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*** PGA - Accenture Match Play Championship Preview ***
From The Sports Network
Dates: Wednesday, February 26th through Sunday, March 2nd
Site: La Costa Resort & Spa (North & South Courses), Carlsbad, California
Course Architect: Dick Wilson and Joe Lee (1964)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,065
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 412 Yds 10 - Par 4 450 Yds
2 - Par 5 526 Yds 11 - Par 3 180 Yds
3 - Par 3 187 Yds 12 - Par 5 541 Yds
4 - Par 4 386 Yds 13 - Par 4 410 Yds
5 - Par 4 446 Yds 14 - Par 3 204 Yds
6 - Par 4 365 Yds 15 - Par 4 378 Yds
7 - Par 3 188 Yds 16 - Par 4 423 Yds
8 - Par 4 398 Yds 17 - Par 5 569 Yds
9 - Par 5 538 Yds 18 - Par 4 464 Yds
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36 3,446 Yds 36 3,619 Yds
Annual: 5th
Defending champion: Kevin Sutherland
Runner-up: Scott McCarron
Shortest Match: Sergio Garcia def. Loren Roberts, 7 & 6, 2000,
Craig Stadler def. Craig Parry, 7 & 6, 2001,
Brad Faxon def. Kenny Perry, 7 & 6, 2002
Longest Match: Jeff Maggert def. Andrew Magee, 1-up (38 holes, 1999)
Thomas Bjorn def. Colin Montgomerie, 1-up (23 holes, 2000)
Total Purse: $6,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $1,050,000; 2nd Place - 600,000; 3rd Place - 480,000,
4th Place - 390,000; Quarterfinalist - 175,000; Third Round - 85,000,
Second Round - 55,000; First Round - 27,500
Past World Match Play Winners
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Year Winner (Seeds) -- Runners-Up
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2002 (62) Kevin Sutherland def. (45) Scott McCarron, 1-up
2001 (55) Steve Stricker def. (21) Pierre Fulke, 2 & 1
2000 (19) Darren Clarke def. (1) Tiger Woods, 4 & 3
1999 (24) Jeff Maggert def. (50) Andrew Magee, 1-up (38 holes)
Note: Seeds in parenthesis
Players in the Field (World Ranking in Parenthesis)
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1999 2000 2001 2002
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Tiger Woods (1) QF Rup dnp 1st
Ernie Els (2) 1st 2nd Semis 2nd
Phil Mickelson (3) 3rd 1st dnp 1st
Retief Goosen (5) dnq 2nd 2nd 2nd
Sergio Garcia (6) dnq 3rd dnp 3rd
Davis Love III (7) 1st Semis dnp 2nd
David Toms (8) dnq 2nd 2nd QF
Mike Weir (9) dnq 2nd dnp 2nd
Padraid Harrington (10) dnq 1st 1st 1st
Nick Price (11) 2nd 1st dnp 3rd
Chris DiMarco (12) dnq dnq 1st 2nd
Rocco Mediate (13) 1st 1st dnp 2nd
Jim Fuyrk (14) 1st 3rd dnp 3rd
Charles Howell III (15) dnq dnq dnq 2nd
Colin Montgomerie (16) 1st 2nd dnp 1st
Robert Allenby (17) dnq dnq 2nd 1st
Bob Estes (18) 1st 3rd 1st QF
Justin Leonard (19) 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st
Jerry Kelly (20) dnq dnq dnq 1st
Rich Beem (21) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Michael Campbell (22) dnq 1st 3rd 1st
Bernhard Langer (23) 3rd 1st 1st 1st
Angel Cabrera (24) dnq 1st dnp 1st
Fred Funk (25) 1st 1st 1st dnq
Scott Hoch (26) 2nd QF dnp 1st
K.J. Choi (27) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Eduardo Romero (28) QF dnq dnp dnq
Darren Clarke (29) 1st WON dnp 1st
Shigeki Maruyama (30) QF 3rd QF dnq
David Duval (31) 2nd Semis dnp 1st
Stuart Appleby (32) 1st 1st 3rd 1st
Peter Lonard (33) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Kenny Perry (34) dnq dnq 1st 1st
Craig Parry (35) 2nd 1st 2nd dnq
Scott McCarron (36) dnq dnq dnq Rup
Brad Faxon (37) 1st dnq QF Semis
Justin Rose (38) dnq dnq dnq dnq
John Huston (39) Semis 1st 1st dnq
Chris Riley (40) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Scott Verplank (41) 2nd dnq 2nd 2nd
Tim Clark (42) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Steve Lowery (43) dnq dnq 1st 2nd
Tom Lehman (44) 1st 2nd 3rd QF
Jeff Sluman (45) 1st 2nd 2nd dnq
Niclas Fasth (46) dnq dnq dnq 3rd
Thomas Bjorn (47) 2nd 3rd dnp dnp
Adam Scott (48) dnq dnq dnq 2nd
Trevor Immelman (49) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Stephen Leaney (50) 1st dnq dnq dnq
Len Mattiace (51) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Jose Maria Olazabal (53) QF 2nd dnp QF
Loren Roberts (54) 3rd 1st dnp dnq
Paul Lawrie (55) dnq QF 2nd 1st
Shingo Katayama (56) dnq dnq dnq 1st
Alex Cejka (57) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Paul Casey (59) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Toshi Izawa (60) dnq dnq 2nd 2nd
Jay Haas (61) dnq dnq dnq dnq
John Cook (62) 1st dnq dnq 3rd
Anders Hansen (63) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Carl Pettersson (64) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Robert Karlsson (65) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Phil Tataurangi (66) dnq dnq dnq dnq
Kevin Sutherland (67) * dnq dnq 1st WON
* - Defending champion.
1st - 1st Round Semis - Semifinalist
2nd - 2nd Round Rup - Runner-up
3rd - 3rd Round Won - Winner
QF - Quarterfinalist
dnp - Did not play.
dnq - Did not qualify.
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