1. Steve Stricker
• Age: 42
• Residence: Madison, Wis.
• Career earnings: $23.5million
• Match Play moment: Stricker was the No. 55 rated player when he won the 2001 tournament in La Costa, Calif. His run remains one of the best underdog stories in the history of Match Play.
• Off the course: Stricker's wife, Nicki, caddied for him until 1998.
2. Lee Westwood
• Age: 36
• Residence: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
• Career earnings: $23.9million
• Match Play moment: Westwood hasn't had one. He has yet to advance past the second round in nine Match Play appearances.
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• Off the course: Westwood's a doctor - sort of. Nottingham Trent University presented him a with an honorary doctor of science degree in 2007.
3. Jim Furyk
• Age: 39
• Residence: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
• Career earnings: $42.8million
• Match Play moment: England's Ross Fisher kept Furyk from his first-ever trip to the quarterfinals a year ago, eliminating him 4 and 3.
• Off the course: Furyk, a former Arizona Wildcats star, remains a UA fan. He continues to attend numerous football and basketball games.
4. Martin Kaymer
• Age: 25
• Residence: Mettmann, Germany
• Career earnings: $5.4 million
• Match Play moment: Kaymer defeated Stuart Appleby 1-up in the first round last year, his first-ever foray into Match Play.
• Off the course: Kaymer is an active go-karter, a hobby that ruined his 2009 season. Kaymer broke four bones in his foot in a karting accident. He also finished third in the Race to Dubai.
5. Rory McIlroy
• Age: 20
• Residence: Holywood, Northern Ireland
• Career earnings: $4.5 million
• Match Play moment:
• Off the course: McIroy was a force in his first Match Play in 2009, advancing to the quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Geoff Ogilvy. Recently, he suffered stretched ligaments in his lower back, but he is not expected to miss Match Play.
6. Paul Casey
• Age: 32
• Residence: Scottsdale
• Career earnings: $5.5 million
• Match Play moment: Casey advanced to last year's final before losing to Geoff Ogilvy, his neighbor and close friend.
• Off the course: The English-born Casey was an avid tennis player as a boy, choosing golf after being turned down for a prestigious tennis scholarship. Casey played collegiately at Arizona State.
7. Henrik Stenson
• Age: 32
• Residence: Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Orlando, Fla.
• Career earnings: $16.5 million
• Match Play moment: Stenson defeated Geoff Ogilvy to win the 2007 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, the first one held in Arizona.
• Off the course: Stenson is a citizen of the world, holding Swedish citizenship but owning homes in two other countries - the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
8. Padraig Harrington
• Age: 38
• Residence: Dublin, Ireland
• Career earnings: $17.9million
• Match Play moment: Harrington made the quarterfinals of the 2004 and 2006 tournaments, the only times he's made it past the second round.
• Off the course: Harrington was licensed by the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants in 1994, a skill that comes in handy when it comes to cashing winner's checks.
9. Ian Poulter
• Age: 34
• Residence: Orlando, Fla.; Buckinghamshire, England
• Career earnings: $8 million
• Match Play moment: Poulter finished fourth in the 2005 tournament, held in La Costa, Calif.
• Off the course: Poulter is one of the tour's most stylish players, often sporting matching shirts, pants, hats and sunglasses. He designs his own gear and sells it on his Web site, www.ianpoulterdesign.com.
10. Geoff Ogilvy
• Age: 32
• Residence: Scottsdale
• Career earnings: $20.1million
• Match Play moment: Ogilvy won the 2009 tournament, defeating friend and fellow Scottsdale resident Paul Casey 4 and 3. Ogilvy received $1.4 million for finishing first.
• Off the course: Ogilvy runs the Phoenix-based Ogilvy Family Foundation, which raises money for children's charities.
11. Kenny Perry
• Age: 39
• Residence: Franklin, Ky.
• Career earnings: $30.5million
• Match Play moment: Advanced to the third round of the 2004 tournament before losing to Darren Clarke.
• Off the course: Perry donates 5 percent of his winnings to Lipscomb University's scholarship fund. The money is earmarked for students from Simpson County, Ky., near Perry's hometown.
12. Robert Allenby
• Age: 38
• Residence: Melbourne, Australia
• Career earnings: $21.7million
• Match Play moment: Allenby advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2005 tournament.
• Off the course: Allenby holds an annual Robert Allenby Golf Day to raise money for the Challenge Cancer Support Network. So far, the golfer has helped raise more than $9 million to help children with cancer and blood disorders.
13. Sergio Garcia
• Age: 30
• Residence: Borriol, Spain
• Career earnings: $25.6million
• Match Play moment: Garcia made the round of 16 in 2000 and 2002, but hasn't advanced past the second round since.
• Off the course: Garcia has famous friends, including former tennis star Martina Hingis (the two once dated), soccer player Diego Forlan and tennis star Rafael Nadal.
14. Sean O'Hair
• Age: 27
• Residence: Westchester, Pa.
• Career earnings: $12.5million
• Match Play moment: O'Hair advanced to last year's quarterfinals before losing to Paul Casey 4 and 3.
• Off the course: O'Hair moved from Lubbock, Texas, to Phoenix in high school and enrolled at Brophy College Prep. He turned pro in 1999.
15. Ernie Els
• Age: 41
• Residence: George, South Africa; Wentworth, England
• Career earnings: $35.9 million
• Match Play moment: Els finished fourth in 2001 and made the quarterfinals last year.
• Off the course: Els established the Els for Autism Foundation last year with his son, Ben, who is autistic. The foundation hopes to fund a "center of excellence" that will become a model for how to treat children with autism.
16. Robert Karlsson
• Age: 40
• Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
• Career earnings: $12 million
• Match Play moment: Karlsson lost to Peter Hanson in the first round of last year's tournament.
• Off the course: The Swedish-born Karlsson stands 6 feet 5 inches tall, making him one of the tallest on tour.
17. Ross Fisher
• Age: 29
• Residence: London
• Career earnings: $5.3 million
• Match Play moment: Fisher finished fourth in 2009, losing the consolation match to Stewart Cink.
• Off the course: Fisher is a car collector.
18. Retief Goosen
• Age: 41
• Residence: Polokwane, South Africa; Ascot, Berkshire, England; Orlando, Fla.
• Career earnings: $23.4million
• Match Play moment: Goosen finished third in the 2005 tournament.
• Off the course: Goosen owns a vineyard in Garden Route, South Africa. His wines, bottled under "The Goose" label, have won numerous awards.
19. Stewart Cink
• Age: 36
• Residence: Duluth, Ga.
• Career earnings: $28 million
• Match Play moment: Cink advanced to the 2008 final, where he lost to Tiger Woods. He finished third in last year's tournament.
• Off the course: Cink attended Georgia Tech, and is an avid fan. He Twitters under the name stewartcink, with Tech among his favorite topics. Cink has more than 1.2 million followers on Twitter.
20. Lucas Glover
• Age: 30
• Residence: Greenville, S.C.
• Career earnings: $11.5million
• Match Play moment: Glover qualified in 2006 and 2007, but did not advance past the first round.
• Off the course: Glover played collegiately at Clemson. His grandfather Dick Hendley was a football and baseball star at the school; both men are members of the Tigers' Hall of Fame.
21. Luke Donald
• Age: 32
• Residence: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England; Evanston, Ill.; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
• Career earnings: $15 million
• Match Play moment: Donald advanced to the quarterfinals in 2005, 2006 and 2009 but lost all three times.
• Off the course: Donald is an avid painter and owns a degree in art theory and practice from Northwestern University. He and his wife, Diane, collect contemporary art.
22. Zach Johnson
• Age: 33
• Residence: Lake Mary, Fla.
• Career earnings: $17 million
• Match Play moment: Johnson finished third in the 2006 tournament.
• Off the course: Johnson helped raise $350,000 for Iowa flood relief after storms devastated the region in 2008.
23. Camilo Villegas
• Age: 28
• Residence: Jupiter, Fla.
• Career earnings: $11 million
• Match Play moment: Villegas advanced to the round of 16 last year before losing to Geoff Ogilvy, the eventual champion.
• Off the course: The Colombian-born Villegas has been featured in GQ magazine, which wrote in July 2006 that the golfer has "got a closet full of tight trousers, a set of boxer's biceps and more screaming female fans than Justin Timberlake."
24. Angel Cabrera
• Age: 41
• Residence: Cordoba, Argentina
• Career earnings: $8 million
• Match Play moment:Cab-rera made the quarterfinals of the 2008 tournament before losing to Stewart Cink.
• Off the course: Cabrera is one of the tour's most colorful players. His odd walking style and squat body have earned him the nickname of "El Pato" - the duck.
25. Anthony Kim
• Age: 24
• Residence: Los Angeles
• Career earnings: $8.5 million
• Match Play moment: Kim lost to Oliver Wilson 2 and 1 in the second round of last year's tournament.
• Off the course: Kim is one of the most marketable young players on tour, in part because of his sense of style and aggressive style of play. He wears belt buckles with his initials AK.
26. Y.E. Yang
• Age: 38
• Residence: Southlake, Texas
• Career earnings: $5.4 million
• Match Play moment: Yang lost in the second round of the 2008 tournament.
• Off the course: Yang is one of the great stories on tour. A self-taught golfer, Yang worked in construction and served in the South Korean military before moving to New Zealand to pursue a pro career.
27. Alvaro Quiros
• Age: 27
• Residence: La Linea, Cadiz, Spain
• Career earnings: $2.8 million
• Match Play moment: Quiros lost to Stephen Ames in the first round of last year's tournament.
• Off the course: Quiros is a big fan of James Bond movies.
28. Miguel Angel Jimenez
• Age: 46
• Residence: Malaga, Spain
• Career earnings: $16.1million
• Match Play moment: Advanced to the quarterfinals in 2000, losing to Davis Love III.
• Off the course: The ponytail-wearing, cigar-smoking Jimenez is one of the unique characters on tour. He uses a hollowed-out golf ball to store his stogies while he plays.
29. Vijay Singh
• Age: 46
• Residence: Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
• Career earnings: $62 million
• Match Play moment: Singh made last year's quarterfinals, a rarity given his history of struggles in the tournament. Singh has advanced past the second round just twice in 10 tries.
• Off the course: Singh is easily the most recognizable Fijian in the world. His first name means "Victory" in Hindi.
30. Hunter Mahan
• Age: 27
• Residence: Plano, Texas
• Career earnings: $10.6million
• Match Play moment: Mahan made the round of 16 in 2008 and 2009.
• Off the course: Mahan played for two of the nation's top golf programs. He spent his freshman year at USC, then transferred to Oklahoma State, where he was a two-time All-American. Mahan lost to UA star Ricky Barnes 2 and 1 in the finals of the 2002 U.S. Amateur Championship.
31. Nick Watney
• Age: 28
• Residence: Sacramento, Calif.
• Career earnings: $7.9 million
• Match Play moment: Watney has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Watney has a famous relative - his cousin Heidi Watney is an on-field reporter for NESN.
32. Ryo Ishikawa
• Age: 18
• Residence: Matsubishi, Japan
• Career earnings: $78,000
• Match Play moment: Ishikawa did not play in last year's tournament, but traveled to Arizona anyway in case he was needed as an alternate. He spent time at the Ritz-Carlton's driving range.
• Off the course: The Japanese star, nicknamed "The Bashful Prince," is viewed - along with Rory McIlroy - as the international future of the game. Ishikawa won four Japanese Tour tournaments in 2009. He reportedly makes $10 million annually in endorsements.
33. Michael Sim
• Age: 25
• Residence: Perth, Australia
• Career earnings: $1.8 million
• Match Play moment: Sim has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Sim is a Scot-stralian. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, but became an Australian citizen after moving there as a boy.
34. Yuta Ikeda
• Age: 24
• Residence: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
• Career earnings: $25,573
• Match Play moment: Ikeda has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Ikeda attended Tohoku Fukushi University in Japan, the same school that produced big-league pitcher Takashi Saito.
35. Charl Schwartzel
• Age: 25
• Residence: Vereeniging, South Africa
• Career earnings: $275,000
• Match Play moment: Schwartzel made it to the third round of last year's tournament before falling to Ian Poulter.
• Off the course: Schwartzel has his pilot's license, and frequently puts it to good use.
36. Tim Clark
• Age: 34
• Residence: Scottsdale
• Career earnings: $14.2million
• Match Play moment: Clark defeated Tiger Woods 4 and 2 in the second round of last year's tournament.
• Off the course: Clark is a philanthropist. The South African-born golfer won the Nelson Mandela Invitational in 2005, then donated his first-place share of $20,000 to a deaf girl who needed cochlear implant surgery.
37. Oliver Wilson
• Age: 29
• Residence: London; Augusta, Ga.
• Career earnings: $5.6 million
• Match Play moment: Wilson defeated K.J. Choi and Anthony Kim last year before falling to Justin Leonard in the round of 16.
• Off the course: The British-born Wilson has a Southern slant; he was a three-time All-America golfer at Augusta State University in Georgia.
38. Mike Weir
• Age: 39
• Residence: Sandy, Utah
• Career earnings: $26.5million
• Match Play moment: Weir made it to the round of 16 in 2006.
• Off the course: Weir is known as golf's second-most accomplished lefty, behind - well - Lefty. It almost wasn't that way. As a teenager, Weir sent a letter to Jack Nicklaus asking if he should play right-handed. The Golden Bear told the budding golfer to stick to his natural stroke.
39. Soren Kjeldsen
• Age: 34
• Residence: Ascot, Berkshire, England
• Career earnings: $329,000
• Match Play moment: Kjeldsen lost to Vijay Singh in the first round of last year's tournament.
• Off the course: Kjeldsen's a fitness freak; he once ran a marathon, though one was enough. "I try to stay in good shape," he said, "but not as extreme as that."
40. Matt Kuchar
• Age: 31
• Residence: Winter Park, Fla.
• Career earnings: $8.5 million
• Match Play moment: Kuchar has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Kuchar is an avid tennis player. In October, Kuchar and his wife, Sybi, teamed to win the consolation title in the USTA National Husband-Wife Doubles Championship.
41. Adam Scott
• Age: 29
• Residence: Crans-Montana, Switzerland
• Career earnings: $19.1million
• Match Play moment: Scott finished third in 2003, his second of eight previous Match Play appearances.
• Off the course: The Australian-born Scott is a (famous) ladies' man, having dated actress Kate Hudson and tennis star Ana Ivanovic.
42. Dustin Johnson
• Age: 25
• Residence: Columbia, S.C.
• Career earnings: $5 million
• Match Play moment: Johnson lost to Steve Stricker 2 and 1 in the first round of last year's tournament.
• Off the course: Johnson can dunk a basketball; he could palm a ball as a seventh-grader.
43. Francesco Molinari
• Age: 27
• Residence: Turin, Italy
• Career earnings: $1.4 million
• Match Play moment: Molinari has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Molinari, like most of his Italian countrymen, is an ardent soccer supporter. His favorite club is Inter Milan.
44. Graeme McDowell
• Age: 30
• Residence: Portrush, Northern Ireland
• Career earnings: $9.5 million
• Match Play moment: McDowell lost to Zach Johnson in the first round of last year's tournament.
• Off the course: McDowell shares a nickname - GMAC - with a car company. Fitting, because the Irishman considers cars - along with snooker and soccer - among his favorite pastimes.
45. Anders Hansen
• Age: 39
• Residence: Zurich, Switzerland
• Career earnings: $9 million
• Match Play moment: Hansen has qualified for Match Play three times since 2003. He's lost in the first round all three times.
• Off the course: Hansen attended the University of Houston for two years before turning pro.
46. Edoardo Molinari
• Age: 29
• Residence: Turin, Italy
• Career earnings: $397,000
• Match Play moment: Molinari has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Molinari hangs out with his brother, Francesco, another Match Play contestant.
47. Soren Hansen
• Age: 35
• Residence: Monte Carlo, Monaco
• Career earnings: $9.2 million
• Match Play moment: Hansen lost in the first round in each of the last two tournaments.
• Off the course: The Danish-born Hansen is a basketball fan.
48. Thongchai Jaidee
• Age: 40
• Residence: Lop Buri, Thailand
• Career earnings: $5.5 million
• Match Play moment: Jaidee has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Jaidee is one of two Thai golfers on the Asian Tour; Thaworn Wiratchant is the other.
49. Rory Sabbatini
• Age: 33
• Residence: Fort Worth, Texas
• Career earnings: $22 million
• Match Play moment: Sabbatini advanced to the quarterfinals in 2005 before losing to Ian Poulter.
• Off the course: The former Arizona Wildcats star sees America on a bus. The fun-loving South African goes from tournament to tournament in a custom cruiser.
50. Ryan Moore
• Age: 27
• Residence: Las Vegas
• Career earnings: $7.1 million
• Match Play moment: Moore has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Moore attended UNLV, and turned down tour money to finish his degree.
51. Simon Dyson
• Age: 32
• Residence: York, England
• Career earnings: $7 million
• Match Play moment: Dyson has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Dyson hails from an athletic family. His father was a jockey, and an uncle, Terry, played for Tottenham's soccer team.
52. David Toms
• Age: 43
• Residence: Shreveport, La.
• Career earnings: $32.8million
• Match Play moment: Toms won the 2005 tournament, defeating Chris DeMarco 6 and 5 in the final - the biggest blowout in tournament history.
• Off the course: Toms, an LSU graduate, helped raise more than $1.5 million for Hurricane Katrina relief. In 2006, The Wall Street Journal reported the Toms Foundation had the lowest percentage of expenses of any major athletic foundation in the country.
53. Peter Hanson
• Age: 32
• Residence: Trelleborg, Sweden
• Career earnings: $6.8 million
• Match Play moment: Hanson advanced to the third round of last year's tournament before losing to Paul Casey.
• Off the course: Is coached by the head pro at Bokskogen Golf Course, the same facility where he learned to play the game as a boy.
54. Brian Gay
• Age: 38
• Residence: Fort Worth, Texas
• Career earnings: $12.3million
• Match Play moment: Gay has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Gay - and his family - are tied to golf. Gay and his wife, Kimberly, honeymooned in Singapore, where he played in a golf tournament. Gay's new bride caddied for him.
55. Alexander Noren
• Age: 27
• Residence: Alta, Sweden
• Career earnings: $3 million
• Match Play moment: Noren has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Noren is an avid blogger, frequently posting high-definition videos and photos to his page. No political correctness here: Noren wrote last month that he was "frustrated as" … well, let's say heck.
56. Justin Leonard
• Age: 37
• Residence: Dallas
• Career earnings: $30.5million
• Match Play moment: Leonard finished fourth in the 2008 tournament, losing 3 and 2 to Henrik Stenson.
• Off the course: Leonard sells replicas of his iconic yellow Labrador head cover, with proceeds benefiting the ASPCA.
57. Jeev Milkha Singh
• Age: 38
• Residence: Chandigarh, India
• Career earnings: $6 million
• Match Play moment: Singh lost in the first round of the last two tournaments.
• Off the course: "Jubilant Jeev" is the son of former Indian Olympian Milka Singh, known as "The Flying Sikh."
58. BEN CRANE
• Age: 33
• Residence: Dallas
• Career earnings: $12 million
• Match Play moment: Crane competed in the 2006 and 2007 tournaments, losing in the third round both times.
• Off the course: Crane is frequently critcized for his slow, plodding style but has improved of late. He won the Farmer's Insurance Open in San Diego last month.
59. Stephen Ames
• Age: 45
• Residence: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Career earnings: $18.1million
• Match Play moment: Ames made the quarterfinals of the 2007 tournament, losing to Chad Campbell.
• Off the course: The Trinidadian-born Ames is an adopted Canadian. He carried the Olympic torch before this year's Winter Games.
60. Kevin Na
• Age: 26
• Residence: Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
• Career earnings: $7 million
• Match Play moment: Na has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Na played himself in an episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" that aired last month. Golf Digest called the performance of Na - and a handful of other golfers in the episode - "a cringe-worthy doozy."
61. Chad Campbell
• Age: 35
• Residence: Colleyville, Texas
• Career earnings: $18.8million
• Match Play moment: Campbell finished fourth in the 2007 tournament, losing to Trevor Immelman in the consolation finals.
• Off the course: Campbell can moonlight as a barista. He worked at a coffee shop while playing collegiately at UNLV.
62. Scott Verplank
• Age: 45
• Residence: Edmond, Okla.
• Career earnings: $24 million
• Match Play moment: Verplank advanced to the second round four times - 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2006.
• Off the course: Verplank has type 1 diabetes, and wears a pager-sized insulin pump on his hip.
63. Chris Wood
• Age: 22
• Residence: Bristol, England
• Career earnings: $1.01million
• Match Play moment: Wood has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Wood is in elite company. He was named the European Tour's Rookie of the Year in November, joining a group that includes Nick Faldo, Jose Maria Olazabal, Colin Montgomerie and Sergio Garcia.
64. Ross McGowan
• Age: 27
• Residence: London
• Career earnings: $2.5 million
• Match Play moment: McGowan has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: McGowan played collegiately at the University of Tennessee.
Ben Curtis
• Age: 42
• Residence: Stow, Ohio
• Career earnings: $9.5 million
• Match Play moment: Curtis advanced to the second round in 2004, but lost to Phil Mickelson 7 and 6. The match ended on the 12th hole.
• Off the course: Curtis is friends with ESPN football analyst Lou Holtz. Both attended Kent State in Ohio.
Shingo Katayama
• Age: 37
• Residence: Tokyo
• Career earnings: $1.8 million
• Match Play moment: Katayama advanced to the third round in 2006, but lost to Zach Johnson.
• Off the course: Katayama is known for his trademark cowboy hat.
Ross McGowan
• Age: 27
• Residence: London
• Career earnings: $2.5 million
• Match Play moment: McGowan has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: McGowan played collegiately at the University of Tennessee.
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño
• Age: 29
• Residence: Madrid
• Career earnings: $4.8 million
• Match Play moment: Fernandez-Castaño has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Fernandez-Castaño is a dog person. The Spaniard was visibly shaken when, in July, his Shar-Pei, Petra, ran away.
Jason Dufner
• Age: 32
• Residence: Auburn, Ala.
• Career earnings: $4.38 million
• Match Play moment: Dufner has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Dufner moved from Cleveland to Fort Lauderdale as a teenager; he took up golf shortly after relocating to the Sunshine State.
Hiroyuki Fujita
• Age: 40
• Residence: Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
• Career earnings: $308,000
• Match Play moment: Fujita has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Fujita is one of Japan's top golfers.
Justin Rose
• Age: 29
• Residence: London; Orlando, Fla.
• Career earnings: $15.5 million
• Match Play moment: Rose advanced to the quarterfinals in 2007 before losing to Trevor Immelman.
• Off the course: Rose's fans can join The Rose Club, an online group that grants them access to golf tips from the pro.
Heath Slocum
• Age: 36
• Residence: Baton Rouge, La.
• Career earnings: $12 million
• Match Play moment: Slocum has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Slocum was a high school teammate of fellow PGA Tour pro Boo Weekley.
Davis Love III
• Age: 45
• Residence: St. Simon's Island, Fla.
• Career earnings: $41 million
• Match Play moment: Lost to Tiger Woods 3 and 2 in the 2004 final.
• Off the course: Love gave Michael Jordan his first set of golf clubs when the two were athletes at the University of North Carolina. Later, when Jordan's gambling on golf made headlines, Love quipped that he felt "like the person who gave Dillinger his first gun."
John Senden
• Age: 38
• Residence: Brisbane, Australia
• Career earnings: $10.5 million
• Match Play moment: Lost to Sergio Garcia in the first round of the 2008 tournament.
• Off the course: Senden has a green thumb. Senden said if he wasn't playing golf, he'd be "working on the sheep and cattle station owned by the in-laws."
Koumei Oda*
• Age: 31
• Residence: Tagawa, Japan
• Career earnings: $52,000
• Match Play moment: Oda has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Oda is from Fukoaka Prefecture, which is famous for producing Tirol miniature chocolates.
Kenichi Kuboya
• Age: 37
• Residence: Kanagawa, Japan
• Career earnings: $444,000
• Match Play moment: Kuboya has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Kuboya is a patient man. He went seven years (2002-09) between playing in majors.
Yasaharu Imano*
• Age: 36
• Residence: Gifu Prefecture, Japan
• Career earnings: $117,000
• Match Play moment: Imano has never competed in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
• Off the course: Imano is from Gifu Prefecture, which boasts a robust paper-making industry. Consider it the Scranton, Pa., of Japan.
