World Golf Championships Accenture Match Winners and Records | PGA Tour
The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of the annual World Golf Championships. It is a knockout event and is generally staged in late February. It is sponsored by Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm.
The Championship is a single-elimination match play event. The field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings. Prize money is official on the PGA Tour, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour.
Since 2011, all matches have been over 18 holes with extra holes played until there is a winner. From 1999 to 2010 the final was played over 36 holes. The losers of the semi-final matches play an 18-hole consolation match for third place. The format is a five-day, six-match tournament starting on a Wednesday. For the first four days (Wednesday through Saturday) a single round of matches are played, with the semi-finals, third-place match and final played on the Sunday. When the final was over 36 holes, the quarter-finals and semi-finals were both played on Saturday.
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Winners:
| Year | Champion | Country | Seed | Rank | Runner-up | Seed | Rank | Score | Winner’s share ($) |
Purse ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Matt Kuchar |  United States |
21 | 23 | Hunter Mahan |
23 | 25 | 2 & 1 | 1,500,000 | 8,750,000 |
| 2012 | Hunter Mahan | United States |
21 | 22 |  Rory McIlroy |
2 | 2 | 2 & 1 | 1,400,000 | 8,500,000 |
| 2011 | Luke Donald |  England |
9 | 9 |  Martin Kaymer |
2 | 2 | 3 & 2 | 1,400,000 | 8,500,000 |
| 2010 | Ian Poulter | England |
9 | 11 | Paul Casey |
6 | 8 | 4 & 2 | 1,400,000 | 8,500,000 |
| 2009 | Geoff Ogilvy (2) |  Australia |
8 | 8 | Paul Casey |
23 | 23 | 4 & 3 | 1,400,000 | 8,500,000 |
| 2008 | Tiger Woods (3) | United States |
1 | 1 | Stewart Cink |
22 | 22 | 8 & 7 | 1,350,000 | 8,000,000 |
| 2007 | Henrik Stenson |  Sweden |
9 | 9 | Geoff Ogilvy |
11 | 11 | 2 & 1 | 1,350,000 | 8,000,000 |
| 2006 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia |
52 | 54 | Davis Love III |
23 | 24 | 3 & 2 | 1,300,000 | 7,500,000 |
| 2005 | David Toms | United States |
14 | 15 | Chris DiMarco |
16 | 17 | 6 & 5 | 1,300,000 | 7,500,000 |
| 2004 | Tiger Woods (2) | United States |
1 | 1 | Davis Love III |
3 | 4 | 3 & 2 | 1,200,000 | 7,000,000 |
| 2003 | Tiger Woods | United States |
1 | 1 | David Toms |
6 | 7 | 2 & 1 | 1,050,000 | 6,000,000 |
| 2002 | Kevin Sutherland | United States |
62 | 64 | Scott McCarron |
45 | 47 | 1 up | 1,000,000 | 5,500,000 |
| 2001 | Steve Stricker | United States |
55 | 90 | Pierre Fulke |
21 | 45 | 2 & 1 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship | ||||||||||
| 2000 | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland |
19 | 19 | Tiger Woods |
1 | 1 | 4 & 3 | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| 1999 | Jeff Maggert | United States |
24 | 25 | Andrew Magee |
50 | 51 | 38 holes | 1,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
Records:
- Most times won tournament – 3, Tiger Woods (2003, 2004, 2008)
- Most consecutive matches won – 13, Tiger Woods (2003–2005)
- Biggest winning margin: Championship match – 8 & 7, Tiger Woods over Stewart Cink (2008) (36 holes)
- Biggest winning margin: Other matches – 9 & 8, Tiger Woods over Stephen Ames (2006, 1st round)
- Longest championship match – 38 holes, Jeff Maggert over Andrew Magee (1999)
- Longest match (18 holes) – 26 holes, Scott Verplank over Lee Westwood (2006, 1st round), Mike Weir over Loren Roberts (2003, 1st round)