History
The WGC Match Play Championship is one of four World Golf Championship events sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours. The member tours are the Asian PGA, the European Tour, the Japan Golf Tour, the PGA of America Tour, the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Southern Africa Tour.
The top 64 available players from the official world golf ranking are eligible to compete. They're seeded 1 through 64, based on their rankings.
The tournament is played in February. Except for 2001, when it was hosted by the Metropolitan Golf Club in Victoria, Australia, it's been held at the La Costa Resort and Spa, Carlsbad, California.