This is match play energy in a stroke-play skin—every shot matters, right now.

Strategically, it’s simple: control scoring windows and punish anything even slightly off-line.

That par-5 14th becomes the chessboard—who’s bold, who’s buried.

Eleven and twelve: tight scoring, but Evan’s consistency is breathing down Alan’s neck.

Then the swing moment—Evan makes the par-5 14th look like a launchpad.

Seventeen: both level, both scoring—no room for comfort, only execution.