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Facts and figures - WGC - Acenture Match Play Championship
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Facts and figures - WGC - Acenture Match Play Championship

World Golf Championships – Accenture Match Play Championship  

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,

Luke Donald, 2011 , Hunter Mahan, 2012

Consecutive wins: Tiger Woods, 2003-04

Youngest winner: Tiger Woods, 27 years and 62 days, 2003

Oldest winner: David Toms, 38 years and 54 days, 2005

Biggest winning margins: 9 and 8: Tiger Woods beat Stephen Ames, 2006

(18 hole matches) 8 and 7: Stephen Ames beat Robert Karlsson, 2007

8 and 7: Ben Crane beat Rory McIlroy, 2011

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 beat Sergio Garcia, 2010

7 and 6: Martin Kaymer beat Noh Seung-yul, 2011

7 and 6: Miguel Angel Jiménez beat Ben Crane, 2011

Biggest winning margins: 8 and 7: Tiger Woods beat Stewart Cink, 2008

(36 hole final) 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 - €3,965,259

Most matches played: 42, Tiger Woods

Most matches won: 33, 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 32 matches won by the higher seed

2011 19 of 32 matches won by the higher seed

2012 17 of 32 matches won by the higher seed

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