Challenge final

Today I played in the final of the challenge, our club's knockout competition. I was playing against Joanne, who plays off 10 handicap and so I was getting 3 shots.

Here is how it went.

 Hole 1
I hit my teeshot a bit flat but it reached the fringe of the green, Joanne found the front of the green, I putted and left myself a 10 foot putt, Joanne hit hers to 3 feet and we both holed for par 3s so a half to start with.
Hole 2
I hit my drive a long way right, Joanne found the fairway,  hit a decent second which left a pitch to the green, Joanne was also short and we both found the green with our 3rd shots, I had a putt of around 25 feet and I rolled it straight in for a par 4, Joanne just missed and I was 1up.
Hole 3
The first hole, where I got a shot, we were both short of the ditch in 2, I didn't hit a great 3rd shot but it did clear the ditch, Joanne left hers short of the green, I chipped to about 20 feet and Joanne also found the green, I then holed my putt for a par 5, which took me to 2 up.
Hole 4
We were both short of the green with our tee shots, Joanne chipped to about 4 feet but mine only just found the green leaving me a putt of around 25 feet and it just lipped out, Joanne holed for her par to bring me back to 1up.
Hole 5
We both hit reasonable drives but then I found the ditch with a poor 2nd, Joanne hit hers to about 20 yards short of the green, I took a penalty drop and found the green with my next, Joanne chipped on and we both had 2 putts, so Joanne won the hole and we were back to all square.
Hole 6
Joanne hit a decent drive but  hit mine sharp left and into the trees so I had to play 3 off the tee, then made a mess of my 4th shot and I was 6 on the green, Joanne was on the green in 3 and holed a nice putt for a birdie  4 to go 1up.
Hole 7
We both hit decent drives although I was a long way right. My second caught overhanging branches and rebound onto a bridge right against a little wall and all I could do was putt it off and then messed up my 4th  Joanne missed the green with her 2nd but chipped on and 2 putts gave her the hole and a 2 hole lead.
Hole 8
I finally hit a good drive and we were both safely over the ditch in 2, Joanne put her 3rd shot on the fringe and although I had a much shorter shot I could only put mine near hers. She chipped to 6 feet and I elected to putt and left it 3 feet short. Joanne missed her par putt but I couldn't hole mine so the hole was halved.
Hole 9
Joanne was left of the green and I was just short, I putted about 5 feet short and Joanne chipped to 4 feet, we both holed for pars and another half.

So at the turn Joanne was 2 up.

Hole 10

Joanne hit a nice drive and mine was decent but n the rough, I hit an iron to about 80 yds from the green, Joanne was a bit left but 20 yds short,  then fluffed my pitch and Joanne found the green, I did just reach the green with my 4th but missed my putt and Joanne 2 putted to win the hole and go 3 up.
Hole 11
We both hit nice drives and then laid up, Joanne was a bit too far right though and failed to clear a bunker with her 3rd, my 3rd shot finished on the front fringe. I putted up a bit short and Joanne came out of the bunker a bit strong and finished on the far fringe, she putted to about 6 feet but neither o us holed our next so won the hole with a bogey 6 to get back to 2 down.
Hole 12
I hit my tee shot to the right but the Joanne hit hers further right an into the rough, she could only hack it out and I found the green with my 2nd, Joanne chipped on and then after  I putted up to the hole and tapped in for a 4 she missed from about 8 feet and I was back to just 1 down.
Hole 13
My second shot hole, We both hit decent drives and were just short of the green in 2, Joanne chip on about 20 feet away and I chipped to about 10 feet, we both missed our pars and so a bogey with my shot gave me the hole and we were back to all square.
Hole 14,
We both hit nice tee shots, mine to the fringe and Joanne's to the bank at the back of the green, I misread the line finished 5 feet away, Joanne chipped to about 4 feet, I holed mine but Joanne missed so  I won to go 1up
Hole 15
We both played well and were on the green in 3 shots each, Joanne then holed a putt of around 15 feet for a birdie 4 and my 10 foot putt just missed so we were back to all square.
Hole 16
Joanne hit a reasonable drive, but then hit an awful one short, left and in the rough, we couldn't find it so again I played 3 off the tee and hit a nice drive this time, Joanne was just short in 2 and I found the green with my next, Joanne chipped on an after I missed my bogey putt, Joanne holed hers for a par 4  and she was back to 1 up.
Hole 17
My final shot hole, two decent drives and then we were both short of the ditch in 2,  hit my 3rd to 40 yards short of the green but Joanne , from a rough lie, could only top hers, she then hit her 4th to just short of the green, I chipped on to the back of the green and Joanne could only find the front. I hit a nicely paced putt to a few inches away and the bogey 6, with my shot, was enough to win my the hole and bring us back to all square with just one hole left.
Hole 18.
I hit a nice 7 iron which found the green and Joanne followed to the fringe, she elected to but but left it 10 feet short, I then judged my pace well again to give me a tap in par and when Joanne missed, I won the hole and the match.

We both didn't play our best, although Joanne did play very well on the front nine, and fortunately   I started hitting the ball better just in time.
Surprisingly I probably won the match with my putting, as I certainly putted better than normal, whereas Joanne wasn't as good on the greens as she usually is.