Man, bad picking last round at 7/17!
Bobby Jones Bracket
Chris DiMarco (4) vs Jay Haas (9) DIMARCO
Davis Love III (3) vs Stewart Cink (2) III
Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) vs Chad Campbell (5) GOOSE
Kirk Triplett (15) vs Robert Allenby (11) TRIP
Gary Player Bracket
Nick O’Hern (8) vs Luke Donald (5) O’HERN
Rory Sabbatini (10) vs Ian Poulter (11) POULTER
Sam Snead Bracket
David Toms (4) vs Phil Mickelson (1) PHIL
Sergio Garcia (2) vs Adam Scott (3) SERGIO
Bobby Jones Bracket
Vijay Singh (1) vs Jay Haas (9) VEEJ
Chris DiMarco (4) John Daly (12) DIMARCO
Stewart Cink (2) vs Tom Lehman (10) LEHMAN
Davis Love III (3) Lee Westwood (6) III
Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) vs Fred Couples (9) GOOSE if he wakes up
Miguel A. Jimenez (4) vs Chad Campbell (5) CAMPBELL
Kirk Triplett (15) Craig Parry (10) PARRY
Graeme McDowell (14) Robert Allenby (11) ALLENBY
Tiger Woods (1) vs Nick O’Hern (8) TIGER
Kenny Perry (4) vs Luke Donald (5) PERRY
Padraig Harrington (2) Rory Sabbatini (10) PADRAIG
Stuart Appleby (3) vs Ian Poulter (11) APPLEBY
Sam Snead Bracket
Phil Mickelson (1) vs Angel Cabrera (8) PHIL
David Toms (4) vs Mark Hensby (12) TOMS
Sergio Garcia (2) vs Jerry Kelly (10) KELLY
Adam Scott (3) David Howell (11) SCOTT
Somehow I went 8/8 on my picks of the Bobby Jones Bracket. Despite that I was 18/32. Some of the “upsets” were surprising. Weir, Clarke, Hamilton, Pampling and Ames were all favorites but lost.
I did feel like a genius picking Daly.
Results:
Bobby Jones Bracket
Vijay Singh (1) def Shingo Katayama (16) 4 and 3
Jay Haas (9) def Jonathan Kaye (8) 4 and 2
John Daly (12) def Justin Leonard (5) 1 up
Chris DiMarco (4) def Tim Herron (13) 1 up
Lee Westwood (6) def Steve Flesch (11) 4 and 3
Davis Love III (3) def Chris Riley (14) 1 up
Tom Lehman (10) def K.J. Choi (7) 4 and 2
Stewart Cink (2) def Fred Funk (15) 2 up
Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) def Stephen Leaney (16) 1 up
Fred Couples (9) def Peter Lonard (8) 1 up
Chad Campbell (5) def Fredrik Jacobson (12) 2 up
Miguel A. Jimenez (4) def Rod Pampling (13) 3 and 2
Robert Allenby (11) def Todd Hamilton (6) 6 and 5
Graeme McDowell (14) def Darren Clarke (3) 1 up
Craig Parry (10) def Tim Clark (7) 1 up
Kirk Triplett (15) def Mike Weir (2) 1 up
Gary Player Bracket
Tiger Woods (1) def Nick Price (16) 4 and 3
Nick O’Hern (8) def Charles Howell III (9) 19 holes
Luke Donald (5) def Zach Johnson (12) 4 and 3
Kenny Perry (4) def Thomas Levet (13) 3 and 2
Ian Poulter (11) def Jim Furyk (6) 3 and 1
Stuart Appleby (3) def Joakim Haeggman (14) 19 holes
Rory Sabbatini (10) def Thomas Bjorn (7) 6 and 5
Padraig Harrington (2) def Jeff Maggert (15) 1 up
Sam Snead Bracket
Phil Mickelson (1) def Loren Roberts (16) 3 and 1
Angel Cabrera (8) def Paul Casey (9) 4 and 2
Mark Hensby (12) def Stephen Ames (5) 7 and 6
David Toms (4) def Richard Green (13) 1 up
David Howell (11) def Shigeki Maruyama (6) 6 and 5
Adam Scott (3) def Trevor Immelman (14) 2 up
Jerry Kelly (10) def Scott Verplank (7) 1 up
Sergio Garcia (2) def Alex Cejka (15) 4 and 2
The award for round 1 of the Accenture Match Play Championship goes to Thomas Levet. After he missed a par putt to keep his match with Kenny Perry alive, he hucked his putter into the lake!
MY PIX IN CAPS
Bobby Jones Bracket
Vijay Singh (1) vs Shingo Katayama (16) 11:01 a VEEJ
Jonathan Kaye (8) vs Jay Haas (9) 11:10 a HAAS
Justin Leonard (5) vs John Daly (12) 9:58 a DALY (soft course)
Chris DiMarco (4) vs Tim Herron (13) 9:49 a DIMARCO
Lee Westwood (6) vs Steve Flesch (11) 7:34 a WESTWOOD
Davis Love III (3) vs Chris Riley (14) 7:25 a DL III
K.J. Choi (7) vs Tom Lehman (10) 8:46 a LEHMAN
Stewart Cink (2) vs Fred Funk (15) 8:37 a CINK CINKS FUNK
Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) vs Stephen Leaney (16) 11:19 a GOOSE (If he wakes up on time)
Peter Lonard (8) vs Fred Couples (9) 11:28 a LONARD
Chad Campbell (5) vs Fredrik Jacobson (12) 10:16 a JACOBSON
Miguel A. Jimenez (4) vs Rod Pampling (13) 10:07 a JIMENEZ
Todd Hamilton (6) vs Robert Allenby (11) 7:52 a HAMILTON
Darren Clarke (3) vs Graeme McDowell (14) 7:43 a CLARKE
Tim Clark (7) vs Craig Parry (10) 9:04 a CLARK
Mike Weir (2) vs Kirk Triplett (15) 8:55 a WIERSY
Sam Snead Bracket
Phil Mickelson (1) vs Loren Roberts (16) 11:55 a PHIL
Angel Cabrera (8) vs Paul Casey (9) 12:04 a CASEY
Stephen Ames (5) vs Mark Hensby (12) 10:52 a AMES
David Toms (4) vs Richard Green (13) 10:43 a TOMS
Shigeki Maruyama (6) vs David Howell (11) 8:28 a SHIG
Adam Scott (3) vs Trevor Immelman (14) 8:19 a SCOTT
Scott Verplank (7) vs Jerry Kelly (10) 9:40 a VERPLANK
Sergio Garcia (2) vs Alex Cejka (15) 9:31 a SERGIO
Gary Player Bracket
Tiger Woods (1) vs Nick Price (16) 11:37 a TIGER
Nick O’Hern (8) vs Charles Howell III (9) 11:46 a HOWELL
Luke Donald (5) vs Zach Johnson (12) 10:34 a DONALD
Kenny Perry (4) vs Thomas Levet (13) 10:25 a LEVET
Jim Furyk (6) vs Ian Poulter (11) 8:10 a FURYK
Stuart Appleby (3) vs Joakim Haeggman (14) 8:01 a APPLEBY
Thomas Bjorn (7) vs Rory Sabbatini (10) 9:22 a BJORN
Padraig Harrington (2) vs Jeff Maggert (15) 9:13 a PADRAIG