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Amateur Match Play Championship Seeding

Seeding

When the field of 64 players is set a the Pre-Registration Deadline (3:30 PM 7 days prior to the Championship), the field will be seeded 1-64 using the following hierarchy

Exempt Players

  1. Defending Champion
  2. Last year's Amateur Player of the Year
  3. Last year's Mid-Amateur Player of the Year
  4. Last year's Junior Player of the Year
  5. Last three years' Amateur Match Play Champions (defending Champion is #1 seed)
  6. Last three years' Amateur Champions
  7. Current and last years' Boy's Junior Champions (16-18 Division)
  8. Last year's Florida Open Low Amateur
  9. Last year's Junior Amateur Match Play Champion
  10. Current and last two years' Mid-Amateur Champions
  11. Last year's Mid-Amateur Stroke Play Champion
  12. Current year's Amateur Public Links Champion
  13. Current year's Forty & Over Champion
  14. Previous year's Forty & Over Champion (2021 only)
  15. Last year's semifinalists
  16. Current year's top five and tied - Amateur Championship
  17. Current year's Mid-Amateur Championship semifinalists
  18. Special Exemptions by FSGA Championship Committee
  • Categories with multiple players will be seeded by order they won the Championship or finish in event
    • 2018 Match Play Champion takes higher seed than 2016 Champion
    • 2nd in Amateur Championship takes higher seed than t4th
    • Semifinalists will be seeded by lot
  • Players who are in multiple categories will assume the seed that is highest

Qualified Players

  • Players who advance through one of the six local qualifying sites will be seeded by the ranking of the qualifying site and their score at the site
  • The 6 medalists will be the highest six seeds following the exempt players
  • Ties will be broken by lot

Withdraws

  • Once the seeds are set after the pre-registration deadline, any alternates will assume the seed of the player they are replacing

Group Play

  • The Championship will consist of 16 groups of 4 players per group
  • Groups will be seeded up and down - see below
Group # Position 1 Position 2
 Position 3
 Position 4
Group 1 1 32 33 64
Group 2 2 31 34 63
Group 3 3 30 35 62
Group 4 4 29 36 61
Group 5 5 28 37 60
Group 6 6 27 38 59
Group 7 7 26 39 58
Group 8 8 25 40 57
Group 9 9 24 41 56
Group 10 10 23 42 55
Group 11 11 22 43 54
Group 12 12 21 44 53
Group 13 13 20 45 52
Group 14 14 19 46 51
Group 15 15 18 47 50
Group 16 16 17 48 49

Format & Scoring

  • All players in the group will play a match versus each other player in their group in rounds one through three of the Championship
    • The winner of each match will receive one (1) point
    • Tied matches result in each player receiving a (0.5) half point
  • The player with the most points after three rounds will advance to the round of 16 from the group
    • In the event of a tie in the group after three rounds, the tied players will have a sudden death stroke play play-off to see who will advance
Withdraws in group play - if a player withdraws under any circumstances without completing all three matches, in equity to his group, all points will be forfeited by the withdrawn player
    • additionally, players who withdraw without completing all three matches and without a valid reason will be subject to a $100 fine payable to the Future of Golf Foundation before their entry will be accepted to any future FSGA Championships

Bracket Play

The 16 group winners will be seeded into a traditional 16 player bracket based on the group # they won, not based on their original seeds, example below.

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