WCG - Accenture Match Play Championship
Feb 20-26, 2012
The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club
Dove Mountain
Marana, Arizona
Total Purse: $8,500,000.00
Winning Share: 1,400,000.00
FedExCup Points: 500
Def Champion: Luke Donald
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The World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of four World Golf Championships events which debuted in 1999. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours.
Eligibility for the Accenture Match Play Championship is limited to the top 64 available players from the Official World Golf Ranking.
The format for the event is single-elimination match play. Players are seeded 1 through 64 based on their Official World Golf Ranking with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 64 seed, the No. 2 seed playing the No. 63 seed, etc. (player seedings combined add up to 65).
Accenture is a global umbrella sponsor of the World Golf Championships and the title sponsor of the series' season-opening event, the Accenture Match Play Championship.
The World Golf Championship events feature players from around the world competing against one another in varied formats (match play, stroke and team). A common qualification standard for the series is top players from the Official World Golf Ranking, which ensures a strong field. The World Golf Championships feature some of the largest purses in professional golf. First prize money is in excess of $1 million. Past champions include Jeff Maggert, Darren Clarke, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, and 2007 winner and defending champion here in 2008 - Henrik Stenson.
Odds to win WCG - Accenture Match Play Championship 2012 Tournament
2011 WCG - Accenture Match Play Championship Tournament
Winner:
Englishman Luke Donald beat German Martin Kaymer by 3 strokes with only 2 holes to play. Donald's try for birdie missed but his effort was close enough that Kaymer conceded the putt and along with it the victory. In the consolation match, Matt Kuchar defeated Bubba Watson by 2 strokes with 1 hole to play.
2010 WCG - Accenture Match Play Championship Tournament
Winner:
2010 Accenture Match Play Championship held just north of Tucson on the Jack Nicklaus-designed course at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain, Ian Poulter defeated countryman Paul Casey 4 and 2 to become the first Englishman to win the Accenture event.
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