2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship explained

2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship
Dates:	11–14 October 2007
Location:	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course:	Wentworth Club
Tour:	European Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	7308yd
Field:	16 players
Format:	Match play – 36 holes
Purse:	£1,660,000
Winners Share:	£1,000,000
Champion:	Ernie Els
Score:	def. Ángel Cabrera 6 & 4
Previous:	2006
Next:	2009

The 2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship was the 44th HSBC World Match Play Championship played and the 4th time played as an official European Tour event. It was from 11 October to 14 October at The Wentworth Club. The champion received €1,443,830 (£1,000,000 or $2,042,513.20) making it the biggest first prize in golf. Each match was played over 36 holes. Ernie Els defeated Ángel Cabrera 6&4 in the final to win the tournament for the 7th time.^[1]

Qualification

1. Defending champion: Paul Casey
2. World #1 from the Official World Golf Rankings as of 1 January 2007: Tiger Woods (declined invitation)
3. The leading 10 available players from the "HSBC Major Tournaments Ranking" at the end of the 2007 PGA Championship on 13 August 2007: Pádraig Harrington (2), Ángel Cabrera (4), Ernie Els (6), Woody Austin (T7), Justin Rose (9), Retief Goosen (10)

Zach Johnson (3), Jim Furyk (5) and Sergio García (T7) declined their invitations so the invitations went to the next three players in the rankings who are: Rory Sabbatini (11), Jerry Kelly (12), Andrés Romero (13)
Number in parentheses in the player's HSBC Major Tournaments Ranking

4. The leading two available European Tour members: Anders Hansen, Niclas Fasth

Note: These categories are listed in order. If you qualify for a high category then you are not listed under a lower category.
Source

Course

Front Nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT
Yardage	473	154	465	552	212	418	396	401	449	3,520
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	35

Back Nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN
Yardage	184	416	531	470	179	477	383	610	538	3,788
Par	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	37

	Front 9	Back 9	Total
Yardage	3,520	3,788	7,308
Par	35	37	72

Bracket

Championship match

Ernie Els

Front Nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Score	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	3
Score	1up	1up	2up	2up	1up	1up	2up	2up	3up

Back Nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Score	2	4	X	4	2	3	4	6	4
Score	3up	3up	2up	2up	3up	3up	3up	2up	3up

Front Nine	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Score	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	2
Score	3up	3up	4up	4up	4up	3up	3up	3up	2up

Back Nine	28	29	30	31	32
Score	2	4	4	4	2
Score	3up	3up	4up	5up	6up

Ángel Cabrera

Red background for birdies.
Blue background for bogeys.

Prize money breakdown

Actual prize fund

Place			US ($)
Champion	1,443,830	1,000,000	2,042,513.20
Runner-Up	577,532	400,000	817,005.28
Losing Semi Finalist x 2	173,259	120,000	245,100.73
Losing Quarter Finalists x 4	115,506	80,000	163,400.49
Losing First Round x 8	86,629	60,000	122,549.66
Total	€2,396,756	£1,660,000	$3,390,569.36

Breakdown for European Tour Order of Merit

Place			US ($)
Champion	587,147	406,660	830,607.13
Runner-Up	391,436	271,110	553,744.69
Losing Semi Finalist x 2	198,341	120,000	280,582.97
Losing Quarter Finalists x 4	116,609	80,000	164,960.85
Losing First Round x 8	60,858	42,151	86,092.73
Total	€1,354,391	£938,014.17	$1,915,988.37

External links

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Notes and References

Web site: Els wins seventh Match Play title . 14 October 2007 . BBC Sport . 30 October 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091029064420/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/7043867.stm . 29 October 2009 . live.