The 2023 Match Play season draws near.
This year there are six match play tournaments, the same as last year. To see descriptions of each tournament, use this GGID on Golf Genius: JPALL23 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. That will open after Spring Field Day for those who are eligible (see below New Rules for Gross Match Play).
An hour of tee times on Saturday mornings will be reserved for match play, except for tournament days. Tee times must be reserved on Golf Genius by the prior Wednesdays at 5 PM.
Three tournaments begin on May 1: Net, Two-Man Net (Net Fourball), and Non-Championship Gross (I). The deadline for signing up is April 18. For Net and Two-Man Net, the field is limited to sixty-four players, with preference given to those who sign up first. There is no limit to the field for Non-Championship Gross.
Three tournaments begin on May 29: Gross, Senior Gross, and Legends Net. The deadline for signing up is May 16. These three tournaments are limited to sixteen players each. 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.
Non-Championship Gross (II) begins on July 10, with a June 27 deadline to sign up.
New rules for Gross Match Play
- The new 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 seven players exempt for 2023, with the Spring Field Day serving as the qualifier for the remaining nine positions. Players must play from the blue tees to be eligible for consideration.
- 2023 exempt players:
- Mason Phelan – 2022 Club Champion – Match Play
- Ryan Gutierrez – 2021 Club Champion – Match Play
- Ryan Coghill – 2022 Club Champion – Stroke, and three field days
- Jack Hartley – 2021 Club Champion – Stroke, and Fall Field Day
- Dave Foreman – 2022 Senior Club Champion – Stroke, and Fall Field Day
- Mark Ohrenschall – 2021 Senior Club Champion – Stroke
- Daniel Lee – 2022 Summer Field Day