Why the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Is the Easiest WGC Event to Win

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Published: February 19, 2013

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At first glance many golf fans might assume that the WGC-Accenture Match Play is a grueling 108-hole match-play event where the winner has to defeat the top 64 players in the world.

Many might even consider this event to be the most difficult tournament to win in all of golf.

But that is by no means the case.

In fact, the path to victory at the WGC-Accenture Match Play championship is far easier than any of the other WGCs, majors or even strong-fielded PGA and European Tour events.

Why?

Because to win the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship a player only needs to defeat six other players in a match-play format.  

Players are not competing against the top 64 players in the world in this event. They are competing against six out of the top 64, and for those top seeded players, their path to victory will likely include two to three lower-ranked players before they actually have to start competing against some of the other top ranked players in the field.  

And here’s another real kicker: a player doesn't even have to shoot a better score than his opponent in order to win his match and advance in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

A player could shoot a 75 to his opponent’s 71 and still win the match.

A player could post three triple bogeys during the course of a round and still advance.

Within a match-play format, a player only needs to win more holes than his opponent. If a player cards a 14 on a par-four, it makes little difference in the grand scheme of things as the result will simply be one lost hole.

“When it comes down to it, you just want to beat the guy in front of you, you don't have to beat the whole field,” WGC-Accenture Match Play defending champion Hunter Mahan told Hunter Milne Monday afternoon.  “Whatever score that is that you have to shoot that day, that's what you...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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