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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- British Open champion Padraig Harrington and U.S. Open winner Angel Cabrera will compete at the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth in October, organizers said on Friday.
British Open winner Padraig Harrington will be biddding for his first world match play crown.
The duo will be joined at the West Course in Surrey by six-time winner Ernie Els, fellow South African Retief Goosen, Briton Justin Rose, American Jerry Kelly and Argentine Andres Romero.
Holder Paul Casey, Swede Niclas Fasth, Colin Montgomerie of Britain and Dane Anders Hansen, winner of the PGA Championship at Wentworth in May, will also vie for the richest first prize in golf, one million pounds ($1.98 million).
"Winning the World Match Play last year was a real milestone for me," Briton Casey told the European Tour's official Web site.
"I relish the cut and thrust of match play and winning gave me such a confidence boost last year ahead of the Ryder Cup, and a rather nice winner's check too."
The 44-year-old tournament offers total prize money of 2.44 million pounds, with all matches at the Oct. 11-14 event being decided over 36 holes.
U.S. PGA champion and world number one Tiger Woods and U.S.Masters champion Zach Johnson declined invitations to play in the tournament. E-mail to a friend 
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