World Golf Championships – Cadillac Match Play
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, Matt Kuchar, 2013,
Jason Day, 2014 , Rory McIlroy, 2015
Consecutive wins: Tiger Woods, 2003-04
Youngest winner: Rory McIlroy, 25 years and 364 days, 2015
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
8 and 6: Mikko Ilonen beat Matt Every, 2015
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
7 and 6: Scott Piercy beat Luke Donald, 2013
7 and 6: Hunter Mahan beat Stephen Gallacher, 2015
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
Longest 18 hole final: 23rd hole: Jason Day beat Victor Dubuisson, 2014
Leading money winner: Tiger Woods - €4,011,259
Most matches played: 43, 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
Ben Martin, Round 1, Hole 17, 2015
Breakdown of the year by year first round results regarding seedings
1999 18 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2000 11 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2001 12 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2002 13 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2003 13 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 11 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2008 13 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2009 13 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2010 12 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2011 14 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2012 15 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2013 15 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2014 9 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
2015 14 of 32 matches won by the higher seed
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