| 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | |
| Dates: | February 23–27, 2011 |
| Location: | Marana, Arizona |
| Course: | Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain (Saguaro, Tortolita nines) |
| Tour: | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Par: | 72 |
| Yardage: | [1] |
| Field: | 64 players |
| Format: | Match play - 18 holes |
| Purse: | $8,500,000 €6,240,960 |
| Winners Share: | $1,400,000 €1,027,923 |
| Score: | def. Martin Kaymer, 3 & 2 |
| Previous: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2012 |
The 2011 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a professional golf tournament played from February, 2011 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, northwest of Tucson. It was the 13th WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships held in 2011.
Luke Donald won his only WGC title with a 3 & 2 win in the final over runner-up Martin Kaymer.[2] Four previous winners lost in the first round, including defending champion Ian Poulter and three-time winner Tiger Woods.
A change in the final round format was instituted for 2011; it was shortened from 36 holes to 18 holes, and the semi-finals were moved to Sunday morning from Saturday afternoon.[3] With snow forecasted for early Sunday, the quarterfinals and semifinals were played on Saturday and the finals and consolation match were played Sunday.
| Course | Saguaro | Tortolita | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total | |
| Yards | 460 | 574 | 208 | 393 | 536 | 185 | 486 | 576 | 476 | 3,894 | 493 | 601 | 219 | 583 | 449 | 343 | 247 | 482 | 480 | 3,897 | 7,791 | |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 | |
The championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking as of the February 13 ranking,[5] seeded according to the rankings.[6]
All of the top 64 golfers were in the field initially. Toru Taniguchi (ranked #64) withdrew due to neck injury and was replaced by Henrik Stenson (#65).[7] Tim Clark (#22) withdrew due to an elbow injury and his place in the bracket was taken by J. B. Holmes (#66).[8]
| Place | US ($) | |
|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1,400,000 | |
| Runner-up | 850,000 | |
| Third place | 600,000 | |
| Fourth place | 490,000 | |
| Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 270,000 | |
| Losing third round x 8 | 140,000 | |
| Losing second round x 16 | 95,000 | |
| Losing first round x 32 | 45,000 | |
| Total | $8,500,000 |