This week's field includes:
- The field includes 64 of the top 65 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings. The only one in the Top 64 not in the field is Brett Wetterich, who is battling shoulder problems
- The field includes 14 of the Top 25 from this year's PGA Tour money list. The players in the field are J.B. Holmes, Daniel Chopra, K.J. Choi, Rory Sabbatini, Steve Stricker, Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson, Justin Leonard, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Stephen Ames, Padraig Harrington, Boo Weekley and Stuart Appleby.
- The field includes five past champions: Steve Stricker (2001), Tiger Woods (2003 & '04), David Toms (2005), Geoff Ogilvy (2006) and Henrik Stenson (2007)
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship field are these performance charts, one with the players listed alphabetically and the other with the players listed by average finish.
One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out by Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in the last five years.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Mickelson | Win | Cut | 2nd | T6th | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.B. Holmes | T7 | T61 | Win | T44th | DNP | T17th | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rory Sabbatini | T44th | DNP | T34th | T3rd | DNP | 2nd | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Leonard | DNP | T43 | T43rd | T3rd | 2nd | DNP | T8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K.J. Choi | T7th | DNP | T20th | Cut | DNP | Win | T28th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryuji Imada | T5th | DNP | WD | 2nd | T16th | T69th | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Quinney | 2nd | T24th | T17th | T29th | T50th | Cut | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Lowery | Cut | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | T20th | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Singh | T36th | 2nd | Cut | T23 | DNP | T45th | T12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Appleby | T7 | DNP | T4th | T8th | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Stricker | T11th | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | T4th | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tiger Woods | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Hensby | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Todd Demsey | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brad Elder | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mathias Gronberg | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ron Whittaker | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Duval | WD | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Who to Watch for at the Accenture World Match Play Championship:
Best Bets:
| Tiger Woods | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9 | T9 | T17 | Win | Win | T33 | - | 2 | T5 | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Always a favorite, someone will have to be on top of his game to beat him.
| Phil Mickelson | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T17 | T9 | T9 | T5 | T9 | T33 | - | T33 | T9 | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Very impressive last week in L.A. If he could keep up the good play he can win six straight matches.
| David Toms | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9 | T9 | Win | T9 | 2 | T5 | T17 | T17 | - | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Always finds a way to win a lot of matches. Should be one of the favorites.
Best of the rest:
| Justin Rose | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T5 | - | - | T33 | T17 | - | - | - | - | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Could be the next Henrik Stenson
| Adam Scott | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T33 | T17 | T5 | T9 | 3 | T17 | - | - | - | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
He has the tools to win, but the question is if he can put it all together.
| Padraig Harrington | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T17 | T5 | T17 | T5 | T17 | T33 | T33 | T33 | - | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Has been playing well the last two weeks. Maybe the third week will be the charm.
| Geoff Ogilvy | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Win | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Great record in this event. He's only lost once in 12 matches
| Ernie Els | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T33 | T33 | - | - | T33 | T17 | 4 | T17 | T33 | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
May have a psychological problem with this event as he has seen some early exits. But he may be able to turn that around this year.
| Jim Furyk | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T17 | T33 | T33 | - | T9 | T9 | - | T9 | T33 | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Very disappointing record in this event. He could be like Els if he just can't get it going
Long shots that could come through:
| Justin Leonard | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | T33 | T33 | T33 | T17 | T33 | T9 | T17 | T17 | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Looking to break his terrible string of poor performances in this event. You just have to think he can do better.
| Daniel Chopra | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | first time in event | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Course could be perfect for hi. He just has to get it rolling.
| Trevor Immelman | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | - | T33 | T17 | T33 | - | - | - | - | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Showed last year that he can play well on this course and in this format.
Player to avoid:
| Vijay Singh | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T17 | T9 | T17 | T17 | - | T17 | T17 | T33 | T17 | |||
Full WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship record
Always has a tough time getting past the first couple of days.
