2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | |
Dates: | February 17–21, 2010 |
Location: | Marana, Arizona |
Course: | Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain |
Tour: | PGA Tour European Tour |
Par: | 72 |
Field: | 64 players |
Format: | Match play – 18 holes (36-hole final) |
Purse: | $8,500,000 €6,190,643 |
Winners Share: | $1,400,000 €1,019,635 |
Champion: | Ian Poulter |
Score: | def. Paul Casey, 4 & 2 |
Previous: | 2009 |
Next: | 2011 |
The 2010 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship was a golf tournament held February at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club at Dove Mountain in Marana, Arizona, northwest of Tucson. It was the 12th WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and the first of four World Golf Championships held in 2010.
Ian Poulter won his first of two WGC victories with a 4 & 2 win over runner-up Paul Casey in the final match. This was the last year the final was played at 36 holes; it was reduced to 18 holes in 2011.
The championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Rankings as of the February 7 ranking,[1] seeded according to the rankings.[2] Tiger Woods, world number 1, and Phil Mickelson, number 3, did not play. They were replaced by Chris Wood (ranked 65) and Ross McGowan (ranked 66).
Place | US ($) | |
---|---|---|
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 |