World Golf Championships
Dates: February 22nd-26th, 2012
Site: The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club - Dove Mountain
Format: Match Play
Field: Top 64 available players based on the Official World Golf Ranking
Dates: July 30th - Aug 5th, 2012
Site: Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio, USA
Format: 72-holes, stroke play, no cut
Dates: March 7th -11th, 2012
Site: Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida, USA
Format: 72 holes, stroke play, no cut
Field: 65-70, including 44 of the top 50 from the Official World Golf Rankings and leaders of the six Tours' Official Money Lists/Order of Merit.
The World Golf Championships are a group of three annual events for male professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours, which are official money events on the PGA Tour, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour.
2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
WGC-Accenture World Match Play golf championship
The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club - Dove Mountain
Feb. 22nd-26th
Come February the eyes of golf will fall on Southern Arizona, for the first WGC event of the season. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain is the home of the World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play Championship. The world's top 64 golfers will try to etch their names in the history book of this exciting tournament. Billed as the cornerstone of the World Golf Championships, the five-day tournament will take place in Marana - just north of Tucson - Feb. 22 - 26, and feature some of the largest purses in professional golf. PGA professionals compete for the $8.5 million prize purse, with the first place prize money in excess of $1 million and lets not for get about the the Walter Hagen Cup.
The WGC Accenture Match Play Championship is part of the World Golf Championships series of tournaments. This event is played at match play, rather than stroke play, and begins with a field of 64 golfers. The players knock each other off until two remain for the 36-hole championship match. Past champions include Jeff Maggert, Darren Clarke, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, 2007 winner Henrik Stenson, Tiger Woods won in 2008, Geoff Ogilvy in 2009, Ian Poulter in 2010 and defending champion Nick Watney 2011.
The course is a 27-hole expedition through dense desert-mountain foothills, with roomy landing areas, strategically placed fairway bunkers and a handful of forced carries. But the real fun comes on the greens, which deliver intricate interior contouring rather than the sharper-edged broad levels that Jack favored too many times in years past. The Match Play will be contested over the Saguaro and Tortolia nines.
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World Golf Championships
The World Golf Championships were developed to enhance the competitive structure of professional golf worldwide while preserving the traditions and strengths of the individual tours and their events. The Asian PGA joined the International Federation of PGA Tours as a full-fledged member in November 1999. In March 2000, the Canadian Tour was added as an Associate Member. The World Golf Championships have been conducted on five different continents.
2011 WGC Accenture Results
 Luke Donald beat German Martin Kaymer by 3 strokes with only 2 holes to play. It was a case of déjà vu all over again as again this year an Englishman won the title over his opponent on the 16th hole. Both of today's players hit good shots into the par 3 green. Kaymer putted first and missed his putt for birdie opening the door for Donald to close out the match. Donald's try for birdie missed but his effort was close enough that Kaymer conceded the putt and along with it the victory. In the consolation match, Matt Kuchar defeated Bubba Watson by 2 strokes with 1 hole to play.
This is the last posting for this year from the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana and the Accenture Match Play Championship. Once again, thanks to News 4 Tucson for allowing me to document in pictures the action taking place over the past 7 days at the golf course. It was a great week.
2010 WGC Accenture Results
 Ian Poulter captured his second win with new ZL driver and the biggest victory of his career, defeating Paul Casey, 4 and 2, in an all-England final at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Along with winning his first World Golf Championship, the 34-year-old Poulter won for the first time on American soil. Poulter was so dominant on the weekend that he trailed for only one hole over the final 50 holes of the tournament.
2009 WGC Accenture Results
 Geoff Ogilvy won the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship for the second time in four years with a 4-and-3 victory over Paul Casey of England to stake his claim Sunday as the best in the world at match play.In a relentless performance at Dove Mountain, the 31-year-old Australian did not trail over the final 62 holes of the tournament and did not have a bogey on his card over the last 57 holes. He took the lead with a 6-foot birdie on the first hole of a 36-hole title match, and never gave Casey a chance. Ogilvy had a 3-up lead after the morning round, then shot 31 on the front nine to pull away.
A tournament that began with so much buzz over the return of Tiger Woods ended with a newfound appreciation for the match-play prowess of Ogilvy, who ran his career record to 18-3 in this fickle format.
2008 World Golf Championships Results
Woods cruises to Match Play victory
 Tiger Woods scorched the high desert Sunday, roaring like a wildfire across the Gallery Club at Dove Mountain with a phenomenal display of golf, incinerating Stewart Cink, winning the Accenture Match Play Championship and setting his sights on higher ground. His 8-and-7 victory over Cink in the final, the largest margin in the history of the event, concluded an astonishing week of match play. Woods won six matches, twice escaped imminent elimination and made 47 birdies and 2 eagles in 117 holes. With his fourth consecutive PGA Tour win and sixth straight worldwide, he rekindled speculation that he could be embarking on a perfect season. More Golf Accenture Results Click Here!
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