Women’s World Match Play Championship

The best 64 professional female golfers in the world including defending champion Marisa Baena, the world no. 1 player Annika Sorenstam as well as Michelle Wie will meet up at Hamilton Farm Golf Club this week for the second staging of the HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship. Holding up the colors for Germany will be Miriam Nagl, she will be facing Paula Creamer in round 1.

(picture courtesy of Hamilton Farm Golf Club)

I love the direct duels between two players, not hidden in the “anonymity” of a large field of players. And the good competition of last weeks US Womens Open make appetite for more.

Anyway, here are the matchplay pairings for the tournament:

Upper Bracket
Annika Sorenstam (1), Sweden, vs. Virada Nirapathpongporn (64), Thailand.
Heather Young (32), United States, vs. Sung-Ah Yim (33), South Korea.
Brittany Lang (17), United States, vs. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (48), France.
Juli Inkster (8), United States, vs. Tina Barrett (57), United States.
Catriona Matthew (25), Scotland, vs. Beth Daniel (40), United States.
Jeong Jang (9), South Korea, vs. Marcy Hart (56), United States.
Liselotte Neumann (24), Sweden, vs. Karen Stupples (41), England.
Karrie Webb (4), Australia, vs. Nancy Scranton (61), United States.
Gloria Hee Jung Park (29), South Korea, vs. Rachel Hetherington (36), Australia.
Pat Hurst (13), United States, vs. Reilley Rankin (52), United States.
Julieta Granada (20), Paraguay, vs. Helen Alfredsson (45), Sweden.
Paula Creamer (5), United States, vs. Miriam Nagl (60), Germany.
Wendy Ward (28), United States, vs. Marisa Baena (37), Colombia.
Morgan Pressel (12), United States, vs. Sarah Lee (53), South Korea.
Meena Lee (21), South Korea, vs. Sherri Steinhauer (44), United States.

Lower Bracket
Michelle Wie (2), United States, vs. Candy Hannemann (63), Brazil.
Joo Mi Kim (31), South Korea, vs. Christina Kim (34), United States.
Se-Ri Pak (15), South Korea, vs. Angela Stanford (50), United States.
Natalie Gulbis (18), United States, vs. Lorie Kane (47), Canada.
Yuri Fudoh (7), Japan, vs. Brandie Burton (58), United States.
Michele Redman (26), United States, vs. Brittany Lincicome (39), United States.
Ai Miyazato (10), Japan, vs. Kyeong Bae (55), South Korea.
Young Kim (23), South Korea, vs. Suzann Pettersen (42), Norway.
Lorena Ochoa (3), Mexico, vs. Il Mi Chung (62), South Korea.
Stacy Prammanasudh (30), United States, vs. Karine Icher (35), France.
Mi Hyun Kim (14), South Korea, vs. Nicole Castrale (51), United States.
Jee Young Lee (19), South Korea, vs. Laura Davies (46), England.
Cristie Kerr (6), United States, vs. Young Jo (59), South Korea.
Sophie Gustafson (27), Sweden, vs. Gwladys Nocera (38), France.
Hee-Won Han (11), South Korea, vs. Lindsey Wright (54), Australia.
Shi-Hyun Ahn (22), South Korea, vs. Laura Diaz (43), United States.

Watch out for more information and tournament coverage on lpga.com.

Update: nice wrapup of the tourney over at ESPN.