Colo. Women's Match Play: Upsets abound on Day 1
GOLDEN, Colo. (July 15, 2013) -- Just one of the top eight seeds is still in contention for the open division title after Monday's first two rounds of the 98th CWGA Match Play Championship at the Club at Rolling Hills in Golden.
Earning spots in Tuesday's semifinals were fourth-seeded Nicole Hulbert of Indian Tree Golf Course, No. 9 Michaela Marie Breit of Highland Hills Golf Course, No. 10 Paige Crawford of Patty Jewett Golf Course and No. 11 Christina Spinzig of Hiwan Golf Club.
Top-seeded Jennifer Kupcho of CommonGround Golf Course was ousted in the round of 16 and No. 2 Mikayla Tatman of Twin Peaks Golf Course lost in the quarterfinals to Crawford.
In Tuesday's semifinals, Breit will face Hulbert, while Crawford will meet Spinzig, a Colorado State University golfer.
In the senior championship flight, defending champion Mary Doyen and former CWGA Match Play winners Kim Eaton and Laurie Steenrod all won Monday and advanced to Tuesday's semifinals, along with Deb Hughes.
Eaton, a Colorado Golf Hall of Famer, defeated Nancy Ziereis of Valley Country Club 10 and 8 in the quarterfinals, meaning Eaton won every hole of the match.
The finals in each division will take place Wednesday, with the open flight being a 36-hole affair while the senior championship flight competes over 18 holes.
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ABOUT THE Colorado Women's Match Play
The CGA Women's Match Play Championship will be
played using the PGA TOUR style match play Pod
Play system
with matches played at scratch, no handicap. Players
who register for the championship will be guaranteed
at least
three (3) matches in the championship at
CommonGround Golf Course. After each player is
seeded (see below), all
players will randomly distributed into their pod with
three (3) other players (see pod assignments below)
. This will
yield eight (8) 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 8 (quaterfinals) and a single elimination
knockout
round will then commence at Colorado Golf Club. The
championship match will be played over 36 holes.
Player Seeding: All 32 players will be ranked 1 – 32,
based on their handicap index as of the revision date
above,
excluding the defending champion who will be
seeded #1, if applicable.
Pod Assignments/Seeding: The pods will follow the
PGA TOUR style of randomized drawing. Once
players have been
seeded 1 - 32, players will be drawn at random so
that each pod will consist of a player ranked 1 - 8
(Player 1), 9 -
16 (Player 2), 17 - 24 (Player 3) and 25 - 32 (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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