Hanover -- Mike Pollard birdied 17 to tie the match and then made birdie putts on 18 and the first extra hole to help his team upend six-time Tommy Keane Invitational champions Mike and Scott Peters in yesterday’s rain-delayed afternoon Championship Flight match at Hanover Country Club.
Pollard and Chris House will now face Hanover graduate Rex Whitney and Hartford product Jake Obar, who posted a 4-and-3 victory over former champions Craig Steckowych and Brian Doyle.
“We’re 1-up and Pollard goes birdie-birdie-birdie,” Scott Peters said. “He’s a very good player. What are you going to do?”
Pollard, an assistant green keeper at HCC, low-keyed his performance. “It was a good match,” he said. “There wasn’t any great golf but it was pretty even all the way around.”
The Pollard-House team forced an extra hole when Mike Peters’ 40-footer on 18 just missed and Pollard sank a 5-footer. On the extra hole, Mike Peters nearly canned a 20-footer only to see Pollard clinch the match with a 15-foot birdie.
In the other half of the championship bracket -- twice delayed by lightning -- Ted Dardani and former Dartmouth standout Lee Birchall moved into the semis with a 5-and-3 win over Tony Pippin and Ted Byrne. They will face Frank Plimpton and Jody Larson, the Rutland-based team that advanced with a 4-and-3 win over Bill O’Keefe and Michael Murphy.
The winning teams in Sunday’s morning round will play in the afternoon for the championship.
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