Haven’t we seen this before? Tiger Woods loses a bunch of hole early thanks to a drive O.B. and an unplayable lie only to rally for a stunning victory. In the first round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play, Woods rallied from three down with five to play to score a 1-up victory over J.B. Holmes. Woods won four consecutive holes, including a long eagle putt on No. 17 to advance.
Meanwhile, Ernie Els, the No. 1 seed in the Hogan bracket, couldn’t get anything going against Jonathan Byrd and lost 6 & 5. In other upsets, aging Scot Colin Montgomerie knocked off No. 2 seed Jim Furyk and 15 seed Bradley Dredge beat Rory Sabbatini. Steve Stricker, the top seed in the Snead bracket, extracted a measure of revenge with a 1-up win over Daniel Chopra in 20 holes. Chopra had defeated Stricker on the fourth extra hole of the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii in January.
The most interesting second round match will be Boo Weekley taking on Sergio Garcia. You will recall that Garcia was DQ’d from an event last year when Weekley marked down the wrong score for him on a hole and the Spaniard signed an incorrect scorecard. Good thing Boo-Boo won’t have to keep the card on Wednesday.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Ron Cerrudo.
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- Mr. Fairway’s love affair with the game of golf began in junior high. He once made his living as a journalist covering high school sports, cops and robbers and politics. Today, Mr. Fairway is a public relations consultant and a widely-published freelance golf writer. His current USGA handicap index is 9.3 and he averages 50-plus rounds a year.