Category: Match Play
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Nevada Golfer Earns First State Win at 2025 Match Play at Red Rock Country Club
LAS VEGAS, NV (Aug. 6, 2025)–Ian Fritz, who represents Southern Nevada, started quickly and never looked back in winning the 36-hole finale of the 2025 Nevada State Match Play tournament. Fritz beat Raymond Kim 5&4. The tournament was held Aug. 3-6, 2025, at Red Rock Country Club.—by Bill Bowman, Las Vegas Golf Insider Fritz ended…
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Wood Outlasts Flynn To Win 2024 Nevada State Match Play
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 & Country Club in Reno, NV. –by Bill Bowman, LasVegasGolfInsider.com Both finalists represented Northern Nevada.…
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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 June 29-July 2, 2023 at Boulder Creek Golf Club. Both golfers in the finale represented…
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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 and the 2021 Nevada State Mid-Amateur. –By Bill Bowman, www.LasVegasGolfInsider.com, video Carl Tymann Goldstein, who…
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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 Club at Lake Las Vegas and featured a field of 32 golfers pursuing the prestigious…
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Lund Prevails Over Ebalo in Epic 2020 State Match Play Final
It was a knock-down-drag-out finale in the 2020 Nevada State Match Play tournament held at Genoa Lakes Golf Resort on Aug. 22-25, 2020. In the end, Tyson Lund beat Kenny Ebalo in 38 holes to win the championship. It was Lund’s first state title. Both players represent the Southern Nevada Golf Association. –-by Bill Bowman,…
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Erickson Climbs Summit at State Match Play
Southern Nevada’s Craig Erickson, playing out of Spanish Trail, survived four days of quality competition, a weather delay in the 36-hole finale and 100-plus holes of golf in beating former UNLV walk on Alex Jordan 3-and-2 to win the 2019 Nevada State Match Play Championship held July 28-31, 2019, at exclusive Tom Fazio-design The Summit…
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2018 State Match Play: Johnson Edges Fryatt 2 & 1
Reno, Nev. (Oct. 2, 2018)–Daren Johnson grabbed an early 2-up lead and went on to beat Ed Fryatt 2-and-1 to win the 2018 Nevada State Match Play Championship in an all-Southern Nevada Golf Association finale. The event was held Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2018, at Hidden Valley Country Club in Reno, Nev.–By Bill Bowman, Las Vegas…
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Keyer Wins 2017 Nevada State Match Play
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (July 25, 2017)—Bradley Keyer got off to a quick start in the match play portion of the 2017 Nevada State Match Play event and used that momentum to win the crown. He beat Brigham Gibbs 3-and-1 in the finale. The event was held July 23-25 at Spanish Trail Country Club. Keyer was…
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Edward Fryatt Wins 2016 Nevada State Match Play Title
Reno, Nev. (Aug. 18, 2016)—Give Ed Fryatt credit: He’s a battler on the golf course. That was never more apparent than his victory over Steve Sear in the finals of the 2016 Nevada State Match Play tournament. Fryatt fought back from being 4-down early in the match to win 2-1 over Sear. It was a…