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Top Seeds Fall at Golfweek Senior Match Play
Once again Tobacco Road is proving to be a<br>great match play course (Golfweek photo)
Once again Tobacco Road is proving to be a
great match play course (Golfweek photo)

SANFORD, NC (August 19, 2017) - Eight players advanced to day two of the Golfweek Senior Match Play Championship at Tobacco Road, after a day that saw the top two seeds and the defending champion eliminated from the field.

30 players started the tournament and were seeded according to their Golfweek Senior Ranking. The top two seeds, Jim Starnes and Steve Hudson, received byes into the second round. The other 28 played a round of morning matches.

Starnes was knocked out by Gary Robinson, who in the first round beat Jim Hegarty 6&4. Robinson's 7&6 win over Starnes meant that he had to play only 26 holes on the day.

Hudson's stay was not much longer. Mac McGee won by default in his morning match, which meant that he arrived as fresh as Hudson did for their afternoon tilt, and it went 22 holes before McGee took the win.

The defending champion Mike Arnold won his morning match with George Adams, 5&3, but was knocked out in the afternoon by Kevin Macy, 2 up.

The following quarterfinal matches will be played on Sunday:

Gary Robinson v. Kevin Macy
Mark Nickerson v. Scott Smith
Mac McGee v. Michael Wharton-Palmer
Jack Hall v. John Fritz

In the Super Senior Division, 24 players started the tournament, with 8 players receiving byes in to the second round. After day one, six of the top eight seeds remain in the tournament, including the #1 seed Gary Kirwan.

Super Senior quarterfinal matches:

Gary Kirwan v. Phil McDade
Berger Warner v. Mike Jackson
Rick Kline v. Wyatt Meyer
Evan Long v. Neil Spitalny

In the Legends Division, 16 players started the tournament, and two rounds were played to narrow the field down to the final four.

The #1 seed George Washburn won two matches today to advance to the semifinals.

Legends semifinal matches:

George Washburn v. Walt Martin
Gary Shimmin v. Edward Craig

Results: Golfweek Senior National Match Play
WinGAJack HallSavannah, GA800
Runner-upTXScott SmithHouston, TX500
SemifinalsFLKevin MacyTampa, FL300
SemifinalsARMichael Wharton-PalmerTexarkana, AR300
QuarterfinalsSCGary RobinsonN. Myrtle Beach, SC100

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ABOUT THE Golfweek Senior National Match Play

The Golfweek Senior National Match-Play Championship consists of four separate brackets, senior (age 55-64), super-senior (age 65-69), legends (age 74) and super-legends (75+). Over the course of three days, players in each bracket will be whittled to one Senior National Match-Play champion in each division. Unlike other match play tournaments, The Golfweek Senior National Match Play is not a one loss and done tournament. As players are eliminated from match-play they will enter a consolation stroke-play competition using the stableford scoring system.

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