The 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Thread

L.O.F.T

First Round Draw, there is potential for some great early games and possible surprises. Starts Wednesday the 22nd.

• Luke Donald (1) vs. Ernie Els (64)
• Rory McIlroy (2) vs. George Coetzee (63)
• Lee Westwood (3) vs. Nicolas Colsaerts (62)
• Martin Kaymer (4) vs. Greg Chalmers (61)
• Steve Stricker (5) vs. Kevin Na (60)
• Webb Simpson (6) vs. Matteo Manassero (59)
• Jason Day (7) vs. Rafael Cabrera Bello (58)
• Adam Scott (8) vs. Robert Rock (57)
• Dustin Johnson (9) vs. Jim Furyk (56)
• Charl Schwartzel (10) vs. Gary Woodland (55)
• Bill Haas (11) vs. Ryo Ishikawa (54)
• Graeme McDowell (12) vs. Y.E. Yang (53)
• Matt Kuchar (13) vs. Jonathan Byrd (52)
• Nick Watney (14) vs. Darren Clarke (51)
• Sergio Garcia (15) vs. Miguel Angel Jimenez (50)
• K.J. Choi (16) vs. Kyle Stanley (49)
• Brandt Snedeker (17) vs. Retief Goosen (48)
• Keegan Bradley (18) vs. Geoff Ogilvy (47)
• Tiger Woods (19) vs. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (46)
• Bubba Watson (20) vs. Ben Crane (45)
• Hunter Mahan (21) vs. Zach Johnson (44)
• Justin Rose (22) vs. Paul Lawrie (43)
• Ian Poulter (23) vs. Bae Sang-moon (42)
• Thomas Bjorn (24) vs. Francesco Molinari (41)
• Bo Van Pelt (25) vs. Mark Wilson (40)
• Simon Dyson (26) vs. John Senden (39)
• Alvaro Quiros (27) vs. Martin Laird (38)
• Louis Oosthuizen (28) vs. Aaron Baddeley (37)
• David Toms (29) vs. Rickie Fowler (36)
• Robert Karlsson (30) vs. Fredrik Jacobson (35)
• K.T. Kim (31) vs. Anders Hansen (34)
• Jason Dufner (32) vs. Peter Hanson (33)

Live TV Times;Sky Sports
Wed 22-Day One-5.00pm
Thu 23-Day Two-7.00pm
Fri 24 -Day Three-7.00pm
Sat 25-Day Four-5.00pm
Sun 26-Day Five-3.00pm

abouttobebanned

Where can we find the two sides of the draw?

irish bloke

Ernie maybe worth a punt there???

dvemail

Anybody know when the tee times are due to be released?

L.O.F.T

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Where can we find the two sides of the draw?

Brackets:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/pgatour/docs/2012_wgc_accenture_match_play.pdf

L.O.F.T

dvemail wrote: »

Anybody know when the tee times are due to be released?

Tee times are posted the day before tournament play begins.

Martin567

abouttobebanned wrote: »

Where can we find the two sides of the draw?

Everything can actually be worked out from the seedings. The combined rankings above for each match in R1 is 65. This will be 33 for R2, 17 for R3 and so on.

Therefore, if the seedings were to hold, Rory McIlroy & Sergio Garcia would have to meet in R3. Tiger Woods would play the winner of the Nick Watney/Darren Clarke match in R2 and could expect to play Lee Westwood in R3 if he came through both of those games.

dvemail

Wow, McIlroys side of the draw is tough. Two former Champions to contend against.
Would be great to see Clarke v Woods in the 2nd round, slim chance of Clarke beating Watney though with the way he has been playing.

Tin_Cup

C'mon Clarke!!!!

Benicetomonty

Day 1 of the matchplay one of the best spectacles of tournament golf. Unfortunately, its the only competition that gets worse as the week goes on-the final can be hard work especially

charlieIRL

looking forward to this actually but bet the tv coverage will be as good as ever!!!

BackScrub

I fancy a small bet on Donald, McIlroy and Westwood to all lose their first round matches. Coetzee and Colsaerts especially are tough draws and Ernie would always have a chance against anyone.

Trampas

els has a poor record in this event so I would be saving my cash on him.

If I was to take a wild guess is that eldrick will have a late tee time and if he is 4up after 4 we will see every shot he still plays until he wins on the 13th even though the game will be iced.

I think Kaymer has a nice quarter

heavyballs

irish bloke wrote: »

Ernie maybe worth a punt there???

his putting is not consistant enough to have a chance imo.........we'll see

L.O.F.T

heavyballs wrote: »

his putting is not consistant enough to have a chance imo.........we'll see

Welcome back.....

Borisss

Sneaky flutter on Rickie Fowler and Garcia for me.

Dr.Silly

Borisss wrote: »

Sneaky flutter on Rickie Fowler and Garcia for me.

the exact two I'm going for

heavyballs

L.O.F.T wrote: »

Welcome back.....

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L.O.F.T

heavyballs wrote: »

?????

I genuinelly had not seen you post in a while, hence my comment

SSK

Yeah Garcia ticks all the boxes here...great matchplay record in Ryder Cups, good course form with a 4th place in 2010 and coming off his best round of the year at Riviera. That Player bracket is absolutely brutal though.

Edit - Having looked at the brackets a bit closer, I'd really fancy Kaymer in his bracket, no one really in form there at all, Kuchar could be a danger

heavyballs

L.O.F.T wrote: »

I genuinelly had not seen you post in a while, hence my comment

hanging around the gambling forum a bit,can't get the lap top of the feckin kids tbh

heavyballs

SSK wrote: »

Yeah Garcia ticks all the boxes here...great matchplay record in Ryder Cups, good course form with a 4th place in 2010 and coming off his best round of the year at Riviera. That Player bracket is absolutely brutal though.

Edit - Having looked at the brackets a bit closer, I'd really fancy Kaymer in his bracket, no one really in form there at all, Kuchar could be a danger

what i've found from backing in this before is not to get too hung up on the brackets early on,there will be some serious shocks for sure.

I honestly couldn't back Garcia because although his putting has greatly improved i still don't think in a 1v1 situation he will be consistant enough with that stroke to win.

charlieIRL

hope i don't get slated for this but i hope a few of the top seed yanks go out early - then we might get to see other players on tv.

Johnny_Fontane

Benicetomonty wrote: »

Day 1 of the matchplay one of the best spectacles of tournament golf. Unfortunately, its the only competition that gets worse as the week goes on-the final can be hard work especially

unless tiger is there.

Lets be honest if its a tiger mcilroy/scott/westwood/ final, it'll be fascinating

Is it not an 18h final now? bit more palatable

Goldenjohn

Have a fancy for KT Kim think he might spring a surprise. He looked like a good match player during the presidents cup. Might be a shock for Rory if they both make it through rd1

k.p.h

Golf of a Wednesday, how awesome is that.

brick tamland

How come Lefty isnt playing? I havent been keeping up so far this year

irish bloke

Tin_Cup wrote: »

C'mon Clarke!!!!

:eek:

He might have a chance of winning the drinking competition on Sunday in the bar, but the matchplay, no chance..

irish bloke

Jeasus, ranked 42nd for the matchplay and i've never even heard of this guy!!

Bae Sang-moon (42)

SSK

k.p.h wrote: »

Golf of a Wednesday, how awesome is that.

Deadly

Working late, not so deadly :mad:

SSK

brick tamland wrote: »

How come Lefty isnt playing? I havent been keeping up so far this year

Family time, pulled out a few weeks ago. A real pity considering the form he's in. It's a dream of mine to see a Phil/Tiger matchplay face-off. Would be genuinely the biggest golfing TV audience ever I'd say.

irish bloke wrote: »

Jeasus, ranked 42nd for the matchplay and i've never even heard of this guy!!

Bae Sang-moon (42)

Think he's the token dude who's won a shed load on the Asian Tour suddenly appearing in the Top 50. Think Jumbo Ozaki, Shingo Maruyama style

L.O.F.T

dvemail wrote: »

Anybody know when the tee times are due to be released?

Below times are local: Arizona is 7 hours behind us.

7:25 am McDowell, Graeme Yang, Y.E.
7:35 am Mahan, Hunter Johnson, Zach
7:45 am Haas, Bill Ishikawa, Ryo
7:55 am Rose, Justin Lawrie, Paul
8:05 am Johnson, Dustin Furyk, Jim
8:15 am Bjorn, Thomas Molinari, Francesco
8:25 am Schwartzel, Charl Woodland, Gary
8:35 am Poulter, Ian Bae, Sang-Moon
8:45 am Stricker, Steve Na, Kevin
8:55 am Oosthuizen, Louis Baddeley, Aaron
9:05 am Simpson, Webb Manassero, Matteo
9:15 am Quiros, Alvaro Laird, Martin
9:25 am Scott, Adam Rock, Robert
9:35 am Van Pelt, Bo Wilson, Mark
9:45 am Day, Jason Cabrera Bello, Rafael
9:55 am Dyson, Simon Senden, John
10:05 am Kuchar, Matt Byrd, Jonathan
10:15 am Watson, Bubba Crane, Ben
10:25 am Watney, Nick Clarke, Darren
10:35 am Woods, Tiger Fdez-Castano, Gonzalo
10:45 am Choi, K.J. Stanley, Kyle
10:55 am Snedeker, Brandt Goosen, Retief
11:05 am Garcia, Sergio Jimenez, Miguel A.
11:15 am Bradley, Keegan Ogilvy, Geoff
11:25 am Kaymer, Martin Chalmers, Greg
11:35 am Toms, David Fowler, Rickie
11:45 am Westwood, Lee Colsaerts, Nicolas
11:55 am Karlsson, Robert Jacobson, Fredrik
12:05 pm Donald, Luke Els, Ernie
12:15 pm Dufner, Jason Hanson, Peter
12:25 pm McIlroy, Rory Coetzee, George
12:35 pm Kim, Kyung-tae Hansen, Anders

TheRoomWrecker

Some very interesting match ups today, I fancy a fair few shocks

The way the course is set up the short game wizards will be the ones to watch

the Garcia v Jimenez match should be a cracker today hope sky/nbc/golf channel or whoever is producing the pictures show more than Tiger/ the US players match ups

blackwaterfish

prediction competition anybody?

name your bracket finalists, just to make it a bit more interesting, with (W) beside winner.

heres an interactive bracket to make it brainlessly simple:

http://games.golfweek.com/bracket.asp?ID=4


jones: donald (w) vs bjorn:
hogan : kucher vs baddeley (w)
gary player : garcia (w) vs swartzel
snead: watney (w) vs laird

highlight of the day for me is the jiminez vs garcia match... would love to see an upset here... the longer jiminez stays in this the sexier the whole event gets. his matchplay record is pants tho.

castano to send tiger packing 4&3. the mcilroy/coatzee match could be a belter.

blackwaterfish

TheRoomWrecker wrote: »

Some very interesting match ups today, I fancy a fair few shocks

The way the course is set up the short game wizards will be the ones to watch

the Garcia v Jimenez match should be a cracker today hope sky/nbc/golf channel or whoever is producing the pictures show more than Tiger/ the US players match ups

hey!?... i thought of the garcia jiminez match first!... its just that im sh1t at typing... dammit.

TheRoomWrecker

Jones: Donald (w) vs Scott
hogan : Kaymer (w) vs McDowell
gary player : Garcia (w) vs Poulter
snead: Westwood (w) vs Haas

very anti-US in my picks

Dr.Silly

L.O.F.T wrote: »

Below times are local: Arizona is 7 hours behind us.

7:25 am McDowell, Graeme Yang, Y.E.
7:35 am Mahan, Hunter Johnson, Zach
7:45 am Haas, Bill Ishikawa, Ryo
7:55 am Rose, Justin Lawrie, Paul
8:05 am Johnson, Dustin Furyk, Jim
8:15 am Bjorn, Thomas Molinari, Francesco
8:25 am Schwartzel, Charl Woodland, Gary
8:35 am Poulter, Ian Bae, Sang-Moon
8:45 am Stricker, Steve Na, Kevin
8:55 am Oosthuizen, Louis Baddeley, Aaron
9:05 am Simpson, Webb Manassero, Matteo
9:15 am Quiros, Alvaro Laird, Martin
9:25 am Scott, Adam Rock, Robert
9:35 am Van Pelt, Bo Wilson, Mark
9:45 am Day, Jason Cabrera Bello, Rafael
9:55 am Dyson, Simon Senden, John
10:05 am Kuchar, Matt Byrd, Jonathan
10:15 am Watson, Bubba Crane, Ben
10:25 am Watney, Nick Clarke, Darren
10:35 am Woods, Tiger Fdez-Castano, Gonzalo
10:45 am Choi, K.J. Stanley, Kyle
10:55 am Snedeker, Brandt Goosen, Retief
11:05 am Garcia, Sergio Jimenez, Miguel A.
11:15 am Bradley, Keegan Ogilvy, Geoff
11:25 am Kaymer, Martin Chalmers, Greg
11:35 am Toms, David Fowler, Rickie
11:45 am Westwood, Lee Colsaerts, Nicolas
11:55 am Karlsson, Robert Jacobson, Fredrik
12:05 pm Donald, Luke Els, Ernie
12:15 pm Dufner, Jason Hanson, Peter
12:25 pm McIlroy, Rory Coetzee, George
12:35 pm Kim, Kyung-tae Hansen, Anders

these correct, there is different tee times on pgatour.com ?

Match Tee time (ET)
1 9:25 a.m. Graeme McDowell (N. Ireland) vs. Y.E. Yang (Korea)
2 9:35 a.m. Hunter Mahan (USA) vs. Zach Johnson (USA)
3 9:45 a.m. Bill Haas (USA) vs. Ryo Ishikawa (Japan)
4 9:55 a.m. Justin Rose (England) vs. Paul Lawrie (Scotland)
5 10:05 a.m. Dustin Johnson (USA) vs. Jim Furyk (USA)
6 10:15 a.m. Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) vs. Francesco Molinari (Italy)
7 10:25 a.m. Charl Schwartzel (S. Africa) vs. Gary Woodland (USA)
8 10:35 a.m. Ian Poulter (England) vs. Sang-moon Bae (Korea)
9 10:45 a.m. Steve Stricker (USA) vs. Kevin Na (USA)
10 10:55 a.m. Louis Oosthuizen (S. Africa) vs. Aaron Baddeley (Australia)
11 11:05 a.m. Webb Simpson (USA) vs. Matteo Manassero (Italy)
12 11:15 a.m. Alvaro Quiros (Spain) vs. Martin Laird (Scotland)
13 11:25 a.m. Adam Scott (Australia) vs. Robert Rock (England)
14 11:35 a.m. Bo Van Pelt (USA) vs. Mark Wilson (USA)
15 11:45 a.m. Jason Day (Australia) vs. Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spain)
16 11:55 a.m. Simon Dyson (England) vs. John Senden (Australia)
17 12:05 p.m. Matt Kuchar (USA) vs. Jonathan Byrd (USA)
18 12:15 p.m. Bubba Watson (USA) vs. Ben Crane (USA)
19 12:25 p.m. Nick Watney (USA) vs. Darren Clarke (N. Ireland)
20 12:35 p.m. Tiger Woods (USA) vs. Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spain)
21 12:45 p.m. K.J. Choi (Korea) vs. Kyle Stanley (USA)
22 12:55 p.m. Brandt Snedeker (USA) vs. Retief Goosen (S. Africa)
23 1:05 p.m. Sergio Garcia (Spain) vs. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain)
24 1:15 p.m. Keegan Bradley (USA) vs. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia)
25 1:25 p.m. Martin Kaymer (Germany) vs. Greg Chalmers (Australia)
26 1:35 p.m. David Toms (USA) vs. Rickie Fowler (USA)
27 1:45 p.m. Lee Westwood (England) vs. Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium)
28 1:55 p.m. Robert Karlsson (Sweden) vs. Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden)
29 2:05 p.m. Luke Donald (England) vs. Ernie Els (S. Africa)
30 2:15 p.m. Jason Dufner (USA) vs. Peter Hanson (Sweden)
31 2:25 p.m. Rory McIlroy (N. Ireland) vs. George Coetzee (S. Africa)
32 2:35 p.m. Kyung-tae Kim (Korea) vs. Anders Hansen (Denmark)

Martin567

Dr.Silly wrote: »

these correct, there is different tee times on pgatour.com ?

Both are correct. The first were Arizona time, 7 hours behind us. The ones on pgatour.com are Eastern time (ET), 5 hours behind us.

Dr.Silly

Martin567 wrote: »

Both are correct. The first were Arizona time, 7 hours behind us. The ones on pgatour.com are Eastern time (ET), 5 hours behind us.

ah sweet, thank you.

L.O.F.T

blackwaterfish wrote: »

prediction competition anybody?
name your bracket finalists, just to make it a bit more interesting, with (W) beside winner.
jones: donald (w) vs bjorn:
hogan : kucher vs baddeley (w)
gary player : garcia (w) vs swartzel
snead: watney (w) vs laird

Its so hard to predict at the early stages but my darts thrown at a board give me:
Jones: Stanley V Bjorn
Hogan: Kuchar V baddley
Player: McIlroy V Schwartzel
Snead: Jacobson V Simpson

dnjoyce

L.O.F.T wrote: »

Its so hard to predict at the early stages but my darts thrown at a board give me:
Jones: Stanley V Bjorn
Hogan: Kuchar V baddley
Player: McIlroy V Schwartzel
Snead: Jacobson V Simpson

Jones: donald(w) V johnson
Hogan: fowler(w) V na
Player: sergio(w) V poulter
Snead: westwood(w) V Simpson

BackScrub

Jones: Snedeker(w) V Bjorn
Hogan: Crane V Johnson(w)
Player: Sergio(w) V Senden
Snead: Karlsson V Haas(w)

idle

K. Stanley (w) v D.J.
M. Kucher v GMAC (w)
Sergio (w) v J. AllDay/I.P.
Westwood v Manassero (w)

-Wheeler-

Is there an iPhone app that tracks all the matches? Couldn't find anything on the app store.

charlieIRL

you can follow it on the pga tour app.

-Wheeler-

charlieIRL wrote: »

you can follow it on the pga tour app.

Mine seems to be only showing the live scoring in the Mayakoba Classic? Maybe I'm missing something..

TheRoomWrecker

http://www.365mediagroup.net/SportingLife/Golf/Leaderboard_Popup/0,15867,1086,00.html

link to the scoreboard first match just under way

Whyner

TheRoomWrecker wrote: »

http://www.365mediagroup.net/SportingLife/Golf/Leaderboard_Popup/0,15867,1086,00.html

link to the scoreboard first match just under way

Is there anywhere that gives the scores on each hole?

dvemail

Whyner wrote: »

Is there anywhere that gives the scores on each hole?

http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/leaderboards/current/r470/

Just click on their names.

FixdePitchmark

I guess most of us are up for the europeans ?

charlieIRL

-Wheeler- wrote: »

Mine seems to be only showing the live scoring in the Mayakoba Classic? Maybe I'm missing something..

working fine for me!!