Nick Wood rallied from a four-down deficit to beat Ethan Flynn 2-up to win the 2024 Nevada State Match Play title. It was the first match play crown for Wood. The tournament was held June 23-26, 2024, at Somersett Golf … Read More
Match Play
Somerset Golf & CC | June 23-26, 2024
In 2024, the Match Play was played at beautiful Somerset Golf & Country Club and Northern Nevada’s Nick Wood defeated Ethan Flynn for the title.
In 2023, at Boulder Creek Golf Club, Jackson Parrish from the SNGA defeated Craig Erickson 6 and 5 to win the title. The course is a host site for multiple amateur, college and PGA Tour qualifying events.
In 2022, the Nevada State Match play was held at the beautiful Toiyabe Golf Club and Josh Goldstein earned the victory.
At the 2021 Nevada State Match Play played at SouthShore Country Club at Lake Las Vegas, a stunning, private Jack Nicklaus signature course, Oklahoma State golfer Hazen Newman defeated Andrew Hawk 8& 7 to win the title.
In 2020, Spanish Trail Country Club member Tyson Lund outlasted SNGA president and Southern Highlands member Kenny Ebalo to win the title after a 38-hole final.
The 2019 Nevada State Match Play allowed golfers to experience one of the state’s newest and most prestigious layouts, The Summit in Las Vegas. The event featured 32 of the state’s best amateurs. Craig Erickson defeated Alex Jordan 3 & 2.
History
Nevada State Match Play Brings Ryder Cup Feel to Nevada Golf
There’s just something special about a match play tournament. It is one on one. Golfer vs. golfer.
Two players, looking each other in the eye and staring down each other hole after hole in hopes of winning one of the state’s most prestigious championships, the Nevada State Match Play tournament.
Some of the top golfers in Nevada history have claimed the title over years including David Nelson, also one of the top players in Northern Nevada history. Nelson has claimed the Nevada State Mid-Amateur championship in addition to competing in multiple national USGA tournaments.
Other notable champions are Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame members Brady Exber and Doug Pool in addition to UNLV golfers Zane Thomas and AJ McInerney. Also, Southern Nevada golfer Matt Edwards is a two-time champion of the tournament as is Carlos Concha, former member of the University of Nevada Wolfpack golf team.
MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONS
2024 Nick Wood
2023 Jackson Parrish
2022 | Josh Goldstein |
| 2021 | Hazen Newman |
| 2020 | Tyson Lund |
| 2019 | Craig Erickson |
| 2018 | Daren Johnson |
| 2017 | Bradley Keyer |
| 2016 | Edward Fryatt |
| 2015 | Aj Mcinerney |
| 2014 | Jacob Wilner |
| 2013 | Zane Thomas |
| 2012 | Roman Mudd |
| 2011 | Steven Fink |
| 2010 | Jt Cockerill |
| 2009 | Kevin Noto |
| 2008 | Matt Edwards |
| 2007 | Brady Exber |
| 2006 | Lance Baral |
| 2005 | Seth Cotter |
| 2004 | Carlos Concha jr. |
| 2003 | Matt Edwards |
| 2002 | Carlos Concha jr. |
| 2001 | Doug Pool |
| 2000 | David Nelson |
| 1999 | Mark Gilmartin |
| 1998 | Steve Sheehan |
| 1997 | Steve Sheehan |
| 1996 | Steve Sheehan |
| 1995 | Craig Barlow |
| 1994 | Ryan Mitchell |
| 1993 | Eric Dutt |
| 1992 | Ron Hurst |
| 1991 | Ed Fryatt |
| 1990 | David Nelson |
| 1989 | David Nelson |
| 1988 | Mark Gilmartin |
| 1987 | Robert Gamez |
| 1986 | Ed Travis |
| 1985 | Don Yanzer |
| 1984 | David Nelson |
| 1983 | Tony Brennan |
| 1982 | Steve Sands |
Recent Match Play News
Parrish Wins 2023 Nevada State Match Play Over Erickson in Final
Jackson Parrish beat Craig Erickson 6-and-5 to win the 2023 Nevada State Match Play Championship. The finale was scheduled to be a 36-hole match but Parrish closed out the title on the 31st hole. The four-day golf marathon was held … Read More
Josh Goldstein Earns Trifecta With 2022 Nevada State Match Play Victory
LAS VEGAS–Josh Goldstein won the 2022 Nevada State Match Play championship, beating Andrew Hawk 3 & 2 in the four-day marathon July 24-27, 2022, at Toiyabe Golf Club in Washoe Valley, Nev. Goldstein also won the 2021 Nevada State Amateur … Read More