WGC - Match Play
WGC
Dell
Played as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (March 23-27). 25-year-old Scottie Scheffler (USA) beat Kevin Kisner (USA) 4 and 3 in the 18-hole final. Scheffler, a University of Texas alumni, not only claimed his first WGC win, but also climbed to the top of the men's official world golf rankings. It brought up his third PGA Tour win, all coming in the space of six weeks in Feb/March 2022. [Austin CC, Austin,Texas].
WGC
Dell
Played as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (March 24-28). Billy Horschel (USA) beat Scottie Scheffler (USA) 2 and 1 in the 18-hole final. [Austin CC, Austin,Texas].
WGC
Dell
WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play not played in 2020 (scheduled for March 25-29; cancelled due to global coronavirus pandemic). [Austin CC, Austin,Texas].
WGC
Dell
Played as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (March 27-31). First-time World Golf Championship winner Kisner (USA) beat Matt Kuchar (USA) 3 and 2 in the 18-hole final. [Austin CC, Austin,Texas].
WGC
Dell
Played as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (March 21-25). Watson (USA) beat Kevin Kisner (USA) 7 and 6 in the 18-hole final, to record his second win in a WGC event. [Austin CC, Austin,Texas].
WGC
Dell
Played as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (March 22-26). Johnson (USA) beat Jon Rahm (Esp) 2 and 1 in the 18-hole final. Johnson lifted the Walter Hagen Cup and recorded his third win in as many starts on the PGA Tour. He also became the first player to win a WGC slam of all four WGC events (Champions, Championship, Invitational and Match Play). [Austin CC, Austin,Texas].
WGC
Dell
Played as the WGC-Dell Match Play Championship (March 23-27). Day (Aus) beat Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 5 and 4 in the 18-hole final to win the Walter Hagen Cup and claim back-to-back wins on the PGA Tour. [Austin CC, Austin,Texas].
WGC
Cadillac
Played as the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship (Apr 29-May 3). McIlroy (N.Ire) beat Gary Woodland (USA) 4 and 2 in the 18-hole final to win the Walter Hagen Cup. [TPC Harding Park, San Francisco, CA].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 19-23). Day (Aus) beat Victor Dubuisson (Fra) at the 23rd hole in the final to win the Walter Hagen Cup. [Golf Club at Dove Mtn, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 20-24). Kuchar (USA) beat defending champion Hunter Mahan (USA) 2 and 1 in the 18-hole final to win the Walter Hagen Cup. [GC at Dove Mtn, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 22-26). Mahan (USA) beat Rory McIlroy (N.Ire) 2 and 1 in the 18-hole final to win the Walter Hagen Cup. [GC at Dove Mtn, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 23-27). Donald (Eng) beat Martin Kaymer (Ger) 3 and 2 in the 18-hole final to win the Walter Hagen Cup. [GC at Dove Mtn, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 17-21). Poulter (Eng) beat Paul Casey (Eng) 4 and 2 in the 36-hole final to claim the Walter Hagen Cup, his first WGC victory and first US PGA Tour win. [GC at Dove Mtn, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 25-Mar 1). Ogilvy (Aus) beat Paul Casey (Eng) 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final. Ogilvy also won this event in 2006, and was runner-up in 2007. [GC at Dove Mtn, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 20-24). Woods (USA) beat Stewart Cink (USA) 8 and 7 in the 36-hole final to win the Walter Hagen Cup. This was Woods' 63rd PGA Tour win (one more than Arnold Palmer), his third win in three starts, and eighth win in nine starts. Following this win, Woods held all three WGC individual titles simultaneously. [Gallery GC, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 21-25). Henrik Stenson (Swe) beat Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. Playing in his fifteenth PGA Tour event (mainly majors and WGC events), Stenson joined a growing band of players to win their first start as a full member of the Tour. At the time, the others were: Marty Fleckman (1967), Ben Crenshaw (1973), Jim Benepe (1988), Robert Gamez (1990) and Garrett Willis (2001). [Gallery GC, Marana, AZ].
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 22-26). Ogilvy (Aus) beat Davis Love III (USA) 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final. [Champions course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.]
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 24-27). Toms (USA) beat Chris DiMarco (USA) 6 and 5 in the 36-hole final. [Champions course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.]
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 25-29). Defending champion Woods (USA) beat Davis Love III (USA) 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final. [Champions course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.]
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 26-Mar 2). Woods (USA) held off a determined challenge by David Toms (USA) to win 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. [Champions course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.]
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Feb 20-24). Sutherland (USA) beat Scott McCarron (USA) by 1 hole in the 36-hole final. [Champions course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.]
WGC
Accenture
Played as the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Jan 4-7). Stricker (USA) beat Pierre Fulke (Swe) 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final. [Metropolitan GC, Melbourne, Australia].
WGC
Andersen Consulting
Played as the WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship (Feb 23-27). Clarke (N.Ire) beat Tiger Woods (USA) 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final. [Champions course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.]
WGC
Andersen Consulting
Played as the inaugural WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship (Feb 24-28; previously the Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf, which was not a WGC event). Maggert (USA) beat Andrew Magee (USA) at the 38th hole in the final. [Champions course, La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.]
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst doubt as to whether reigning champion Phil Mickelson will defend his title (May 19-22).
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Stephen Dodd: took the European Senior Tour’s 2021 Order of Merit honours following the abandonment due to rain of the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius (April 1-3, 2022).
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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