2025 Match Play Begins
For the seventh year in a row, the Section’s Match Play season officially kicked off at Indian Hills Country Club in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on April 14th and 15th. Golf Pro Payments sponsored this event for the second year in a row.
After the Qualifying Round, Dominic Diaz claimed the top seed, shooting 4-under-par 67. Ron Stromeyer took the No. 2 seed with a Qualifying Round score of 2-under-par 69.
Robbie Blackwell, John Racciatti Jr., and Luke Wilson all finished 1-under par to take the No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 seeds, respectively. Jake Greer, Paul McClure, and Andrew Peyton tied for sixth at even par.
After lunch, the 32-player bracket was set, and the golfers returned to the course for Round 1 Matches.
The First Round winners included Diaz, Neil Thompson, McClure, Ben Wood, Wilson, Allen Michael Burnett, Robbie Blackwell, Christian Bosso, Stromeyer, Patrick Richardson, Peyton, Glenn Garnett, Racciatti Jr., Paul Reid, Greer, and Tee Brown.
Players who advanced to the Second Round returned to Indian Hills Tuesday morning for the next round of Matches. Thompson, Wood, Burnett, Bosso, Stromeyer, Peyton, Reid, and Greer won their second-round matches and advanced to the afternoon round.
In the Third Round Matches,
Wood def. Thompson 3 and 1
Bosso def. Burnett 5 and 3
Peyton def. Stromeyer 5 and 4
Greer def. Reid 2 Up
The final four will compete in the Semi-Final and Final Rounds at Shoal Creek Club on July 7, 2025, to determine the 2025 Alabama – NW Florida Match Play Champion.
Thank you to our host PGA Professionals, Paul Reid and Andrew Peyton, and the rest of the staff at Indian Hills for their hospitality!
2025 Match Play @ Indian Hills C. C.
