Colo. Match Play: Freeman, Bingaman set standard
DENVER, Colo. (July 8, 2013) -- Two-time 3A state high school champion Ethan Freeman of Glenmoor Country Club and Brandon Bingaman of Black Canyon Golf Club shot 3-under-par 69s at Bear Creek Golf Club in Denver to lead the way in Monday's stroke-play portion of the 113th CGA Match Play Championship.
Freeman, who will begin his University of Colorado golf career in the fall, carded three birdies in a bogey-free round. Bingaman, a former Colorado Mesa University golfer, made five birdies on Monday.
John Ahern, playing at his home course, was among four players who posted 72s. Joining him at that figure were defending champion Brian Dorfman of Cherry Creek Country Club, Dylan Mitchell of Lakewood Country Club and Braden Baer of the Ranch Country Club.
Dorfman, a former Georgetown University golfer, will be the No. 1 seed as the defending champion in the CGA's oldest championship.
A total of 64 players advance to match play, which begins Tuesday and continues through Friday, when the 36-hole final will be played.
Bear Creek is hosting the CGA Match Play for the 14th time since 1986.
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ABOUT THE Colorado Match Play
The CGA Match Play Championship will be played
using the PGA TOUR style match play Pod
Play system at gross scoring. This means that any
player who qualifies for the
championship will be guaranteed at least three (3)
matches in the championship at
CommonGround Golf Course. After each player is
ranked (see below), all players will be
distributed into their pod with three (3) other
players. This will yield 16 pods of four (4)
players. Each player will play all three other players
in their pod (see schedule below). The
winner of each pod will advance to the Round of 16
and a single elimination knockout
round will be played at CommonGround Golf Course.
The top 8 players will advance to
complete the championship at Colorado Golf Club in
a single elimination bracket.
Player Seeding: All 64 players will be ranked 1 – 64.
The defending champion will be
ranked #1. Exempt players will be ranked next based
on their 2020 CGA Player of the Year
points standings. The rest of the field of 64 will be
made from qualifying players that came
from an off-site qualifier. Qualifying players will be
ranked in order of their qualifying score
at their given site.
Pod Assignments/Seeding: The pods will follow the
PGA TOUR style of randomized drawing.
Once players have been seeded 1 - 64, players will
be drawn at random so that each pod
will consist of a player ranked 1 - 16 (Player 1), 17 -
32 (Player 2), 33 - 48 (Player 3) and
49 - 64 (Player 4).
Pod Play Scoring: There will be no extra holes during
the pod play portion of matches.
Scoring during pod play will be as follows: Match
Won – 1 point | Match Tied – ½ point |
Match Lost – 0 Points.
Note: If there is a tie for the pod winner, a sudden
death playoff will determine the person
advancing from that pod.
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