2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship

May 2019 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship February 25 –March 1, 2009 Marana, Arizona Ritz-Carlton Golf Clubat Dove Mountain PGA TourEuropean Tour 72 7,833 yd 64 players $8,500,000 $1,400,000 AUS Geoff Ogilvy def. Paul Casey 4 & 3 2008 2010 USA 1 Marana 32.471 -111.105 Location in the United States 5 230 USA Arizona 1 Marana  left 32.471 -111.105 Location in Arizona 5 120 The 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 25 to March 1, 2009, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. It was the eleventh WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships held in 2009. The tournament marked the return of Tiger Woods to the PGA Tour, following eight months out of the sport after undergoing knee surgery shortly after his victory in the 2008 U.S. Open. Geoff Ogilvy continued his success at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship defeating Paul Casey, who had not trailed in any of his first five matches, 4 and 3 in the final. It was Ogilvy's second win in the event, in which reached the final for the third time in four years. The victory also improved his already impressive match record in the event to 17 wins and 2 losses. 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 16 ranking,The field and seedings were not adjusted to account for the February 23 ranking. seeded according to the rankings.http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2009/owgr07f2009.pdf Official World Golf Ranking - February 15, 2009 February 20, 2013 October 29, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191029092914/http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2009/owgr07f2009.pdf dead All of the top 64 players in the February 16 ranking participated in the event, the first time in the tournament's history that had happened.http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1881582,00.html Win or lose, NBC expects to show Tiger Woods 2009-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20090228044906/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1881582,00.html 2009-02-28 dead mdy-all Bobby Jones bracket First roundFebruary 25 Second roundFebruary 26 Third roundFebruary 27 Fourth roundFebruary 28 150 USA Tiger Woods AUS Brendan Jones 3&2 ZAF Tim Clark ZAF Retief Goosen 3&2 NIR Rory McIlroy ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 2&1 CAN Mike Weir USA Hunter Mahan 1up AUS Geoff Ogilvy USA Kevin Sutherland 19h ZAF Trevor Immelman JPN Shingo Katayama 3&2 COL Camilo Villegas AUS Rod Pampling 7&6 ESP Miguel Á. Jiménez ZAF Rory Sabbatini 2&1 1 USA Tiger Woods 8 ZAF Tim Clark 4&2 12 USA Hunter Mahan 4 NIR Rory McIlroy 1up 6 ESP Miguel Á. Jiménez 3 COL Camilo Villegas 5&4 10 JPN Shingo Katayama 2 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 19h 8 ZAF Tim Clark 4 NIR Rory McIlroy 4&3 3 COL Camilo Villegas 2 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 2&1 4 NIR Rory McIlroy 2 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 2&1 Ben Hogan bracket First roundFebruary 25 Second roundFebruary 26 Third roundFebruary 27 Fourth roundFebruary 28 150 FJI Vijay Singh DNK Søren Kjeldsen 2&1 USA Ben Curtis ENG Luke Donald 19h ZAF Ernie Els DNK Søren Hansen 4&2 USA Steve Stricker USA Dustin Johnson 2&1 USA Phil Mickelson ARG Ángel Cabrera 19h USA Zach Johnson NIR Graeme McDowell 3&1 ENG Lee Westwood THA Prayad Marksaeng 2&1 USA Stewart Cink ZAF Richard Sterne 19h 1 FJI Vijay Singh 9 ENG Luke Donald 19h 5 USA Steve Stricker 4 ZAF Ernie Els 3&2 6 USA Stewart Cink 3 ENG Lee Westwood 23h 7 USA Zach Johnson 2 USA Phil Mickelson 1up 9 ENG Luke Donald 4 ZAF Ernie Els 2up 6 USA Stewart Cink 2 USA Phil Mickelson 1up 4 ZAF Ernie Els 6 USA Stewart Cink 2&1 Gary Player bracket First roundFebruary 25 Second roundFebruary 26 Third roundFebruary 27 Fourth roundFebruary 28 150 ESP Sergio García ZAF Charl Schwartzel 1up ENG Ian Poulter IND Jeev Milkha Singh 4&3 AUS Adam Scott USA Sean O'Hair 1up ENG Justin Rose USA Boo Weekley 1up SWE Robert Karlsson SWE Peter Hanson 3&2 ESP Álvaro Quirós CAN Stephen Ames 1up USA Kenny Perry AUS Mathew Goggin 2&1 ENG Paul Casey AUS Aaron Baddeley 1up 16 ZAF Charl Schwartzel 8 ENG Ian Poulter 1up 12 USA Sean O'Hair 13 USA Boo Weekley 2&1 6 ENG Paul Casey 14 AUS Mathew Goggin 6&4 10 CAN Stephen Ames 15 SWE Peter Hanson 2&1 8 ENG Ian Poulter 12 USA Sean O'Hair 2&1 6 ENG Paul Casey 15 SWE Peter Hanson 3&2 12 USA Sean O'Hair 6 ENG Paul Casey 4&3 Sam Snead bracket First roundFebruary 25 Second roundFebruary 26 Third roundFebruary 27 Fourth roundFebruary 28 150 IRL Pádraig Harrington USA Pat Perez 1up AUS Robert Allenby ENG Ross Fisher 1up DEU Martin Kaymer AUS Stuart Appleby 1up USA Jim Furyk DNK Anders Hansen 2&1 SWE Henrik Stenson USA Davis Love III 21h USA Justin Leonard ARG Andrés Romero 2&1 USA Anthony Kim TWN Lin Wen-tang 7&5 KOR K. J. Choi ENG Oliver Wilson 3&1 16 USA Pat Perez 9 ENG Ross Fisher 6&5 5 DEU Martin Kaymer 4 USA Jim Furyk 4&2 11 ENG Oliver Wilson 3 USA Anthony Kim 2&1 7 USA Justin Leonard 15 USA Davis Love III 1up 9 ENG Ross Fisher 4 USA Jim Furyk 4&3 11 ENG Oliver Wilson 7 USA Justin Leonard 19h 9 ENG Ross Fisher 7 USA Justin Leonard 2&1 Final Four 150 Semi-finalsFebruary 28 FinalsMarch 1 Third place 2 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 4&2 6 USA Stewart Cink 6 ENG Paul Casey 4&3 9 ENG Ross Fisher 2 AUS Geoff Ogilvy 4&3 6 ENG Paul Casey 6 USA Stewart Cink 1up 9 ENG Ross Fisher 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 Source:European Tour weeklySeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes - prize breakdown on second page Notes and references External links Official site 32.471 N 111.105 W type:event title Category:WGC Match Play Category:Golf tournaments in Arizona WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship