Nick and Mac take on Tom and Wayne. Nick and Wayne get one a side, Mac gets five a side.

Starting on 10 it becomes apparent it will be a crazy day. Stroking Mac is nearly on in two but a strong pitch followed by a three putt opens the door for Tom to win the hole with his one putt par.
Nick wins 11 with a bogey. Enough said. Even.
12 - Nick lose the first of many balls. Mac three putts. One up Tom and Wayne.
13 - Nick loses the second of many balls. Mac three putts. Two up Tom and Wayne.
14 - Nick loses the third and fourth of many balls. Tom birdies. Three up Tom and Wayne
15 - Rough on the left stops Nick's ball going out of bounds. A magnificent three wood, pitch to four feet and one putt means Nick's stroking birdie/eagle beats Tom's on in two, real birdie. 2 up.
16 - Tom sinks a pressure five footer for a par. Mac has the same line from four feet but pushes it to make the hole halved. The rains come. Hard! And the winds.
17 - Nick is in play in the rain but a strong chip and two putt means the team bogey only halves the hole when par would have won it.
18 - More rain. Wayne is lost right. Tom is right and tops his second still in the trees. Punching out to 150 he hits an approach to three feet and can make par from an impossible predicament. Nick is safe up the right but the trees swallow his next shot and the ball is never found. Mac is in a groove and hits a strong drive again. The second is not so good. Nor the third. But the fourth finds the green about fifteen feet away. Is it time Mac to make a putt? Of course not. Bogey net par for Mac. Three feet for an improbable half for Tom. Not to be. A jerked stroke gives the hole to Nick and Mac and it's one up at the turn for Tom and Wayne.

A little rest around the pro shop has Tim telling us there is a huge storm coming. Wayne is insistent there is no point in playing in what is coming. Nick looks at the radar screen and wonders where the storm we have just played through is on the radar screen. Surely it will be visible but past us. No says Tim. Hit the refresh button says Nick. Oh says Tim as the impending storm turns out to be the one we just played through. So much for Wayne's sage advice to avoid playing in those conditions!

Back to golf.
Mac is driving well and chipping better. A little two footer on one slides in the side door to take the hole from Tom. Even.
2 - Nick hits a green. Mac hits the seventh green (almost). Two chances for Tom and Wayne from ten feet to halve but no go so Nick and Mac have their first lead.
3 - A beauty tee shot from Wayne and two putt par wins the hole and squares the match.
4 - Wayne drives in the left trees and ends in the centre of the fairway. Not bad. One should take advantage of a good break, especially on a stroking hole. Not to be. Stroking Nick loses another ball after a good drive. Mac makes an interesting bogey/par and again Nick and Mac are one up.
5 - Nick drives long up the left side into the wind. He then proceeds to block it out of bounds. Mac goes chug chug but too many chugs means the hole is Tom and Wayne's with bogey. All square.
6 - Nick and Wayne both botch green side activities but Nick was green side in two while Wayne took three to get on. Nick's bogey wins so it's one up Nick Mac again.
7 - Nick and Mac make bogey (A theme?). Tom and Wayne have chances but their putts don't drop so it's another hole halved'
8 - Nick loses another ball. However partner Mac is long and straight and has thirty feet for net eagle. No worries as Tom has twenty feet for par. But finally a putt drops. Tom has par. Mac is tentative. Three feet to win the hole and the match. Best putt of the day for Mac as he gets a regulation par net birdie. Two and one for Nick and Mac.

Nick 9 lost balls 100 (symmetrical nines of 50) net 86
Mac 94 net 70. And a few putts in there
Tom 84 net 73
Wayne 87 net 73