The 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a

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tournament held February at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at

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, northwest of

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. It was the 12th

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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held in 2010.

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won his first of two WGC victories with a 4 & 2 win over runner-up

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in the final match. This was the last year the final was played at 36 holes; it was reduced to 18 holes in 2011.

Past champions in the field

Brackets

The championship was a single elimination

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event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the

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, world number 1, and

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, number 3, did not play. They were replaced by Chris Wood (ranked 65) and

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(ranked 66).

Bobby Jones bracket

Ben Hogan bracket

Gary Player bracket

Sam Snead bracket

Final Four

Breakdown by country

Prize money breakdown

References

External links

Official site

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