About the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship:
The WGC Accenture Match Play Championship is part of the World Golf Championships series of tournaments. This event is played at match play, rather than stroke play, and begins with a field of 64 golfers. The players knock each other off until two remain for the 36-hole championship match. (More on format below.)
2009 Tournament
Geoff Ogilvy, in the finals for the third time in four years, won the WGC Match Play title for the season time, defeating Paul Casey 4 and 3. In previous rounds Ogilvy beat Stewart Cink, Rory McIlroy, Camilo Villegas, Shingo Katayama and Kevin Sutherland.
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2008 Tournament
Tiger Woods staged a furious rally to win his first-round match against J.B. Holmes, then outlasted Aaron Baddeley in extra holes. By the time he reached the final against Stewart Cink, Woods was on a roll. And he rolled over Cink, 8-and-7.
Tiger Woods staged a furious rally to win his first-round match against J.B. Holmes, then outlasted Aaron Baddeley in extra holes. By the time he reached the final against Stewart Cink, Woods was on a roll. And he rolled over Cink, 8-and-7.
WGC Accenture Match Play Championship Format:
The field for the WGC Match Play Championship is comprised of the Top 64 available golfers from the Official World Golf Rankings, who are seeded 1-64 according to their rankings.
The golfers face off in single-elimination, 18-hole, match-play matches. In the first round, the No. 1 seed plays No. 64; No. 2 plays No. 63; and so on.
On the final day, the last two golfers play a 36-hole championship match, while the two semifinal losers play each other in an 18-hole consolation match to determine third and fourth places.
• See also: Match Play Primer
WGC Accenture Match Play Championship Golf Courses:
The WGC Match Play Championship is currently played at The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Tucson, Ariz. Previously, this tournament was played at:
- La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, Calif., 1999-2000, 2002-2006
- The Metropolitan Club, South Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 2001
WGC Accenture Match Play Championship Trivia and Notes:
- Jeff Maggert won the first WGC Match Play Championship in 1999. That was the first WGC tournament played, making Maggert the first-ever WGC champion.
- Tiger Woods is the only multiple winner of this tournament. Woods won back-to-back in 2003-04, then added his third victory in 2008.
WGC Accenture Match Play Championship - Past Winners:
2009 - Geoff Ogilvy def. Paul Casey, 4-and-3
2008 - Tiger Woods def. Stewart Cink, 8-and-7
2007 - Henrik Stenson def. Geoff Ogilvy, 2-and-1
2006 - Geoff Ogilvy def. Davis Love III, 3-and-2
2005 - David Toms def. Chris DiMarco, 6-and-5
2004 - Tiger Woods def. Davis Love III, 3-and-2
2003 - Tiger Woods def. David Toms, 2-and-1
2002 - Kevin Sutherland def. Scott McCarron, 1-up
2001 - Steve Stricker def. Pierre Fulke, 2-and-1
2000 - Darren Clarke def. Tiger Woods, 4-and-3
1999 - Jeff Maggert def. Andrew Magee, 1-up (38 holes)
