For Golf fans, this week is one of the best as the
WBC-Accenture Match Play tournament is going on. This is a knockout event in
with 64 players compete within brackets named after famous golfers (See all the
rules here and how match play works here). The golfers play a match in where
the player who takes the most holes advance to the next round.
Speaking
as a golf fan, this is rather exciting. The 64 best players are pinned up one
on one where every little mistake can make our brake the player. It adds a kind
of competition not found in how regular tournaments work. There is also tons of
parody in the tournament. A player can have a couple bad holes and shoot 4 over
but come away with a tied score. Not every hole counts in this format, rather
how you outwit your opponent.
It
is also fun to watch because it doesn’t come around often. This makes it a
special event amongst the fans. Happening once a year, it is the equivalent to
the other sports’ all-star games. Who wouldn’t want to see Ian Poulter and
Rickie Fowler, who share a sponsor, compete against each other head to head?
The sharing of sponsorship (which I believe they do these things on purpose)
add to the competitive feeling. Who will show that they are the brands’
dominate golfer? Fowler came out on top in a great battle against the man who
claims to be the “best match player in golf.”
All-star
games tend to be one of the best events in any sport. The match play event at
Accenture is golf’s version of an all-star game. Pinning the best against the
best is what the fans want to see, and as a golf fan, I wanted to express the
excitement in this tournament.
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