Hot! Match Play Championship Glance

MARANA, Ariz. (AP) A glance from the initial spherical on the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship :

Match from the day: Phil Mickelson took their spouse and children with a ski vacation, conquer top-ranked defending champion Luke Donald some in addition to 4. Donald lost while in the opening circle for that beginer with eight appearances with the particular event.

Comeback: Jim Furyk soon after hitting his tee shot in to the wilderness plus requiring you to require a penalty shift for the the twentieth hole. Furyk cracked all around the particular environment friendly plus three-putted regarding bogey.

Winners: While Donald stumbled, second-seeded Lee Westwood and also No. some Martin Kaymer advanced. McIlory exhausted George Coetzee 2 up, Westwood lead Nicolas Colsaerts 3 or more along with 1, along with Kaymer edged several and also 2.

Shot belonging to the day: holed out there for birdie out of 158 yards within the par-5 11th. Shot belonging to the day II: implemented Goosen ersus holeout using a 40-foot birdie putt to help halve the hole in addition to went on to win within 21 years of age holes.

Key stat: Twelve Americans plus 12 Europeans advanced to the second round.

Shooting regarding No. 1: With Donald falling, McIlroy and Westwood are in place to adopt covering the No. 1 spot which includes a victory.

Quoteworthy: I believe if there seems to be one day to beat , this was it. I didn t require that opportunity. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano following Woods halved that eighteenth for the 1-up victory.

Rematch: Snedeker will encounter from the subsequent round inside a rematch of these San Diego playoff. Last 30 days at Torrey Pines, Snedeker exhausted Stanley which has a par within the second extra hole. Stanley had a triple-bogey 8 around the finalized ditch regarding regulation. He rebounded by receiving this Phoenix Open the examples below week.

Up next: Woods will deal with Nick Watney inside the second round.

TV periods (EST): Thursday, Golf Channel, 2-6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.