Gloucestershire Golf Union
Thrilling English Men's County Finals
The following courtesy of England Golf - a full report from Captain Gary Ward will follow.
Yorkshire lose on final day but win title by two game points
Gloucestershire finish 2nd despite beating Lincolnshire and then Yorkshire on final day
Kent finish 3rd after final day defeat to Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire's Sam Whitaker enjoys his 7th hole-in-one at event, at the age of just 32
A nail-biting final day saw Yorkshire lose to Gloucestershire but manage to lift the Men’s County Championship trophy, after winning the title on game points at Southport & Ainsdale Golf Club.
Gloucestershire managed to win 5.5-3.5 on the final day, but having won two of three matches themselves, it was Yorkshire who took the title with 14.5 game points compared to Gloucestershire’s 12.5.
Kent went into the last day knowing victory could seal them the title and their morning foursomes battles with Lincolnshire all went down the 18th in some epic contests, ending with 1.5 points apiece. Meanwhile, two of the three games between Gloucestershire and Yorkshire went down 18 with Gloucestershire coming out on top 2.5-0.5.
It set up an enthralling afternoon of singles with Kent needing to beat Lincolnshire to have a chance of winning the tournament but they went down 3.5-2.5 (5-4 overall).
That left Gloucestershire needing to beat Yorkshire by a two-point margin in the singles but they drew 3-3, and despite an overall 5.5-3.5 win, the title went to Yorkshire.
Just two players in the tournament, who played all six matches possible, went unbeaten, with Gloucestershire's Nick Day winning four games and drawing two, while Lincolnshire's Will Hopkins won three and drew three.
There was a special moment at the event on Saturday for Lincolnshire's Sam Whitaker, who made a hole-in-one on the 10th, which was his 7th to date at the age of just 32.
Read the reports from each day and find out the players' names from each of the teams at the links below:
Day one
Day two
Day three
For the final league table click here.
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