LOUISVILLE, KY (July 13, 2020) – One of the most exciting and unique golf tournaments in the Commonwealth begins tomorrow with the Kentucky Match Play Championships. Sixty-six golfers in total will descend upon Nevel Meade Golf Club with three division titles on the line, with each golfer having the goal of being the last man standing in their respective division by week’s end.

Forty players are in the Open Division which will feature players aged 49 years old or younger. This division will be contested solely through gross scores, as will the Senior Division. Eighteen players aged 50 or older will compete in this division while eight other players compete in the Senior Net Division. For those eight players, net scores will be calculated throughout each match to determine victors.

Because of the varying size of each division, there will be a schedule unique to each division over the course of the week.

TUESDAY

Open Division: Stroke play qualifying where the low 32 scores advance to match play.

Senior Division: Stroke play qualifying where the low 16 scores advance to match play.

Senior Net Division: Quarterfinal matches between the 8 players, with seeding predetermined via players’ handicap indexes.

WEDNESDAY MORNING

Open Division: Round of 32 matches with seeding based off Tuesday’s scores.

Senior Division: Round of 16 matches with seeding based off Tuesday’s scores.

Senior Net Division: Semifinal matches.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Open Division: Round of 16 matches.

Senior Division: Quarterfinal matches.

THURSDAY MORNING

Open Division: Quarterfinal matches.

Senior Division: Semifinal matches.

Senior Net Division: Championship match.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON

Open Division: Semifinal matches.

Senior Division: Championship match.

FRIDAY

Open Division: Championship match.

Last year’s Senior Net Division champion Brian James is the sole 2019 champion of the event competing this week at Nevel Meade. Keegen de Lange and Gary Backlund, who last year won the Open Division and Senior Division, respectively, are not in this year’s field which will pave the way for new champions in each division. A stout field comprised of some of the state’s top amateurs have entered in search of the titles with many notable names entered.

• Jay Kirchdorfer – The University of Kentucky golfer tees off at 7:24 a.m. EDT on Tuesday. Kirchdorfer finished in a tie for sixth place in last year’s Kentucky Open.
• C.M Mixon – A member of the University of Louisville’s team, Mixon begins his quest for the championship at 7:36 a.m. on Tuesday.
• Davis Boland – Boland finished runner-up in the 2017 Kentucky Match Play and will hope to do one spot better this year. His quest to do so begins at 8:24 a.m.
• Campbell Kremer – Joining Boland at 8:24 is Kremer, an incoming freshman at the University of Kentucky. Kremer will be a popular pick to contend for the title this week.
• Eric King – King won the 2018 edition of this event at Gibson Bay Golf Course in Richmond. His journey for two wins in three years begins at 9:00 a.m.
• Scott Ray – Also a 2018 Kentucky Match Play champion, Ray won the Senior Division that year and will look to do so again this week when he begins at 10:24 a.m. Ray will look for his second KGA title of the summer after winning the Senior Division crown at the Kentucky Senior Team Championship in June.
• Tom Scheuerman – Like Ray, Scheuerman was victorious in the Kentucky Senior Team Championship as he was a victor in the Masters Division. He’ll also be on the prowl for another victory early in the season.

Golf House Kentucky will have full coverage of the event on its Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages.

Tee times throughout the competition can be found by clicking here.

Results and brackets can be found by clicking here.

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