Paul Lawrie Matchplay Explained

Paul Lawrie Match Play
Location:Bad Griesbach, Germany
Establishment:2015
Final Year:2017
Course:Golf Resort Bad Griesbach
Par:71
Yardage:7188yd
Tour:European Tour
Format:Match play
Month Played:August
Score:2 and 1 Adrián Otaegui (2017)
Final Champion: Adrián Otaegui
Map:Germany#Germany Bavaria
Map Label:Golf Resort Bad Griesbach
Map Relief:yes
Map Size:200
Coordinates:48.409°N 13.193°W

The Paul Lawrie Match Play was a golf tournament on the European Tour that was played from 2015 to 2017 in Europe. The inaugural tournament was played from 30 July to 2 August 2015 at Murcar Links Golf Club in Aberdeen. The tournament's host was eight-time European Tour winner and 1999 Open Champion Paul Lawrie.[1]

The event was a 64-man single-elimination match play tournament, with one round played on each of the first two days and two rounds on the last two. The European Tour's exemption categories were used to select most of the field, with four spots reserved for invitations and three for the leading three non-exempt players in the Race to Dubai rankings.[2] The thirty-two players in the field who were highest in the Race to Dubai were seeded one to thirty-two and prevented from facing each other in the first round; the remainder were randomly drawn into the bracket.

After changing title sponsor every year and relocating from Scotland to Germany in 2017, the tournament was quietly dropped from 2018 European Tour calendar probably due to financial reasons.

Winners

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenue
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play
2 and 1 Bad Griesbach, Bad Griesbach
Aberdeen Asset Management Paul Lawrie Match Play
1 up Archerfield Links, North Berwick
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play
1 up Murcar Links, Aberdeen

External links

48.409°N 13.193°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul Lawrie launches new Match Play event . PGA European Tour . 14 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play 2017 Entry List . PGA European Tour . 16 August 2017.