The bracket for the first round of the 2020 Golf Manitoba Match Play Championship has now been set. The top 32 amateur men, top 16 senior men and the top 8 amateur women from this past weekend’s qualifying event at the Winkler Centennial Golf Course will play their first round matches starting this Friday and Saturday at the St. Charles Country Club.
On the amateur women’s side, 2019 Match Play Champion Hannah Diamond will defend her title on home soil and as the number 7 seed taking on the number 2 seed, Charmaine Mackid of the Breezy Bend Country Club. Bobbi Uhl of Shilo Country Club will start the finals as the number 1 seed taking on Veronica Vetesnik who is playing out of the Kingswood Golf & County Club. The women’s first round opens on Saturday, June 13. View the women’s match play bracket here >>.
On the senior men’s side, 2019 Match Play Champion Garth Collings will open the championship matches as the number 1 seed where he will meet club mate and number 16 seed Brant Greer of Breezy Bend Country Club. View the senior match play bracket here >>. The senior men’s first round also opens on Saturday, June 13.
The amateur men will open the championship matches on Friday, June 12. Number 1 seed Marco Trstenjak of Elmhurst Golf & Country Club will meet number 32 seed Kolby Day of the Wheat City Golf Course. 2019 Match Play Champion Austin Dobrescu of the Shilo Country Club will defend his title as the number 2 seed taking on number 31 seed Jordon McDonald of Breezy Bend Country Club. For the first round match play bracket, click here >>.
Scoring updates for all matches will be available on the Golf Manitoba Twitter account as well on the Golf Manitoba Match Play Championship webpage.
A reminder that due to current event protocols and conditions of competition due to COVID-19, spectators unfortunately will not be permitted at this event.