Match Play

Somerset Golf & CC | June 23-26, 2024

In 2024, the Match Play heads to beautiful Somerset Golf & Country Club in Northern Nevada.

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

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

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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

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Oklahoma State’s Newman Takes Down Hawk in Match Play Final

LAS VEGAS, NV (July 30, 2021)–Hazen Newman, a junior-to-be at Oklahoma State University, beat Andrew Hawk 8 & 7 in the finale of the Nevada State Match Play Championship. The event was held at July 27-30, 2021, at SouthShore Country … Read More

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