2014 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
The 2014 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was the 16th WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, held February 19–23 at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, northwest of Tucson. It was the first of four World Golf Championships in 2014. With a field of 64 competitors, the five-day six-round event began on Wednesday, with the semifinals and finals on Sunday. Jason Day won his first WGC title at the 23rd hole of the final match with Victor Dubuisson.[2][3][4]
| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | February 19–23, 2014 |
| Location | Marana, Arizona, U.S. |
| Course(s) | The Golf Club at Dove Mountain (Saguaro, Tortolita nines) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Format | Match play – 18 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,791 yards (7,124 m)[1] |
| Field | 64 players |
| Prize fund | $9,000,000 €6,562,158 |
| Winner's share | $1,530,000 €1,115,567 |
| Champion | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Jason Day | |
| def. Victor Dubuisson, 23 holes | |
This was the eighth and final edition of the championship contested in Marana, the host since 2007. The tournament moved back to California in 2015, held in early May at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, and went to Austin, Texas, in March 2016.
This was also the final edition in which the entire tournament was single-elimination, as the first two rounds were replaced by round-robin play in 2015, with sixteen players advancing to the knock-out bracket on the weekend.
Course
| 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 [1] |
| 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 average elevation of the course was approximately 2,600 feet (790 m) above sea level.[5]
- The only yardage change from 2012 was the shortening of the 11th hole from 659 to 601 yards, as it had been in 2011.
Brackets
The Championship is a single elimination match play event. The field consists of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking on February 9, 2014.[6][7] seeded according to the February 16 rankings.[8]
Three of the top four ranked players, Tiger Woods (ranked #1), Adam Scott (2), and Phil Mickelson (4) chose not to enter and were replaced by Richard Sterne (65), Scott Piercy (66), and Kiradech Aphibarnrat (67).[9]
Three players were appearing in their first WGC event: Victor Dubuisson, Chris Kirk and Patrick Reed.
Bobby Jones bracket
| First round February 19 | Second round February 20 | Third round February 21 | Fourth round February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Henrik Stenson
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Kiradech Aphibarnrat
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| 1 | Henrik Stenson
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| 8 |  Louis Oosthuizen
| 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Louis Oosthuizen
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Nick Watney
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| 8 | Louis Oosthuizen
| 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Webb Simpson
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| 5 | Webb Simpson
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Thongchai Jaidee
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| 5 | Webb Simpson
| 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brandt Snedeker
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| 4 | Brandt Snedeker
| 20h | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  David Lynn
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| 8 | Louis Oosthuizen
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| 2 | Jason Day
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Graham DeLaet
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| 11 | Patrick Reed
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Patrick Reed
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| 14 | George Coetzee
| 21h | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Steve Stricker
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| 14 | George Coetzee
| 3&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | George Coetzee
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| 2 | Jason Day
| 3&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Jamie Donaldson
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| 10 | Billy Horschel
| 6&5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Billy Horschel
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| 2 | Jason Day
| 22h | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jason Day
| 2up | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Thorbjørn Olesen
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Ben Hogan bracket
| First round February 19 | Second round February 20 | Third round February 21 | Fourth round February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rory McIlroy
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Boo Weekley
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| 1 | Rory McIlroy
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| 9 | Harris English
| 19h | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lee Westwood
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| 9 | Harris English
| 5&3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Harris English
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| 5 | Jim Furyk
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Jim Furyk
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Chris Kirk
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| 5 | Jim Furyk
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Charl Schwartzel
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| 4 | Charl Schwartzel
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Kevin Stadler
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| 5 | Jim Furyk
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| 14 | Rickie Fowler
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Jimmy Walker
| 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Branden Grace
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| 6 | Jimmy Walker
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| 14 | Rickie Fowler
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ian Poulter
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| 14 | Rickie Fowler
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Rickie Fowler
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Sergio Garcia
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| 7 | Bill Haas
| 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Miguel Á. Jiménez
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| 7 | Bill Haas
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| 2 | Sergio García
| 3&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sergio García
| 22h | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Marc Leishman
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Gary Player bracket
| First round February 19 | Second round February 20 | Third round February 21 | Fourth round February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Justin Rose
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Scott Piercy
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| 1 | Justin Rose
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| 8 | Ernie Els
| 20h | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Ernie Els
| 19h | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Stephen Gallacher
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| 8 | Ernie Els
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jason Dufner
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| 5 | Luke Donald
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| 12 |  Matteo Manassero
| 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Matteo Manassero
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| 4 | Jason Dufner
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jason Dufner
| 19h | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Scott Stallings
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| 8 | Ernie Els
| 4&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jordan Spieth
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| 6 | Thomas Bjørn
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Francesco Molinari
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| 6 | Thomas Bjørn
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| 3 | Jordan Spieth
| 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Jordan Spieth
| 2up | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Pablo Larrazábal
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| 3 | Jordan Spieth
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Matt Kuchar
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| 7 | Ryan Moore
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Joost Luiten
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| 7 | Ryan Moore
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| 2 | Matt Kuchar
| 2up | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Matt Kuchar
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Bernd Wiesberger
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Sam Snead bracket
| First round February 19 | Second round February 20 | Third round February 21 | Fourth round February 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Zach Johnson
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| 16 | Richard Sterne
| 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Richard Sterne
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| 8 | Hunter Mahan
| 2up | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Hunter Mahan
| 3&2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Gonzalo F-Castaño
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| 8 | Hunter Mahan
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| 4 | Graeme McDowell
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Hideki Matsuyama
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Martin Kaymer
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| 5 | Hideki Matsuyama
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| 4 | Graeme McDowell
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Graeme McDowell
| 19h | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Gary Woodland
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| 4 | Graeme McDowell
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| 7 |  Victor Dubuisson
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Keegan Bradley
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| 11 | Jonas Blixt
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jonas Blixt
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| 3 | Bubba Watson
| 2up | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Bubba Watson
| 2&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Mikko Ilonen
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| 3 | Bubba Watson
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| 7 | Victor Dubuisson
| 1up | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Victor Dubuisson
| 5&4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Kevin Streelman
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| 7 | Victor Dubuisson
| 3&1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Peter Hanson
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| 2 | Dustin Johnson
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| 15 | Peter Hanson
| 4&3 | |||||||||||||||||
Final Four
| Semi-finals February 23 | Finals February 23 | ||||||||
| 2 | Jason Day
| 3&2 | |||||||
| 14 | Rickie Fowler
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| 2 | Jason Day
| 23h | |||||||
| 7 | Victor Dubuisson
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| 8 | Ernie Els
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| 7 | Victor Dubuisson
| 1up | Third place | ||||||
| 14 | Rickie Fowler
| 19h | |||||||
| 8 | Ernie Els
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Scorecard
Final match
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Match | 1up | 2up | 1up | A/S | A/S | 1up | 2up | 2up | 3up | 3up | 3up | 3up | 2up | 2up | 2up | 2up | 1up | A/S |
| Day | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | C | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Dubuisson | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Hole | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Match | A/S | A/S | A/S | A/S | 1up |
| Day | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Dubuisson | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
Prize money breakdown
| Place | US ($) |
|---|---|
| Champion | 1,530,000 |
| Runner-up | 906,000 |
| Third place | 630,000 |
| Fourth place | 510,000 |
| Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 280,000 |
| Losing third round x 8 | 148,000 |
| Losing second round x 16 | 99,000 |
| Losing first round x 32 | 48,000 |
| Total | 9,000,000 |
- Source:[10]
References
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- Harig, Bob (February 23, 2014). "Jason Day pockets career-best win". ESPN. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- "Australia's Jason Day wins World Match Play in thrilling finish". The Guardian. February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- "Jason Day beats Victor Dubuisson in epic final". BBC Sport. February 24, 2014. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- "Google Maps image". Google maps.com. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- Martin, Sean (January 20, 2014). "Reed ready for Match Play debut". PGA Tour.
- Official World Golf Ranking – February 9, 2014
- Official World Golf Ranking – February 16, 2014
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- "Past Results – World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play". Retrieved September 11, 2018.