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Right off the bat, two big names, #1 seed Luke Donald against #64 Ernie Els. For the teenage girls, Adam Scott vs Robert Rock. For a study in contrasts, long Dustin Johnson against short Jim Furyk. Two guys who have beaten Tiger when he had a 54-hole lead, Graeme McDowell vs YE Yang. A pair that can swear all they want after a bad shot without getting fined, Sergio Garcia vs Miguel Angel Jimenez. Emotional vs emotionless, Brandt Snedeker vs Retief Goosen. Fresh from their nightclub act, Bubba Watson vs Ben Crane. Major winners after the leader threw it away, Keegan Bradley vs Geoff Ogilvy. Another study in contrasts (Toms has actually won something), David Toms vs Ricky Fowler. Tiger gets Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, who has been playing great recently, and might be very tough. Phil would probably be the favorite based on the last two weeks, but is ducking Tiger :-) so he skipped this week. Full list: http://www.pga.com/news/pga-tour/luke-donald-face-ernie-els-in-wgc-accenture-match-play-tiger-woods-gets-spaniard

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brocks
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Sorry you guys didn't realize the line about Phil was a joke. If only there were some kind of way I could have indicated that. :tumble:

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No offense intended here, but yours is the view of a Tiger apologist.  The fact is that neither Rory nor Luke have ever had such a commanding lead in OWGR that they could take an entire year off and s

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Originally Posted by brocks

Phil would probably be the favorite based on the last two weeks, but is ducking Tiger

Why do you say that?

In the race of life, always back self-interest. At least you know it's trying.

 

 


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I'm hoping that was a joke. I think Lefty showed last week that he's not intimidated by Tiger, and Tiger brings out the best in his game.  Phil is going on vacation.  He made that decision a couple months ago.

I'm going to be watching Sergio, he showed that he has it in him at the last round at Riviera, I want to see if he can follow up with another decent round.  Donald is putting great, which is what wins in match play, so he should be tough to beat.

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Seriously what the heck happend to Lefty yesterday. We left to go to a 5 year old b-day party and i come home and he lost in a playoff. Last i looked he was two shots up with 5 to play?? Did he totally just fall apart??


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You missed quite a bit then.  Phil and Bradley were both down by one shot to Haas coming to 18 and both shot birdie to force the 3 way play-off.  Phil hit a few stray shots which cost him the lead.


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Originally Posted by pjwalsh606

Seriously what the heck happend to Lefty yesterday. We left to go to a 5 year old b-day party and i come home and he lost in a playoff. Last i looked he was two shots up with 5 to play?? Did he totally just fall apart??


6 putts over two holes, the 14&15. Not enough holes left to recover after that.

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Wow looks like playing with Tiger last week rubbed off on him! He has been putting so great i can't believe he blew that lead.


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To get back on topic, if a player withdraws before Wednesday morning, Ryan Moore will assume the vacated seeding as the first alternate. That could turn out to be significant, since Moore was a quarterfinalist in the last year's Accenture Match Play.

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Why do you say that?

No idea. If Lefty is ducking anyone, it's not the 20th ranked player in the world.

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He did say he was going on a family trip, but it also could be his arthritis acting up. He did play 3 or 4 weeks straight already. And given this event is 5 days of competitive golf (despite the possibility of short rounds), he might need a little rest. I don't think he plays well at match play anyway, which also could be anothe reason to skip.

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No idea. If Lefty is ducking anyone, it's not the 20th ranked player in the world.



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I dont know about you guys but it would be a really great matchup to see the tiger of old play Rory or Luke Donald for the win this weekend at matchplay. I do not know what it is but i am not a big fan of Rory, i always find myself rooting against him!


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Sorry you guys didn't realize the line about Phil was a joke. If only there were some kind of way I could have indicated that. :tumble:
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Shorty Super Member

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Originally Posted by brocks

Sorry you guys didn't realize the line about Phil was a joke. If only there were some kind of way I could have indicated that.

It would have been easy to understand if Phil was playing and Tiger wasn't and you said Tiger was avoiding Phil. As things stand, with Phil playing the way he is and handing Tiger a spanking last week, where is the joke?

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Originally Posted by brocks

Sorry you guys didn't realize the line about Phil was a joke. If only there were some kind of way I could have indicated that.



Phil people get a bit sensitive...I thought it was clear you were being sarcastic, considering he just whipped Tiger two weeks ago.

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It would have been easy to understand if Phil was playing and Tiger wasn't and you said Tiger was avoiding Phil. As things stand, with Phil playing the way he is and handing Tiger a spanking last week, where is the joke?

I feel like Captain Kirk trying to explain a joke to Spock. I bet your friends all call you "Mr. Chuckles."


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Originally Posted by brocks

I feel like Captain Kirk trying to explain a joke to Spock. I bet your friends all call you "Mr. Chuckles."


That was far funnier than the original joke! Making Tiger comments on this forum (or any golf forum it seems) is touchy stuff and you best have your defense properly laid out before making them!

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Oh boy oh boy, Match Madness: my favorite WGC. I'm sitting here staring at a blank bracket and I can't wait to start filling it out!

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Originally Posted by Shindig

Oh boy oh boy, Match Madness: my favorite WGC. I'm sitting here staring at a blank bracket and I can't wait to start filling it out!



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