Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf

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The Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf was a 32-man match play golf tournament played in 1995, 1997 and 1998. It was the predecessor tournament to the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship which started in 1999.

The top eight players available from four different regions, the United States, Europe, Japan, and the "Rest of the World", were selected from the 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 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States. [1] All matches were played over 18 holes except the final which was played over 36 holes. The purse each year was US$3,650,000 with $1,000,000 going to the winner.

The World Golf Championships (WGC) were formed in 1999 and Andersen Consulting remained as the sponsor of the match play championship. The first WGC event, the 1999 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship took place in February 1999. The format changed to a 64-man tournament played over one week with the field is drawn from the Official World Golf Rankings.

Winners

YearPlayerCountryScoreRunner-upThird placeFourth place
1995 Barry Lane Flag of England.svg  England 2 up Flag of South Africa.svg David Frost Flag of the United States.svg Mark McCumber Flag of Japan.svg Masahiro Kuramoto
1997 Greg Norman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1 up Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hoch Flag of Japan.svg Hisayuki Sasaki Flag of Scotland.svg Sam Torrance
1998 Colin Montgomerie [2] Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2 up Flag of the United States.svg Davis Love III Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Meshiai

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