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Accenture Match Play Championship
Dates: February 18-24, 2008
Site: The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain, South Course,
Marana, Arizona
Format: Match play (hole-by-hole competition)
Field: Top 64 available players based on the Official World Golf
Ranking released February 11, 2008.
Defending Champion: Henrik Stenson
Contact: Michael Garten, Executive Director
Phone: 520-207-0595
Trophy: Walter Hagen Cup
CA Championship
Dates: March 17-23, 2008
Site: Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Blue Course, Doral, Florida
Format: 72 holes of stroke play
Field: Approximately 70 players, including the top-30 players
from the final 2007 FedExCup point standings, the top-50 players
from the Official World Golf Ranking the week prior and the
week of the CA Championship, the top-10 players from the
FedExCup point standings the week prior and the week of the CA
Championship and leaders of the five other Tours' Official Money
Lists/Orders of Merit.
Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
Contact: Eddie Carbone, Executive Director
Phone: 305-513-4653 x 101
Trophy: Gene Sarazen Cup
Bridgestone Invitational
Dates: July 28-August 3, 2008
Site: Firestone Country Club, South Course, Akron, Ohio
Format: 72 holes of stroke play
Field: Approximately 75 players, consisting of members of the
last-named United States and International Presidents Cup and
Ryder Cup Teams; if not otherwise eligible, players ranked among
the top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of the Monday
prior to and the Monday of tournament week; if not otherwise
eligible, winners of worldwide events since the prior year's
Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking
strength-of-field rating of 115 points or more; and if not otherwise
eligible, the winner of one selected tournament from the PGA Tour
of Australasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
Contact: Don Padgett, Executive Director
Phone: 330-644-2299
Trophy: Gary Player Trophy
About Accenture:
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology
services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering
innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them
become high-performance businesses and governments. With
deep industry and business process expertise, broad global
resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize
the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve
their performance. With approximately 170,000 people in 49
countries, the company generated net revenues of US $19.70
billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2007. Its home page is
www.accenture.com.
About CA:
CA, Inc. is a global umbrella sponsor of the World Golf
Championships and title sponsor of CA Championship. As one of
the world’s leading independent, enterprise management
software companies, CA unifies and simplifies complex
information technology (IT) management across the enterprise
for greater business results.
About Bridgestone:
The Bridgestone Group, founded in 1931, is the world’s largest
manufacturer of tires and other rubber products. Bridgestone
Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, is the parent company of
the group. Tires account for 80 percent of Bridgestone Group
sales worldwide. The company also manufactures industrial
rubber and chemical products, sporting goods, and other
diversified produces. With those various activities, the
Bridgestone Group markets its tires and other products in more
than 150 nations by supplying tires and other products
manufactured at more than 100 plants in more than 20 countries.
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