The 2009 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a

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tournament that was played from February 25 to March 1, 2009, at the

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at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona. It was the eleventh

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and the first of four

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held in 2009. The tournament marked the return of

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to the

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, following eight months out of the sport after undergoing knee surgery shortly after his victory in the 2008 U.S. Open.

Geoff Ogilvy Geoff Charles Ogilvy (born 11 June 1977) is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships. Professional career Ogilvy was born in Adelaide, South Australia to an English-born fat ...

continued his success at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship defeating

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, 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

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

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as of the February 16 ranking, seeded according to the rankings. 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.

Bobby Jones bracket

Ben Hogan bracket

Gary Player bracket

Sam Snead bracket

Final Four

Breakdown by country

Prize money breakdown

* Source:European Tour weekly
- prize breakdown on second page

Notes and references

External links

Official site
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