Accenture Match Play

Sponsored by Accenture, Match Championship takes place every year featuring some of the top golfers from around the globe, battling it out for the ultimate crown of the Accenture Match Play Champion. Being one of the World Golf Championships that are held annually, Match Play Championship is one of the high profile golfing events that take place on the annual golf calendar. Each year, Accenture Match Play Championship is held during the months of January or February. The championship was held for the first time back in 1999 when it was staged at the La Costa Resort and Spa located within Carlsbad, California. The event kept on being hosted there up till 2006 with an exception of the year 2001 when it took placed in Victoria, Australia at the Metropolitan Golf Club. For the years 2007 and 2008 the Championship was held at the Gallery Golf Club and since 2009 Accenture Match Play Championship takes place at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona every year. Every year, Match Play Championship attracts hundreds of golfing enthusiasts from around the country; hence if you wish to be a part of the upcoming edition make sure you have your Accenture Match tickets in time.

The match play championship features top sixty four golfers from around the globe that are seeded in accordance to their rankings on the Official World Golf Rankings. Accenture Match Play championship happens to be a single elimination event that offers about US$ 8.5 Million prize money with $ 1.4 Million going to the winner of the event. The final match that determines the champion was originally played over thirty six holes, but since 2011 it has been played over eighteen holes. Apart from that, all the matches that lead to the final are also played over eighteen holes.

Presently the tournament is played in Marana, Arizona at the Ritz Carlton Golf Club. The tournament is being held there ever since 2009. Before that, Match Play championship was held at the Gallery Golf Club in 2007 and 2008. Ritz Carlton Golf Club is Jack Nicklaus designed golf course having twenty seven holes. The golf course opened up back in 2009, and turned out to be exactly what was needed by a tournament like Accenture Match Play Championship. It also provides with a perfect golfing experience for all the golfing enthusiasts and guests. Stretched across 850 acres of land, the golf course also offers other facilities like the Ritz Carlton Spa, and the Ritz Carlton Resort Hotel that has 250 luxurious rooms. The Ritz Carlton Dove Mountain provides with an authentic desert experience to the players and the guests while keeping it luxurious at the same time. With the perfectly wise use of metal and stone, the design of the golf course makes up the perfect connection with its natural surroundings.

Thanks to its challenging terrain, Ritz Carlton Golf Club turns the Accenture Match Play championship even more exciting. So for those who wish to catch all that excitement can do so with the Accenture Match Play tickets.