The 2000 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship was a

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tournament that was played from February 23–27, 2000 at

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in Carlsbad, California. It was the second WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship and the first of four

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events held in 2000.

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won his first World Golf Championships event at the match-play, by defeating

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4 & 3 in the 36 hole final.

Brackets

The Championship was a single elimination

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event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking as of the February 13 ranking, seeded according to those rankings. For the second successive year Jumbo Osaki (ranked #36) chose not to play. He was replaced by

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Bobby Jones bracket

Ben Hogan bracket

Gary Player bracket

Sam Snead bracket

Final Four

Prize money breakdown

References

External links

Bracket PDF
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