2025 Canterbury Match Play Championship
25 -27 October | Harewood Golf Club
Field Size & Divisions
Maximum Field Size
80 entries, to be balloted on handicap proportionate to playing divisions
Divisions
- Men’s Championship (Black Tees)
- Women’s Championship (White Tees)
- Men’s Masters Championship (Blue Tees)
- Boy’s U19 Championship (Blue Tees)
Men’s Division 2
If a minimum of 24 Men’s entries are received, we will offer a Men's Division 2 competition. This means that following the Saturday afternoon qualifying round, those players who don’t qualify in the top 16 will have another opportunity and round(s) as part of a Division 2 competition. If we receive a minimum of 32 Men’s division entries, this Division 2 competition will consist of a Round of 16 match on the Sunday morning alongside the other divisions. However, if we only receive between 24-31 entries, then the Division 2 competition will move straight to Quarterfinals on the Sunday afternoon, being played by those players who qualified in the 17-24 positions.
Division Entry Additional Notes
- Male players are free to enter any Men’s division they are eligible for. I.e., a Men’s Master’s player or a U19 Men’s player can choose to enter the Men’s Open category should they wish. Men’s players aged between 19-39 can only enter the Men’s Open category.
- Female players can only enter the one division, the Women’s Championship division.
Event Schedule
All categories will start with a qualifying round Saturday afternoon to determine the seedings and matches for each division’s Round of 16.
Players must report to the tournament office at least 20 minutes prior to their daily starting time. The Canterbury Golf Hard Card and tournament information will be provided here.
Saturday 25 October
Afternoon – Match Play Qualifying Round, field of 80.
- Tee Times: From 12.30pm
In the event of a tie in any of the division qualifying rounds, final seeding positions will be decided on countback. All players who finish outside of the top 16 in their division qualifying round will be eliminated from the event.
Sunday 26 October
Morning – Division Rounds of 16, seeded from Saturday’s qualifying rounds
- Tee Times: From 7.30am
Afternoon – Division Quarterfinals
- Tee Times: From 1pm
Monday 28 October
Morning – Division Semifinals
- Tee Times: From 7.30am
Afternoon – Division Finals
- Tee Times: From 1pm
This format will ensure that:
- All entrants are guaranteed 1 (qualifying) round
- All top 16 qualifiers are guaranteed 2 rounds
- Round of 16 winners are guaranteed 3 rounds
- Quarter-Final winners are guaranteed 4 rounds
- Semi-Final winners are guaranteed 5 rounds
Live Scoring
Live scoring will be active throughout the event, including the initial qualifying round. This will be through our Golf Genius system, players will be sent the instructions on how this works in advance.
Match Play Draw
The Saturday afternoon qualifying rounds draw will be sent to players following the close of entries. Following the qualifying round, the seeded Match Play draws will be displayed on the event website and emailed to players on Saturday 25th October evening.
Order of Merit (OOM)
All eligible Canterbury based players will be awarded OOM points only for the division they played in and are eligible for.
Code of Conduct
The Canterbury Golf Code of Conduct will apply. Please note the use of drugs and alcohol is prohibited on the course. The code of conduct can be viewed on the Canterbury Golf Website.
Referees
There are Rules Officials circulating on the entire golf course, if you require a ruling and cannot locate one, please contact Blair Minton on 027 203 9767 and he can radio them for you.
Disputes
Disputes or protests must be lodged with Tournament Director immediately upon completion of the round or match. These will be handled by the Disputes Committee and the Committee decision shall be final.
Prize giving
The prize giving will be in the clubhouse at the completion of play on Monday afternoon.
Tournament Director – Blair Minton (027 203 9767)