2014 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | February 19–23, 2014 |
Location | Marana, Arizona, U.S. |
Course(s) |
The Golf Club at Dove Mountain (Saguaro, Tortolita nines) |
Tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour |
Format | Match play – 18 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,791 yards (7,124 m)[1] |
Field | 64 players |
Prize fund |
$9,000,000 €6,562,158 |
Winner's share |
$1,530,000 €1,115,567 |
Champion | |
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def. Victor Dubuisson, 23 holes | |
«2013 2015» |




The 2014 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was the 16th WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, held February 19–23 at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, northwest of Tucson. It was the first of four World Golf Championships in 2014. With a field of 64 competitors, the five-day six-round event began on Wednesday, with the semifinals and finals on Sunday. Jason Day won his first WGC title at the 23rd hole of the final match with Victor Dubuisson.[2][3][4][5]
This was the eighth and final edition of the championship contested in Marana, the host since 2007. The tournament moved back to California in 2015, held in early May at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, and went to Austin, Texas, in March 2016.
This was also the final edition in which the entire tournament was single-elimination, as the first two rounds were replaced by round-robin play in 2015, with sixteen players advancing to the knock-out bracket on the weekend.
Past champions in the field
Player | Country | Year won | Record | Advanced to | Finish |
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Matt Kuchar | ![]() | 2013 | 2–1 | Third round | T9 |
Hunter Mahan | ![]() | 2012 | 2–1 | Third round | T9 |
Henrik Stenson | ![]() | 2007 | 1–1 | Second round | T17 |
Luke Donald | ![]() | 2011 | 0–1 | First round | T33 |
Ian Poulter | ![]() | 2010 | 0–1 | First round | T33 |
Steve Stricker | ![]() | 2001 | 0–1 | First round | T33 |
Nationalities in the field
North America (28) | South America (0) | Europe (25) | Oceania (2) | Asia (3) | Africa (6) |
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Course
Course | Saguaro | Tortolita | |||||||||||||||||||
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total [1] |
Yards | 460 | 574 | 208 | 393 | 536 | 185 | 486 | 576 | 476 | 3,894 | 493 | 601 | 219 | 583 | 449 | 343 | 247 | 482 | 480 | 3,897 | 7,791 |
Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
- The average elevation of the course was approximately 2,600 feet (790 m) above sea level.[6]
- The only yardage change from 2012 was the shortening of the 11th hole from 659 to 601 yards, as it had been in 2011.
Brackets
The Championship is a single elimination match play event. The field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on February 9, 2014.[7][8] seeded according to the February 16 rankings.[9]
Three of the top four ranked players, Tiger Woods (ranked #1), Adam Scott (2), and Phil Mickelson (4) chose not to enter and were replaced by Richard Sterne (65), Scott Piercy (66), and Kiradech Aphibarnrat (67).[10]
Three players were appearing in their first WGC event: Victor Dubuisson, Chris Kirk and Patrick Reed.
Bobby Jones bracket
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1 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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8 | ![]() | 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
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8 | ![]() | 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
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5 | ![]() | 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
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5 | ![]() | 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | ![]() | 20h | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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11 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
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14 | ![]() | 21h | |||||||||||||||||
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14 | ![]() | 3&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | ![]() | 3&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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10 | ![]() | 6&5 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | ![]() | 22h | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 2up | |||||||||||||||||
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Ben Hogan bracket
First round February 19 | Second round February 20 | Third round February 21 | Fourth round February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
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9 | ![]() | 19h | |||||||||||||||||
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9 | ![]() | 5&3 | |||||||||||||||||
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5 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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5 | ![]() | 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
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14 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
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14 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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7 | ![]() | 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | ![]() | 3&1 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 22h | |||||||||||||||||
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Gary Player bracket
First round February 19 | Second round February 20 | Third round February 21 | Fourth round February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
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8 | ![]() | 20h | |||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 19h | |||||||||||||||||
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8 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
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12 | ![]() | 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 19h | |||||||||||||||||
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8 | ![]() | 4&2 | |||||||||||||||||
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6 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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3 | ![]() | 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 2up | |||||||||||||||||
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2 | ![]() | 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Sam Snead bracket
First round February 19 | Second round February 20 | Third round February 21 | Fourth round February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
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8 | ![]() | 2up | |||||||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
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4 | ![]() | 1up | |||||||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 19h | |||||||||||||||||
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Final Four
Semi-finals February 23 |
Finals February 23 | |||||||
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Scorecard
Final match
Hole | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Match | A/S | A/S | A/S | A/S | 1up |
![]() | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
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Breakdown by country
Country | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | Ch |
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Prize money and FedEx Cup points breakdown
Place | Record | Description | US ($) | Euro (€) | Points |
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1 | 6–0 | Champion | 1,530,000 | 1,115,567 | 550.00 |
2 | 5–1 | Runner-up | 906,000 | 660,591 | 315.00 |
3 | 5–1 | Third place | 630,000 | 459,351 | 200.00 |
4 | 4–2 | Fourth place | 510,000 | 371,856 | 140.00 |
T5 | 3–1 | Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 280,000 | 204,156 | 101.00 |
T9 | 2–1 | Losing third round x 8 | 148,000 | 107,911 | 68.25 |
T17 | 1–1 | Losing second round x 16 | 99,000 | 72,184 | 46.56 |
T33 | 0–1 | Losing first round x 32 | 48,000 | 34,998 | 22.50 |
Total | 9,000,000 | 6,562,158 | 3,620 |
($1.3715 = 1 Euro)
References
- 1 2 "2014 WGC Accenture Match Play Championship: Course". Retrieved February 16, 2014.
- ↑ Harig, Bob (February 23, 2014). "Jason Day pockets career-best win". ESPN. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Australia's Jason Day wins World Match Play in thrilling finish". The Guardian. February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ Lawrenson, Derek (February 23, 2014). "What a Day! Jason beats Dubuisson to win World Match Play Championship... but Frenchman should secure Ryder Cup spot". Daily Mail. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Jason Day beats Victor Dubuisson in epic final". BBC Sport. February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Google Maps image". Google maps.com. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ↑ Martin, Sean (January 20, 2014). "Reed ready for Match Play debut". PGA Tour.
- ↑ Official World Golf Ranking – February 9, 2014
- ↑ Official World Golf Ranking – February 16, 2014
- ↑ Shain, Jeff (February 15, 2014). "WGC-Accenture Match Play: First Look". PGA Tour.
External links
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