The field for next week’s World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship was announced on Friday and will feature Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Retief Goosen and Ernie Els as the top seeds in each of the tournament’s four brackets.
The WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship will begin Wednesday, February 22 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, USA.
The four brackets at the WGC - Accenture Match Play Championship are named in honor of Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Sam Snead. The brackets will be released Monday, February 20 at 4:00 p.m. PST, when they become official. After that point, any player who withdraws from the tournament will not be replaced, and his scheduled opponent will win in a walkover. Prior to the Monday deadline, alternates can gain entrance into the field.
Woods the highest-ranked player from the Official World Golf Ranking, will be the top seed in the Bobby Jones bracket and will play Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell. Singh, the second-ranked player in the world, will be the top seed in the Gary Player bracket, while Goosen and Els will be the top seeds in the Snead and Hogan brackets, respectively.
The only withdrawal from the top 64 in the Official World Golf Ranking at the close of entries was Spain's Sergio Garcia.
