2004 HSBC World Match Play Championship

The 2004 HSBC World Match Play Championship was the 41st HSBC World Match Play Championship played and the 1st time played as an official European Tour event. It was played from 14–17 October at the Wentworth Club. The champion received €1,443,830 (£1,000,000 or $2,042,513.20) making it the biggest first prize in golf at the time. Each match was played over 36 holes. Ernie Els defeated Lee Westwood 2 and 1 in the final to win the tournament for the sixth time, (his first official HSBC World Match Play Championship victory on the European Tour).

Course

Front nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Yardage	474	154	447	496	191	354	396	400	452	3,364
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	35

Back nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Yardage	184	404	509	467	179	481	383	571	531	3,709
Par	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	5	37

	Front 9	Back 9	Total
Yardage	3,364	3,709	7,073
Par	35	37	72

Bracket

First round 14 October

Quarterfinals 15 October

Semifinals 16 October

Championship 17 October

South Africa Ernie Els

2&1

Scotland Scott Drummond

South Africa Ernie Els

1up

Argentina Ángel Cabrera

South Korea K. J. Choi

Argentina Ángel Cabrera

1 up

South Africa Ernie Els

Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington

5&4

Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington

2&1

United States Chris Riley

Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington

1up

France Thomas Levet

Canada Mike Weir

France Thomas Levet

2&1

South Africa Ernie Els

2&1

England Lee Westwood

South Africa Retief Goosen

12&11

United States Jeff Maggert

South Africa Retief Goosen

England Lee Westwood

2&1

United States Todd Hamilton

England Lee Westwood

4&3

England Lee Westwood

1up

Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez

3&2

United States Steve Flesch

Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Germany Bernhard Langer

2&1

Fiji Vijay Singh

Germany Bernhard Langer

37h

Prize money breakdown

Actual prize fund

Place	Euro (€)	Pounds (£)	US ($)
Champion	1,443,830	1,000,000	2,042,513
Runner-Up	577,532	400,000	817,005
Losing Semi Finalist x 2	173,259	120,000	245,101
Losing Quarter Finalists x 4	115,506	80,000	163,400
Losing First Round x 8	86,629	60,000	122,55
Total	€2,396,756	£1,660,000	$3,390,569

Breakdown for European Tour Order of Merit

Place	Euro (€)	Pounds (£)	US ($)
Champion	597,884	406,660	830,607
Runner-Up	398,594	271,110	553,745
Losing Semi Finalist x 2	201,968	120,000	280,583
Losing Quarter Finalists x 4	118,742	80,000	164,961
Losing First Round x 8	61,972	42,151	86,093
Total	€1,379,120	£938,014.17	$1,915,988

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