The first two days of the Cleveland Metroparks Golf 2024 Match Play Championship are in the books, and the participants in the Finals Matches have been determined.
In the A Flight, the first-seeded Matt Paterini will play the 7th-seed Adam Pry for the championship title. In the B Flight, Devon Goldberg will face off against Brian Blankenship.
32 players started the competition early on Friday morning with stroke play qualifying at Shawnee Hills, to set the A and B Flight brackets. The low 16 players were slotted into the A Flight, and the upper 16 into the B Flight:
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Qualifying Results:
1 Matt Paterini 70
2 Ryan Hufnagle 73
3 Chris Murman 75
4 Andrew Malkus 75
5 Mike Crawford 75
6 Bob Wadsworth 77
7 Adam Pry 77
8 Tom Swartz 78
9 Travis Pollari 78
10 Mike Stefko 79
11 Aaron Rich 80
12 Jack Glending 80
13 Joe Collins 80
14 Mark Hach 80
15 John Entsminger 80
16 Thomas Decaro 81
17 Jacob Halligan 81
18 Brian Blankenship 81
19 Luke Brackman 81
20 Ryan Malkus 82
21 Devon Goldberg 82
22 Bradley Wise 82
23 Ben Johannsen 83
24 Anthony Turrall 83
25 Emilio Noguez 84
26 Bruce Pucci 85
27 Nathan Kreutzer 86
28 Andrew Coddington 86
29 Wyatt Suntala 87
30 Jacob Potts 88
31 Connor Patton 92
32 Blair Martin 126
Then on Friday afternoon, the Round of 16 in each bracket was contested.
Round of 16 A Flight:
Matt Paterini over Thomas Decaro, 4 & 3
Tom Swartz over Travis Pollari, 2 & 1
Andrew Malkus over Joe Collins, 1 up
Mike Crawford over Jack Glending, 5 & 4
Ryan Hufnagle over John Entsinger, 2 & 1
Adam Pry over Mike Stefko, 1 up
Chris Murman over Mark Hach, 4 & 2
Aaron Rich over Bob Wadsworth, 1 up
Round of 16 B Flight:
Jacob Halligan over Blair Martin, 10 & 8
Anthony Turrall over Blair Martin, 2 & 1
Ryan Malkus over Wyatt Suntala, 4 & 2
Devon Goldberg over Andrew Coddington, 5 & 4
Brian Blankenship over Connor Patton, 6 & 5
Ben Johannsen over Bruce Pucci, 4 & 3
Luke Brackman over Jacob Potts, 2 & 1
Nathan Kreutzer over Bradley Wise, 1 up
Then, a morning and afternoon round of matches was contested on Saturday, May 4th at Shawnee Hills. In the Saturday morning Quarterfinal Matches:
Quarterfinals A Flight:
Matt Paterini over Tom Swartz, 6 & 5
Andrew Malkus over Mike Crawford, 4 & 3
Adam Pry over Ryan Hufnagle, 3 & 1
Aaron Rich over Chris Murman, 2 up
Quarterfinals B Flight:
Jacob Halligan over Anthony Turrall, 2 up
Devon Goldberg over Ryan Malkus, 3 & 2
Brian Blankenship over Ben Johannsen, 3 & 1
Luke Brackman over Nathan Kreutzer, 1 up
The Saturday afternoon Semifinals matches then determined the Finals and Consolation Matches for play on Sunday. In the Saturday afternoon Semifinal Matches:
Semifinals A Flight:
Matt Paterini over Andrew Malkus, 1 up
Adam Pry over Aaron Rich, 4&2
Semifinals B Flight:
Devon Goldberg over Jacob Halligan, 3&2
Brian Blankenship over Luke Brackman, 2&1
The Finals and Consolation Matches will begin at 7:10 a.m. on Sunday morning at Shawnee Hills.
