Kentucky Match Play Championship

The Kentucky Match Play Championship, organized by the Kentucky Golf Association (KGA), features a format starting with an 18-hole stroke play qualifier. The top 32 players from qualifier advance to a match play bracket. Match play rounds progress over multiple days, culminating in a final match. The championship includes divisions for Open, Senior (50-59), Masters (60-69), and Legends (70+). Seeding for match play brackets is based on players’ handicap indexes. The Senior Match Play division specifically follows a pure match play format without stroke play qualifying, with brackets seeded by handicap and typically requiring a minimum number of participants for the event to proceed.