1999 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship explained

1999 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship
Dates:February 24–28, 1999
Location:Carlsbad, California
Course:La Costa Resort and Spa
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Par:72
Yardage:7,022
Field:64 players
Purse:$5,000,000
Winners Share:$1,000,000
Score:def. Andrew Magee after 38 holes
Next:2000

The 1999 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 24–28, 1999 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was the first WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship and the first of three World Golf Championships events held in 1999.

Jeff Maggert won his first World Golf Championships event at the match-play, by defeating Andrew Magee on the 38th hole in the 36 hole final that went extra holes.

Brackets

The Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking as of the February 14 ranking, seeded according to those rankings.[1]

Jumbo Osaki (ranked #13) chose not to play and was replaced by Nick Faldo (#65).[2]

Final Four

Prize money breakdown

Place US ($)[3]
Champion 1,000,000
Runner-up 500,000
Third place 400,000
Fourth place300,000
Losing quarter-finalists x 4 150,000
Losing third round x 8 75,000
Losing second round x 16 50,000
Losing first round x 32 25,000
Total $5,000,000

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/1999/owgr07f1999.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – February 14, 1999
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/16/sports/golf-world-match-play-woods-vs-faldo-a-key-attraction.html Golf: World Match Play; Woods vs. Faldo a Key Attraction
  3. Web site: 1999 WGC match play money in dollars. Golf Observer. 2010-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231337/http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?name=&year=2000&tour=PGA&tournament=WGC-Accenture+Match+Play+Championship&box=. 2016-03-03. dead. mdy-all.