The Signature Hole Challenge

The LONGEST matchplay in the world!

Chris is 4 up thru 6 courses!

This is the LONGEST matchplay known to man!!!

But it helps us focus on something during the round, and even though Chris only decided to make this a thing AFTER we’d played 3 courses and he was already 2 UP, it’s really good and we are going to film us playing each signature hole.

Have a look at our hole by hole commentary of how we’re doing

The Latest One - 12th at Woodhall Spa (Hotchkin) (Par 3)

Chris goes 4 up after 6 signature holes

This is a brutal par 3 with bunkers surrounding it, including the deepesrt one on the course at 12ft!

There is sand short, left and right, and the green is long and thin.

What looked like a good tee shot from Nish, after Chris had nailed his, turned put to hit the sand, and then it went quickly south after that!

The Previous One - 12th at Aberdovey (Par 3)

Chris stays 3 up after 5 signature holes

On a tricky par 3, Chris hit the back of the green, and Nish was just wide right

From there, Chris did his usual 3 putts, and Nish chipped on then 2 putted for the half…

The rot has been stopped!

15th at Royal St Davids (Par 4)

Chris goes 3 up after 4 signature holes

This hole was an unmitigated disaster for EVERYONE! No one got off the tee, no one played a good approach shot, and Chris won this hole with a 6… with Nish shooting 7 after taking 3 shots to get the ball 50 yards from the tee!!

The pressure of filming it got to all of us! Disaster, disaster, disaster!

* 16th at Southport & Ainsdale (Par 5)

Chris goes 2 up after 3 signature holes

The last hole where Nish had no idea this was actually going to turen into a challenge-long contest.

Chris sprayed his tee shot left but long, nish put it out of bounds to the right. He then hit the PERFECT drive after that, long and down the middle (Classic!!!)

The approach is blind so you have to pick a line, hopefully with the help of some local knowledge or just pure luck and go for it.

The green is well guarded by rough – so good luck finding your ball.

All in all, Chris shot a 6, and Nish paid the price of an errant drive with a 7

* 10th at Moortown (Par 3)

Chris goes 1 up after 2 signature holes

The 2nd hole where Nish had no idea this was an actual thing!

The flyover does this hole no justice, but it’s very easyt on the eye.

Nosh went first and topped it into the deep rough in front of the tee.

Chris stepped up and stuck it on the green, followed by Nish who hit a provisional, that for all the world looked like it was going in (again – classic golf!)

Both shots landed equidistant from the hole, which both 2 putting, but 3 off the tee cost Nish!

* 13th at Silloth-on-Solway (Par 5)

Hole Halved!

This is before anyone knew this was a thing – but we discreditably halved this hole in 8 (EIGHT!)

The less said about this HARD hole, the better!

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