| Players |
Score |
Bracket |
| TIGER WOODS, USA def. BRENDAN JONES, Australia |
3 and 2 |
Jones |
| OK, some of the questions have now been answered. The knee seems fine and the rust appears to be coming off quickly. Woods birdied his first hole and never looked back in beating the little-known Australian. He made three birdies and an eagle, as well as three bogeys. "I hit the ball well starting out," Tiger said. "Hit a couple of loose irons in the middle part of the round, but other than that, I really hit it pretty good all day." Jones did manage to win two holes from Woods, so he can walk away with some confidence, too. And as for that Aussie curse? Well, it's overrated. Woods is now 6-3 against players from Down Under. Next match for Woods: Tim Clark. |
| CHARL SCHWARTZEL, South Africa, def. SERGIO GARCIA, Spain |
1 up |
Player |
| Schwartzel put the pressure on the No. 1 seed early, winning the first three holes with birdies. Of course, he promptly gave that advantage away when he went bogey-bogey-double bogey starting at the fifth hole. But the young South African proved enormously resilient when he birdied the eighth to win and added another birdie at the ninth to halve and head to the back nine 1 up. Garcia finally got untracked when he birdied Nos. 13, 14 and 15 to take a 2-up and it looked like he might avoid the upset. But Schwartzel won the next three holes with a birdie and two pars to send the second top seed packing. Next match for Schwartzel: Ian Poulter |
| PAT PEREZ, USA, def. PADRAIG HARRINGTON, Ireland |
1 up |
Snead |
| Perez never trailed as Harrington became the first No. 1 seed to fall. The Arizona State product was playing for the seventh straight week but showed no signs of fatigue. Perez won the first hole and after a see-saw first nine that included a birdie at the ninth made the turn 1 up. Harrington, on the other hand, never seemed to settle in. He did square the match with a birdie at the 11th hole but Perez answered with birdies on the next two to go 2 up. Harrington cut into Perez' advantage with a birdie on the par-3 15th but the American parred in to seal the upset. Next match for Perez: Ross Fisher |
| VIJAY SINGH, Fiji def. SOREN KJELDSEN, Denmark |
2 up |
Hogan |
| Singh produced a bogey-free round, but still wasn't able to take his first lead until the 13th hole. Kjeldsen started quickly with birdies in his first eight holes and was 2 up at that point. But Singh won the next two holes, and a Kjeldsen bogey at the 13th finally turned the moment toward the Big Fijian, who won his first-round match for the eighth straight year at this event. "I wad down early and I just hung in there, got my chances," Singh said. Next match for Singh: Luke Donald |
| IAN POULTER, England def. JEEV MILKHA SINGH, India |
4 and 3 |
Player |
| Poulter proved in the 2008 Ryder Cup that he's cut out beautifully for match play. Of course, the Europeans didn't win, but Poulter shined with a 4-1-0 record and proved to be the top point-getter at Valhalla. That match play momentum evidently carried over as Poulter made easy work of his opponent. Poulter made six birdies, including three in a row beginning at No. 2. "I got off to a quick start to be 3-up after four holes and I kept my foot on the accelerator and hitting good golf shots," Poulter said. Next match for Poulter: Charl Schwartzel |
| TIM CLARK, South Africa def. RETIEF GOOSEN, South Africa |
3 and 2 |
Jones |
| Clark overcame an early 1-down deficit to his countryman before rattling off three birdies in four holes on the back nine. Goosen held the lead at 1-up after a birdie on the first hole, and maintained that edge until making a bogey to Clark's par at No. 3. Clark took the lead with a birdie at the sixth hole and Goosen answered, winning the eighth hole to square the match again. On the ninth, Clark took a 1-up lead after a Goosen bogey and never looked back. It's just the second time in six appearances at this event that Clark has advanced past the first round. His best previous finish was a tie for 17th, which came after his second round loss to Tiger Woods, 5 and 4, in 2007. And guess who's up next for Clark this time around too? Next match for Clark: Tiger Woods |
| LUKE DONALD, England def. BEN CURTIS, USA |
19 holes |
Hogan |
| The normally steady Donald bogeyed the first hole but he wasted little time getting back on track with a matching birdie at No. 2 and a conceded par at the third to square his match with the American. A bogey to Curtis' double at the fifth then gave Donald the edge that he twice built to 2 up, the last time with a birdie at the 16th hole. Curtis went to work then, though, winning the 17th and 18th with birdies to extend the match. Donald came up with a clutch par at the first extra hole to win and run his record to 7-4. "Neither of us played great and it was a bit scrappy but Ben really played well at the end and made it a good match," Donald said. Next match for Donald: Vijay Singh |
| ROSS FISHER, England def. ROBERT ALLENBY, Australia |
1 up |
Snead |
| Fisher, playing in his first Accenture Match Play, got off to a shaky start with consecutive bogeys at the fourth and fifth holes. But he calmed down with four birdies in a nine-hole stretch. His birdie at the 15th put him 2 up and despite a bogey on the 17th, he maintained the lead. Next match for Fisher: Pat Perez |
| SEAN O'HAIR, USA def. ADAM SCOTT |
1 up |
Player |
| O'Hair pulled off the upset with a solid round of 4 under but it wasn't easy. The two -- who could meet in a Presidents Cup down the road -- halved the first hole with birdies, then traded wins at Nos. 2 and 3 with two more birdies to keep the match square. Scott won the fifth hole with a par and the seventh with a birdie to go 2 up, but O'Hair evened the match with wins at Nos. 8 and 9. He gained the upper hand for good when he made a birdie at the 15th hole, then parred in to earn a first-round victory for the second straight year. Scott's record is now 13-8. Next match for O'Hair: Boo Weekley |
| BOO WEEKLEY, USA, def. JUSTIN ROSE, England |
1 up |
Player |
| Weekley led 3 up through six holes but had to stage a furious rally with three birdies in his last four holes to beat Rose. The Englishman patiently chipped away at Weekley's early advantage, winning the next two holes with birdies and the ninth with a par to square the match. The shift in momentum was dramatic and suddenly Weekley found himself 2 down with four holes. That's when he turned into a birdie machine and won three of the next four, including the decisive 18th. Next match for Weekley: Sean O'Hair |
| HUNTER MAHAN, USA def. MIKE WEIR, Canada |
1 up |
Jones |
| Mahan upset the 17th-ranke player thanks to a hot start and a bogey-free back nine. Mahan started birdie-eagle to take a 1 up lead, carded his only bogey of the day at the fifth hole as Weir squared the match, then posted a couple of birdies to take a 1 up lead at the turn. He then parred out to win his second straight first-round match; last year Mahan knocked off Richard Sterne in the first round. Next match for Mahan: Rory McIlroy |
| RORY McILROY, Northern Ireland, def. LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN, South Africa |
2 and 1 |
Jones |
| The Irish teenager made a successful World Golf Championships when he ousted Oosthuizen with a steady round. McIlroy never trailed in the match that saw him take an early edge with a conceded birdie at the second and promptly lose it with a bogey on the next. Not to worry. The 18-year-old who won the Dubai Desert Classic last month, then went 2 up when he won the ninth and 10th with a birdie and a par. When Oosthuizen cut into that lead with a birdie at No. 12, McIlroy answered with a birdie at the next and parred in for the victory. Next match for McIlroy: Hunter Mahan |
| MARTIN KAYMER, Germany def. STUART APPLEBY, Australia |
1 up |
Snead |
| In just his second Accenture Match Play appearance (he lost in the first round to Boo Weekley last year), Kaymer knocked off a player making his 11th start in this event. After a bogey at the fourth hole, Kaymer was error-free the rest of the way. A birdie at the 7th put him 1 up and he maintained the lead the rest of the way. For Appleby, its the seventh time he has been knocked out in the first round. Next match for Kaymer: Jim Furyk |
| JIM FURYK, USA def. ANDERS HANSEN, Denmark |
2 and 1 |
Snead |
| Furyk never trailed but it wasn't easy. After two birdies to grab a quick 2 up lead, Furyk stumbled with a bogey at the 4th and a double bogey at the 7th. But he quickly got back on track with birdies in two of his next four holes and eventually was 3 up through 13. But he lost two straight holes before closing out the match with a birdie at the 17th. "I hit a few loose shots," Furyk said. "But in match play, you can getw away with those." Next match for Furyk: Martin Kaymer |
| DAVIS LOVE III, USA, def. HENRIK STENSON, Sweden |
21 holes |
Snead |
| Neither player held more than a 2 up advantage in this hotly contested match between two of the game's best. Stenson is a former champion who finished third in his title defense last year while Love has been runner-up twice and fourth once. Stenson went 2 up with a par to Love's bogey at No. 8, but promptly gave that advantage back with double bogeys on the next two holes. Something similar happened to Love after he went 1 up with a birdie at the 15th, only to bogey the next two to send Stenson to the 18th with the lead. The Swede bogeyed the 18th, though, and they were off to sudden death with Love winning with a two-putt par on the third extra hole. Love's Accenture record is now 19-9. Next match for Love: Justin Leonard |
| STEVE STRICKER, USA def. DUSTIN JOHNSON, USA |
2 and 1 |
Hogan |
| In a roller-coaster match in which neither player led by more than 1 up through the first 16 holes, Stricker survived when Johnson, who won at Pebble Beach two weeks ago, bogeyed the 17th. Stricker, the 2001 Accenture Match Play champ, played well on the front side; he was 3 under at the turn, thanks mostly to an eagle at the 8th. Stricker was his equal due to a birdie run through hole Nos. 4-6. With the match all square after 13, Stricker took the lead for good with his only birdie on the back side at the par-4 14th. Meanwhile, Johnson was 3 over for the last 10 holes. Next match for Stricker: Ernie Els |
| STEPHEN AMES, Canada def. ALVARO QUIROS, Spain |
1 up |
Player |
| Ames played bogey-free golf for the first 16 holes and was 4 under at the point, leading 2 up. A bogey at the 17th made him sweat a little, but he closed out the match when Quiros bogeyed the 18th. For Ames, who's biggest claim to fame at the Accenture Match Play was his 9 and 8 loss to Tiger Woods in 2006, this will be just the second time in five appearances that he has advanced past the first round. Next match for Ames: Peter Hanson |
| PETER HANSON, Sweden, def. ROBERT KARLSSON, Sweden |
3 and 2 |
Player |
| Hanson got the edge early with concessions at Nos. 2 and 3 and never trailed. Hanson led 3 up at the turn and "played sensibly on the way back in," he said. The two matched pars on Nos. 10-13, traded birdies at the next two and then Hanson hung tough for the win. Karlsson, the European Tour Order of Merit winner last year, has never advanced past the first round in four appearances at the Accenture Match Play Championship. Next match for Hanson: Stephen Ames |
| GEOFF OGILVY, Australia, def. KEVIN SUTHERLAND, USA |
19 holes |
Jones |
| Ogilvy twice led 2 up only to see Sutherland come back and square the match in this battle between two former Accenture Match Play champions. His back against the wall for the second time, Sutherland forced the extra holes when he won the 17th with a par and the 18th with a birdie. But Ogilvy, who finished second in his title defense in 2006, came through when it counted with a clutch par to win the match on the 19th hole. Next match for Ogilvy: Shingo Katayama |
| ERNIE ELS, South Africa def. SOREN HANSEN, Denmark |
4 and 2 |
Hogan |
| By the time Els carded his second birdie of the day on the 5th hole, he was 3 up and cruising. But he lost two of the next three holes to make it tight. But with a 1 up lead going into the 13th, Els proceeded to churn out three consecutive birdies. Hansen didn't play badly -- he was 1 under for the day -- but Els was more solid. Next match for Els: Steve Stricker |
| PAUL CASEY, England, def. AARON BADDELEY, Australia |
1 up |
Player |
| A pair of 3s -- one for birdie and one for eagle -- on the first two holes gave Casey an advantage he never relinquished in this match between two friends and fellow Whisper Rock members. Casey made the turn 1 up and then padded his lead with a concession at the 11th hole and a birdie at No. 13. But Baddeley didn't give up, winning the 14th and 17th with birdies before Casey closed it out with a par on the last. "It got a bit shaky at the end," Casey said. "Maybe the jet lag coming from Australia kicked in as I hit a couple of loose shots. But through to the next round so happy about that." Next match for Casey: Mathew Goggin |
| MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ, Spain, def. RORY SABBATINI, South Africa |
2 and 1 |
Jones |
| Jimenez can pull out a victory stogy after beating the confident young South African, who is 13 years his junior. The Spaniard applied pressure from the outset, winning the first hole and three others on the front nine to make the turn 4 up. Sabbatini, who was tied for the lead at the Northern Trust Open on Sunday with three holes remaining before making double bogey at No. 16, cut into Jimenez's advantage slightly on the back nine, winning two holes. But the Spaniard hung tough with a birdie and two pars to assure the win. Next match for Jimenez: Camilo Villegas |
| SHINGO KATAYAMA, Japan def. TREVOR IMMELMAN, South Africa |
3 and 2 |
Jones |
| The defending Mastes champ eagled the first to go 1 up ... and then didn't do much the rest of the way. In fact, he was 1 over for the remaining 15 holes. Meanwhile, Katayama, the 10th seed, pulled the upset with a four-birdie blitz on the back nine from hole Nos. 12-15. For Katayama, this is only the second time in eight Accenture Match Play appearances that he has advanced past the first round. Next match for Katayama: Geoff Ogilvy |
| PHIL MICKELSON, USA def. ANGEL CABRERA, Argentina |
19 holes |
Hogan |
| Mickelson was cruising on the front side, 4 up at the turn. Despite a bogey at the 11th, he was still 4 up through 13. But then he lost four straight holes -- a bogey at the 14th, followed by three straight birdies by Cabrera. Mickelson averted the upset loss, however, when he birdied the par-4 1st, the 19th hole of the match. "It feels great to be able to put a performance up like that when I really didn't play my best throughout the day," Mickelson said, "but when I needed to, I was able to make a few birdies coming in. ... I was fortunate to win in sudden death, but I'll gladly take it." Next match for Mickelson: Zach Johnson |
| JUSTIN LEONARD, USA def. ANDRES ROMERO, Argentina |
2 and 1 |
Snead |
| What a start for Leonard -- birdie, eagle. Yet he found himself 1 down through 8 holes and was fortunate to not fall even further when he and Romero both double-bogeyed the 9th. But a birdie at the 11th put him 1 up, and birdies at the 15th and 16th holes helped seal the deal. Romero, meanwhile, struggled after the turn; he was 5 over through holes 9-14. "It was a little streaky," Leonard said. "I felt like I gave him a couple holes, he gave me a couple holes, but ... in the end, I made a few more putts than he did." Next match for Leonard: Davis Love III |
| OLIVER WILSON, England def. K.J. CHOI, Korea |
3 and 1 |
Snead |
| This one was an upset as the 11th-seeded Englishman knocked off the seven-time PGA TOUR champion. Choi, who was seeded sixth, only won two holes all day and each time Wilson answered by winning the next. The second time came at the eighth hole where the Englishman parred to go 1 up and Choi made bogey. Wilson, who has yet to win on the European Tour but still made the Ryder Cup team last year, then won the 13th and 17th holes with birdies to seal the victory. Next match for Wilson: Anthony Kim |
| ZACH JOHNSON, USA def. GRAEME McDOWELL, Northern Ireland |
3 and 1 |
Hogan |
| Despite four birdies (and a bogey) in his first six holes, Johnson was all square with McDowell. But at the 7th, Johnson won the hole when McDowell bogeyed, then went 2 up with an eagle at the 8th. Johnson then closed out the match with back-to-back birdies. "If he would have made a couple more putts, it would have been a totally different story," Johnson said. ""I don't think I honestly played that much better. It's just a matter of coming out on the right side." Next match for Johnson: Phil Mickelson |
| STEWART CINK, USA def. RICHARD STERNE, South Africa |
19 holes |
Hogan |
| After losing to Tiger Woods by a lopsided 8-and-7 margin in last year's championship match, Stewart Cink needed an extra hole to beat the young South African. Neither player led by more than a hole, but Sterne got the momentum late when he won No. 15 with a concession and the 16th with a birdie to go 1 up. Cink was able to even the match, though, with a clutch up-and-down for par at No. 17 after both players missed the green. The two cut in on the Tiger Woods-Brendan Jones match -- delaying their tee time by about 10 minutes -- and Cink went on to won the 19th hole with a long birdie putt. "I just told everybody on the first tee that (Woods) has waited eight months to play, he can wait two more minutes," Cink said. Next match for Cink: Lee Westwood |
| LEE WESTWOOD, England def. PRAYAD MARKSAENG, Thailand |
2 and 1 |
Hogan |
| The veteran Englishman never trailed as he played bogey-free golf to defeat Marksaeng, who was making his Accenture Match Play debut. After both players birdied the second hole, Westwood birdied the fourth to take the lead, then kept the pressure on with birdies at the 7th, 13th and 16th holes, the latter after hitting an 8-iron to 18 inches. "It was a bonus being first out this morning as I have been up at 5 a.m. anyway and there was almost no need to set an alarm clock," Westwood said, noting his travel schedule that had him in Australia last week. Next match for Westwood: Stewart Cink |
| MATHEW GOGGIN, Australia def. KENNY PERRY, USA |
2 and 1 |
Player |
| It was a see-saw match on the front side -- Perry led early, Goggin took the lead at the sixth hole, then Perry squared it at the next hole. But Goggin took the lead for good when Perry bogeyed the 11th hole, and the match ended when Perry bogeyed again at the 17th. It's a great start for the Aussie, who's making his first Accenture Match Play appearance. Next match for Goggin: Paul Casey |
| CAMILO VILLEGAS, Colombia def. ROD PAMPLING, Australia |
7 and 6 |
Hogan |
| Villegas birdied the first hole to take the lead and was 5 up at the turn. In fact, he won the ninth hole despite a bogey, thanks to a double-bogey by Pampling. Villegas then posted two straight birdies to start the back nine to eliminate any doubt of a comeback. It's a much better start for Villegas than last year when he lost to K.J. Choi in the first round. "I didn't really make many mistakes," Villegas said of his play Wednesday. "I kept the ball in play. I had some good birdies -- don't ask me where because I can't remember." Next match for Villegas: Miguel Angel Jimenez |
| ANTHONY KIM, USA def. WEN-TANG LIN, Taiwan |
7 and 5 |
Snead |
| In a battle of two first-time Accenture Match Play Championship participants, Kim birdied the par-5 second hole to take the lead and never looked back as he trounced Lin, who was 7 over through the first 12 holes. When asked about his opponent, Kim acknowledged that it was "harder to prepare when you have no idea who this guy is," but other than a poor bunker shot at the third hole that produced his only bogey of the day, Kim said he played "pretty solidly." Even so, he could be found on the practice range after his match, working on long irons and woods. Next match for Kim: Oliver Wilson |
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