The 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a
golf tournament that was played from February 21–25, 2007 over the South Course at
The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain in
Marana, Arizona. It was the ninth
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of three
World Golf Championships events held in 2007. It was the first time the championship was played at The Gallery, having previously been hosted by the
La Costa Resort and Spa in
Carlsbad, California
Carlsbad is a coastal city in the North County region of San Diego County, California, United States. The city is south of downtown Los Angeles and north of downtown San Diego. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 114,746. ...
.
Henrik Stenson
Henrik Olof Stenson (; born 5 April 1976) is a Swedish professional golfer.
He is the first male Swedish and first male Nordic major champion, having won the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon with a major championship record score of 264. ...
defeated defending champion
Geoff Ogilvy 2 and 1 in the 36 hole final to claim his first World Golf Championships title. The total purse was $8,000,000 of which Stenson earned $1,350,000. He also became the first player from Continental Europe to win one of the individual World Golf Championships.
Brackets
The Championship was a single elimination
match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the
Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings. Number 60
Charl Schwartzel decided to play the
South African PGA Championship on the
Sunshine Tour
The Sunshine Tour is a men's professional golf tour based in Southern and East Africa. For much of its early history it was known either as the South African Tour or Sunshine Circuit; through sponsorship deals, it has also been known as the Vod ...
in an effort to claim that Tour's Order of Merit (he was successful).
Number 65
J. J. Henry took Schwartzel's place in the field.
Bobby Jones bracket
Ben Hogan bracket
Gary Player bracket
Sam Snead bracket
Final Four
Breakdown by country
Prize money breakdown
References
External links
Bracket
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