it hard enough. Trying to be too cute with that eight iron. Should have hit just hard nine really or just a fuller eight iron. Um rolled right off down the bank here. It’s all right. It’s gone over the back, but it’s hit a lump and not gone horrendous. Okay, little tricky shot here. Straight back into the wind, up a very steep hill to an elevated green and then onto a down slope. So, let’s use 58. Let’s get it close down. Nearly took a bit of a bounce, but it stalled in the wind a bit more than that. Not very good. Ah, this is not a nice shot. It’s really sat down in this bank with a bit of big lump of grass behind the ball as well. Oh, dearyy deary me. Actually don’t know how I get this on the green. I feel like I need to go that way and like almost bounce it off that off that bank. If I miss that bank, I’m in a lot of trouble. I’m going to try and like run it and get it up that way. Yeah, my bad. Better one, pal. Ah, putting for double. Bit further away than I would have liked. Let’s see if we can all a bit swinging left to right of this one. Good effort. Nearly right for you’ve already got the solo lead, but can you extend that solo lead? I’d love to. I would really like to. Come on. Can’t quite get the brake on this, but good effort, mate. It’s a solid tree. Yeah, I’m actually quite happy that I stuck to my break. I saw I do that so often. I see a break and some go against it. I’m trying to trust my judgment because often my judgment’s not far off. Okay, for a double bogey. Oh, that’s a six. From one under to two over swing, guys. Running the show. So, par five, ninth hole, 483. We’ve got wind helping us. I’m going to go with a four iron and just try and plop my way down there. It could work really well. It could be bad idea, but you got a big lead. Yeah, cuz I don’t trust my long clubs. Let your driver out. Come on, let’s have some fun. Oh, perfect. Thank you. Still on that back. Yeah, good ball. I’m just going to smash a driver down there. We need some eagles. Good hit. Is that going to be Yeah, be fine. If I go over that hard to get my perspective, it’ll be right rough that, but it’s not ideal. Do you want to land it just in the left bit between that? Yeah, the bit the fairway that you can see in the saddle’s perfect on that line. Miles down there. I’m in the saddle, aren’t I? Officially in the saddle. You’re in the saddle in the crotch. That dead. It’s not ideal over there. There used to be a lot of bushes over there. I don’t know what it’s like now. I’ll be next to me. Right. Rough. Get a bit more left. That’s fine. Okay. So, my four iron T-shot has done nicely. It’s done exactly what I wanted to do. So, I’m going to go for another four iron, I think, and try and get it down there towards the green. Oh, it’s a bit pulley. It’s okay. It’s down there. It’s not ideal, but I’m down not a million miles away from the green in two. Get the divot. So, I lost my first ball. Things can change pretty quickly in two holes. Plenty of golf left to play though. 194. I’m actually going to hit seven iron. Dig your feet. Dig your feet. Wow, that’s coming hot. Oh my flipping days. Great shot though. That’s a bit hot, wasn’t it? Knackered now, ain’t it? That’s come out so hot. Okay, I’ve got 178. After seeing that, I’m just a n ir for a little flyer. Slightly downwind. That could be good if it lands soft. Go a bit. Yeah, you got to be happy with that. Yeah, I was a bit scared of it after watching that. I know. Okay, so my second floor line on the hole came to here, which I’m happy with. Pin high. Got the kind of pitch quite a bur lie, but there’s lots of wind. Use it almost as a bit of a back stop. That’s pretty poor. But stay. It’s okay. Not very good though. H. This ain’t ideal. This is for par now. Oh god. Okay. Quite a long put here. Downwind. So I just need to be cautious of that. Hit the hole. Got the wind. Definitely got hold of that. Damn it. For a bogey up the hill, left to right. Oh, triple double. One under to four over. Okay, this for a birdie. Learned a little bit off Ricks that it moved at the end. So, see if I can take that into account. No. Pushed it. Pushed it. Take the five. Oh, he got his mop out and cleaned it up. We’ve cleaned it up. The mop worked that time. Nice bird. So good at putting. Nice bird. You are. I’m so good at putting with your whole lot kind of length. Are you happy? Yeah. I’ve had two horrendous holes to finish that back nine. A double and a triple from nowhere. Birded seven. Got to one under tripled eight doubled nine. Right. New nine. 161 yard par three. It’s very downwind isn’t it now? Very. You’re thinking nine or wedge? I’m going to hit nine. I think he’s probably playing like 145. That’s a beautiful shot. It’s on it. Dig. Tad. Tad long. Lovely shot though. Thank you. Is that a nine? Yeah. Just nice one. Nice. Back nine. Come back. That could be really good as well. Wow. Oh my days. This is a tough school. Oh yeah. We like that. How much of a nine did you both hit? I’d say I hit that 143 yards. I hit like a 90% nine. Oh, it’s really good. It’s really good. Oh. Oh, should have gone for 96. I’m happy with At least I’m happy with the shot, though. That was flush. We actually thought mine was closest from the tea, but it’s actually furthest away. Um, at the moment, I’m five shots behind Guy. I’m level with James. I think we’ll catch Guy. I’ve just got to stay somehow stay ahead of James, which can be done. It’s not impossible. I’d have liked to I’d like to have had a buffer, but I don’t have one anymore. It’s a good roll. End over end. Oh, you buy an apple then. I was debating slapping myself in the face. It was a good put. This is for a two. I hate these puts up here. I end up lacing them. So far past or so short. You going to talk yourself into this one then? This one. But this one is going in the back of the green. I just knew. I just knew. I didn’t like it. You smashed that. I know. I didn’t I hate it when it goes uphill. I just think it should such good prep. I’m so good at these. Holy. It throws me off so much. Uphill just a tiny bit right to left is my favorite put. Love every port like but Oh. Oh, that’s weird. Wasn’t a bad port. Definitely a bad read. It’s only right edge. Oh, stays ahead. Stays five shots clear. Five shots, four eight holes to play. Okay, 11th, par four. Pretty much dead straight down. Just need a bomb drive middle of the fairway. And we It’s bird birdie fest. We can tell we’re chasing and guy’s protecting. Oh, Jim. It’s a bit right that. Oh, I think it’s going to bounce left. Watch. Come out of it. It’s going to bounce left. Oh, that’s massive. Right. Going to go with a four iron in. Just try and use the wind and use the hard furways to get it down there. A money. How good is that? This guy’s like he’s leading the open. I am. Get your Get your driver out. Come on. You’re so good with this early extension into the school. I’ve never seen you miss a fairway with that. So with with driver, what’s the line then? Um the tiny little bit of fairway tiny top of the hill. 200 yards away. Try and pitch it on that 5 yard gap. Needs to get lucky with the lie there. It’s bounced. Got a line over that patching it. Left side of that house from here. Oh. Oh. What’s happening there? Oh, play it as it lies, mate. Is it If it’s a If it’s a thingy, I get to drop it. No. No. You got to play that. You do. You get to drop it. No. No. No. Drop. Say that. I’ve got exactly 200 yards to the hole. The middle. To the mid. Is it to the middle? It’s the front. Uh, to the middle. Sure. Yeah. I’m actually going to hit a six iron, which bizarrely, I’m saying this, might not actually get me all the way there, but I feel like I want to hit it more than I want to hit a five iron. Well, the problem with my style of golf, and probably people can relate to this at home. I don’t feel like I’m winning yet cuz I can blow five shots in a hole. So, it’s like I what I’m trying to do, which I think without trying to remember, I think I’ve par five holes in a row or something like that. So, if I keep doing that, obviously, I’ll be in for a great shout. So, I just want to keep playing sensible. However, I don’t want to go ridiculously cautious cuz sometimes I do that making more bogeies. So, oh no, James going right. It’s okay. Short the bush. I literally then got to there and went and blocked it. Didn’t feel good over it at all. That’s the That is the problem though with laying up so much off the tape. You then have long shots in. Okay, I’m in this uh bit of trouble. Anywhere would have been fine. No, my ball’s finished right in there. Again, going back to this idea, when it rains, it pours when it just you just one shot. I just want to stand back on that 80 and hit a full eight iron or a more committed eight, sorry, a full nine iron or a more committed 8 iron. Um 160 170 yards to the pin down wind. I’m just going to smash a pitching wedge and see if I can chase it up there. Be good. Be good. Be good. Be really good. Go, go. Wow. That’s really, really good from there. That’s really good from there. You see it? Yeah. Right. Come on. Let’s make a put. Nice and high in the air. Let the wind push it along. Oh, that could be great. That could be really good. Oh, James. Got it. Go in the hole. Is it good? There’s a lot of It’s like just behind the hole. That’s awesome. Is it Is it lab range? I don’t know now. It’s hard to tell from here. It looks like it’s got it. It was going in. It’s just behind the hole. Oh, that’s missable. Yeah, that’s missable. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay, balls in the path. You do get a free drop here. It’s kind of no close to the hole. So, like this here is no closer. I’m going to do not super super official, so don’t get upset. But yeah, there we go. Oh, wow. That’s a nice strike. Oh, happy with that. It’s gone through that. I’d never do that again. Good shot. Very good shot. That was on the top of the bunker, wasn’t it? Okay, come on Rick the birdie. A little bit of break in this from right to left. Not a lot. It’s a good roll. End over end as he read it. Nearly trying for you at the end. Solid four. Where my t-shot end up? That was a solid four. Didn’t look great where you were. Yeah, that’s horrendous. Oh, what a save. That is a great up and down. That’s a serious up and down that. It’s really good. Was that skill or luck? Comment below. Listen, actually, do I want you to hold this? I want to hold it. Yeah. Well done. Good three. Good three. Well done. Facing you. Chasing you. Important hole. I think if guy would have dropped one there and James would have birded. That would have cut the deficit down to three. But just cuts it down to four. I’m five shots back. James is four. Guy’s leading the way. How far? What do we do? 419 into the teeth. So drive is a bit of a dodgy play because there’s two big bunkers in the fairway. I’m just going to hit play the world’s longest hole. What’s the line over that marker? Um let’s have a look. Feel like it’s more right than that, is it? Not that building. Just right of the marker. Yeah. Between the building and the marker. Uh, between the building. Yes. That’s a good line. Yeah. Oh, spinny out of it. Get lucky. Used to be a lot of heather there. Don’t know what it’s like now. Look like it was it was right side of the fairway. No, that’ll be right rough that a bit heathery over there. Okay, I’m going to go with the three iron. That’ll be fine. A really nice angle into the green. I feel like it shouldn’t be that bad, but have a long way in, but Well, I know. Not a bad play. I think a 44 path. That’s the leader. I’d say it’s not a bad play. Oh, he has. I think he has. That’s good. That was a great shot. I’d say that’s just in the right rough. You’d take it, though, wouldn’t you have to go? Nice. Really nice. Nice. You take it. Okay, so there’s good news and bad news. The good news is my T-shot has hit the fairway, which is always good. The bad news is it’s about 210 yards left into the flag and it’s howling wind into the face. This this is going to be a long golf shot. Um going to try and chip another three iron like I did off the tea. Oh, such a good shot, but I’ve pulled it. Did I go in the bunker or around it? Oh, that was so hit so well, but we just pulled it. Problem I’ve got because obviously it’s so punishing around here like all that thick stuff over there and everywhere both sides of the fairway. Trying to steer it around the golf course and not go into trouble. Then because I’m hitting short shots off the tea, it’s making it so long and then this wind’s not helping me. But got a few I think I’m four shots ahead of James. I think I’m five ahead of Rick. It’s getting serious now. Not ideal. So, this hole straight into the wind. Got 180 yards, which I need to try and hit something low, but it’s going to hit this bank if I do. So, I’m going to try and launch it up in the air. Hopefully get a nice flyer, and that’ll cancel out the wind. That’s the plan. 181. Oh, it’s done. It done it. Stole in the wind. Stole in the wind. Can’t tell. But quite good. Not getting a thumbs up. Okay, just in the right rough. 150 yards into a touch of wind, but I’m still going to hit a hard nine iron. Come on. See if we make some birdies. The right distance. That’s it, Rick. Maybe a bit short. Go a bit short. Can’t see it. Didn’t see where it landed that. Bit worried it might be a bit short. Just a big gust big gust of wind just seemed to kick in. Okay, so my second three iron of the hole that I pulled is actually perfectly uh pin high. A bit of a tight lie again, but try and this one close. Great shot. Well done. Yeah, pretty happy with that one. A bit chunky, but it worked. Right up the hill. Big sloper. Okay, this is going to have some serious right to left on it. Quite a hard one to judge how much. Just got to feel it. Try and get the pace right. Big right to lefter and down the hill. Whacked it. Slowly whacked it. That was not good. Wow. Jeez. No feel. Feel like Donkey Kong there or Wreck-It Ralph. Similar feel. Okay. Still got the slope to contend with. Big right to left. Huge right to left. How is that not broke more? Ah, terrible bogey. But come on, Wreckit. Let’s get it in. Ralph it. Never hit it. Wish wreck it. Ralph hit that one. But he got there. This could extend his lead again. Wow. Getting up down from everywhere. Yeah. This hole is the one that I’ve not had a hole in one on though. Oh, this next par three. So been a few years it might owe me. Okay, so all those guys are walking to next T at the moment. Guys leading. He’s one under. He’s played steady. He’s four over par. He has got up and down from everywhere. But you, you and I know there’s always a blow up in him. So I don’t think it’s over yet. My prediction still two over, three over is going to win this. That’s my goal. I’ve got to try and get to that and then let Guy just come back to us. Right. 160 yards. Going nine, guys. I’m going nine iron. Yeah, you got a five shot lead again. Nice. Run out of holes, eh? I know. Squeaky bum time for him though. I’m not going to exaggerate. Going up 18, I won’t feel comfortable unless I’ve got six. Can we please hit driver on the way in? I see driver on this one fair bit pulley. His feet in pretty quick. Bit boring, but yeah, that’s what leaders need to do. Be boring. I want to be like Tiger at Royal um Lithm. Not Royal Lithions and just You’ll never be like that. How you’ve hit that? I never That was literally right on your saddle. Just a nice nine. It’s a good drummer as well. I a nice mine was a bit pulley which give it a bit more. Yours just a nice nine. Uh it was I played it the same. I think it’s a pretty head. I think it’s a fully me. Okay. N as well. Need to start really forcing some birdies. Been bloody awful today. Long left. It should be okay. Bounce. Okay. After pulling that nine iron, I think I had too much bat if I’m honest with you. Been a bit skewy from my yardages today. Horrible lie. Oh, hacked it out. Nice. Sit up. Sit down. Decent shot. Need to be doing better than that. This is very much now where to try and just nestle these close. Nothing crazy. Nothing silly. Not racing it through and not leaving it stupidly short. Dust spin lid. Yeah, like that. Done. Boring. That you should like ram it at the old mate. Give it a go. That’s never going to hold. It was never there. That was it. Ah, dropping shots left, right, and center. Okay, so hole number 14, par four, just under 400 yards. The strategy really is bomber driver, which these guys are going to do. No surprise. I’m going for a little four iron on the holes where I’ve got wind behind me like this. I kind of don’t mind hitting the iron as much. That was flush but a bit blocky. Yeah, it’s all right on a mound. I’m going to do what guy said in smash driver. Hit it as hard as I can at the flag. Went for it. Went for that. He’s fell out with shoes. Just a bit of rough behind that. Good little shot in from there. I ripped it. What? Very far. Okay. So my foreign although it was blocky one it’s actually done really well on this kind of mound camera Matt was saying it’s like a little elevated tea box just for me I have got let’s have a little look got a 180 to the pin however it’s wind behind I’m hitting kind of downhill coming out of the rough I think it is I was going to say I was going to go nine but I don’t I think that might be a bit little bit too silly I think that’s a Nice eight. Let it ride the wind. Oh, it’s a bit blocky. Other side of the green. Not ideal line, but I’m up there. Don’t want to jinx myself, and obviously I will do by saying this, but my chipping has been pretty good. The pitching and my putting has been pretty good. So, when I’m around the green in regulation now, I feel quite confident because even if I drop a shot, not ideal, we’re still in it. Still very much in it. Okay, 90 yards just in the roof on the left hand side here. Pins kind of protecting that back corner, but I think I can work with the slopes to try and get it near that pin. Massive. Oh, if that releases, that could be good. Okay, side of the green. Chipping a putt. Let’s get a power. Yeah, lovely shot. Yeah, pretty good. Come on, Rick. Oh, can’t gauge it today. Can’t gauge it. What a put. Great. Well done. Oh, that’s phenomenal. Yes. Nice put. Thank you. Okay. Power pot. Need this one. Getting up and down from everywhere. From everywhere. Okay. Hole number 15. It’s a short par four. 342 yards. James is giving Rick some advice up there on what to do. I know what I’m doing. I’m hitting four iron. Bit towy cuty, but it’ll do. Shot. Yeah. Okay. I’m also going to go four iron. Oh my goodness me. I think get down that trap. Is it short of it? It’ll be all right. Nice line in. Okay, so me and Rick are right next to each other. We’ve got about 155 to the pin. Pin is tucked seriously far left of the green. So I’m going to try my very best not get sucked into going for that and just kind of go middle of the green. N bad shot, but get up. Terrible. But it’s up there. Okay, it’s just in the rough, same distance as Guy. I am going to go for the pin. I am going to get sucked into the pin because I need to make birdies. So, I’m just going to let it ride on the wind. The lie is not fantastic. I’m going to cut it off that wind. Please be amazing. Please. One time. Sucked into the pin for sure. That looks incredible. Looks really nice. We need something. We need something and we need it fast. Okay, I came up well short. So, you obviously should put this, but I don’t feel like comfortable putting them so far. So, I’m going to bump and run an eight iron and try and get it close. Yeah, another nice He’s not He’s not breaking down, is he? What? He’s not breaking down. No, he’s just like a robot, right? We need something special. It’s long range, but everything’s holdable. I’m such a good putter. Anything is possible. Wow. That was like a dagger to the heart. Yeah. How much longer is yours looking now, mate? You know, I’m going to hold it. Couple of feet. Three or four. Great put. Right. Come on then. Let’s follow James in with a birdie. Great put. They’re all dropping. Such a birdieable holeless. I’d hate to have a long put for a pop. It doesn’t seem to be that, James. You’re the nice birdie. Ah. Oh, big swing. Huge from a five shot lead to a three shot lead. Yeah, level par now. Okay, so this is the signature hole, 16th hole called Gumbiss. It’s 529 yards straight into the wind. So, it’s got it’s famous for like a double-decker depth bunker in the middle of the fairway, which we will not get to today. All right, let’s smoke a driver down. Nice. I think bit necky. Gone on the wind with it. It right rough. Just needs to get a lie. It bounced. Yeah, I think it’s over everything. Okay, mini D. Faithful mini day. Not big D. No, not big day. Mini D. It was going to happen. It’s on hillside, mate. Okay. I really want to just try today and not have any stupid stupid bad holes. This train, this train might knock it back over. This train might just send the ball back over. Yeah. Right. Towel to mop up this sick. Don’t panic. Don’t panic. Is that definitely gone? That’s 100% right. Oscar Bravo. Great ball. That is so good. That’s a bad one done now. That’s a bad one gone. 17. I needed to get out of my system. I had to get out my system. He was coming. It was like a ticking time. It was coming. It’s gone. So, we can march on now. That head held high. Four iron pal. Right. Bit of a tricky shot here. Just on this bank. I’m going to have to lay up, but I need to get it over that hill. So, I’m hit an eight iron and just clear that hill nicely and leave myself a nice third shot in. That’s really nice. Yeah, done well from there. Done very nicely. Okay, so my provisional ball was absolutely spot on. And now I’m going to go for a mini driver again cuz it’s all or nothing. [Laughter] No words. Sorry. I wasn’t laughing at you. This wasn’t me. This wasn’t It wasn’t It wasn’t meant to go like this. I’m going to just hit a fore. Got a good lie here in the rough. So, four iron straight at the drone over Gumbly. Oh, that that is amazing. That should be good. Straight down the middle. That’s a great shot. Right. This is now What’s the plan? This Well, this is where I’ve ended up now. Um, get it out. One of the deepest bunkers in Lancaster. Yeah. Okay. You ready? Oh, beauty. That was absolutely ripped. Can’t play better than that. Ah, have I lost the match now, do you reckon? It’s certainly crumbling. It’s looking that way. I’m there for five now. Fanta, you got to laugh at friends, haven’t you? That’s what golf’s about. It’s not about winning. It’s not taking part. I’m laughing. I’m laughing. It’s fun. I’m not. Listen, if you get upset about playing golf and you’re not a professional playing for a living, you need to sort yourself out. We’re out here. It’s sunny. We’re We’re healthy. We’re fit. We’re playing golf. Having a laugh. I want to win, but so what if you don’t win? So, this is my sixth shot. Obviously, it’s a par five. Um 150 odd yards. Quite a bare lie. going to try and smash an eight iron. Oh, it’s hit well, but I don’t think it’s going to have enough. Go. It’s okay. Decent shot front edge. Kind of on the greenish short for six. If I get up and down for an eight, that’ll put me at three over. If James P this, he remains three over. It’s going to be close. Okay, third shot into this par five. 120 yards into breeze. I’m just going to hit a nice little control pitching wedge. Come on, let’s go get another birdie. What are you doing to it? Wind. Okay, 70 yards left in here. Got to try and make the most of this. Dig the teeth in whilst there’s blood. Knock it close. Oh, a little short. Nice shot though. Okay, so this is my seventh shot and I’d like to hold it if possible. Little chip and run. Oh, it had such a good look. Wow. Great shot. Good play as well. Little chip and run. Lovely. Yeah, fancied it. I didn’t I don’t I didn’t fancy holding the put, but I thought I might hold the chip, weirdly. Okay, come on, Rick. Big put. This kind of moves left and then starts moving right towards the end. So, it’s fairly flat. It’s great. Keep like it’s like I’m directing it to miss. You see that? Then it’s like I’m saying go right, go right. And it goes right. It goes too far right. Ah, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, not that it matters, but still. I’d love to be that close from there, Paul. I know. I just I thought I’d read it like absolutely perfect. I mean, it wasn’t bad, but if it was a test, pal, you’ve got 99.9% there. You’d be happy with the result. Yeah. I mean, if it was a test which is based on completion or failure, I failed. Oh, there’s a lot of people failing it. Me included. I’m going to hold this one. Come on. Nope. That was weak. Turned a lot that red. You might see here a fist pump triple bogey because if my math is correct, this is for an eight, which to even it up. Yeah, but if I miss it, you’re ahead. So, I’ll hold it and then give a fist bump is my goal. It’s got a little bit of swing on it as well, though. It’s a bit swing. It’s a bit of a naughty one. Naughty flag. That is a very naughty one. Oh, solid. Such a good triple. Well done. Great triple. By the way, how far did your mini driver go? Well, drove him. I drove me, too. Drove his boat. What score did you get, Pal? All right. Oh, James. Everyone is dead good at golfing. And then uh so what? No, it was a good driver. What score are you? Three over. We’re both three now. Both three. I actually hit then some incredible golf. Two back. I hit some incredible golf shots. I a boss mini driver off the tea. The bunker shot out was unreal. Yeah, that chip was pretty good. Then there was also an out of bounds up top and nine iron. 17th 457 yard par four slightly back into breeze. Rough and a little ditch on the left railway right line on the right. Three over. Three over. Five over. So still fairly tight. It is. Yeah. I’ve got the railway in me yet. Don’t you worry. So is Robo. No. I’m going to Robo on the railway. I’m going to smash it that bunker on the left and just cut it back. Oh, he’s done exactly what the doctor ordered. Might just roll into the rough. That’s it. Cheers. Nice hits. Don’t fancy mine, do you? Oh, you’ve got your favorite club out. Well, I think it’s the out of bounds is that far right. Oh, it’s not on that wind. Why have you heard that thing where they say you either you die the hero live long enough to be the villain? I think James is becoming a villain now. I’m going to be honest. Wow. Get left. You want it to go more left. What do you think? Left, left, left. Oh no. I did not see that. Over those red posts. I think it just got over the ditch, didn’t it? Yeah. That was hit good. Stay there. That’s got to be fine. Yeah. Yeah, that’s fine. Yeah, that’s good. Just under the fire, I think. Yep. Good shot, Paul. But more importantly, these handicaps have been pretty spar, haven’t they? If we’re going down 17 this tight, then they’ve been good. Okay, just go over this ditch by the skin of my teeth. 190 yards left in. I’m going to rattle a five iron. Oh, please be good. That look good. 18’s going to play tough as well, even though it’s a short hole. But we’re level neck and neck. Need to give it to him now. Show him who’s boss. Oh, I’ve done a guy. Cheeky. It’s all right. Short right. Got away from me that one now. Okay. I’m going to go five iron as well. I’ll try and go up the left side. So, I don’t want to do what if if I do what James did, I’ll do it more severely and I’ll be out of bounds. So, that tree left of the green. Oh, no. I’ve done it. I’ve literally done exactly what I’ve just said I didn’t want to do. I didn’t see it land. This isn’t fair. Right, I’ll go with the provisional then we go again. Right, five iron. This is going left this time. That is going left and it’s going lefty. Left, left, left. Right, let’s hope we can find the first one. Oh, the dream is over now. I think I’m just keep looking as if I suddenly see a white ball appear, but it’s not going to appear. What on the train track? Then what will you do? Well, at least I’d know the fate. But you know what’s annoying though? I’m coughing now. I tried to aim so far left so that I wouldn’t go out of bounds. And now I don’t know where my other one’s gone. Okay. Bit closer than I would have liked. This is the out of bounds fence just behind me here. Not much room. So, got no real back swing for a flop shot. So, that’s kind of out of the question. Just going to have to bump a seven iron over this huge knuckle down to the hole. Down. Not a bad shot. Not bad. It’s horable. Okay, this light’s pretty poor. Let’s try and get it out. Get it close. Slow down. Ah, that’s poor. That’s poor. Unfortunately, the magic wand hasn’t been magic today until now. Two more holes just to get hot. Come on. Wow. A I wanted it. I really did. Right for par, James. Okay. What’s yours for? Ricks for a really weak third put uphill right to left. Give it a go. Oh, nice. Wow. It was in if I hit it. Worst feeling in golf in the middle. In the middle shot. Oh, this means the deficit is just one. Yeah. Great put. Nice putting. This is to join Rick at five. This will be nice. The last. There’s one shot in it. No, this is for a seven. Huh? This is for triple, is it? Yeah, this is for a triple. Two. Four, five, six, seven. Got this for a seven. Thought it was for a six. This is to stay in last place. Okay. Sorry, Paul. Yes. Well done. Good. Keep something in it. So that I am now seven over. It’s 456. Just gone. Triple triple. 456. Yeah. 456. That’s not too bad. I mean it still I mean it’s still just right. Final hole. There is just one in it. James leads at four over. I’m five over. Guy six. We’ve all now had the lead at one point. Yeah, I had joint lead at one point. You had the lead then you had it for a long time and then give it back. I don’t know how to play this last. What did Where do we go? Or what do we try? Slight dog leg left towards the big bunker. You trying if you hit driver on that post, are you fine? Yeah, even just right of that mini D. Mini Dizzler should be great. Perfect. That’s absolute bullet. Bullet. You might have ate it after that. P. I better not have it. You will. You bulleted it. Miss it too. Well, okay. Something like that. That was nice. Like that one from Rick. Oh, that was mullled. Stay there. I was really hoping that there’d be a chance for me to try and get back in, but I think it’s gone. Two good drives. Don’t want them back. Oh, three straighter golf shots. Really good shots. That was nailed. Nice. Come on. All to play for. Hold my second shot. Okay. So, got 120. Hit a great T- shot then. Those guys are well further ahead. They smoke the drivers. I mini driver. So, they’ve got obviously a lot less in than I have. A lot of wind into the face. I’m going to try and chip a nine iron. Do not want to leave this short. Little one of those wasn’t what I wanted to do, but Oh, big B. Oh, you see that bounce? It bounced about 30 yards left. Oh, that’s so annoying. It’s not my day, is it? It’s not my day. If I could stop the blowup holes, I would be an all right golfer, but there’s always one or two in there, unfortunately. I’ve got 52°. Pierce it in there. Oh, hammered that. That was massive. That is huge. Let it go. It’s like it plugged. Wow. Okay. 64 yards between me and potential glory. Spin hard. Yeah, it’s pretty nice, mate. Okay, my shot came right off the side of the green and down here, which is quite brutal. So, I’m going to have to try and pop the 58° up. Get in the hole. Ideally, no. Please go, go, go, go, go, go. It’s done well. It’s not done too bad. Yeah, not bad. That was an absolute shocking approach shot. Hammered that right to left over a lot of fringe and then down to the hole. Oh, what a putt. What a put. Yeah, bad work. Very nice. What I needed, right, this is to force James to hold it for a tie. This is to finish four over. What of a up and down roller coaster of a ride this round’s been. Come on. One time putter. I don’t feel like you’ve done a great deal for me today. Big pot. It’s rolling black. Stay up. It’s a good effort. Well done. Damn. It’s a good effort. Really wanted that. Finished at five. Okay, so this put matter if it goes in or not. Obviously, I can’t win now. Can’t even come second. But I can get the up and down crown for how many up and downs I’ve got today. No, definitely. And the putting crown. Yeah. Yeah, the putting crown. So, come on. Let’s send it home. Just slightly dive. I think that puts me at seven over now. James for the crown for the big moment. Come on, James for the summer major. Just have it. Yes. Close the hall. Well done, mate. Thanks, mate. That was good fun. You deserve it. Well done. Well done. Really good 16. Well done, mate. Yeah. Good playing. Thanks, guys. Thanks for watching. Um James takes the win. That was good. I think handicaps are great. Handicaps are great. Really good. Rematch soon. Yep, definitely. Well done. Thanks, guys. Thanks for watching. Lots more to come. We’ll see you next time.

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