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• Introduction to Match Play
  Our Match Play Primer is a good feature to revisit every year this time on the world golf schedule, with the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship teeing off. The "Match Play 101" articles go over scoring in match play (what does "4-and-3" mean?); terminology (what is "dormie"?); explains rules differences between stroke and match play; and gets into some questions of strategy. Take a look at the Match Play Primer. Elsewhere on About.com: 1930 British Open 1929 British Open Introduction to Match Play originally appeared on About.com Golf on Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012 at 09:11:10.Permalink | Comment | Email this
• This Week: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship
  Luke Donald is the defending champion and the No. 1 seed at the 2012 WGC Accenture Match Play Championship, which opens on Wednesday with all but two of the Top 64 players in the world rankings (Phil Mickelson and Paul Casey are the absentees). And Donald also has the marquee matchup of the first round, taking on Ernie Els. A .pdf of the complete bracket is available here. In addition to the Donald-Els matchup, the Bobby Jones division also includes Dustin Johnson vs. Jim Furyk in the first round. In the Ben Hogan division, top-seeded Martin Kaymer begins with Greg Chalmers, and David Toms vs. Rickie Fowler is also on the docket. In the Gary Player division, top-seeded Rory McIlroy faces George Coetzee, and the other top first-round match is Sergio Garcia vs. Miguel Angel Jimenez. The Sam Snead division is loaded. Top-seeded Lee Westwood opens with Nicolas Colsaerts, but we also get Tiger Woods vs. Gonzale Fernandez-Castano; Nick Watney vs. Darren Clarke; Webb Simpson vs. Matteo Manassero; and Bill Haas vs. Ryo Ishikawa. See our WGC Accenture Match Play tournament page for the list of past winners, plus more trivia and info about the event. The European Tour does not have a tournament this week, but the PGA Tour is also staging the Mayakoba Golf Classic. The LPGA Tour is in Singapore for the HSBC Women's Champions.This Week: WGC Accenture Match Play Championship originally appeared on About.com Golf on Monday, February 20th, 2012 at 15:07:50.Permalink | Comment | Email this
• TV Viewers Again Lead to Golfer's DQ
  Another golfer has been disqualified from a tour event after television viewers alerted officials to a rules violation. The golfer in this case was Peter Whiteford, and the tournament was the European Tour's Avantha Masters in India. Whiteford was in contention, too - he was the first- and second-round leader after rounds of 66 and 68, and finished the third round one stroke off the lead. But when he showed up for work on Sunday, he was informed that he had been disqualified for signing an incorrect scorecard. The incident that led to the disqualification occurred on Whiteford's final hole of Saturday's third round. Whiteford thought his ball might have moved in the 18th fairway, and, according to European Tour chief referee John Paramor, asked his caddie, his fellow-competitor and a TV cameraman if they had seen the ball move. All said no. Whiteford played the ball. But it turns out the ball had moved. Television viewers emailed the European Tour's website, and the TV viewers' information was passed on to Tour officials, who reviewed the tapes and the incident with Whiteford. If Whiteford had known in real time that his ball had moved, he could have replaced it to its original position and assessed himself a 1-stroke penalty. He could also have notified rules officials of a possible error prior to signing the scorecard. Unfortunately, neither of those things happened, and Whiteford was DQ'd. The European Tour has posted a statement about the incident. Sound Off: Should TV viewers be allowed to point out rules violations?TV Viewers Again Lead to Golfer's DQ originally appeared on About.com Golf on Sunday, February 19th, 2012 at 09:57:22.Permalink | Comment | Email this

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