Monday 17th of January
The 3rd installment of the WGC Match Play tournament series on the WGA Tour this season kick off this week with the strongest field so far. It's a straight knock-out competition to be played on three different courses with challenging conditions to test the best of players on the Tour. The scene is set up for a cracking tournament full of close matches, pressure packed playoffs and unpredictable results !
PRIZES
- Champion - choice of clubs or balls to the value of 1,000 cr
- Runner-Up - 6 sleeves of balls
- Semi-Finals - 4 sleeves of balls
- Quarter-Finals - 2 sleeves of balls
- Best Finish by Tour Master - 1 slv of vapor balls (not inc. top 4 players)
- Best Finish by a Master - 1 slv of vapor balls (not inc. top 4 players)
- Round Biggest Winning Margin - 1 slv of vapor balls (not inc. top 4)
- Hole-in-one Bonus - 4 sleeves of vapor balls
COURSE SET UP - Match Play Only
+ R1 - St Andrews Back 9 [Hard Tees, High Wind, Fast Greens, Easy Pins]
+ R2 - Kiawah Back 9 [Ranked Round]
+ QF - Oakmont Front 9 [Champion Tees, Low Wind, Standard Greens]
+ SF - St Andrews Back 9 [Hard Tees, Medium Wind, Very Fast Greens, Hard Pins]
+ FINAL - Oakmont Front 9 [Ranked Round]
DEADLINE - Round 1 & 2 - Before midnight (EST) Thu 20th Jan
QF & SF - Before midnight (EST) Mon 24th Jan
Final - Before midnight (EST) Thu 27th Jan
Due to the large number of matches to be completed in a very short space of time, It's very important that all the players are committed to complete their matches as soon as they can, note that the deadline above are purely an estimate of when the matches should be finished by.
(Keep in mind that as soon as your match is completed and the score have been submitted you'll be able to see your opponent for the next match almost immediately)
SCHEDULE OF MATCHES -
To View the Matches bracket Click HERE
** Note that the default setting in Match Play Mode is Sudden Death Playoff for all matches.
For more details and info go to the front page.
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FINAL RESULT - A fantastic final round saw PRIESTESS once again dominated the leaders and ran away the winner by a comfortable 2 strokes margin ! Many Congrats to Tess as she's now made it 3 majors in a row this season and on course to record an unbelievable Grand Slam by winning all of the 4 major tournaments ! Wow, wouldn't that be just an awesome performance to see and I'd put my money on her to do it at any odds available too !
Congrats also goes to 2 veterans of the Tour in Shaghar & villadeoro for finishing in equal 2nd place, and especially to KyRock75 & StoneColdKiller, 2 new Tour players who showed their excellent games by also finishing in equal 2nd place, well played gents and keep up the great form. Also well done to ryan4spurs for his wonderful effort to make the top 10 despite being only in the Master tier, a real stand out performance for the non-legend tier players on this Tour.
- Champion - PRIESTESS
- Runners Up - Shaghar
- KyRock75
- villadeoro
- StoneColdKiller
- Best Finish by a Tour Master - ryan4spurs
- Best Finish by a Master - Firi
Here's how the top 10 players finished for the tournament -
Click on this link to view the full FINAL RESULT and the WGA Points earning.
Check out your position on the WGA Tour Points Standing for the new season to see if you have made that all important top 20 positions and qualify for the end of season Tour Championship to shoot for the ultimate prize - The WGA Tour Champion Trophy !
The WGA Tour Points Standing will also provide the points standing from the last 2 tournaments which determines the top 32 players who have qualified for this week WGC CA Match Play tournament. So make sure you check this table regularly so you don't miss out on the chance to participate in the exclusive match play part of the Tour.
Click on the link provided above this section to view the full WGA Points Standing table.
PRIZE WINNERS -
- Champion - PRIESTESS 1,700 cr - coolswing
- Runners Up - Shaghar (4 sleeves of balls) - coolswing
- KyRock75 (4 sleeves of balls) - coolswing
- villadeoro (4 sleeves of balls) - coolswing
- StoneColdKiller (4 slvs of balls) - chuckiee
- Best Tour Master - frealzu (2 slvs of vapor balls) - neildiamond11790
- Best Master - Antuniccu (2 sleeve of vapor balls) - chuckiee
- Round Best Score - R1 Cate55 (2 slvs of vapor balls) - coolswing
- Antuniccu (2 slvs of vapor balls) - chuckiee
- R2 Mike3226 (2 slvs of vapor balls) - coolswing
- ryan4spurs (2 slvs of vapor balls) - jimbean346
- R3 Broohar (2 slvs of vapor balls) - coolswing
- Most Eagles - Yoda79 (2 slvs of vapor balls) - coolswing
- Most Birdies on par 3s - geordieles (2 slvs of vapor balls) - coolswing
- columbiacgt (2 slvs of vapor balls) - coolswing
- Hole-in-one Bonus - canuck1056 (4 sleeves of vapor balls) - coolswing
Congrats to all the winners, well done and enjoy your prizes ! Thanks again to all the sponsors for your support and generous donation.
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