Match Play 9

Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9
Tournament information
Location	Estepona, Málaga, Spain
Established	2017
Course(s)	Valle Romano Golf
Par	71
Length	6,781 yards (6,201 m)
Tour(s)	Challenge Tour
Format	Stroke play and match play
Prize fund	€200,000
Month played	June
Final year	2019
Tournament record score
Score	2 and 1 Aaron Rai (2017); 2 and 1 Eirik Tage Johansen (2019)
Final champion
	Eirik Tage Johansen
Location map
	Valle Romano Golf Location in Spain Valle Romano Golf Location in Andalusia

The Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 is a golf tournament on the Challenge Tour, played in Spain. It is 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 are 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.

Format[edit]

The event starts with 36 hole of stroke play over two days. In 2017 the leading 32 players qualify for the match play stage. There is a sudden-death playoff for those tying for 32nd place. Seedings are based on a countback system, so that where players are equal, those having the better second round are seeded higher. There are 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 are 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.

Winners[edit]

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Match Play 9
2020	No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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