Czech International Match Play Championship
redakce, Neděle 1. července 2018
The Czech International Match Play Champion-ship represents the first local match play compe-tition of the season. This year’s tournament was of an international character for the very first time, having welcomed ten foreign participants.
Among other things, it serves as a test and warm-up prior to the commencement of other major European tournaments and the intense strength measuring they involve.
Much like the International Stroke Play Championship, the Match Play Championship is accounted for in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and attracts the attention of leading Czech amateurs. And foreign amateurs, too: in 2017, the Czech Golf Federation listed the tournament as an international one. Ten foreign players arrived to face some of the top Czech contenders in Poděbrady, whereas in 2018, 20 foreign players attended the championship.
Past experience tells us that the winner of the qualification phase rarely ends up seizing the title; this year was no different: whoever pockets the qualification, does not win in the match play play-off. In 2018, Jakub Bareš won the championship after a hattrick in the men’s category and Jana Melichová in the women’s category.
Czech International Match Play Championship 2018
