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Golfers dramatic fight back secures ISGA win

Habs top three golfers, all from the Middle School, achieved a notable scalp when knocking out hot favourites Mill Hill from the ISGA Matchplay knockout  at Mid-Herts Golf Club on Wednesday 23rd September.

With all three players behind in their matches with just a few holes remaining, it seemed that Habs first foray into the ISGA knockout would be a short-lived one, but all the drama lay ahead. Will Aldred won the 16th and 18th holes of his match to go into extra holes. Having hit a seemingly perfect tee shot on the first extra hole, Aldred was crestfallen on finding his ball sitting on a tree root up against a tree with no way of advancing the ball onto the green. With no option but to chip out into the fairway, Aldred watched his opponent play a well-controlled shot onto the green to set up a possible birdie. The Habs no.1 then produced a sublime pitch shot to just inches from the hole, and when the Mill Hill player missed his birdie attempt, a further hole was required. The tables were turned immediately when Mill Hill found themselves stymied by a tree, and Aldred ground out a solid par to take the match as his opponent made an unfortunate double bogey.

Aidan Kovenklioglu having lost the bottom match on the 17th green, all hopes rested on older brother Harry. The older sibling wrestled himself from 2 down with 2 to play to be all square after 18. On the first extra hole, Harry’s chip shot ran to the back of the green, leaving Mill Hill the task of 2 putting for the match. The first putt ran 3 feet past the hole, and when both players missed their resulting putts, a second extra hole was needed. Kovenklioglu narrowly missed a birdie putt, but when Mill Hill again 3 putted, the match was won.

A dramatic end to the match, which sets up a 2nd round match away to either Mill Hill’s B team, or Brentwood A.