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The 2012 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Thread

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  • 20-02-2012 1:00pm
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    L.O.F.T
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭


    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
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    abouttobebanned
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    Where can we find the two sides of the draw?


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    irish bloke
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    Ernie maybe worth a punt there???


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


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    L.O.F.T
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭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


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    L.O.F.T
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭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.


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    Martin567
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    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.


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    dvemail
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    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.


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    Tin_Cup
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    C'mon Clarke!!!!


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    Benicetomonty
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    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


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


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    BackScrub
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    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.


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    Trampas
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    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


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    heavyballs
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    irish bloke wrote: »
    Ernie maybe worth a punt there???

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


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    L.O.F.T
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭L.O.F.T


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

    Welcome back.....


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    Borisss
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    Sneaky flutter on Rickie Fowler and Garcia for me.


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    Dr.Silly
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    Borisss wrote: »
    Sneaky flutter on Rickie Fowler and Garcia for me.

    the exact two I'm going for


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    heavyballs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,683 ✭✭✭heavyballs


    L.O.F.T wrote: »
    Welcome back.....

    ?????


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    L.O.F.T
    Registered Users Posts: 1,103 ✭✭✭L.O.F.T


    heavyballs wrote: »
    ?????

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


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    SSK
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭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


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    heavyballs
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    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


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    heavyballs
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    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.


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    charlieIRL
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    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.


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    Johnny_Fontane
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    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


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    #25
    Goldenjohn
    Registered Users Posts: 393 ✭✭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


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    #26
    k.p.h
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    Golf of a Wednesday, how awesome is that. :)


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    #27
    brick tamland
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    How come Lefty isnt playing? I havent been keeping up so far this year


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    irish bloke
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    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..


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    irish bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭irish bloke


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

    Bae Sang-moon (42)


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    SSK
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    k.p.h wrote: »
    Golf of a Wednesday, how awesome is that. :)

    Deadly :D

    Working late, not so deadly :mad:


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    SSK
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    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


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