Men’s Match Play                              

The 192-player field for qualifying will be selected as follows (if qualified applicant received by deadline):  (A) Past SDGA individual champions since 2000; (B) The final 32 players from 2018 championship; (C) Through an 18-hole qualifying round from the remaining pool of entrants held one day before the qualifying/seeding round at Brandon Golf Course - SDGA Junior beginning at 8 a.m.  If total number of applicants does not exceed 192, no qualifying round will be conducted. There will be an 18-hole round played on Thursday July 12, to determine the 64-player Championship Bracket field for match-play. The remaining players will be seeded by score into either 16 or 32 player brackets, based on field size. If rain cancels qualifying round, the field will be seeded by handicap index with the defending champion (if entered) seeded No. 1. Top 64 seeds will play in the Championship Bracket. Double rounds of matches will be held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Final match is 18 holes on Sunday, July 14.

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Women’s Match Play                          

The 96-player field will be selected as follows (if qualified applicant received by deadline):  (A) Past SDGA individual champions since 2000; (B) The final 8 players from previous years championship; (C) Through an 18-hole qualifying round from the remaining pool of entrants held obe day prior to the seeding/qualifying round at Brandon Golf Course - SDGA Junior beginning at 8 a.m.  If total number of applicants does not exceed 96, no qualifying round will be conducted, and all qualified applicants will be accepted. There will be an 18-hole round played on Thursday, July 11, to determine the 32-player field for the match-play portion of the Championship. All 32 players will be seeded 1-32 for the Championship based on Thursday’s round.  If rain cancels qualifying round, the field will be seeded by handicap index with the defending champion (if entered) seeded No. 1. If less than 32 players are entered, the size of the field will determine the number of byes for first-round session of matches on Friday, July 12. Players losing a first-round match will be entered into a single-elimination consolation bracket. Any players earning a first-round bye, will be entered into the single-elimination Championship Bracket. Double rounds of matches will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The championship match and consolation bracket championship matches will each consist of 18 holes and will be played on Sunday, July 14.

The SDGA reserves the right to alter schedule of matches based on size of field.