Top Golfers in the World Compete in Accenture Match Play

Match play is a competition between two players or teams. It differs from stroke play in that the highest score wins the match rather than the lowest score. Each hole is worth one point. The player, or team, with the lowest number of strokes on the hole wins the hole and the point. If no one has the lowest number of strokes, a half point goes to each team. Match play may be one player against another, one twosome against another, two foursomes against each other, or teams with more than four players competing. Match play is sanctioned by the USGA, PGA and LPGA. The Solheim Cup, Ryder's Cup and WGC-Accenture Match Play are well-known golf tournaments based on match play. How players are matched in match play depends on the format of the tournament, rules and skill level of the players.

Elimination Match Play

Rank the players by their handicaps. Give each player a rank, or seed, based on that handicap. The lowest handicap would have the number one seed, the highest handicap would have the last seed. If 32 players were competing there would be 32 seed positions from 1 through 32.

Assign the highest ranked seed player to play against the lowest seed. So the first seed player would play against the 32 seed, the second seed player would play against the 31 seed, the third seed against the 30 seed player, the 15th and 16th seeded players would compete against each other.

Pair the winner of the first and 32 seed player with the winner of the last bracket, the 15th and 16th seeded players. Another method similar to the WGC-Accenture Match Play Tournament brackets the winner of the first and 32 seed players with the winner of the second and 31 seed winners.

Narrow the field of 32 players to 16 players based on the winners of the matches. The second round would eliminate eight more players. The semi-final round would be four players and the final round two players.

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