WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Marana, Arizona |
| Established | 1999 |
| Course(s) | Ritz-Carlton Golf Club |
| Par | 72 |
| Yardage | 7,849 |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Format | Match play |
| Purse | $8,500,000 €6,685,882 |
| Month played | February |
| Tournament record score | |
| Score | 8 & 7 Tiger Woods (2008) |
| Current champion | |
| Geoff Ogilvy | |
The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is a knockout event and is staged in January or February each year. It is sponsored by and named after Accenture, a consulting firm.
From its inauguration in 1999 through 2006 it was hosted every year by La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, except in 2001, when it was hosted by the Metropolitan Golf Club in Victoria, Australia.
In 2007 the event moved to The Gallery Golf Club in Marana, Arizona, a suburb northwest of Tucson, for two years. All three of the individual World Golf Championships events will be played in the United States from 2007, which has attracted criticism from some golfers, including Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, and in the media outside the United States. PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem has responded by insisting that playing in the U.S. is best for golf as more money can be made there than elsewhere.[1]
For 2009, the tournament moved to the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, a Jack Nicklaus-designed course at Dove Mountain in Marana.
The Championship is a single-elimination match play event. The field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings. The prize money for 2009 was $8.5 million, with the winner taking $1.4 million (both figures U.S. dollars) and the Walter Hagen Cup. Prize money is official on both the PGA Tour, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. All matches leading up to the final match are 18 holes, while the final match is 36 holes. In addition, the losers of the semifinal matches play an 18-hole consolation match for third place. The five-day, six-match tournament begins on Wednesday, with a match per day through Friday. The quarterfinals and semifinals are played on Saturday; the finals and third-place match conclude the tournament on Sunday.
It is the successor event of the Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf, a 32-man, unofficial money, match play event played from 1995-98.
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[edit] Tournament hosts
| Years | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-10 | Ritz-Carlton Golf Club | Marana, Arizona |
| 2007-08 | The Gallery Golf Club | Marana, Arizona |
| 2002-06 | La Costa Resort and Spa | Carlsbad, California |
| 2001 | Metropolitan Golf Club | Victoria, Australia |
| 1999-2000 | La Costa Resort and Spa | Carlsbad, California |
[edit] Winners
| Year | Player | Country | Runner-up | Score | 1st Prize ($) | Purse ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | ||||||
| 2009 | Geoff Ogilvy (2) |  Australia |
Paul Casey | 4 & 3 | 1,400,000 | 8,500,000 |
| 2008 | Tiger Woods (3) |  United States |
Stewart Cink | 8 & 7 | 1,350,000 | 8,000,000 |
| 2007 | Henrik Stenson |  Sweden |
Geoff Ogilvy | 2 & 1 | 1,350,000 | 8,000,000 |
| 2006 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia |
Davis Love III | 3 & 2 | 1,300,000 | 7,500,000 |
| 2005 | David Toms | United States |
Chris DiMarco | 6 & 5 | 1,300,000 | 7,500,000 |
| 2004 | Tiger Woods (2) | United States |
Davis Love III | 3 & 2 | 1,200,000 | 7,000,000 |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | United States |
David Toms | 2 & 1 | 1,050,000 | 6,000,000 |
| 2002 | Kevin Sutherland | United States |
Scott McCarron | 1 up | 1,000,000 | 5,500,000 |
| 2001 | Steve Stricker | United States |
Pierre Fulke | 2 & 1 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship | ||||||
| 2000 | Darren Clarke |  Northern Ireland |
Tiger Woods | 4 & 3 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| 1999 | Jeff Maggert | United States |
Andrew Magee | 38 holes | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring record.
[edit] Records
- Most times won tournament - Tiger Woods (3 wins)
- Championship match (36 holes) - 8 & 7, Tiger Woods over Stewart Cink (2008)
- Other matches (18 holes) - 9 & 8, Tiger Woods over Stephen Ames (2006, 1st round)
- Only player to never lose during first round - David Toms (1999-2008)
[edit] Prize money and FedEx Cup points breakdown
| Place | US ($) | Euro (€) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1,400,000 | 1,101,204.13 | 550.00 |
| Runner-Up | 850,000 | 668,588.22 | 315.00 |
| Third Place | 600,000 | 471,944.63 | 200.00 |
| Fourth Place | 490,000 | 385,421.45 | 140.00 |
| Losing Quarter Finalists x 4 | 270,000 | 212,375.08 | 101.00 |
| Losing Third Round x 8 | 140,000 | 110,120.41 | 68.25 |
| Losing Second Round x 16 | 95,000 | 74,724.57 | 46.56 |
| Losing First Round x 32 | 45,000 | 35,395.85 | 22.50 |
| Total | $8,500,000 | €6,685,882 | 3,620 |
($1.271335588 = 1 Euro)
[edit] References
- ^ PGA Tour chief defends US dates
- ^ European Tour weekly - prize breakdown on second page
- ^ Fed Ex Cup Points Page at PGATOUR.COM - points for first four rounds determined from places 9th through 64th on WGC Chart
- ^ EuropeanTour.com - 2009 Final Scores and Earnings (In Euros)
[edit] External links
- Official site
- This Week on the European PGA Tour - The Tour's weekly newsletter. Editions presented in downloadable PDF file format.
- 23 February 2009 edition - 2009 Prize Money information is on page 2.
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