No Woods or Mickelson in next week's World Match-play,

Steve Stricker is No 1 seed, Lee Westwood No 2

The stage is set with the field for next week's World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship finalized tonight (see entire list below).
Steve Stricker, who moved to No 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking with his victory last week at the Northern Trust Open, becomes the fourth different No 1 overall seed in the 12-year history of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Joining Stricker as No. 1 seeds in their respective brackets are England's Lee Westwood, the highest-ranked international player in the field, USA's Jim Furyk and Germany's Martin Kaymer.
The top 64 from the Official World Golf Ranking (as of Monday, February 8) had until 5 p.m. ET Friday to officially commit to the tournament. Tiger Woods made no approach. Complete brackets will be released on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. ET when they become official.
The first round of match play, featuring 32 head-to-head matches, begins Wednesday, Feb. 17, at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain.
The four brackets at the Accenture Match Play Championship are named in honor of Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Sam Snead. Players in each of the four brackets are seeded No. 1 through No. 16, with the top-ranked golfer playing the No. 16 seed, No. 2 pairing off against No. 15, No. 3 vs. No. 14, and so forth in the first round.
Stricker became the No. 1 overall seed by virtue of World No. 1 Tiger Woods' decision not to compete in the Accenture Match Play Championship. Stricker, who won the Accenture Match Play Championship in 2001 as the No. 55 seed, joins Woods (1999, 2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2009), Ernie Els (2001) and Vijay Singh (2005) as the only No. 1 overall seeds in the history of the tournament. He will be the No. 1 seed in the Bobby Jones Bracket.
Westwood, currently ranked No. 4 in the Official World Golf Ranking, earned the No. 2 overall seed when Phil Mickelson, ranked No. 3 in the OWGR, withdrew due to a conflict with family plans.
The appearance will be Westwood's 10th in the event as he looks to improve on an Accenture Match Play Championship record in which he has never advanced past the second round. Furyk (No. 5 in the OWGR) will also make his 10th appearance in the Accenture Match Play Championship while Kaymer (No. 6) will make just his third. Westwood will be the top seed in the Gary Player bracket while Furyk and Kaymer will be the top seeds in the Snead and Hogan brackets, respectively.
The direct beneficiaries of Woods and Mickelson not competing are Chris Wood (No. 65) and Ross McGowan (No. 66), a pair of Englishmen who gained entry into the field by virtue of their standing in the Official World Golf Ranking. Both Wood and McGowan will be making their first appearance in the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Other first-timers hoping to make their Accenture Match Play Championship debuts memorable ones are: USA's Nick Watney (No. 33); Japan's Ryo Ishikawa (No. 34); Aberdeen-born Australian Michael Sim (No. 35); Japan's Yuta Ikeda (No. 36); USA's Matt Kuchar (No. 42); Italy's Francesco (No. 45) and Edoardo (No. 48) Molinari; USA's Ryan Moore (No. 52); England's Simon Dyson (No. 53); USA's Brian Gay (No. 56); Sweden's Alexander Noren (No. 57) ; and USA's Kevin Na (No. 62).
2010 Accenture Match Play field

THE FIELD AND THEIR SEEDING:
1 Steve Stricker USA
2 Lee Westwood England
3 Jim Furyk USA
4 Martin Kaymer Germany
5 Rory McIlroy N. Ireland
6 Paul Casey England
7 Henrik Stenson Sweden
8 Padraig Harrington Ireland
9 Ian Poulter England
10 Geoff Ogilvy Australia
11 Kenny Perry USA
12 Robert Allenby Australia
13 Sergio Garcia Spain
14 Sean OHair USA
15 Ernie Els South Africa
16 Robert Karlsson Sweden
17 Ross Fisher England
18 Retief Goosen South Africa
19 Stewart Cink USA
20 Lucas Glover USA
21 Luke Donald England
22 Zach Johnson USA
23 Camilo Villegas Colombia
24 Angel Cabrera Argentina
25 Anthony Kim USA
26 Y E Yang South Korea
27 Alvaro Quiros Spain
28 Miguel Angel Jimenez Spain
29 Vijay Singh Fiji
30 Hunter Mahan USA
31 Nick Watney USA
32 Ryo Ishikawa Japan
33 Michael Sim (Sco/Australia)
34 Yuta Ikeda Japan
35 Charl Schwartzel South Africa
36 Tim Clark South Africa
37 Oliver Wilson England
38 Mike Weir Canada
39 Soren Kjeldsen Denmark
40 Matt Kuchar USA
41 Adam Scott Australia
42 Dustin Johnson USA
43 Francesco Molinari Italy
44 Graeme McDowell N. Ireland
45 Anders Hansen Denmark
46 Edoardo Molinari Italy
47 Soren Hansen Denmark
48 Thongchai Jaidee Thailand
49 Rory Sabbatini South Africa
50 Ryan Moore USA
51 Simon Dyson England
52 David Toms USA
53 Peter Hanson Sweden
54 Brian Gay USA
55 Alexander Noren Sweden
56 Justin Leonard USA
57 Jeev M. Singh India
58 Ben Crane USA
59 Stephen Ames Canada
60 Kevin Na USA
61 Chad Campbell USA
62 Scott Verplank USA
63 Chris Wood England
64 Ross McGowan England
Reserves:
65 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano Spain
66 Ben Curtis USA
67 Shingo Katayama Japan
68 Jason Dufner USA
69 Hiroyuki Fujita Japan
70 Brandt Snedeker USA
71 Justin Rose England