Steve Stricker had to work over time for the second consecutive day to keep his hopes alive in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Stricker, who defeated Daniel Chopra in sudden death on the 20th hole Wednesday, found him back on the second hole Wednesday against his Presidents Cup teammate Hunter Mahan. After extending the match to sudden death with a 10 –foot birdie putt on 18, Stricker rapped in a putt of nearly 50 feet for the win.
In other matches, Tiger Woods had little difficulty dispensing with Arron Oberholser while the math challenged Boo Weekley dusted Sergio Garcia. Phil Mickelson will go home after losing to Stuart Appleby and defending champion Henrik took care of Tevor Immelman in extra holes. Stewart Cink continued his dominance of Padraig Harrington, whom he defeated last year. He faces Ryder Cup ace Colin Montgomerie. Giant killer Jonathan Byrd followed up his 6 & 5 win over Ernie Els with a 6 & 4 win over Andres Romero. Woody Austin moved on beating Adam Scott, K.J. Choi eliminated Ian Poulter, who was gunning for a show down with Tiger. David Toms conceded to Aaron Baddeley when his back tightened up and he had trouble getting out of his courtesy car. Vijay Singh will meet Rod Pampling who is back after being missing in action for a couple years. Justin Leonard continued his hot play knocking off Lee Westwood.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Ted Kroll.
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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.