Friday, February 23, 2007

Accenture world match-play thrills in Arizona


TIGER WOODS MISSSES SHORT
PUTT AT 19TH - AND GOES
OUT TO O'HERN AT NEXT HOLE
Tiger Woods' winning streak in US PGA tournaments is over.
He was beaten at the 20th in the third round of the Accenture world match-play championship at Tucson, Arizona by left-hander Nick O'Hern.
Woods fought back from four down to level the match .... then birdied the 18th to square the contest again ... but he lost out at the second extra hole.
O'Hern won the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh to surge four holes up. Then Woods steadily reeled his man in again by winning the eighth, 11th, 12th and 15th to be all square.
O'Hern won the 17th to be one up with one to play but Woods birdied the 18th to get back on level terms again.
The 19th was halved in par when Woods missed a putt of only four feet. He claimed later that he had forgotten to repair a pitch mark on his line and this knocked his putt for victory off line ... a curious admission by a man who normally pays more attention to detail on a golf course than any player around.
England has two representatives in the quarter-finals - Justin Rose and Paul Casey. They are in opposite halves of the draw.
THIRD ROUND RESULTS
Top half of draw
N O'Hern bt T Woods at 20th.
H Stenson bt A Baddeley 4 and 3.
J Rose bt C Howell III 3 and 2.
T Immelman bt I Poulter 2 and 1.
Bottom half of draw
C Campbell bt D Thoms 1 hole.
S Ames bt S Cink after 3 and 1.
P Casey bt S Micheel 2 holes.
G Ogilvy bt N Fasth 2 and 1.
QUARTER-FINAL LINE-UP
O'Hern v Stenson.
Rose v Immelman.
Campbell v Ames.
Casey v Ogilvy.

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