The CGA Match Play — the association’s oldest championship, dating back to 1901 — will have a slightly different feel this time around.
One reason is because, after being a fixture in the first half of July for all of the 21st century to this point, will begin on June 20 (Monday) this year and continue through the 36-hole final on June 24.
Secondly, the championship will be held at Lone Tree Golf Club for the first time.
Eighty-four players are scheduled to tee it up on Monday for the 18-hole stroke-play qualifier that will set the 64-man match-play bracket for the 116th Match Play.
Nick Nosewicz of Meadow Hills Golf Course will be the No. 1 seed as the defending champion. Last year, the then-31-year-old Nosewicz became the oldest winner of the CGA Match Play since 1994.
University of Denver golfer Chris Korte, who won the 2015 CGA Stroke Play (now known as the CGA Amateur), is also entered, as are the winners of the 2015 CGA Mid-Amateur (Jon Lindstrom), the 2015 CGA Junior Stroke Play (Isaac Petersilie) and the 2016 CGA Senior Match Play (Jeff Oneth).
Connor Klein, who will be playing at his home course next week, was the 2015 CGA Match Play runner-up, falling 4 and 3 to Nosewicz in the finals. Also entered is Nathaniel Goddard, runner-up in the 2015 CGA Stroke Play and a semifinalist in last year’s Match Play.
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