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2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
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Golf tournament
2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship February 17–21, 2010 Marana, Arizona Ritz-Carlton Golf Clubat Dove Mountain PGA TourEuropean Tour 72 7849 yd 64 players Match play – 18 holes(36-hole final) $8,500,000€6,190,643 $1,400,000€1,019,635 ENG Ian Poulter def. Paul Casey, 4 & 2 2009 2011
USA 1 Marana 32.471 -111.105 Location in the United States 5 230
USA Arizona 1 Marana 32.471 -111.105 Location in Arizona 5 140
The 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament held February 17–21 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, northwest of Tucson. It was the 12th WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships held in 2010.
Ian Poulter won his first of two WGC victories with a 4 & 2 win over runner-up Paul Casey in the final match. This was the last year the final was played at 36 holes; it was reduced to 18 holes in 2011.
Brackets
The championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings as of the February 7 ranking,The field and seedings were not adjusted to account for the February 14 ranking. seeded according to the rankings.Official World Golf Ranking - February 7, 2010August 2026 InternetArchiveBot Tiger Woods, world number 1, and Phil Mickelson, number 3, did not play. They were replaced by Chris Wood (ranked 65) and Ross McGowan (ranked 66).
Bobby Jones bracket
First roundFebruary 17 Second roundFebruary 18 Third roundFebruary 19 Fourth roundFebruary 20 150 USA Steve Stricker ENG Ross McGowan 19h JPN Ryo Ishikawa AUS Michael Sim 2up SWE Robert Karlsson ZAF Rory Sabbatini 20h ENG Ross Fisher THA Thongchai Jaidee 5&4 IRL Pádraig Harrington IND Jeev Milkha Singh 3&1 USA Anthony Kim USA Matt Kuchar 3&2 ENG Ian Poulter USA Justin Leonard 19h ARG Ángel Cabrera AUS Adam Scott 3&2 16 ENG Ross McGowan 8 JPN Ryo Ishikawa 2up 12 THA Thongchai Jaidee 4 SWE Robert Karlsson 4&3 11 AUS Adam Scott 3 ENG Ian Poulter 2&1 10 USA Matt Kuchar 15 IND Jeev Milkha Singh 1up 8 JPN Ryo Ishikawa 12 THA Thongchai Jaidee 5&4 3 ENG Ian Poulter 15 IND Jeev Milkha Singh 5&4 12 THA Thongchai Jaidee 3 ENG Ian Poulter 1up
Ben Hogan bracket
First roundFebruary 17 Second roundFebruary 18 Third roundFebruary 19 Fourth roundFebruary 20 150 DEU Martin Kaymer USA Chad Campbell 4&2 FJI Vijay Singh ZAF Tim Clark 1up ESP Sergio García USA David Toms 2up USA Lucas Glover DNK Anders Hansen 2&1 NIR Rory McIlroy USA Kevin Na 1up ESP Miguel Á. Jiménez ENG Oliver Wilson 3&2 AUS Robert Allenby SWE Peter Hanson 4&2 ENG Luke Donald NIR Graeme McDowell 2&1 1 DEU Martin Kaymer 9 ZAF Tim Clark 3&2 12 DNK Anders Hansen 4 ESP Sergio García 2&1 6 ENG Luke Donald 3 AUS Robert Allenby 6&5 10 ENG Oliver Wilson 2 NIR Rory McIlroy 20h 9 ZAF Tim Clark 4 ESP Sergio García 2&1 6 ENG Luke Donald 10 ENG Oliver Wilson 20h 4 ESP Sergio García 10 ENG Oliver Wilson 4&3
Gary Player bracket
First roundFebruary 17 Second roundFebruary 18 Third roundFebruary 19 Fourth roundFebruary 20 150 ENG Lee Westwood ENG Chris Wood 3&1 USA Nick Watney JPN Yuta Ikeda 4&3 ZAF Retief Goosen DNK Søren Hansen 3&2 ZAF Ernie Els USA Ryan Moore 4&3 SWE Henrik Stenson USA Ben Crane Con. KOR Yang Yong-eun DNK Søren Kjeldsen 2&1 AUS Geoff Ogilvy SWE Alex Norén 7&5 COL Camilo Villegas USA Dustin Johnson 4&3 1 ENG Lee Westwood 8 USA Nick Watney 2&1 5 ZAF Retief Goosen 4 ZAF Ernie Els 20h 6 COL Camilo Villegas 3 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 2&1 7 KOR Yang Yong-eun 15 USA Ben Crane 3&2 8 USA Nick Watney 5 ZAF Retief Goosen 1up 6 COL Camilo Villegas 15 USA Ben Crane 3&2 5 ZAF Retief Goosen 6 COL Camilo Villegas 4&3
Sam Snead bracket
First roundFebruary 17 Second roundFebruary 18 Third roundFebruary 19 Fourth roundFebruary 20 150 USA Jim Furyk USA Scott Verplank 2&1 USA Hunter Mahan ZAF Charl Schwartzel 2&1 USA Stewart Cink ITA Edoardo Molinari 2up USA Sean O'Hair ENG Simon Dyson 3&1 ENG Paul Casey CAN Stephen Ames 5&4 ESP Álvaro Quirós CAN Mike Weir 8&6 USA Kenny Perry USA Brian Gay 2&1 USA Zach Johnson ITA Francesco Molinari 21h 1 USA Jim Furyk 9 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 3&2 5 USA Stewart Cink 4 USA Sean O'Hair 1up 6 USA Zach Johnson 14 USA Brian Gay 2up 10 CAN Mike Weir 2 ENG Paul Casey 5&4 9 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 5 USA Stewart Cink 19h 14 USA Brian Gay 2 ENG Paul Casey 5&4 5 USA Stewart Cink 2 ENG Paul Casey 5&4
Final Four
150 Semi-finalsFebruary 20 FinalsFebruary 21 Third place 3 ENG Ian Poulter 7&6 4 ESP Sergio García 6 COL Camilo Villegas 2 ENG Paul Casey 24h 3 ENG Ian Poulter 4&2 2 ENG Paul Casey 4 ESP Sergio García 6 COL Camilo Villegas 5&4
Prize money breakdown
Place US ($) Champion 1,400,000 Runner-up 850,000 Third place 600,000 Fourth place 490,000 Losing quarter-finalists x 4 270,000 Losing third round x 8 140,000 Losing second round x 16 95,000 Losing first round x 32 45,000 Total $8,500,000
References
External links
Official site https://web.archive.org/web/20090122020941/http://worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r470/ 2009-01-22
Coverage on the European Tour's official site
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