Defending champions Jimmy Saporito of Olathe and Matt Lowe of Pittsburg are among 75 teams that will tee off today at Alvamar Golf Club in the KGA Fourball Championship.

The format calls for 18 holes of stroke play today and Wednesday.

After the 36 holes, the field will be cut to the low 32 teams for match play.

First- and second-round matches are scheduled Thursday, with the third and semifinal rounds set for Friday. The five-day meet will conclude with a 36-hole match-play championship Saturday.

In the 2003 KGA Fourball, Saporito and Lowe defeated Steve Groom and Paul Exposito, 1-up, at Sycamore Ridge GC in Spring Hill.