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AK30 Team Holm qualifies for the DMM

In a sunny and hot Saturday morning, AK30 Team Holm finished in first position to take one of the two available spots
for the DMM in Braunschweig in September.

Course that resemble the miracle of Medinah in the Ryder Cup
Due to the hot and dry summer we are experiencing in the of 2012. In the semifinal against Wendlohe, the morning
foursome’s matches were 0-3, but in the afternoon, after the
north of Germany, Hoisdorf golf course was playing very lunch break and a little talk from the Captain, all the players
hard, with the balls bouncing off the fairways, the greens not stepped up and achieved 5 wins and one tie, for a final score
spinning in shorts shots, and with very high rough in some of 5,5-3,5. The final against Ahrensburg brought another
places of the courses. This golf course is tricky, with many clear victory, 6-3, that demonstrates the strength of Holm
blind tee shots and small greens, that requires precision AK30 team.
from the tee and from the fairway, and full focus the entire
round as anyone could score a double bogey with just an The AK30 Team has made great efforts to improve the per-
errand shot in a hole. formance, by practicing and playing qualifying rounds that
determines the roster in the official tournaments, but what
Players and attitude is undeniable is that all the players have a lot of fun playing

The Captain, Tom Oliver Sieverts, didn’t give a specific and competing together, and this mentality might be the se-
cret sauce for great success in the present and in the future.
instruction to the players, just a simple message to play the For the moment, lets enjoy the success of the qualification
way we know we can play, and understand that the Team to the DMM.
was only one round away from the German Championship.
The Team should not be overconfident, and it was important (E. Martinez)
to be concentrated and focus the whole round. And that is Picture gallery
what happened.
There are currently 19 players in the team, and it was The Team managed to have a friend and supporter that took
decided that each player was going to have a caddie for the great pictures of a remarkable day in Hoisdorf
round. The caddies did a remarkable job helping our players
with green reading, selecting the proper clubs depending
on the strategy, and overall keeping them relaxed and focus
throughout the round. This decision turned out to be very
effective, saving some key shots and relieving some of the
pressure of carrying the golf bag in a very hilly course, and in
a hot summer day.
Also, the fact that Holm arrived with the complete team
sent the message that we were there to win, putting a bit of
pressure on the other teams.
Julian Mehmel carded a brilliant score of 76, the second
best for the day, despite leaving some shots on the course,
proving how steady and consistent he can play.

Results
Team Holm finished in first place, with a clear victory of 15
shots ahead of the second team, Schlei GC. The result can-
not reflect the difficulty of the overall conditions, but Team
Holm managed to post good scores with the ultimate price
of the participation in the DMM, first time in the Holm men
AK30 team history.

The trend continues
We should also highlight that the AK30 Team is continuing
the remarkable achievement of winning two gold medals
in consecutive seasons. The first one came last year in the
final four played in Hittfeld against Arhensburg, and this
past May, the Team won at our home course in Holm in an
impressive fashion, after a comeback from the Foursomes

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