Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf
The Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf was a 32-man
WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
which started in 1999.
The top eight players available from four different regions, the United States,
Sony Rankings
. Each region played three rounds of match play to determine the regional winner to send to the finals. The regional tournaments were played at various times (February to August) throughout the year at different courses in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.
The semi-finals and finals were played in late December 1995 and early January in 1997 and 1998 at the Grayhawk Golf Club in
US$
3,650,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winner.
The
Official World Golf Rankings
.
Winners
Year | Player | Country | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | Barry Lane | England | 2 up | David Frost | Mark McCumber | Masahiro Kuramoto |
1997 | Greg Norman | Australia | 1 up | Scott Hoch | Hisayuki Sasaki | Sam Torrance |
1998 | Colin Montgomerie[2] | Scotland | 2 up | Davis Love III | Ernie Els | Hajime Meshiai |