SDGA Match Play Championship

Men’s Match Play 

The 192-player field for qualifying will be selected as follows (if qualified applicant received by deadline):  (A) Past SDGA individual champions since 2000; (B) The final 32 players from 2020 championship; (C) Through an 18-hole qualifying round from the remaining pool of entrants held one day before the qualifying/seeding round at HILLSVIEW GC the day before competition.  If total number of applicants does not exceed 192, no qualifying round will be conducted. There will be an 18-hole round played on the Thursday of event week, to determine the 64-player Championship Bracket field for match-play. The remaining players will be seeded by score into either 16 or 32 player brackets, based on field size. If rain cancels qualifying round, the field will be seeded by handicap index with the defending champion (if entered) seeded No. 1. Top 64 seeds will play in the Championship Bracket. Double rounds of matches will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Final match is 18 holes on Sunday.

Women’s Match Play

The 96-player field will be selected as follows (if qualified applicant received by deadline):  (A) Past SDGA individual champions since 2000; (B) The final 8 players from previous years championship; (C) Through an 18-hole qualifying round from the remaining pool of entrants held on the day prior to the seeding/qualifying round at HILLSVIEW GC beginning at 8 a.m.  If total number of applicants does not exceed 96, no qualifying round will be conducted, and all qualified applicants will be accepted. There will be an 18-hole round played on the Thursday of the event week to determine the 32-player field for the match-play portion of the Championship. All 32 players will be seeded 1-32 for the Championship based on Thursday’s round.  If rain cancels qualifying round, the field will be seeded by handicap index with the defending champion (if entered) seeded No. 1. If less than 32 players are entered, the size of the field will determine the number of byes for first-round session of matches on Friday. Players losing a first-round match will be entered into a single-elimination consolation bracket. Any players earning a first-round bye, will be entered into the single-elimination Championship Bracket. Double rounds of matches will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The championship match and consolation bracket championship matches will each consist of 18 holes and will be played on Sunday.

The SDGA reserves the right to alter the schedule of matches based on size of field.