1972 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
# 1972 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship

The 1972 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship was the ninth World Match Play Championship. It was played from Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 October on the West Course at Wentworth. Eight players competed in a straight knock-out competition, with each match contested over 36 holes. The champion received £8,500 out of a total prize fund of £25,000. In the final, Tom Weiskopf beat Lee Trevino 4 & 3 to win the 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 | Quarter-finals 12 October | Semi-finals 13 October | Semi-finals 13 October | Final 14 October | Final 14 October |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Player | | | | | |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 1 up | | | | |
| Peter Oosterhuis | 1 up | Peter Oosterhuis | | | |
| | | Tom Weiskopf | 4 & 3 | | |
| David Graham | | Tom Weiskopf | 4 & 3 | | |
| Tom Weiskopf | 3 & 2 | | | | |
| Tom Weiskopf | 3 & 2 | | | Tom Weiskopf | 4 & 3 |
| | | | | Lee Trevino | |
| Lee Trevino | 2 & 1 | | | | | Lee Trevino |
| Doug Sanders | | | | | |
| Doug Sanders | | Lee Trevino | 1 up | | |
| | | Tony Jacklin | | | |
| Tony Jacklin | 7 & 6 | Tony Jacklin | | | |
| 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.

