| Players |
Score |
Bracket |
| TIM CLARK, South Africa def. TIGER WOODS, USA |
4 and 2 |
Jones |
| The top-ranked Woods was upset by a red-hot Clark, who played bogey-free golf and was 6 under through the 16 holes of the match. Woods, meanwhile, had an up-and-down day. He took a quick lead with a birdie at the second hold, went 1 down with a bogey at the sixth, squared the match with a birdie at the next hole, then fell a shot back when he bogeyed the 11th. That was when Clark started his string of three consecutive birdies to move to 3 up. Tiger tried to rally by holing a bunker shot at the 14th to cut the lead, but a bogey at the next hole after a wayward tee shot put him 3 down and Clark closed it out with a birdie at the 16th. "I knew I had to play out of my mind to beat him," said Clark, who has yet to make a bogey the first two days and is a collective 11 under in 32 holes. "I played as good as I could play." Noted Woods: "That is the nature of match play. You can play well and go home and you can play poorly and advance. I just happened to catch Tim playing really well and I didn't make enough birdies to answer him." Next match for Clark: Rory McIlroy |
| PHIL MICKELSON, USA def. ZACH JOHNSON, USA |
1 up |
Hogan |
| Mickelson has got to feel relieved. For the second straight day, he was 4 up with five holes to play, only to see his advantage slip away. He missed short putts at the 14th and 15th that could've ended the match early; instead Johnson won the 14th, 15th and 17th holes to force the match to 18. But with both players on the green in two, Johnson was unable to convert a long, undulating birdie putt to square the match and Mickelson was conceded a par to advance. "I knew it was going to be a tough match againzt Zach," Mickelson said. "He doesn't make any mistakes, he's an incredible putter, and I was fortunate to get a hold of a victory." In Wednesday's first round, Mickelson saw his 4 up lead over Angel Cabrera disappear before winning in sudden death. Next match for Mickelson: Stewart Cink |
| LUKE DONALD, England def. VIJAY SINGH, Fiji |
19 holes |
Hogan |
| Singh's putt on the 19th hole for par hung on the lip ... and never dropped. Just like that, the defending FedExCup champion was knocked out, completing the upsets of all four No. 1 seeds, the first time in Accenture Match Play history that all four have lost before reaching the round of 16. Despite four bogeys (and one birdie) in his first seven holes, Donald was only 1 down at that point. He was 2 down after 16 holes, but a birdie at the 17th and a Singh bogey at the 18th squared the match. With the win, Donald advances past the second round for the first time since 2006. Next match for Donald: Ernie Els |
| CAMILO VILLEGAS, Colombia, def. MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ, Spain |
5 and 4 |
Jones |
| Once again, Villegas has advanced the easy way. He only played 12 holes in beating Rod Pampling in his opener and just 14 in beating the Spanish veteran in the second round. Villegas birdied four of his first five holes to go 4 up and never looked back. "I got off to a great start," Villegas said, "... then kind of struggled there toward the middle of the round and came back strong." Jimenez, who reportedly broke the head of his driver midway through the round, only won one hole. Villegas, who closed the match with two birdies, is 10 under for the 28 holes he has played at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. Next match for Villegas: Geoff Ogilvy |
| OLIVER WILSON, England def. ANTHONY KIM, USA |
3 and 2 |
Snead |
| Wilson made eight birdies on Thursday as he upset the No. 11-ranked player in the world. The young Englishman, who went 1-1 in his Ryder Cup debut last year, lost the first hole to Kim's birdie, but squared it at No. 3 with a second straight birdie of his own. Wilson then made his move with a pair of birdies on Nos. 8 and 9 to go 2 up and he never trailed again. He lost the 13th hole to Kim's eagle, but Wilson birdied three of his next four holes to secure the win. "The back nine was pretty tense," Wilson said. "Anthony sort of came alive a little bit on the back, and I managed to hang on." A disappointed Kim said he played better Thursday than the previous day when he beat Wen-Tang Lin in the first round. "I'm not going to hang my head over it," Kim said of the loss. "It's unfortunate that I didn't get the job done, but we'll go get 'em at Doral." Next match for Wilson: Justin Leonard |
| STEWART CINK, USA def. LEE WESTWOOD, England |
23 holes |
Hogan |
| In the longest match thus far this week, Cink outlasted Westwood in this battle between two Ryder Cup veterans. Cink, who was 2 under through the first 11 holes, led for most of the match. But he went from 1 up to 1 down on holes 12 and 13, then won the next two holes to regain his lead. But a birdie by Westwood at the 17th squared the match. Both players birdied the 20th hole (the par-5 2nd) before Cink claimed victory with a par on the par-4 5th hole. Cink, who will be making his fifth appearance in the round of 16, has now played42 holes the last two days. "I'm tired, but when you're that close in your matches ... the adrenaline's always right there," Cink said. Next match for Cink: Phil Mickelson |
| JUSTIN LEONARD, USA def. DAVIS LOVE III, USA |
1 up |
Snead |
| Leonard won the first hole with a birdie and never trailed in this match between two long-time friends. Love struggled with his putter but still managed to get back into the match late with birdies at the driveable par-4 15th and 17th to square the match. Leonard two-putted from 28 feet for a par on the 18th, though, and won when Love was unable to save par from the greenside bunker. Leonard, who lost in the consolation final last year, now has an 11-10 record at the Accenture Match Play Championship while Love drops to 19-10. "It's match play, but certainly as long as we have been friends, it's difficult to play against him," Leonard said "...I tried to separate the two a little bit and feel quite fortunate to come out on top." Next match for Leonard: Oliver Wilson |
| ERNIE ELS, South Africa def. STEVE STRICKER, USA |
3 and 2 |
Hogan |
| Els never trailed in his match with Stricker, a former Accenture Match Play champion who came to Arizona on a hot streak after finishing second Sunday at the Northern Trust Open. The affable South African won the first hole and eventually made the turn 1 up before giving himself some breathing room in wins with a par at the 10th hole and a birdie at the 12th. Stricker then won the 14th with a birdie to go 2 down but Els answered with another birdie to win at the next and a par at No. 16 to close out the match. Els now has 11 birdies in the first two days. "When you're making birdies, you're doing something good," said Els, who recently switched back to his old-style Callaway putter. "And I'm striking the ball quite nicely." This marks only the second time in nine appearances that the Big Easy has reached the third round. In 2001, Els lost in the consolation finals to Toru Taniguchi. Next match for Els: Luke Donald |
| RORY McILROY, Northern Ireland def. HUNTER MAHAN, USA |
1 up |
Jones |
| The teenager McIlroy never held the lead until his birdie at the 17th hole put him 1 up. Mahan birdied the final hole, but McIlroy matched him to halve the hole and win the match. It was a spectacular back nine for McIlroy, who found himself 2 down after 12 holes. From that point, he turned it on, with birdies in four of his final six holes. "I saved my best for last," McIlroy said. Those final six holes are obviously to McIlroy's liking -- in the first two rounds here, he is 5 under from the 13th hole on. Next match for McIlroy: Tim Clark |
| SEAN O'HAIR, USA def. BOO WEEKLEY, USA |
2 and 1 |
Player |
| For the first 12 holes, O'Hair didn't have much going on -- he was 4 over at that point. Luckily for him, Weekley was even worse -- 5 under, with a double bogey at the 11th. In fact, through the first 11 holes of the match, the two Americans were a combined 9 over, with not a birdie between them. But O'Hair finally found his scoring touch at the 13th with a birdie to go 1 up. Weekley won the next hole, but O'Hair answered with a birdie at the 15th, and closed out the match when Weekley bogeyed the 17th. Next match for O'Hair: Ian Poulter |
| JIM FURYK, USA, def. MARTIN KAYMER, Germany |
4 and 2 |
Snead |
| Furyk applied the pressure early as he won the first four odd-numbered holes to go 4 up through 7. Kaymer birdied the eighth to briefly cut into the American's advantage. But the steady Furyk then reeled off four pars and an eagle at the 13th to improve to 4 up and went on to win when Kaymer conceded the 16th hole. "I just kind of stayed on him, kept the pressure on him," Furyk said. This is the first time Furyk has reached the third round since 2003. Next match for Furyk: Ross Fisher |
| IAN POULTER, England def. CHARL SCHWARTZEL, South Africa |
1 up |
Player |
| Poulter had to battle hard to avoid getting upset by Schwartzel, who knocked off Sergio Garcia in the first round. Poulter bogeyed to fall 1 down at the 4th hole, squared the match with a birdie at the 8th, fell behind again when Schwartzel birdied the 12th, but quickly squared the match with a birdie at the 13th. Poulter then took the lead for good with a birdie at the 17th. It was a tough loss for Schwartzel, who played bogey-free golf the entire day but could only post a couple of birdies. Schwartzel leaves this event having played his final 29 holes in a bogey-free 5 under. Next match for Poulter: Sean O'Hair |
| GEOFF OGILVY, Australia def. SHINGO KATAYAMA, Japan |
19 holes |
Jones |
| Ogilvy, who won the 2006 Accenture Match Play Championship and finished second in his title defense, narrowly avoided the upset as Katayama struggled to close him out. The Japanese pro was 2 up with three holes remaining but had to concede the 16th, 18th and 19th holes to Ogilvy after several adventures in the desert. "It was a bit of a substandard ball striking day for me," Ogilvy said. "I got lucky most times. I had one unplayable, but I had some sort of shot most times." The win may not have been pretty but it boosted Ogilvy's record to 13-2. He'll need to be on top of his game to beat his next opponent, Camilo Villegas, who has only played 28 holes in his first two wins. Next match for Ogilvy: Camilo Villegas |
| PAUL CASEY, England def. MATHEW GOGGIN, Australia |
6 and 4 |
Player |
| Casey won for the seventh time in his last nine matches at the Accenture Match Play Championship when he made short work of the man from Tasmania. The Englishman, who maintains a home in Scottsdale, Ariz., won the second hole with a birdie, the fifth with a concession and the sixth and ninth with pars to turn 4 up. Birdies at Nos. 13 and 14 then sealed the victory for Casey, who reached the quarterfinals in 2007 and the third round last year. "It didn't seem that easy," Casey said. "I think the score lies a little bit. ... But I played very solid golf, which I was happy with because yesterday I felt like I played very weak for the 16 holes." Goggin, who upset FedExCup leader Kenny Perry in the opener, was making his World Golf Championships debut. Next match for Casey: Peter Hanson |
| ROSS FISHER, England def. PAT PEREZ, USA |
6 and 5 |
Snead |
| Fisher, who's making his Accenture Match Play debut this week, needed just 13 holes to knock off Perez, winning of the 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer earlier this year. Fisher birdied four of the first eight holes to go up 4 up, then closed out the match with an eagle. For the day he was 6 under for 13 holes. Meanwhile, Perez, after an early birdie, double bogeyed the 5th and could never get back on track. "Fortunately for me, (Perez) was a little bit off today and I was bang on form," Fisher said. "It was quite a sweet victory." Next match for Fisher: Jim Furyk |
| PETER HANSON, Sweden def. STEPHEN AMES, Canada |
2 and 1 |
Player |
| This match was a volatile one with just three of the 17 holes played being halved -- all with pars. Hanson held the upper hand throughout the match, though, after winning the third and fourth holes with birdies to go 2 up. Ames managed to cut into the lead with a par at the 10th, but Hanson birdied both par 5s on the back nine to go 3 up through 13 holes. Hanson bogeys at Nos. 14 and 16 gave Ames a glimmer of hope, but the Swede closed him out with an 8-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole. Next match for Hanson: Paul Casey |
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