Accenture Match Play Championship Tickets

Played most recently in Arizona, California and even Australia, The Accenture Match Play Championship has brought together the world's best players for nail biting golf action, ending in some of the most unpredictable outcomes golf has seen in the last decade. In 2010, winner Ian Poulter was the first Englishman to win the championship, beating fellow countryman Paul Casey. It was also the flamboyant Poulter's first win on American soil.

Who can forget the spectacular days of match-play skill when Tiger Woods out did Stewart Cink, winning a third Accenture Match Play Championship? It was a championship match known for its large margin of victory. In fact'it was the largest for a final in the decade-long history of the World Golf Championships event.

The top five moments in Accenture Match Play Championship play would be hard to pick. So many first appearance winners and record-breaking days grace the tournament's memories. Henrik Stenson winning (after never leading by more than two) comes to mind. In 2006, Ogilvy going eagle, birdie, going ahead in the match around the 30th hole, and holding on, is another great win to remember. David Toms was extremely confident in 2005. He made golf look very easy. He gathered birdies and eagles all over the La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California, like he hadn't a care in the world.

Some say the 2001 Accenture Match Play Championship was the best. It did field the strongest golfers in one tournament that Australia had ever seen. And the excitement of Steve Strickler really made golfers begin to love the tournament more and look to the future, hoping and expecting more of the same.

After his win this year, Ian Poulter said, "I think it is a tricky golf course. It's a game of chess here." And that is the type of extra thought the players seem to invest in the opportunity of playing the Accenture. Some feel its trickiness is too much. Some feel that the various difficult set-ups and courses push golfers to find their inner calm. Either way, the Accenture looks here to stay and is growing-up quite nicely.

The marquee Accenture Match Play Championship is only twelve years old. It is part of the World Golf Championships (a series for the world's greatest golfers to compete in various venues and formats). It has garnered memorable golf moments and has been played on top-notch tracks. With its exciting match play format, the tournament has captivated the golf world, thus gaining fast prestige among fans and players. It is a very competitive series that quite literally captures its own spirit, living up to the hype, by raising the stakes higher each time it comes around. "To achieve, raise the standard, and best the new high" is the unofficial motto, according to some golfers. And by the frantic achievements this global event has created, it appears that the philosophy is working.

Whenever the World Golf Championships are suspended due to darkness, whenever matches come down to one putt, the golf world takes notice. Exciting play, like when Ogilvy nipped Casey in a showdown, close all 36 holes, taking home nearly a million and a half dollars, has helped make the Walter Hagen Cup live-up-to its namesake. Hagen was truly one of the great golf artists of match-play competition.