Summer Match Play 2026

Better Ball Pairs Matchplay - following CONGU WHS handicapping rules.Please refer to our WHS Handicapping Guidance document for more information.

Deadline for entry is the 18th May 2026

The prize for the winners of their bracket is a £400 voucher which is valid for 12 months from the date of issue. This voucher is intended for use at Golf Pairs events up to a maximum value of £400.

All matches must be completed by the following dates:

Round 1 - 22nd May - 26th June
Round 2 - 26th June - 31st July
Round 3 - 31st July - 4th September
Round 4 - 4th September - 9th October

To participate you need an official CONGU WHS handicap and for you and your partner to have played 3 x formal competition rounds in the 12 months preceding the event.

A competition round is not a social round - it's a formal competition arranged and administered by a recognised body such as a golf club.

Once Match Play has been purchased your pairs participation is secured.

Our Match Play team will then reach out to you via email with a link to login to the Match Play portal once entries close.

This is where you submit your golfer information, find your opponents, their details and submit results.

You will be drawn home or away for each round and both teams will be given contact information to arrange the match, although the onus is on the home team to make contact since the home team will be booking the tees.

If the home team does not reach out or the deadline is not met, the away team will progress unless evidence of attempted contact is given.

There is no limit in our competition at present. When our competition is big enough. we will look to run flighted draws, where we draw people with similar handicaps in the same brackets.

Many golf clubs offer courtesy and are happy to do this because their members will mutually benefit when playing away elsewhere, but some clubs will not permit this.

If courtesy is not possible then we recommend the visitor fees being split four ways, but if not then the away team will need to pay a visitor fee to the club as per normal golf club policies.

All rounds will be drawn based on geographical proximity while avoiding matches between teams from the same club.

On the odd occasion, if you're drawn away you may end up a bit further out as you progress through the rounds. We always do our best to keep people as local as possible.