HAMPDEN — Thirty-six holes weren’t enough to decide which 32 golfers were going to make Wednesday’s match play in the 117th Massachusetts Amateur Championship at GreatHorse. After Monday and Tuesday’s first two rounds, 24 players were safely inside the 6-over par cut line while 10 players were tied at that number.

Those 10 competed in a playoff for the final eight spots, and Guy Antonacci, President of GreatHorse, birdied the first playoff hole to clinch a spot in match play. Max McColgan, Ricky Stimets, Raymond Dennehy and Christian Jensen all made pars before inclement weather suspended the rest of the playoff with five players yet to tee off.

The rest of the playoff will take place at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning, with match play to begin in the Round of 32 at 8 a.m.

Prior to that drama, it was Charter Oak Country Club’s Matthew Johnson stealing the show, as he fired a second straight 4-under round of 68 to run away with stroke play medalist honors. Johnson’s two-day total of 8-under doubled up on the next closest scores — GreatHorse’s Matthew Naumec and George Wright Golf Course’s Joey Lenane, who both shot 4-under.

Johnson birdied the first two holes of his round on Tuesday, starting with a saucy chip on No. 1 that led him to a tap-in birdie. He followed that up by rolling in a 20-footer for birdie on the second, and the rout was on.

With how well Johnson has been swinging it, he doesn’t expect his approach to change despite the different scenarios match play can provide. He’ll be the first match out in the Round of 32 at 8 a.m. against an opponent still to be determined.

“[My approach] won’t change until I’m in some of the different situations that come with match play,” he said. “I’m definitely playing well and I’ve been trying to make birdies the whole time I’ve been here. So until I’m in a situation where I may have to play more aggressive or it makes sense to play smarter, it’s going to be the same thing.”

The biggest challenge GreatHorse has offered Johnson is the course’s large, undulating greens. Each one presents its own set of difficulties, and even when Johnson felt like he hit a good putt on Tuesday, he never nestled the ball to stress-free tap-in range.

He would mark, go through his routine and go from there, even if it was a two-footer. Despite that, he’s continued to pass the test of GreatHorse’s greens — which is going to be a key for him to succeed in match play.

“The lag putting and some of those mid-range putts is definitely the biggest challenge out here,” Johnson said. “I didn’t have many that were in that tap-in range, there were a lot of those 18-inch, 2-foot putts that I had to mark and think about. Hitting the right spots on these greens and then watching the speed is important.”

Lenane, who finished in a tie for second at 4-under, has become a fan-favorite this week with his towering tee shots, steady iron play and flashy short game.

After bombing his first tee shot down the middle of the 10th fairway (his first hole of the day), Lenane hit a wedge into the green that left him about 20 feet up the hill for birdie. He barely got his putt to the top of the slope and still had about eight feet for par. Lenane calmly rolled it in to save a four and gain some early momentum.

He turned around and birdied the par-5 11th, and it was pars the rest of the way until the final hole — where he bogeyed the 9th to shoot an even-par 72. The North Carolina State standout from Dedham’s consistently flush ball-striking put him as a top 3 seed heading into Wednesday.

“I’m very happy with where my game is,” Lenane said. “I’m hitting it really well off the tee and I feel like my iron game has been in a good place. I just need to sharpen the wedges a little bit. I feel like I’m hitting good putts, and my short game I’ve been pleased with — hitting some really quality chips from some tough spots. So overall, really happy with my game right now.”

Scores from Western Mass. competitors

Starting with players who made the cut, GreatHorse’s Matthew Naumec fired an even-par 72 on Tuesday to keep him at 4-under for the tournament and well ahead of the cut line. He carded the lowest round of any WMass golfer.

Country Club of Wilbraham’s Michael McGrath shot a 71 to put him at 2-over for the tournament and into match play, and Billy Walthouse of GreatHorse also put together a round of 71 to place him inside the cut at 3-over. GreatHorse’s Ryan Downes shook off his 77 on Monday and carded a 2-under 70 (3-over for the tournament), while A.J. Oleksak of GreatHorse finished 4-over for the tournament to also earn a spot in match play.

The two Hampshire/Franklin County competitors, Westover Golf Course’s Zach Lebeau and Country Club of Greenfield’s Cody Booska, didn’t have enough to make the cut on Tuesday. Lebeau finished with a 79 (41-38) with 11 pars and seven bogeys while Booska shot an 82 (41-41) with eight pars and 10 bogeys.

Other Western Mass. representatives who missed the match play cut included Wilbraham Country Club’s Peter Wurszt (11-over), Gregory Placzek (11-over) and Kyle DiFranco (30-over), Ludlow Country Club’s Luis Teixeira (9-over) and Jack Dias (14-over), Longmeadow Country Club’s Tucker Silva (8-over) and Taconic Country Club’s Jack Coyne (13-over).