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Former champs Hunter Mahan and Ian Poulter face off. Matt Kuchar takes on Jason Day. Madness is sure to ensue Sunday at Match Play.
After defeating Rory McIlroy in the WGC-Match Play’s opening round, Shane Lowry fell to Graeme McDowell in Round 3.
For officials scrambling to get back on schedule at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Saturday’s third round despite being delayed 45 minutes by frost was exactly what the schedule-makers needed.
According to a report on Golf.com, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem intends to announce the circuit’s opposition to the proposed anchoring ban during Sunday’s broadcast of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on NBC.
It only makes sense that the longest match of the week would go to one of the game’s longest hitters, although it wasn’t Bubba Watson’s driver that delivered his 22-hole marathon victory on Friday.
Four rounds remain at the WGC-Match Play, but none of the top four seeds are around to play them at Dove Mountain.
For Robert Garrigus, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is a dream come true.
For Matt Kuchar, Dove Mountain is starting to feel a lot like Medinah. On Friday, the American outdueled Sergio Garcia, 2 and 1.
Play is expected to get under way at the WGC-Match Play on Friday at 11:30 a.m. ET without any delays, but Saturday may be a different story.
World Nos. 1 and 2 Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods were upset in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play.
For just the third time in 13 appearances at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship Tiger Woods has lost in the opening round, this time a 2-and-1 bout against Charles Howell III.
Talk about icing your opponent. When play was called on Wednesday because of a snow storm Thongchai Jaidee was 2 down to Sergio Garcia.
Play finally resumed in Round 1 of the WGC Match Play at 3 p.m. ET Thursday, bringing to a close more than 24 hours of frigid delays at Dove Mountain.
Wednesday’s snowstorm at the WGC was both ridiculous and sublime, and it’s time to ditch Dove Mountain.
There is a reason why the PGA Tour clings to the warmer climes this time of year and that reality came raining down Wednesday at Dove Mountain in the form of 1 inches of snow.
Play was halted at 11:07 a.m. (MT) at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship because of heavy snow.
Here is a forecast you don’t see much at a golf tournament: ‘3 p.m. Rain changing to snow showers. Temp 41 F. Winds: SW 20-30 gusting to 35 mph.’
In a tournament where upsets are the norm, Tiger Woods’ record at the WGC-Match Play speaks for itself.
Three weeks removed from his last PGA Tour start, a victory at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods’ first session with the press was predictably filled with questions that had little to do with his game.
All one needed to know about Tiger Woods’ round with President Barack Obama on Sunday was delivered with a sly smile on Tuesday at Dove Mountain.
Less than 24 hours after commissioner Tim Finchem met with the Policy Board, the Tour remained coy as to how it will respond to the USGA and the R&A’s proposed ban on anchoring.
Prior to today’s conference call of the PGA Tour’s Policy Board, circuit commissioner Tim Finchem held a conference call with the members of the Player Advisory Council regarding the possible U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient’s ban on anchoring.
In a statement Gary Gilchrist, who began working with Howell last year, said his man’s Round 1 bout with Tiger Woods on Wednesday at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship will be a timely litmus test.
Brandt Snedeker takes the long view toward injury rehab, and Riviera’s 10th shows how sublime a short par 4 can be.