Europeantour.com takes a statistical look at this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship...
13 –This will be the 13th WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship. It was first played in 1999 at the La Costa Resort & Spa.
5 – The number of American winners of the event. They are: Jeff Maggert (1999), Steve Stricker (2001), Kevin Sutherland (2002), Tiger Woods (2003, 2004 and 2008) and David Toms (2005).
12 – The number of higher seeds beating the lower seeds in the first round in 2010.
3 – Matteo Manassero, Edoardo and Francesco Molinari will make history by becoming the first time three Italians have played in the same WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship.
62 – Kevin Sutherland is the lowest ranked seed to with the Championship. He was seeded 62nd in 2002 when he defeated Scott McCarron.
2 – Tiger Woods (2003, 2004 and 2008) and Geoff Ogilvy (2006 and 2009) are the only players to record multiple victories in the event.
5 – The number of former winners playing this week. They are: Steve Stricker (2001), Tiger Woods (2003, 2004 and 2008), Geoff Ogilvy (2006 and 2009), Henrik Stenson (2007) and Ian Poulter (2010).
47 – The age of the oldest competitor, Miguel Angel Jiménez.
15 – The number of different countries competing this week.
3 – First time in the history of the WGC – Accenture Match Play Championship that three teenagers have competed in the same year. They are: Ryo Ishikawa, Matteo Manassero, Noh Seung-yul.
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