Preview - HSBC World Match Play Championship 2007

Hole-By-Hole:	1 - Par 4 473 Yds	10 - Par 3 184 Yds
	2 - Par 3 154 Yds	11 - Par 4 416 Yds
	3 - Par 4 465 Yds	12 - Par 5 531 Yds
	4 - Par 5 552 Yds	13 - Par 4 470 Yds
	5 - Par 3 212 Yds	14 - Par 3 179 Yds
	6 - Par 4 418 Yds	15 - Par 4 477 Yds
	7 - Par 4 396 Yds	16 - Par 4 383 Yds
	8 - Par 4 401 Yds	17 - Par 5 610 Yds
	9 - Par 4 449 Yds	18 - Par 5 538 Yds
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	35 3,520 Yds	37 3,788 Yds

Annual:	44th
Defending Champion:	Paul Casey
Runner-Up:	Shaun Micheel
Largest Winning Margin in Finals:	Paul Casey def. Shaun Micheel, 10 & 8, 2006
Longest Match in Finals:	Gary Player def. Graham Marsh, 1-up (40 holes), 1973
Largest Winning Margin in any match:	Retief Goosen d. J.Maggert, 12&11, 2004;
	Retief Goosen d. M.Hensby, 12 & 11, 2005
Longest Match:	Michael Campbell def. Nick Faldo, 1-up (43 holes), 2002
Best Single Round:	60 (Ernie Els, 2002)
Best Match Scores:	15-under-par (Ernie Els, 2002 - 31 holes);
	(Colin Montgomerie, 2000 - 33 holes);
	(Sandy Lyle, 1986 - 37 holes)
Total Purse:	$5,000,000
Shares:	1st Place - $2,000,000; 2nd - $800,000; Semifinalist; $250,000;
	2nd Round loser - $175,000; 1st Round loser - $125,000

2006 Finish
Player	Score	Player	Score
Paul Casey	Won	Michael Campbell	T-5
Shaun Micheel	2nd	Mike Weir	T-5
Colin Montgomerie	T-3	Angel Cabrera	T-5
Robert Karlsson	T-3	Eight players at	T-9
Luke Donald	T-5

Past HSBC World Championship Winners
Year	Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
2006	Paul Casey (10&8) -- Shaun Micheel
2005	Michael Campbell (2&1) -- Paul McGinley
2004	Ernie Els (2&1) -- Lee Westwood
2003	Ernie Els (4&3) -- Thomas Bjorn
2002	Ernie Els (2&1) -- Sergio Garcia
2001	Ian Woosnam (2&1) -- Padraig Harrington
2000	Lee Westwood (38th hole) -- Colin Montgomerie
1999	Colin Montgomerie (3&2) -- Mark O'Meara
1998	Mark O'Meara (1-up) -- Tiger Woods
1997	Vijay Singh (1-up) -- Ernie Els
1996	Ernie Els (3&2) -- Vijay Singh
1995	Ernie Els (3&1) -- Steve Elkington
1994	Ernie Els (4&2) -- Colin Montgomerie
1993	Corey Pavin (1-up) -- Nick Faldo
1992	Nick Faldo (8&7) -- Jeff Sluman
1991	Seve Ballesteros (3&2) -- Nick Price
1990	Ian Woosnam (4&2) -- Mark McNulty
1989	Nick Faldo (1-up) -- Ian Woosnam
1988	Sandy Lyle (2&1) -- Nick Faldo
1987	Ian Woosnam (1-up) -- Sandy Lyle
1986	Greg Norman (2&1) -- Sandy Lyle
1985	Seve Ballesteros (6&5) -- Bernhard Langer
1984	Seve Ballesteros (2&1) -- Bernhard Langer
1983	Greg Norman (3&2) -- Nick Faldo
1982	Seve Ballesteros (37th hole) -- Sandy Lyle
1981	Seve Ballesteros (1-up) -- Ben Crenshaw
1980	Greg Norman (1-up) -- Sandy Lyle
1979	Bill Rogers (1-up) -- Isao Aoki
1978	Isao Aoki (3&2) -- Simon Owen
1977	Graham Marsh (5&3) -- Ray Floyd
1976	David Graham (38th hole) -- Hale Irwin
1975	Hale Irwin (4&2) -- Al Geiberger
1974	Hale Irwin (3&1) -- Gary Player
1973	Gary Player (40th hole) -- Graham Marsh
1972	Tom Weiskopf (4&3) -- Lee Trevino
1971	Gary Player (5&4) -- Jack Nicklaus
1970	Jack Nicklaus (2&1) -- Lee Trevino
1969	Bob Charles (37th hole) -- Gene Littler
1968	Gary Player (1-up) -- Bob Charles
1967	Arnold Palmer (1-up) -- Peter Thomson
1966	Gary Player (6&4) -- Jack Nicklaus
1965	Gary Player (3&2) -- Peter Thomson
1964	Arnold Palmer (2&1) -- Neil Coles