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WGC - Accenture Match Play - Facts and Figures
Facts and Figures

WGC - Accenture Match Play - Facts and Figures

First played
1999

Past winners
Jeff Maggert, 1999
Darren Clarke, 2000
Steve Stricker, 2001
Kevin Sutherland, 2002
Tiger Woods, 2003-04
David Toms, 2005
Geoff Ogilvy, 2006
Henrik Stenson, 2007
Tiger Woods, 2008
Geoff Ogilvy, 2009
Ian Poulter - 2010

Consecutive wins
Tiger Woods, 2003-04

Youngest winner
Tiger Woods, 27 and 62 days, 2003

Oldest winner
David Toms, 38 and 54 days, 2005

Biggest winning margins (18 hole matches)
9 and 8: Tiger Woods beat Stephen Ames, 2006
8 and 7: Stephen Ames beat Robert Karlsson, 2007
8 and 6: Mike Weir beat Alvaro Quiros, 2010
7 and 6: Sergio Garcia beat Mike Weir, 2000
7 and 6: Craig Stadler beat Craig Parry, 2001
7 and 6: Brad Faxon beat Kenny Perry, 2002
7 and 6: Darren Clarke beat Davis Love III, 2003
7 and 6: Tiger Woods beat Stephen Leaney, 2003
7 and 6: Phil Mickelson beat Ben Curtis, 2004
7 and 6: Davis Love III beat Lee Westwood, 2005
7 and 6: Mark Hensby beat Stephen Ames, 2005
7 and 6: Camilo Villegas beat Rod Pampling, 2009
7 and 6: Ian Poulter eat Sergio Garcia, 2010

Biggest winning margins (36 hole final)
8 and 7: Tiger Woods beat Stewart Cink, 2008
6 and 5: David Toms beat Chris DiMarco, 2005

Longest matches
Mike Weir beat Loren Roberts at the 26th hole, 2003
Scott Verplank beat Lee Westwood at the 26th hole, 2006

Leading money winner
Tiger Woods - €3,860,239

Most matches played
39, Tiger Woods

Most matches won
32, Tiger Woods

Most consecutive matches won
13, Tiger Woods – 2003-04 (won 12), 2005 (first round win)

Holes-in-one
Scott McCarron, Round 1, Hole 14, 2002
Ben Crane, Round 2, Hole 16, 2006

Breakdown of the year by year first round results regarding seedings
1999 14 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2000 21 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2001 20 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2002 19 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2003 20 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2004 12 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2005 13 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2006 13 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2007 21 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2008 19 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2009 19 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2010 12 of 42 matches won by the higher seed