The 2005 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a

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tournament that was played from February 24–27, 2005 at

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in Carlsbad, California. It was the seventh

WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship The WGC Match Play, currently titled as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's golf tournament that has been held since 1999. It is the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contested ...

and the first of four

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events held in 2005. The Championship was due to start on Wednesday February 23 but was delayed by a day because of wet conditions. The first round was played on February 24, while both the second and third rounds were played on February 25.

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won his first World Golf Championships event by defeating

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6 and 5 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 Rankings, seeded according to the rankings.

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, ranked number 3, chose not to play the event, so number 65

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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
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