2003 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

May 2019 2003 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship February 26 – March 2, 2003 Carlsbad, California La Costa Resort and Spa PGA Tour European Tour 72 7,247 64 players $6,000,000 $1,050,000 USA Tiger Woods def. David Toms 2 & 1 2002 2004 The 2003 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 26 to March 2, 2003 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was the fifth WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships events held in 2003. Tiger Woods won his sixth World Golf Championships event, and his first ever match play victory, by defeating David Toms 2 and 1 in the 36 hole final. 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.Official World Golf Rankings February 16, 2003 Vijay Singh (ranked 4) withdrew with a rib injury, Nick Faldo (ranked 54) withdrew because of flu and Toru Taniguchi (ranked 55) withdrew because of injury. They were replaced by Robert Karlsson (ranked 65), Phil Tataurangi (ranked 66) and Carl Pettersson (ranked 67).Faldo withdraws from Match PlaySingh (ribs), Faldo (flu) withdraw from Match Play Bobby Jones bracket First round February 26 Second round February 27 Third round February 28 Fourth round March 1 USA Tiger Woods 2&1 SWE Carl Pettersson KOR K. J. Choi 1up USA Fred Funk USA Bob Estes AUS Stephen Leaney 2&1 USA Justin Leonard 2up ESP José M. Olazábal ARG Eduardo Romero 2&1 USA John Huston USA Chris DiMarco JPN Toshimitsu Izawa 2&1 USA Scott Hoch 3&1 USA Tom Lehman IRL Pádraig Harrington 4&3 USA John Cook 1 USA Tiger Woods 5&3 8 KOR K.J. Choi 12 AUS Stephen Leaney 6&5 4 USA Justin Leonard 6 ARG Eduardo Romero 14 JPN Toshi Izawa 3&1 2 IRL Pádraig Harrington 7 USA Scott Hoch 3&2 1 USA Tiger Woods 7&6 12 AUS Stephen Leaney 14 JPN Toshi Izawa 7 USA Scott Hoch 4&3 1 USA Tiger Woods 5&4 7 USA Scott Hoch Ben Hogan bracket First round February 26 Second round February 27 Third round February 28 Fourth round March 1 ZAF Retief Goosen USA Jay Haas 5&3 JPN Shigeki Maruyama 4&3 USA Scott McCarron USA Charles Howell III SWE Niclas Fasth 1up ZIM Nick Price 4&3 SCO Paul Lawrie DEU Bernhard Langer AUS Adam Scott 3&2 USA Rocco Mediate 1up JPN Shingo Katayama USA David Duval ENG Justin Rose 20h ESP Sergio García USA Kevin Sutherland 2&1 16 USA Jay Haas 1up 8 JPN Shegeki Maruyama 12 SWE Niclas Fasth 4 ZIM Nick Price 2&1 11 AUS Adam Scott 1up 3 USA Rocco Mediate 10 ENG Justin Rose 15 USA Kevin Sutherland 1up 16 USA Jay Haas 20h 4 ZIM Nick Price 11 AUS Adam Scott 2&1 15 USA Kevin Sutherland 16 USA Jay Haas 11 AUS Adam Scott 2&1 Gary Player bracket First round February 26 Second round February 27 Third round February 28 Fourth round March 1 ZAF Ernie Els NZL Phil Tataurangi 20h AUS Peter Lonard 2&1 USA Kenny Perry NZL Michael Campbell USA Jeff Sluman 3&2 AUS Robert Allenby 4&2 ZAF Trevor Immelman USA Rich Beem USA Steve Lowery 2up USA Jim Furyk 2&1 USA Len Mattiace NIR Darren Clarke 4&3 ZAF Tim Clark USA Davis Love III 5&4 ENG Paul Casey 16 NZL Phil Tataurangi 8 AUS Peter Lonard 5&4 12 USA Jeff Sluman 4 AUS Robert Allenby 1up 11 USA Steve Lowery 3 USA Jim Furyk 6&5 7 NIR Darren Clarke 7&6 2 USA Davis Love III 8 AUS Peter Lonard 1up 4 AUS Robert Allenby 3 USA Jim Furyk 7 NIR Darren Clarke 2up 8 AUS Peter Lonard 2up 7 NIR Darren Clarke Sam Snead bracket First round February 26 Second round February 27 Third round February 28 Fourth round March 1 USA Phil Mickelson 1up SWE Robert Karlsson AUS Craig Parry USA Brad Faxon 2&1 USA Jerry Kelly 5&4 DNK Thomas Bjørn CAN Mike Weir 26h USA Loren Roberts ARG Ángel Cabrera 3&2 USA Scott Verplank SCO Colin Montgomerie DEU Alex Čejka 4&2 AUS Stuart Appleby USA Chris Riley 1up USA David Toms 3&1 DNK Søren Hansen 1 USA Phil Mickelson 3&2 9 USA Brad Faxon 5 USA Jerry Kelly 2&1 4 CAN Mike Weir 6 ARG Ángel Cabrera 14 DEU Alex Čejka 4&2 10 USA Chris Riley 2 USA David Toms 1up 1 USA Phil Mickelson 5 USA Jerry Kelly 3&2 14 DEU Alex Čejka 2 USA David Toms 1up 5 USA Jerry Kelly 2 USA David Toms 4&3 Final Four 150 Semi-finalsMarch 1 FinalsMarch 2 Third place 1 USA Tiger Woods 19h 11 AUS Adam Scott 8 AUS Peter Lonard 2 USA David Toms 1up 1 USA Tiger Woods 2&1 2 USA David Toms 11 AUS Adam Scott 1up 8 AUS Peter Lonard Prize money breakdown Place US ($)http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2003&tour=PGA&tournament=WGC-Accenture+Match+Play+Championship 2003 WGC Prize Money dollars Golf Observer 2010-05-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195558/http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2003&tour=PGA&tournament=WGC-Accenture+Match+Play+Championship 2016-03-03 dead mdy-all Champion 1,050,000 Runner-up 600,000 Third place 480,000 Fourth place 390,000 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 200,000 Losing third round x 8 95,000 Losing second round x 16 60,000 Losing first round x 32 30,000 Total $6,000,000 References External links Bracket PDF Golf Channel on eventApril 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 33 05 32.16 N 117 16 01.33 W type:event title Category:WGC Match Play Category:Golf tournaments in California Category:Sports competitions in San Diego County, California Category:Sports in Carlsbad, California WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship