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2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship |
| dates | February 22–26, 2006 |
| location | Carlsbad, California |
| course | La Costa Resort and Spa |
| tour | PGA Tour |
| European Tour | |
| par | 72 |
| yardage | 7,277 |
| field | 64 players |
| purse | $7,500,000 |
| winners_share | $1,300,000 |
| champion | AUS Geoff Ogilvy |
| score | def. Davis Love III 3 & 2 |
| previous | [2005](2005-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship) |
| next | [2007](2007-wgc-accenture-match-play-championship) |
European Tour The 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 22–26, 2006 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was the eighth WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships events held in 2006. It was the final time the event would be hosted at La Costa.
Geoff Ogilvy, the 12th seed, won his first World Golf Championships event by defeating Davis Love III 3 and 2 in the 36 hole final. He set a record by playing a total of 129 holes during the tournament, the most by anyone in the eight-year history of the event, which included four consecutive overtime matches at the start of the week. The total prize fund for the championship was $7.5 million, of which Ogilvy's share was $1.3 million.
Tiger Woods set the record for largest victory margin with a 9 and 8 win over Stephen Ames in the first round. Some interpreted Woods' performance as payback for Ames' comments earlier in the week in which he told the Associated Press, "anything can happen, especially where he's hitting it."
Brackets
The Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings, seeded according to the rankings. Number 6 Sergio García and number 28 Thomas Bjørn did not play opening spots for number 65 Graeme McDowell and number 67 Stephen Ames (number 66 Craig Parry did not enter).
Bobby Jones bracket
| team-width = 160 February 22 February 23 February 23 February 24 | RD1-team01= USA Tiger Woods | RD1-team02= CAN Stephen Ames | RD1-score01= 9&8 | RD1-score02= | RD1-team03= AUS Robert Allenby | RD1-team04= KOR K. J. Choi | RD1-score03= 3&2 | RD1-score04= | RD1-team05= USA Chad Campbell | RD1-team06= USA Tim Herron | RD1-score05= 4&2 | RD1-score06= | RD1-team07= SWE Henrik Stenson | RD1-team08= ENG Paul Casey | RD1-score07= 1up | RD1-score08= | RD1-team09= AUS Stuart Appleby | RD1-team10= USA Tom Lehman | RD1-score09= | RD1-score10= 3&2 | RD1-team11= AUS Adam Scott | RD1-team12= USA Lucas Glover | RD1-score11= 2&1 | RD1-score12= | RD1-team13= ESP José M. Olazábal | RD1-team14= USA Brandt Jobe | RD1-score13= 3&2 | RD1-score14= | RD1-team15= USA David Toms | RD1-team16= ENG Ian Poulter | RD1-score15= 19h | RD1-score16= | RD2-seed01= 1 | RD2-team01= USA Tiger Woods | RD2-seed02= 8 | RD2-team02= AUS Robert Allenby | RD2-score01= 1up | RD2-score02= | RD2-seed03= 5 | RD2-team03= USA Chad Campbell | RD2-seed04= 4 | RD2-team04= SWE Henrik Stenson | RD2-score03= 1up | RD2-score04= | RD2-seed05= 11 | RD2-team05= USA Tom Lehman | RD2-seed06= 3 | RD2-team06= AUS Adam Scott | RD2-score05= 1up | RD2-score06= | RD2-seed07= 7 | RD2-team07= ESP José M. Olazábal | RD2-seed08= 2 | RD2-team08=USA David Toms | RD2-score07= | RD2-score08= 2&1 | RD3-seed01= 1 | RD3-team01= USA Tiger Woods | RD3-seed02= 5 | RD3-team02= USA Chad Campbell | RD3-score01= | RD3-score02= 1up | RD3-seed03= 11 | RD3-team03= USA Tom Lehman | RD3-seed04= 2 | RD3-team04= USA David Toms | RD3-score03= 4&3 | RD3-score04= | RD4-seed01= 5 | RD4-team01= USA Chad Campbell | RD4-seed02= 11 | RD4-team02= USA Tom Lehman | RD4-score01= | RD4-score02= 1up
Ben Hogan bracket
| team-width = 160 February 22 February 23 February 23 February 24 | RD1-team01= ZAF Ernie Els | RD1-team02= DEU Bernhard Langer | RD1-score01= | RD1-score02= 1up | RD1-team03= USA Stewart Cink | RD1-team04= CAN Mike Weir | RD1-score03= | RD1-score04= 4&3 | RD1-team05= AUS Nick O'Hern | RD1-team06= USA Fred Funk | RD1-score05= 4&3 | RD1-score06= | RD1-team07= NZL Michael Campbell | RD1-team08= AUS Geoff Ogilvy | RD1-score07= | RD1-score08= 1up | RD1-team09= USA Scott Verplank | RD1-team10= ENG Lee Westwood | RD1-score09= 26h | RD1-score10= | RD1-team11= ENG David Howell | RD1-team12= AUS Steve Elkington | RD1-score11= 22h | RD1-score12= | RD1-team13= USA Bart Bryant | RD1-team14= USA John Daly | RD1-score13= | RD1-score14= 4&2 | RD1-team15= USA Phil Mickelson | RD1-team16= USA Charles Howell III | RD1-score15= 2up | RD1-score16= | RD2-seed01= 16 | RD2-team01= DEU Bernhard Langer | RD2-seed02= 9 | RD2-team02= CAN Mike Weir | RD2-score01= | RD2-score02= 1up | RD2-seed03= 5 | RD2-team03= AUS Nick O'Hern | RD2-seed04= 13 | RD2-team04= AUS Geoff Ogilvy | RD2-score03= | RD2-score04= 21h | RD2-seed05= 6 | RD2-team05= USA Scott Verplank | RD2-seed06= 3 | RD2-team06= ENG David Howell | RD2-score05= | RD2-score06= 3&2 | RD2-seed07= 10 | RD2-team07= USA John Daly | RD2-seed08= 2 | RD2-team08= USA Phil Mickelson | RD2-score07= | RD2-score08= 2&1 | RD3-seed01= 9 | RD3-team01= CAN Mike Weir | RD3-seed02= 13 | RD3-team02= AUS Geoff Ogilvy | RD3-score01= | RD3-score02= 1up | RD3-seed03= 2 | RD3-team03= USA Phil Mickelson | RD3-seed04= 3 | RD3-team04= ENG David Howell | RD3-score03= | RD3-score04= 3&1
| RD4-seed01= 13 | RD4-team01= AUS Geoff Ogilvy | RD4-seed02= 3 | RD4-team02= ENG David Howell | RD4-score01= 19h | RD4-score02=
Gary Player bracket
| team-width = 160 February 22 February 23 February 23 February 24
| RD1-team01= FJI Vijay Singh | RD1-team02= NIR Graeme McDowell | RD1-score01= 5&4 | RD1-score02=
| RD1-team03= ZAF Rory Sabbatini | RD1-team04= ESP Miguel Á. Jiménez | RD1-score03= | RD1-score04= 2&1
| RD1-team05= IRL Pádraig Harrington | RD1-team06= AUS Rod Pampling | RD1-score05= 4&2 | RD1-score06=
| RD1-team07= ARG Ángel Cabrera | RD1-team08= AUS Peter Lonard | RD1-score07= 1up | RD1-score08=
| RD1-team09= USA Davis Love III | RD1-team10= AUS Mark Hensby | RD1-score09= 2&1 | RD1-score10=
| RD1-team11= USA Kenny Perry | RD1-team12= SWE Carl Pettersson | RD1-score11= | RD1-score12= 1up
| RD1-team13= ZAF Tim Clark | RD1-team14= USA Arron Oberholser | RD1-score13= | RD1-score14= 1up
| RD1-team15= USA Chris DiMarco | RD1-team16= USA Mark Calcavecchia | RD1-score15= 2&1 | RD1-score16= | RD2-seed01= 1 | RD2-team01= FJI Vijay Singh | RD2-seed02= 9 | RD2-team02= ESP Miguel Á. Jiménez | RD2-score01= 2&1 | RD2-score02=
| RD2-seed03= 5 | RD2-team03= IRL Pádraig Harrington | RD2-seed04= 4 | RD2-team04= ARG Ángel Cabrera | RD2-score03= 1up | RD2-score04= | RD2-seed05= 6 | RD2-team05= USA Davis Love III | RD2-seed06= 14 | RD2-team06= SWE Carl Pettersson | RD2-score05= 1up | RD2-score06= | RD2-seed07= 10 | RD2-team07= USA Arron Oberholser | RD2-seed08= 2 | RD2-team08= USA Chris DiMarco | RD2-score07= | RD2-score08= 6&5 | RD3-seed01= 1 | RD3-team01= FJI Vijay Singh | RD3-seed02= 5 | RD3-team02= IRL Pádraig Harrington | RD3-score01= | RD3-score02= 1up | RD3-seed03= 6 | RD3-team03= USA Davis Love III | RD3-seed04= 2 | RD3-team04= USA Chris DiMarco | RD3-score03= 3&2 | RD3-score04= | RD4-seed01= 5 | RD4-team01= IRL Pádraig Harrington | RD4-seed02= 6 | RD4-team02= USA Davis Love III | RD4-score01= | RD4-score02= 1up
Sam Snead bracket
| team-width = 160 February 22 February 23 February 23 February 24
| RD1-team01= ZAF Retief Goosen | RD1-team02= ENG Paul Broadhurst | RD1-score01= 5&4 | RD1-score02=
| RD1-team03= USA Justin Leonard | RD1-team04= USA Ben Crane | RD1-score03= | RD1-score04= 4&3
| RD1-team05= NIR Darren Clarke | RD1-team06= JPN Shigeki Maruyama | RD1-score05= | RD1-score06= 4&3
| RD1-team07= ENG Luke Donald | RD1-team08= AUS Richard Green | RD1-score07= 2&1 | RD1-score08=
| RD1-team09= IRL Paul McGinley | RD1-team10= JPN Shingo Katayama | RD1-score09= | RD1-score10= 2&1
| RD1-team11= SCO Colin Montgomerie | RD1-team12= SWE Niclas Fasth | RD1-score11= 23h | RD1-score12=
| RD1-team13= USA Fred Couples | RD1-team14= USA Sean O'Hair | RD1-score13= | RD1-score14= 1up
| RD1-team15= USA Jim Furyk | RD1-team16= USA Zach Johnson | RD1-score15= | RD1-score16= 1up | RD2-seed01= 1 | RD2-team01= ZAF Retief Goosen | RD2-seed02= 9 | RD2-team02= USA Ben Crane | RD2-score01= 2&1 | RD2-score02= | RD2-seed03= 12 | RD2-team03= JPN Shigeki Maruyama | RD2-seed04= 4 | RD2-team04= ENG Luke Donald | RD2-score03= | RD2-score04= 4&3 | RD2-seed05= 11 | RD2-team05= JPN Shingo Katayama | RD2-seed06= 3 | RD2-team06= SCO Colin Montgomerie | RD2-score05= 3&2 | RD2-score06=
| RD2-seed07= 10 | RD2-team07= USA Sean O'Hair | RD2-seed08= 15 | RD2-team08= USA Zach Johnson | RD2-score07= | RD2-score08= 1up | RD3-seed01= 1 | RD3-team01= ZAF Retief Goosen | RD3-seed02= 4 | RD3-team02= ENG Luke Donald | RD3-score01= 1up | RD3-score02= | RD3-seed03= 11 | RD3-team03= JPN Shingo Katayama | RD3-seed04= 15 | RD3-team04= USA Zach Johnson | RD3-score03= | RD3-score04= 4&3 | RD4-seed01= 1 | RD4-team01= ZAF Retief Goosen | RD4-seed02= 15 | RD4-team02= USA Zach Johnson | RD4-score01= | RD4-score02= 3&2
Final Four
| Team-Width = 150 February 25 February 26
| RD1-seed1 = 11 | RD1-team1 = USA Tom Lehman | RD1-score1 = | RD1-seed2 = 13 | RD1-team2 = AUS Geoff Ogilvy | RD1-score2 = 4&3
| RD1-seed3 = 6 | RD1-team3 = USA Davis Love III | RD1-score3 = 4&2 | RD1-seed4 = 15 | RD1-team4 = USA Zach Johnson | RD1-score4 =
| RD2-seed1 = 13 | RD2-team1 = AUS Geoff Ogilvy | RD2-score1 = 3&2 | RD2-seed2 = 6 | RD2-team2 = USA Davis Love III | RD2-score2 =
| RD2b-seed1 = 11 | RD2b-team1 = USA Tom Lehman | RD2b-score1 = | RD2b-seed2 = 15 | RD2b-team2 = USA Zach Johnson | RD2b-score2 = 1up
Prize money breakdown
| Place | US ($) | Total | $7,500,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 1,300,000 | ||
| Runner-up | 750,000 | ||
| Third place | 560,000 | ||
| Fourth place | 450,000 | ||
| Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 240,000 | ||
| Losing third round x 8 | 125,000 | ||
| Losing second round x 16 | 85,000 | ||
| Losing first round x 32 | 35,000 |
References
References
- T.J. Auclair. (2007-08-12). "Once again, disappointed Ames left in Woods' wake". The PGA Tour.
- [http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2006/owgr06f2006.pdf Official World Golf Rankings - February 12, 2006]{{Dead link. (June 2023)
- "Sergio Garcia to skip Match Play Championship".
- "Stephen Ames draws Tiger in revised Match Play draw".
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