Amateur Golf · By Format
15 upcoming tournaments
Match play is the amateur game at its purest — survive the bracket, win the hole in front of you, and a single hot putter can take down the medalist.
The events below run live from our catalog: state match play championships, club and regional brackets, and events that open with a stroke-play qualifier before seeding the draw.
Check each event page for bracket size, qualifying format, and whether consolation flights keep you playing after a first-round loss.
Pease Golf Course • Portsmouth, NH
Twin Warriors Golf Club • Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
The Club At Pronghorn - Fazio Course • Bend, OR
Anniston Municipal Golf Course • Anniston, AL
Platteview Country Club • Bellevue, NE
Chambersburg Country Club • Chambersburg, PA
TBD • TBD, ME
TPC Colorado • Berthoud, CO
Last year: Zach Gomez
The Clubs at Houston Oaks • Hockley, TX
IBEROSTAR Playa Paraiso • Quintana Roo,
East Lake Golf Club • Atlanta, GA
Tara Golf & Country Club • Bradenton, FL
Pinehurst Resort & C.C. • Village of Pinehurst, NC
Pinehurst No. 2's domed greens will separate contenders from pretenders; short-game wizardry and course management trump raw distance, and a path through this bracket demands resilience through thirty-six holes of knockout match play in a single week.
East • Baltimore, MD
The Western Amateur converts 80.9% of its all-time field to the professional ranks—4.4× the amateur baseline—making it the premier proving ground for identifying future pros among the world's best amateurs.
Most championships open with one or two stroke-play rounds that seed a bracket of 16, 32, or 64. Some events seed straight from handicap or ranking instead.
Many events run consolation flights so every entrant gets multiple matches — check the event page before you commit travel.
Yes — ranked match play championships award points by how deep you advance, feeding the same national rankings as stroke-play events.
