Sybase Match Play Championship

The Sybase Match Play Championship was a women's professional golf tournament for three seasons on the LPGA Tour, held at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey. First played in 2010, it was the only match play format event on the LPGA Tour schedule. The previous match play tournament was the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, played from 2005 to 2007, with all three events at Hamilton Farm.

Sybase Match Play Championship
Tournament information
LocationGladstone, New Jersey, U.S.
Established2010
Course(s)Hamilton Farm Golf Club
Par72
Length6,585 yards (6,021 m)[1]
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatMatch play - 6 rounds
Prize fund$1,500,000
Month playedMay
Final year2012
Tournament record score
Score3&1 Sun Young Yoo (2010)
Final champion
Azahara Muñoz

The title sponsor was Sybase, an enterprise software and services company headquartered in Berkeley, California. It previously sponsored the Sybase Classic, a stroke play event on the LPGA Tour also held in the New York-New Jersey area through 2009. Sybase was acquired by SAP in 2010, which elected not to continue as title sponsor in 2013.[2][3]

Azahara Muñoz won her first title on the LPGA Tour at the final edition in 2012.[4][5][6]

Selection process

The 64-player field for the 2012 event was selected as follows:[7]

  • Top 48 players from Category 1 on the 2012 LPGA Priority List (2011 final money list plus medical exemptions)
  • Two (2) sponsor invites
  • Top two (2) finishers, not otherwise qualified, after the 2nd round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic (April 26-27)
  • Top twelve (12) players from the 2012 LPGA Official Money List at the conclusion of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic (April 29), not otherwise qualified

Schedule

A six-round event scheduled over four days, one round each was played on Thursday and Friday to reduce the field from 64 to 16 for Saturday. Two rounds were scheduled for each day on the weekend, with morning and afternoon sessions.

2012 course layout

Hamilton Farm Golf Club

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal[1]
Yards3815071093775013844211703963,3273265681783824094011553245153,2586,585
Par453454434364534443453672

(Reflects the layout for the LPGA event; the nines are switched for HFGC members.) [8]

Winners
YearDatesChampionScoreRunner-upTournament
location		Purse
($)		Winner's
share ($)
2012May 17–20 Azahara Muñoz2&1 Candie KungHamilton Farm Golf Club1,500,000375,000
2011May 19–22 Suzann Pettersen1 up Cristie KerrHamilton Farm Golf Club1,500,000375,000
2010May 20–23 Sun Young Yoo3&1 Angela StanfordHamilton Farm Golf Club1,500,000375,000

Prize money breakdown
PlaceRecordDescriptionUS ($)
16–0Champion375,000
25–1Runner-up225,000
35–1Third place150,000
44–2Fourth place112,500
T53–1Losing quarter-finalists x 437,500
T92–1Losing third round x 818,750
T171–1Losing second round x 167,740
T330–1Losing first round x 323,865
Total1,500,000

References
  1. "Sybase Match Play Championship - Course Info, 2012". sybasematchplaychampionship.com. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  2. Baldry, Beth Ann (January 15, 2013). "LPGA builds on Lewis' success with '13 schedule". Golf Week.
  3. Mell, Randall (January 15, 2013). "LPGA releases 2013 schedule". NBC Sports.
  4. "Munoz wins Sybase Match Play; Pressel loses semifinal after slow-play penalty". GOLF.com. Associated Press. May 20, 2012.
  5. Williams, Julie (May 20, 2012). "5 Things: Munoz wins amid semifinal controversy". Golf Week.
  6. Sirak, Ron (May 28, 2012). "Match Play: When The Business Of Golf Can Get Rather Personal". Golf Digest.
  7. "2012 Field List". sybasematchplaychampionship.com. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  8. "Course Tour". hamiltonfarmgolfclub. Retrieved May 20, 2012.

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