• double elimination match play; on low net score basis
• matches are assigned randomly across one large bracket (including losers bracket), the bracket will be published once everyone is signed up.  Courses & tee times are arranged between players
• any mutually agreed upon course is allowed for matches except the following:
  • semi-finals and finals matches will be played at Metropolitan Golf Links in Oakland as Poppy Ridge is still under renovation.
• rounds must be completed in a 2-3 week time frame (or forfeit)
• winners compete for trophy & cash awards
• $20 entry fee

This competition will start in March 2025 with expected completion in October 2025.The match play rules are below. Please sign up by:(1) Sending me an email to: danjones68118@gmail.com  AND(2) Mailing a check for $20 made out to “Bay Area Pinseekers” to our Treasurer Ann Brady 4244 Elario Drive Concord, CA 94518 Write “2025 Match Play Tournament” on the check. OR(3) Give the check to Ann or me at one of the next tournaments. Please sign up early and good luck in 2025!    Dan Jones Match Play Tourney Coordinator

Coordinator is Dan Jones at danjones68118@gmail.com.  (402) 212-3085

• Match Play Championship Coordinator: Dan Jones (danjones68118@gmail.com) with questions about the competition. Rules questions refer to Handicap Chairman, Bob Harley.
• The Bay Area Pinseekers Match Play Championship is a match play format consisting of brackets depending upon the number of participants.
• All “early round” matches shall be played at courses mutually agreed-upon by the competitors. Early round matches are those that do not determine a Flight winner or Finals match winner. If the competitors cannot agree on a golf course then the match must be held at course to be determined as Poppy Ridge is under re-construction. Men shall play from tees which measure the nearest to 5,700 yards.  Women may play from the same tees, but have the option of playing from tees greater than 5,300 yards. The yardages, slope and rating information must be obtained from the NCGA.org official website to determine the proper tees, not the course scorecard or course website.
• Matches which may possibly decide a Flight winner, a semi-finals match, or finals match must
  be played at Metropolitan Golf Links. In these matches, men shall play from those tees, which measure  greater than 5,700 yards and women have a choice to play either from the tees greater than 5,300 yards.
• Refer to References: Handicap Calculation on the Tournament Page for specifics on how to calculate handicaps from different tees, etc. YOU MUST POST YOUR SCORE FROM YOUR MATCH PLAY GAME.  (Refer to the Rules Document below for details.)

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JAY FELCH EMERGED AS the 2024 MATCH PLAY CHAMPION AS HE GOES UNDEFEATED! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Jay Felch was our Winner’s Bracket Champ winning his five matches, defeating Frank Bermudez, Bob Harley, Matthew Curry, Bill Patterson and Cole Pasjuta.

Cole Pasjuta was the Champion of the Loser’s Bracket, but lost to Jay Felch in a CLOSELY contested Championship Match at Boundary Oak that ended 1 UP on the last hole.

Congratulations to Carl Thoreson for securing 4th Place, to Bill Patterson for  3rd Place and to Cole Pasjuta for  2nd Place. 

Previous Champions:

• 2024: Champion – Jay Felch | 2nd Place – Cole Pasjuta | 3rd Place – Bill Patterson | 4th Place – Carl Thoreson
• 2023: Champion – Karen Treat | 2nd Place – Kenny Langston | 3rd Place – Gene Ho | 4th Place – Bill McGourty
• 2022: Champion – Tom Natividad | 2nd Place – Dan Jones | 3rd Place – Victor Soriano | 4th Place – Terry Estrada
• 2021: Champion – Cole Pasjuta | 2nd Place – Dan Jones | 3rd Place – Kenny Langston | 4th Place – Jojo Escoto
• 2020: Champion – Bill Patterson | 2nd Place – Mark Ellinwood | 3rd Place – John PcPeak | 4th Place – Jojo Escoto
• 2019: Champion – Pat Boyle | 2nd Place – Rodney Belknap | 3rd Place – Karen Treat | 4th Place – Dave Wallace
• 2018: Champion – Bill Patterson | 2nd Place – Tim Wallace | 3rd Place – Karen Treat | 4th Place – Dave Wallace
• 2017: Champion – Bill Patterson | 2nd Place – Kathleen Nagle | 3rd Place – John Fisher | 4th Place – Gene Ho
• 2016: Champion – Wynn Smith | 2nd Place – Bill Patterson | 3rd Place – Karen Treat | 4th Place – Bob Wolf
• 2015: Champion – Mike Souza | 2nd Place – Kenny Langston | 3rd Place – John McPeak | 4th Place – David Geary
• 2014: Champion – Kenny Langston | 2nd Place – Rich Lang | 3rd Place – John McPeak | 4th Place – Pat Boyle
• 2013: Champion – Karen Treat | 2nd Place – Frank Brunetti
• 2012: Champion – Kenny Langston | 2nd Place: Karen Treat