03/15/2014 – Cole Wins His First 2014 Match

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March 14, 2014:  The MDGT Match Play Championship started today at Seneca GC with 64 players in the Championship Boy’s bracket.  Cole was paired against high school junior Jimmy Gates of Louisville, Ky.  The winter rust was on Cole’s game to begin the match as could be seen from his ball striking and short game.  He finished the front nine holes three down to Gates. 

The back nine was a different story.  Cole fought back by parring and winning the first three holes on the back to square the match. After halving number 13 with Gates, Cole finished with par, birdie, par to win the next three holes and the match, 3 and 2.  Cole hit 3 of 5 fairways and 5 of 7 greens on the back nine.  He finished with 8 of 12 fairways & 7 of 16 greens for the match. 

Cole will play the #1 seed, Brendon Doyle on Sunday morning.

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