The Gallery Golf Club, South Course
• Yardage: 7,466; par 72 • Bunkers: 88 • Purse: $8 million • Champion: $1.35 million • Runner-up: $800,000 • Third: $575,000 • Fourth: $475,000
Match Play schedule
Wednesday: First round — 32 matches
Thursday: Second round — 16 matches
Today: Third round — Eight matches from 11:12 a.m. to 12:36 p.m.
Saturday: Four quarterfinal tee times from approximately 7:30 to 8 a.m., followed by two semifinal tee times from approximately 12:20 to 12:30 p.m.
Sunday: Thirty-six hole final begins at 7:40 a.m. The final 18 holes begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. An 18-hole third-place match begins at 12:10 p.m.
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Weather
Bring a sweatshirt because today's high will be 61 and partly cloudy. Saturday looks about the same. The championship match on Sunday should have mostly sunny skies and a high in the upper 60s.
What is match play?
Match play is a format that pits two golfers in a head-to-head challenge, with the winner advancing and the loser eliminated. Matches end after 18 holes or when one golfer leads by more than the number of holes remaining. The scoring system differs from stroke play, where golfers accumulate shots over the course of a round. In match play, each hole is a separate competition.
Keeping score
Each won hole is a point. Tied holes are "halved" and do not count toward the final score. During a match, scores are expressed by how many holes the leader is ahead of his opponent. So if Tiger Woods is leading Phil Mickelson six holes to five through 11 holes, Tiger is 1-up through 11. Tied matches are said to be "all square." In matches where all 18 holes are played, the winning score is expressed by the number of holes the winner was ahead at the end of the round, such as 2-up. If tied after 18, golfers play until someone wins another hole.
What about the 5 and 4 stuff?
Because matches end once the duel is clinched, the full 18 holes often are not played. If that is the case, the final score is expressed in two numbers: the margin of victory and the number of remaining holes. For example: On Thursday, Howell defeated Garcia 4 and 3, meaning Howell was leading by four holes with three to play. The biggest blowout in match-play golf is 10 and 8, which means the winner won the first 10 holes before the match was called with eight holes left.
