David Lewis’ Under 15’s move to round 5

Many congratulations to David Lewis and his Leinster Under 15’s team who this afternoon pulled off a great win against Edenderry in the fourth round of the Leinster Under 15’s Championship.  With three games away from home in Edenderry this was never going to be a walk in the park for David’s team.

As the match unfolded, three of the games were decided early doors with Toby Murphy winning 7&5 at home having played some great golf, including a chip in for birdie and a win on the eleventh. Marc Lawless continued his fine recent form with an excellent win away 5&4 but unfortunately for Conor Dignam, who was a late draftee after Jack McGovern was injured, he came up against a strong opponent in Edenderry and lost 6&4.

As always in these matches it was a nail biting finish. We needed one of, home player William O’Riordan, who turned all square but was two up after fifteen or Milo Doyle, who was in Edenderry having turned two down but who had got his match back to one down with two to play, to win their matches.

As it turned out, William lost sixteen and seventeen (where he was giving a shot to his opponent) and was all square on the eighteenth tee box.  Milo, in contrast, won his seventeenth to go all square. So two chances to get a win…

William hit a great drive down eighteen, leaving himself a seventy yard pitch from the rough to the pin which was on the lower level of the eighteenth green while his young opponent was twenty yards out in two. William hit a wonderful shot to six feet and, when his opponent left his chip short and William lipped out for birdie it was time to shake hands.  Milo’s match continued to the finish in Edenderry and he won the final hole with an excellent birdie to complete an excellent 4:1 victory for Greystones.

A great win for the team, and many congratulations to David and the whole squad.