Defending champion Chris Knoop will face multiple-time former club and city champion Mark Albert for the overall title after the two advanced to the final of the 16-man single-knockout draw..
Knoop posted the third-best qualifying round score of 69 and opened with a win over 14-seed Mark Bevan before defeating six-seed Shawn Loney in the quarters. That set up a rematch of the 2020 final against second-seed Jordan Banilevic in the semifinal, with Knoop again emerging victorious.
Albert, meanwhile, entered the tournament as the fourth seed after shooting 70 in his qualifier. He defeated 13th-ranked Forest MacFarlane and five-seed Mickey Wallace in his first two matches before downing eight-seed Dean Shareski in the semis. Shareski had earlier pulled off the event’s biggest upset, defeating top-ranked Josh Boechler in his quarter-final after Boechler qualified with an impressive 65.
The date for the tournament final has yet to be set, but is expected to take place in the next week or two.
