1972 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
Grier Jones was a surprise invitee for the event. Relatively unknown in Europe, he had won two events on the 1972 PGA Tour and runner-up in two others. He met Tony Jacklin in the first round and lost 7 & 6.
Peter Oosterhuis beat defending champion Gary Player in the first round. Oosterhuis won four of the first five holes and went 5 up after an eagle at the 12th. Player won three of the remaining holes to go to lunch only two holes down and had levelled the match by the 13th hole of the afternoon round. Oosterhuis holed a 30-foot putt at the 16th and eventually won by one hole.
Course
Source:
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yards | 476 | 157 | 457 | 497 | 192 | 347 | 403 | 400 | 460 | 3,389 | 190 | 408 | 480 | 437 | 183 | 480 | 380 | 555 | 495 | 3,608 | 6,997 |
Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 74 |
Scores
Source:
Quarter-finals 12 October | Semi-finals 13 October | Final 14 October | |||||||||
Gary Player | |||||||||||
Peter Oosterhuis | 1 up | ||||||||||
Peter Oosterhuis | |||||||||||
Tom Weiskopf | 4 & 3 | ||||||||||
David Graham | |||||||||||
Tom Weiskopf | 3 & 2 | ||||||||||
Tom Weiskopf | 4 & 3 | ||||||||||
Lee Trevino | |||||||||||
Lee Trevino | 2 & 1 | ||||||||||
Doug Sanders | |||||||||||
Lee Trevino | 1 up | ||||||||||
Tony Jacklin | |||||||||||
Tony Jacklin | 7 & 6 | ||||||||||
Grier Jones |
Prize money
The winner received £8,500, the runner-up £4,500, the losing semi-finalists £3,000 and the first round losers £1,500, making a total prize fund of £25,000.
References
- ^ "Monday boy who reached pay day". The Times, Wednesday, 11 October 1972; pg. 13; Issue 58602.
- ^ "Oosterhuis survives pressures to win". The Times, Friday, 13 October 1972; pg. 12; Issue 58604.
- ^ "Out of the race and into history". The Times, Saturday, 14 October 1972; pg. 19; Issue 58605.
- ^ "Weiskopf at his best in seven years". The Times, Monday, 16 October 1972; pg. 8; Issue 58606.