Match Play Team Competition

The Minnesota Public Golf Association (MPGA) sponsors summer long Match Play Team Competitions for MPGA member clubs.

All matches are played under Four Ball match play rules (see USGA Rule 23 - Four Ball).

Team members play their better ball against the better ball of their opponents, in match play competition, using no handicaps. One point is awarded for winning each nine hole stipulated round, and one point for winning the total 18 hole stipulated round with a maximum of three points awarded in each match. USGA rules as well as applicable local rules govern play.

Team participants must be an amateur member of an MPGA member club and have an active GHIN Handicap for the current season.

Players who belong to more than one MPGA member club may only compete for one member club within each type of Match Play Team competition during the current season.

The MPGA sponsors mulitple types of Match Play Team Competition:

1. 16-man and 12-man competitions are played on the first Sunday of the month throughout the golf season.
2. Senior 8-man competition played on various weekdays throughout the golf season.
3. Senior 4-Man (for players 70 and older)