April 14, 2026
This year there are seven match play tournaments.
Match Play at Jackson Park Men's Golf Club
All Jackson Park Men's Golf Club Regular, Super Senior, Junior, and Allied members are eligible and invited to play.
Senior Gross (55+) and Legends Net (70+) have age restrictions, and players must qualify for Gross.
To see descriptions of each tournament, click here, or use this GGID on Golf Genius: JPALL26, or this link.
To sign up, pay for MATCH PLAY Tournaments. The fee is $20 per person per tournament. People can now sign up for everything but Gross and Summer Non-Championship Gross. They both will open after Spring Field Day, and Gross will be for those who are eligible (see below Qualification Rules for Gross Match Play).
A set of tee times on Saturday mornings will be reserved for match play, except for tournament days.
Saturday tee times must be reserved on Golf Genius by the prior Wednesday at 5 PM.
Registration Deadlines
April 14
Net – 64-player limit -- 20 signed up
Four-Ball Net – 64-player limit -- 27 signed up
Spring Non-Championship Gross – (no limit) -- 11 signed up
May 12
Senior Gross – 16-player limit -- 4 signed up
Legends Net – 16-player limit -- 6 signed up
Gross – 16-player limit
June 16
Summer Non-Championship Gross – (no limit)
Start Dates
April 27
Net – 64-player limit
Four-Ball Net – 64-player limit
Spring Non-Championship Gross – (no limit)
May 25
Senior Gross – 16-player limit
Legends Net – 16-player limit
Gross – 16-player limit
June 29
Summer Non-Championship Gross – (no limit)
Players must qualify to play in the Gross Championship. Details are below.
Anyone of an appropriate age may enter the Senior Gross (55+). Should there be more than sixteen players, those sixteen players with the lowest handicap index will play.
The Legends Net (70+) is open on a first-come basis.
Qualification Rules for Gross Match Play
- The limit is 16 players, one bracket, with the following exemptions:
- for the past two years’ gross match play and stroke play champions
- for the prior year’s Saturday field days’ (Spring, Summer, Fall) low grosses (includes ties)
- Only champions who played from the blue tees are eligible, eliminating the senior gross match play champion as an exemption.
- There are five players exempt for 2026, with the Spring Field Day serving as the qualifier for the remaining eleven positions. Players must play from the blue tees to be eligible for consideration.
- 2026 exempt players (must be a member of JPMGC to be eligible to play):
- Jack Hartley – 2025 Gross Stroke Play Champion & Low Gross of Spring, Summer, & Fall Field Days
- Kyle Miller – 2024 & 2025 Gross Match Play Champion
- Dylan Fitzgerald – 2024 Gross Stroke Play Champion
- Mark Ohrenschall – 2024 & 2025 Senior Gross Stroke Play Champion
- Dave Foreman – 2025 Spring Field Day