Paul Lawrie Matchplay

Paul Lawrie Match Play
Tournament information
Location Bad Griesbach, Germany
Established 2015
Course(s) Golf Resort Bad Griesbach
Par 71
Length 7,188 yards (6,573 m)
Tour(s) European Tour
Format Match play
Prize fund 1 million
Month played August
Current champion
Spain Adrián Otaegui
Bad
Griesbach
Location in Germany

The Paul Lawrie Match Play is a golf tournament on the European Tour that is played annually in Europe. The inaugural tournament was played from 30 July to 2 August 2015 at Murcar Links Golf Club in Aberdeen. The tournament's host is eight-time European Tour winner and 1999 Open Champion Paul Lawrie.[1]

The event is a 64-man single-elimination match play tournament, with one round played on each of the first two days and two rounds on the last two. The European Tour's exemption categories are used to select most of the field, with four spots reserved for invitations and three for the leading three non-exempt players in the Race to Dubai rankings.[2] The thirty-two players in the field who are highest in the Race to Dubai are seeded one to thirty-two and prevented from facing each other in the first round; the remainder are randomly drawn into the bracket.

After changing title sponsor every year and relocating from Scotland to Germany in 2017, the tournament was quietly dropped from 2018 European Tour calendar probably due to financial reasons, making its future uncertain.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreRunner-upCourseLocation
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play
2017Adrián Otaegui Spain2 & 1Germany Marcel SiemGolf Resort Bad GriesbachBad Griesbach
Aberdeen Asset Management Paul Lawrie Match Play
2016Anthony Wall England1 upSweden Alexander NorénArcherfield Links Golf ClubNorth Berwick
Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play
2015Kiradech Aphibarnrat Thailand1 upSweden Robert KarlssonMurcar Links Golf ClubAberdeen

References

  1. "Paul Lawrie launches new Match Play event". PGA European Tour. 14 November 2014.
  2. "Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play 2017 Entry List". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 16 August 2017.

Coordinates: 48°24′32″N 13°11′35″E / 48.409°N 13.193°E / 48.409; 13.193

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