HSBC World Match Play Championship

HSBC World Match Play Championship
Place: Wentworth Club, Surrey, England

2006 Results:
Mike Weir defeated Adam Scott, 3&2 (1st round)
Mike Weir lost to Paul Casey, 5&3 (2nd round)

2004 Results:
Mike Weir lost to Thomas Level, 2 & 1 (1st round)

2003 Results:
Mike Weir lost to Thomas Bjorn, 5 & 4 (1st round)

2002 Results:
Mike Weir lost to Padraig Harrington, 4 & 3 (1st round)

Format:
The HSBC World Match Play Championship is a challenging competition that matches sixteen of the world’s best golfers against each other. In Match Play the game is played by holes as opposed to stroke or medal play which is the aggregate of the strokes played over 18 holes. In a match where one player is playing another, a hole is won by the player who holes out in the fewer strokes. If the two players hole out in the same number of strokes the hole is halved. The match is won when a player leads by a greater number of holes than there are left to be played.

Prize Money:
Champion: £1,000,000 (US$1,850,000)
Runner-Up: £400,000 ( US$740,000)
Losing Semi-Finalist (2): £120,000 (US$222,000)
Losing Quarter-Finalist (4) £80,000 (US$148,000)
First Round Loser (8) £60,000 (US$111,000)
NB - All US$ values based on US$1.85 rate