2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

May 2023 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 3–7 January 2001 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Metropolitan Golf Club PGA Tour European Tour 72 7,066 64 players $5,000,000 $1,000,000 USA Steve Stricker def. Pierre Fulke 2&1 2000 2002 The 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from 3–7 January 2001 at Metropolitan Golf Club in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the third WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of three World Golf Championships events held in 2001. Steve Stricker won his first and only World Golf Championships event at the match-play, by defeating Pierre Fulke 2&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 December 10, 2000 Because it was played in Australia and also because it was very early in the year a large number of players chose not compete. These were: Tiger Woods (ranked 1), David Duval (3), Phil Mickelson (4), Lee Westwood (5), Colin Montgomerie (6), Davis Love III (7), Jesper Parnevik (11), Darren Clarke (12), Nick Price (13), Jim Furyk (15), Sergio García (16), Thomas Bjørn (20), Mike Weir (21), Loren Roberts (22), Carlos Franco (25), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (27), Paul Azinger (30), Rocco Mediate (32), Notah Begay III (33), José María Olazábal (34), Jeff Maggert (37), Fred Couples (39), Eduardo Romero (40), Greg Norman (42), Scott Hoch (46), Ángel Cabrera (47), Mark Calcavecchia (48), Shingo Katayama (53), Masashi Ozaki (67), Andrew Magee (73), Mark O'Meara (74), Lee Janzen (82), Ian Woosnam (83), Rory Sabbatini (85), Frank Lickliter (87), Stephen Ames (94), J. P. Hayes (95), Jarmo Sandelin (96), Bill Glasson (97) and Steve Elkington (101). The lowest player competing was Greg Kraft (104).Els leads depleted Match Play field Bobby Jones bracket 160 First round 3 January Second round 4 January Third round 5 January Fourth round 6 January ZAF Ernie Els 3&2 USA Greg Kraft JPN Hidemichi Tanaka 19h DEU Bernhard Langer ZAF Retief Goosen 2&1 USA Steve Lowery USA Duffy Waldorf FRA Jean van de Velde 19h WAL Phillip Price SCO Andrew Coltart 3&2 USA David Toms 1up JPN Hirofumi Miyase USA Dennis Paulson AUS Craig Parry 21h USA John Huston USA Craig Stadler 4&2 1 ZAF Ernie Els 1up 8 JPN Hidemichi Tanaka 5 ZAF Retief Goosen 13 FRA Jean van de Velde 4&3 11 SCO Andrew Coltart 3&2 3 USA David Toms 10 AUS Craig Parry 15 USA Craig Stadler 7&6 1 ZAF Ernie Els 19h 13 FRA Jean van de Velde 11 SCO Andrew Coltart 15 USA Craig Stadler 19h 1 ZAF Ernie Els 1up 15 USA Craig Stadler Ben Hogan bracket 160 First round 3 January Second round 4 January Third round 5 January Fourth round 6 January USA Tom Lehman 2&1 AUS Greg Chalmers JPN Joe Ozaki USA Jeff Sluman 3&2 ARG José Cóceres USA Brad Faxon 3&2 USA Chris Perry 1up USA Jonathan Kaye SWE Pierre Fulke 5&4 USA Fred Funk USA Kirk Triplett USA Glen Day 3&1 JPN Toshi Izawa 19h USA Steve Pate NZL Michael Campbell 4&3 SWE Mathias Grönberg 1 USA Tom Lehman 3&2 9 USA Jeff Sluman 12 USA Brad Faxon 1up 4 USA Chris Perry 6 SWE Pierre Fulke 20h 14 USA Glen Day 7 JPN Toshi Izawa 2 NZL Michael Campbell 5&4 1 USA Tom Lehman 12 USA Brad Faxon 1up 6 SWE Pierre Fulke 1up 2 NZL Michael Campbell 12 USA Brad Faxon 6 SWE Pierre Fulke 19h Gary Player bracket 160 First round 3 January Second round 4 January Third round 5 January Fourth round 6 January USA Hal Sutton AUS Nick O'Hern 21h USA Franklin Langham USA Tim Herron 2&1 USA Dudley Hart 6&5 USA Skip Kendall AUS Robert Allenby 2&1 JPN Nobuhito Sato USA Scott Verplank 19h USA Brent Geiberger IRL Pádraig Harrington USA Steve Stricker 2&1 SCO Gary Orr 2&1 IRL Paul McGinley USA Justin Leonard 6&5 SWE Patrik Sjöland 16 AUS Nick O'Hern 5&3 9 USA Tim Herron 5 USA Dudley Hart 5&4 4 AUS Robert Allenby 6 USA Scott Verplank 14 USA Steve Stricker 3&2 7 SCO Gary Orr 2 USA Justin Leonard 20h 16 AUS Nick O'Hern 5&4 6 USA Dudley Hart 14 USA Steve Stricker 6&5 2 USA Justin Leonard 16 AUS Nick O'Hern 14 USA Steve Stricker 20h Sam Snead bracket 160 First round 3 January Second round 4 January Third round 5 January Fourth round 6 January FJI Vijay Singh 4&2 USA Kevin Sutherland JPN Toru Taniguchi 3&2 USA Bob Estes USA Steve Flesch SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson 5&4 AUS Stuart Appleby 1up USA Kenny Perry JPN Shigeki Maruyama 2&1 USA Scott Dunlap USA Bob May 2&1 USA Tom Scherrer SCO Paul Lawrie 5&4 USA Chris DiMarco USA Stewart Cink ZIM Mark McNulty 1up 1 FJI Vijay Singh 8 JPN Toru Taniguchi 1up 12 SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson 4 AUS Stuart Appleby 4&3 6 JPN Shigeki Maruyama 22h 3 USA Bob May 7 SCO Paul Lawrie 15 ZIM Mark McNulty 5&4 8 JPN Toru Taniguchi 2&1 4 AUS Stuart Appleby 6 JPN Shigeki Maruyama 4&3 15 ZIM Mark McNulty 8 JPN Toru Taniguchi 2&1 6 JPN Shigeki Maruyama Final Four 150 Semi-finals6 January Finals7 January Third place 1 ZAF Ernie Els 6 SWE Pierre Fulke 2&1 14 USA Steve Stricker 2&1 8 JPN Toru Taniguchi 6 SWE Pierre Fulke 14 USA Steve Stricker 2&1 1 ZAF Ernie Els 8 JPN Toru Taniguchi 4&3 Prize money breakdown Place US ($)http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2001&tour=PGA&tournament=WGC-Accenture+Match+Play+Championship 2001 WGC match play money in dollars Golf Observer 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194418/http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2001&tour=PGA&tournament=WGC-Accenture+Match+Play+Championship 3 March 2016 dead Champion 1,000,000 Runner-up 500,000 Third place 400,000 Fourth place 300,000 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 150,000 Losing third round x 8 75,000 Losing second round x 16 50,000 Losing first round x 32 25,000 Total $5,000,000 References External links Bracket PDF source About the matchesMarch 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes -37.9112 145.0899 type:event title Category:WGC Match Play Category:Golf tournaments in Australia Category:Sports competitions in Melbourne WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Category:2001 in sport in Melbourne