The Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 was a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Spain. It was a mixed stroke-play and match-play event, broadly similar to the World Super 6 Perth, the main difference being that the match-play matches were over 9 holes rather than 6. Aaron Rai won the inaugural tournament, beating Gavin Moynihan in the final.[1] The inaugural event was held at La Cala Resort before moving to Valle Romano Golf in 2018 and 2019.

Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9
Tournament information
LocationEstepona, Málaga, Spain
Established2017
Course(s)Valle Romano Golf
Par71
Length6,781 yards (6,201 m)
Tour(s)Challenge Tour
FormatStroke play and match play
Prize fund200,000
Month playedJune
Final year2019
Tournament record score
Score2 and 1 Aaron Rai (2017)
2 and 1 Eirik Tage Johansen (2019)
Final champion
Norway Eirik Tage Johansen
Location map
Valle Romano Golf is located in Spain
Valle Romano Golf
Valle Romano Golf
Location in Spain
Valle Romano Golf is located in Andalusia
Valle Romano Golf
Valle Romano Golf
Location in Andalusia

Format

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The event started with 36 hole of stroke play over two days. In 2017, the leading 32 players qualified for the match play stage. There was a sudden-death playoff for those tying for 32nd place. Seedings were based on a countback system, so that where players were equal, those having the better second round were seeded higher. There were then five match play rounds, two on the third day and three on the final day, all matches being over 9 holes with a sudden-death playoff if required. There were a number of other matches for the minor places. In 2018 the number of qualifiers for the match play stage was increased to 64 with three rounds on both the third and final days.[2]

Winners

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Year Winner Score Runner-up
Andalucía Match Play 9
2020 Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9
2019   Eirik Tage Johansen 2 and 1   Ugo Coussaud
2018   Liam Johnston 1 up   Grant Forrest
2017   Aaron Rai 2 and 1   Gavin Moynihan

References

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  1. ^ "Rai beats Moynihan in Challenge Tour Match-play final at Andalucia". scottishgolfview.com. 21 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Match Play 9 explained". European Tour. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Update on Challenge Tour International Schedule". European Tour. 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020. The European Challenge Tour today confirmed the cancellation of Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge and Open de Bretagne and the postponement of the Andalucía Match Play 9 and Challenge de España, due to the continuing threat posed by the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
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