World’s Best Will Fight it Out in Match Play in San Francisco

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By admin March 31, 2015 11:47

World’s Best Will Fight it Out in Match Play in San Francisco

Top three golfers in the world commit to World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play

McIlroy, Stenson and Watson among the elite players to compete at TPC Harding Park April 27-May 3

San Francisco – Tournament officials at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Match Play announced today that the top three players in the world have committed to play when the event comes to TPC Harding Park April 27 – May 3. Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson and Bubba Watson will be joining a list of players that have already committed including Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, Dustin Johnson and former Cadillac Match Play winners Hunter Mahan and Matt Kuchar, just to name a few.

McIlroy, who has posted two top-10 finishes at the Cadillac Match Play, is looking to secure a potential career grand slam at The Masters next week. With his victories at the 2014 and 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship and the 2011 U.S. Open, The Masters is the only major championship not yet on the 25 year-old’s roster. McIlroy’s best finish at the Cadillac Match Play came in 2012 when he finished runner-up to Hunter Mahan.

Watson will be returning to familiar grounds at Augusta and hopes to continue his streak of victories at The Masters. If Watson were to defend his title next week, he would be the second player in The Masters history to secure three wins out of four starts. Nicklaus currently holds the title for his victories in 1963, 1965 and 1966. Currently ranked number two in the world behind McIlroy, Watson has placed three top-10 finishes out of four starts at the Cadillac Match Play including a 4th-place finish in 2011. He has reached at least the third-round in three of his four starts at the event.

Stenson, who won the 2007 Cadillac Match Play, excels in the head-to-head format.

The Cadillac Match Play is the only official tournament on the PGA TOUR schedule with a match-play format.

 

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