Pakdokter partnered AK again on the second day and our opponents from SICC, Ivan and Vincent, both play to handicaps of 24. So they both got 12 strokes from AK and 5 strokes from pakdokter.
We teed off from the 15th tee as on Day 1 and pakdokter started off poorly when pakdokter nearly pull the drive into the left lake. AK also topped the second shot and we were only saved at this hole because the SICC players did not hit long and only managed to reach the long par-5 hole in 4 or 5. They again found the putting green fast and difficult - and pakdokter just managed to square them here with an 8 as all 3 of us had a stroke here from AK. Pakdokter hit a good drive at the par-4 16th and hit another good second shot with a 7-iron from 150 yards or so but the ball rolled across the green to the edge of the bunker. Ivan reached the green in 3 and 2-putted for a 5. Having to stand in the deep bunker to hit out the ball from the sloping edge was difficult for pakdokter - in the end just managed to square the SICC guys again here.
We finished the 18th hole square - pakdokter was 'off form' from very early - reasons? - not enough sleep as was up watching the Euro Football from 2 am and then the Fedex St Jude Golf in USA.
Throught the 1st Nine of the Old Course - we were closely matched by the SICC pair, they took advantage of the 12 strokes they had off AK and pakdokter not being able to match them in many holes.
When we moved on the remaining 5 holes of the 2nd Nine of the Old Course -we were still 1-down t them.They kept the position there until the last 2 holes when we were 2 down with 2 to go and they had no more strokes from us. AK took the 13th hole to go 1 down and we were hoping to take the last hole 14th to at least square the game and contribute 1 point for RSGC. But we were not so lucky - we could only square them at the last hole thus losing the match with 1 and 0.
Ivan, AK, pakdokter and Vincent
However, in the overall game - RSGC trounced SICC for both the Men's Competitions for the Hashim Ali and Loke Wan Tho Trophies. The RSGC Ladies and won the game against their SICC counterparts for their own trophy. And RSGC won by quite big margins!
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