WGC Match Play
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The WGC Match Play, titled in later years as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, was a professional men's golf tournament that had been held since 1999. It was the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contested using the match play format. From 2016 until its final year in 2023, it was held at the Austin Country Club in Austin, Texas, United States.
Tournament information | |
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Location | Austin, Texas |
Established | 1999 |
Course(s) | Austin Country Club |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,108 yards (6,500 m) |
Organized by | International Federation of PGA Tours |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
Format | Match play |
Prize fund | US$20,000,000 |
Month played | March |
Final year | 2023 |
Tournament record score | |
Score | 18-hole match: 9 and 8 Tiger Woods (2006) Championship: 8 and 7 Tiger Woods (2008) |
Final champion | |
Sam Burns | |
2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | |
Location map | |
Previous names include WGC-Dell Match Play (2015), WGC-Cadillac Match Play (2014), WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (2001–2013), and WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship (1999–2000). Before moving to Austin it had been hosted in Arizona eight times, California eight times, and Australia once. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on the PGA Tour, the European Tour and the Japan Golf Tour. Tiger Woods has the record number of wins with three.[1][2] The winner receives a Wedgwood trophy named the Walter Hagen Cup.[3]