Can I beat a +4 handicap junior golfer? (Strokeplay)

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All right guys little special treat for you today down here at Yaz acas in Abu Dhabi ranked one of the best new golf courses in the world as you can see we’re under the Lights I’ve got a hell of a competitor today nine holes I’m going to take on this young man Thomas

Nbit Thomas thanks for joining us thank you yeah great gets this 16 years old and what’s your handicap Thomas I’m off plus four at the minute yeah so I like that at the minute cuz he’s aiming to get even better so we’re going to have a little nine ho match can’t wait okay

Should be good at the moment a few of you titles your backto back club champion at Abu daab Golf Club yeah you’re in the amateur team for the Abby for the UAE amateur team yeah anything else any other accolades we need to know that’s it for now hopefully hopefully a

Few more to come but we’ll see yeah the goal is to become a player yeah I would love to that’s definitely the uh the ambition so I love it and you played it before yeah a couple times so maybe little inside knowledge well after you

To but going stri R down the first first H is a power five 512 yards guy’s also playing with us today yes but um he’s going to going to cheer lead I’m watching and hope hit a good shot here in there yeah just for bit of bit of

Rosatas right I’m guessing it’s at the bunk with a little fade yeah that’s the One good hit didn’t quite fade wait that be all right yeah should be all right depends what that trap is okay right I’ve got my work against me today take on Thomas Young Thomas 16y old played off plus4 well I don’t even know what I was doing at 16 years old I definitely

Wasn’t off plus4 I’ve never been off plus four right at that bunk little fade that is not a fade that might be in the bit of wasteland definitely find it didn’t want to go in the water if you I didn’t want to say it on the camera

All the way down the right hand side there’s water I just didn’t want to lose this match straight away after the first okay not my finest t-shot Thomas actually fine is short that bunker is’s in a great position just just for a minute just appreciate hopefully I’ll find one or two

Appreciate the fairways I mean they’re absolutely spectacular right quite a long way to the green here I’m in the sand and there’s a ditch that runs about 170 yards across the Fairway so I don’t really know how to play this to clear the water I’ve got to hit it

160 so going try and hit a seven iron that should be absolutely perfect should have a little pitch in from there nice recovery not the best t-shot but left was always going to be the option to go for think it’s 215 to fly the Trap so got to be a good good

Hit oh what a hit oh catch a piece I think you’re on the green there Thomas take it take it it’s on the green pal I think you’re putting for Eagle thanks right I’m so impressed with this golf course already no wonder it’s been ranked one of the highest golf you know

The one of the best new golf course in the world 110 yards to the pin pin looks like it’s just tued over the the top of that bunker Thomas I think you’re in a really nice spot I think I can see your ball so I need to hit a nice one here

Get get one close are we doing stroke play or match play I like match play good with match play good with match play perfect match play but we’ve got to play all nine yeah that’s it to see how many you can beat me by if that’s the

Case hopefully I’m going to get you all the way to the end that’s going to be really good looks great that should be really really good I’m coming here I’m coming here fighting Thomas I’m not gonna go down straight away it’s gonna be a tough game

You can see he’s dialed already um but we’ll see hopefully hopefully all goes all goes well we honestly first hole this place is ticking all the boxes I’m very very impressed howd you want it Thomas in all right thank you the eagle on the first coming on the channel last minute going

To step up there and go drive a hybrid one p to get two under power and go one up that’ be a hell of a start everyone wants to see it do it do it oh you know what I’m going to let you knock that in you I’ll give it you

Perfect but you can knock it in to open up a bit of birdy sauce first of the day where are you first of many from you yeah good birdie start well done thank you okay for birdie and to tie the first hole it’s beautiful it’s a great

Roll know what I’m glad I didn’t cuz it would have been embarrassed I nearly started walking after that I really thought in was a great R okay little we’ll do I think we might do stroke play yeah yeah let do stroke play Thomas is one under I’m level par all right Thomas

Tell us about this hole so uh little short par for um I think uh three would leav us hopefully about 80 90 yards just at the bunker in the distance okay nice that’ll be good you w on this strong start uhoh oh Stay Stay Splash you can drop one down there

But yeah that was uh oh going a little bit left Lifeline right straight at the bunker yeah that that’ll be fine tiny bit right of where I wanted to go but not bad in a decent spot okay unfortunately Thomas snuck it in the water so he’s taking a drop yeah how

Five you got Thomas got 11 to the pin um there’s a bit of a back stop behind it so try to use it oh this looks really good sit oh nice shot Nice Shot man give yourself a look for p okay 94 yards CRA honestly I’m so impressed I

I’ll stop saying it well I might not do but so imp impressed with this place um it’s got a nice little pitch looks good this get up it’s actually needs to get up a bit that’s to get down lights are playing trick in my mind okay on the

Green nice little look for birdie right see if I can get one back on the young man up the hill not a lot in this you know fan this put great effort thanks pal right put the pressure on you a chance Oh Thomas raced it I’m happy to give you that thank you

Very generous you don’t miss them not missed them since you were 16 years old right hold level level score level PA each through two um this place is a joke absolute joke okay par three third hole 157 yards pin looks like it’s tucked on as far right a

Corner as it possibly can be so got to be uh left corner left corner got to be it’s got to be right at the pin and then let it come round on the slope going to hit a TI in oh I’ve gone too far right should be on the green but that’s

Going to be a long put come on Thomas stick it close you going for the pin or just slightly right just right of it try get one turning in oh he’s done the same come with me we’ got two big PS coming up oh my God to be fair we weren’t far

Off that would have been another five yards left guess the slope yeah right then Thomas a long one this is a big big long puts we got coming up crazy go honest though like halfway in the middle if would have been another five yards left they would have actually genuinely got right down

Towards the hole all about Pace I’m kind of glad you’re going first here go go I don’t think it’s going to be short go oh you’re right it yeah very nice well you actually hit that a lot harder than I thought yeah a lot harder came a long way from the right as

Well okay it’s literally on the side of a ski slope that so much harder than I thought it’s good Pace I think come on never thought that was going to be short never in my wildest dreams I thought I was going to be short that I

Actually thought as soon as I hit it I thought I’d put it off the green break Oh Thomas Oh Thomas it’s good Thomas to take an early lead against the young man beautiful hold done thank you okay well there you go two three I’m level Thomas is one

Over he’s just making it entertaining for everybody let’s be honest that was a t that was a good two put from there I thought i’ honestly I thought I’d hit that first put way too hard okay fourth hole really gorgeous looking hole 432 yards there’s a bunker

There on the left which is 250 to carry and there’s one on the right which might capture any loose balls then it goes shooting down let’s get a good drive down there’s a flood light I’m aiming for great ball perfect it should be really good perfect oh Tomy stay up terrible

S be all right yeah I think it’ll be all right Thomas is fine here just in the left rof yeah how five you got got 168 to the pin but it looks quite far back stick it close pal looks good oh it looks very good thank you

Nice shot nice recovery there we go okay after a really solid drive there straight down the middle of the Fairway 128 yards to the pin Thomas is in tight is it a great shot from back there I’m just going to hit a little pitching wedge just try and get one

Close be good for distance stop moving golf ball oh that’s run off the green it’s a good shot as well tiny bit right but not bad okay walking up here that was very concerned about mine so I hit a really nice shot pitching wed in the middle of

The Fairway that’s slight issue of been in the middle of the Fairway actually soon as it landed it spun and I believe it went up near the top of the hill probably in somewhere near these sprinklers yeah look at that it’s pitched there another yard open it would have

Been money but it’s come down this hill Thomas a wonderful shot into about 10t 8 ft okay up the hill it’s going to break to the left once it gets over the crest of it tell you what Thomas you’ve done when to look at where that pin is

Actually placed it’s on a green that’s probably four yards in diameter tight and break a it’s fast it’s a great Rock not horrendous but it was just a little bit fast it just took the brake out of it it’s good for me good thank you yeah very

Generous right come on Thomas get back to level par for a birdie here on number four after a great approach shot yes well done mate what a great up and what a great bird take it right than you after four keep it interesting both level par done mate good birdie thank

You back to level P yeah that was a that was a that was a really tough pin yeah I think it helped I was out the rough I can get it to run up the green a bit you play that great good we got next what

Hole I think it’s the uh I think it is the par three coming up but nice not too sure could be very wrong you’re very very wrong I’m a whole early a long PA for yeah it’s just a little it’s a it’s a good good PA four

Little slight dog leg right um once you get past that bunker it’s it’s a probably 6 79 in so it’s a yeah it’s a long hole you want to finish it on the um food light just right at the bunker yeah that would be perfect oh slit slit to

Touch Jesus maybe bunker yeah hopefully hopefully I think it could be left of it was it no I think it was left edge of the bunker okay okay trying to hit a good drive last one was really really really good let’s it the Same perfect B very nice got 180 to the pin but I think I’ve being ambitious here with the 99 going to try get it out oh no ah okay I’m going to go 99 it’s 160 just going to try and C cover that trap which is probably about 150 or

148 it a nice one straight at it oh I thinned it actually might be all right good bad R damn really watch hit a nice shot shot there right and Thomas what have we got pal got 50 yards with a tight pin it towards the back but I’ve got a bit of

Green to work with so try to get one in there tight go not sure you good might have just run out a little bit okay 30 opportunity here on number five well I say opportunity it’s a long put to be fair thin my shot into the

Green but glad I took nine9 instead of eight um got a big sweeping left to right Port coming up okay let’s get the speed and the line absolutely perfect perfect that’s the recipe stay up ball well that is not the line or the pace ah is this for five this is for five

Yeah yeah I’ll tell you what though if you hold this and I miss mine a big big big big swing momentum that is a hell of a five that is a hell of a five just snuck in the edge okay this put’s become more important straight back up the hill it’s remain level

Par never in doubt thank you okay level PA plays one over through five holes okay Par 3 six hole 130 yards beautiful looking hole pins right at the front go pitching wed straight at it let’s break the flag don’t pull don’t pull no no no catch a

Bit think it’ll be on the green but it’s a bit long bit long and left what you going with got pitching wedge yeah full one or yeah it’s a good one um anything behind it it’s all right yes go get up that’s definitely up y yeah it’s really good shot mate well

Done really good just a quick one I’ll all you cuz 6’2 Jesus Christ you’re 16 yeah when are you 17 April next year oh you’re not even nearly 17 and you’re 6′ to the hell are they growing you in Du buy duy food Jesus Christ you kids these

Days eh kids these days getting bigger better at golf to be 16 again look at these shots the ones that’s just on shot there as well as guys is’s a great t- shot in there um I’m just a little bit further off not too bad long range put here for

Birdie Thomas is in nice and tight so I need to uh not do anything silly here if you get a bit greedy it could EAS off the front of the green and I could be having a pitch into the back in oh the slower damn it’s getting late at

Night I suppose right come on Thomas for a nice birdie to still have no passs on the scorecard unlike me so far I’ve had five pars on the scor card come on this to get to one on the par but back to back birdies oh no it’s not back to level back to

Level oh shoved it you can have that pal thank you I like the confidence shov it okay so the remain level little pretty straight yeah very good thank you okay level power plays one over on to the seventh okay seventh H power for uh cracking hole again I mean they they’ve

All been there’s a bunker right down there about 320 so I’m going to smash it as hard as I can at that bunker and then should have only a 150 yards in if that that is ripped my money don’t jiggle jiggle it folds great drive there we

Go come Thomas better right there’s two balls down here I’m hoping pump that one I want to make sure I’m just still longer than a we we Snapper who’s who’s who’s got it still got it he’s still got it yeah yes just about beating a 16y old yes take

That oh he’s saying that this kid his age now swing at like 120 mes per hour when I grow up I was swing at 120 M no I’ll get there I’ll get it back speed training coming soon you going wedge I’m going wedge I think got a good back stop at the end

We’re good to go oh Tommy stay Oh Thomas no might I just do you think it seems to land quite soft that you know yeah could get lucky okay does everything move down to that flag yeah definitely if you go past it okay 137 yards I’m going to hit

Pitching wedge so one it’s a good strike come on let’s I want to bird this round looks very good come left a bit more oh oh don’t tell out it’s on a hill he’s just a bit short to get the uh the release damn okay down the hill right to left

For birdie I really would like a birdie on this scor card so so far it’s blemish free which is good but a birdie would be better had to break I really thought it was going to go jeez it’s good it’s good yeah good come on Thomas to get back to level P

Another Birdie on the Card that was that dropped in Jesus how did that drop just that that was that was gone right the whole way golfing Gods they’re with me Thomas has got back to level pal level par two holes to play wow good matching store right eighth hle power four long

One 472 yards three bunkers on the right that are shorter in distance which you could probably catch the ball out three buns on left which are out of range got to smash it at them Oh Thomas not sure about that power do you think yeah left left side could be

Desert that’s fine yeah perfect should be good tight this four that’s it right the dream got here you can see the trail oh missed this bush by about 3 in you’ve had a look on your side today Thomas got away with one there and you’re in on the pass you can

Probably drop it whether you’d want it I don’t think you’d want to drop it he’s got lucky there lucky boy come on I want to I do actually want to win this match he’s a 16y old kid yeah so what plus four still want to beat him

What I mean teach him a lesson or too remind myself that I can still compete and play some good golf see what happens two lot twoes lot to go yeah not the best lie in the world but got a little pitching wedge all about contact okay 190 yard away it’s water

Long so I’m going to Rifle a six IR at it I can carry my six9 about 182 let it run the rest of the way what I don’t want to do is hit this 10 yards over the green cuz it’s literally in the water oh fed it a

Bit Ah fatted it a bit and the fairways are so tight it’s easily done come on Thomas 150 stick one close go go travel go touch heavy as well yeah okay after a pretty uh pretty disappointed iron shot I think this way fat short of the green

I’m on this perfect apron with literally borderline putting green anyway I think the fairways are about the same speed as most putting greens so a nice shot great distance very good it’s not bad tiny bit skinny but not bad it’s uh give myself a look for

Par oh that’s it just run on a bit must make isn’t it was this for a for bogy f Bogi yeah this is a most make with one hole left to play come on you’ve uh you’ve held some great puts so far this round let’s see another

One thought that had to break I thought that had to break big point in the match this is for p left to right not loading it just out just outside the cup slid off the putter that’s good still go oh my God Jesus a bogey now very good thank you

Okay first bogey on the scorecard for me which is frustrating down the last and one over Thomas is two okay last hole ninth hle par five uh just over just about 500 yards um before I hit this t-shot I’ve thoroughly and I mean this from the bottom of my heart love this

Golf course I mean it’s unbelievable uh condition of it is just outrageous I understand why it’s been voted best new golf course right I’m going to absolutely tunk this let’s give it a good hit straight at that final lamp post perfect great ball that is literally so on that last F

Light follow Rick come on then Thomas give me your roll yes feel like you’ve got an eagle written all over this to get back to level par can you imagine yeah that would be funny would it did you you SM you smash yours didn’t

You hit it good I hit it good that’s all I’ve got so I think you’ve got me I think you’ve got me doubt it yeah yeah you’ve got me by you got me by a mile come on the boys jeez beautiful that’s it that’s it I’m going

To you know what I need I need to like somehow reverse the aging process like start sleeping in like an ice chamber or something you know cuz then by the time he gets to like 25 I’ll reverse age enough to get back to about 25 then I’ll out driving

Ah God life a sucks getting old 182 yards to the pin on this par five want to finish with a birdie I want to finish level par around this golf course I think a nice six iron nothing too crazy just nice solid one hit the

Back of the ball middle of the green to be put birdie looks good hold on should be really really really solid hard green yeah look it good strike it was nice to that got 171 that pin looks nasty from here I’m going to give everything I’ve got on a 79 draw a ball

Get there yeah so bounce might have a pot might have a chance getting up there I think we saw a glimpse of Thomas’s which was very very nice I’ve not seen mine just yet I’m only taking my putter yeah I’m a little long okay last hole Eagle put coming up two Eagle puts

One for me one for Thomas I real like to finish this round level pass let’s try and not this close or maybe even in right to left slightly up the hill Rick what are you doing yeah you can take it out thank you why did you hit that so hard right

Thomas this is it this is actually to win oh no it’s not no it’s not it’s not it’s not to win not with from 12 ft no this is not to win this is to put pressure on me though the eagle after a great second shot into the green think it’s a little

Bit left to right the start it might come back at the end do it do it have we just witnessed what is that oh my God that was an eagle to finish oh it’s beautiful she this actually I to now hold this to tie wow what round see

You’ve shot level PA front nine level with one p and a double three birdies and an eagle and now I need to hold this just a half you know what if I miss it I miss it don’t mind losing to that for birdie to finish I just can’t believe you just done

That just on me go on knock it in for a great H can’t believe it Well Done mate that was awes thanks so much thank you for the opportunity thank you level P what around the golf go and check him out Thomas Nesbit uh and this place was absolutely phenomenal

Loved it we’ll have to come back level par one over Eagle on the last to win it you couldn’t Rite it any better that was fun that was fun thank you