JAMIESON MAKES PROGRESS BUT GALLACHER TAKES THE COUNT
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Colsaerts,
or ‘the Dude’ to his friends, was beaten by Branden Grace on Thursday
but won his second group match on Friday morning against Thailand’s
Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Scott JAMIESON bt Carl PETTERSSON 1 hole.
Francesco MOLINARI bt Felipe AGUILAR 4 and 3.
Nicolas COLSAERTS bt Kiradech APHIBARNRAT 3 and 2.
Richard STERNE bt Geoff OGILVY 5 and 4.
George COETZEE bt Shane LOWRY 3 and 2.
Thongchai JAIDEE bt Thomas AIKEN 1 hole.
Chris WOOD bt Stephen GALLACHER 2 and 1.
Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO bt Brett RUMFORD 3 and 2.
JAMIESON bt Thorbjorn OLESEN 5 and 3.
AGUILAR bt Henrik STENSON 3 and 1.
Defending
champion Nicolas Colsaerts is hoping for some Volvo World Match Play
Championship déjà vu after sneaking into the knock-out stages in the
same fashion as he did 12 months ago, when he proceeded to dominate the
weekend action
and defeat Graeme McDowell in the final.
The
Belgian then waited for the result of the match between Grace and
Aphibarnrat to see if he would need to go into a play-off to book a
place in the quarter-finals. A halved match meant Grace won the group,
with Colsaerts joining him
in the last 16.
Colsaerts
and McDowell could meet in this year’s quarter final if they win their
respective matches against Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño and Bo Van Pelt on
Saturday morning.
“I
played a little better today,” said Colsaerts. “I kept the ball in play
a bit more than yesterday, which was the plan so it is mission
accomplished.
“Hopefully
I can have a little bit of déjà vu this year and repeat what I did last
year when I won this tournament. I kind of sneaked through the group
stages last year and then just got better as the tournament progressed,
so that would
be pretty cool if I can repeat that, but there is a long way to go.”
After
Ian Poulter’s shock exit following defeats to Thongchai Jaidee and
Thomas Aiken, McDowell is now the favourite to take home the title, and
the Northern Irishman is feeling good about his chances at the stunning
Thracian Cliffs
Golf and Beach Resort.
“These
group stages can be kind of a banana skins and you have to knuckle down
and get through and get into the real stuff this weekend,” said
McDowell, a 2 and 1 winner over Stephen Gallacher.
“This
course really suits my ball shape; it suits the fade and suits my ball
flight so it is my kind of golf course. Hopefully I can keep doing what
I'm doing and give myself a chance this weekend.”
McDowell’s
great friend Shane Lowry produced one of the most exciting moments of
the championship thus far by winning a three way play-off over Peter
Hanson and George Coetzee at the second extra hole after the three had
tied the group
with one win apiece.
After
three pars at the first extra hole, Lowry produced a stunning five iron
approach to seven feet at the par three second to set up a wining
birdie, while Hanson’s par was good enough to knock-out Coetzee after
the South African made
bogey.
DAY TWO RESULTS
Brett
RUMFORD bt Jamie DONALDSON 5 and 3.Scott JAMIESON bt Carl PETTERSSON 1 hole.
Francesco MOLINARI bt Felipe AGUILAR 4 and 3.
Nicolas COLSAERTS bt Kiradech APHIBARNRAT 3 and 2.
Richard STERNE bt Geoff OGILVY 5 and 4.
George COETZEE bt Shane LOWRY 3 and 2.
Thongchai JAIDEE bt Thomas AIKEN 1 hole.
Chris WOOD bt Stephen GALLACHER 2 and 1.
Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO bt Brett RUMFORD 3 and 2.
JAMIESON bt Thorbjorn OLESEN 5 and 3.
AGUILAR bt Henrik STENSON 3 and 1.
Branden
GRACE halved with APHIBARNRAT
Bo VAN PELT
halved with OGILVY.
LOWRY bt Peter HANSON 5 and 4.
AIKEN bt Ian POULTER 1 hole.
Graeme McDOWELL bt GALLACHER 4 and 2.
Quarter-final matches to be played on Saturday:
Branden GRACE v Brett RUMFORD
Richard STERNE v Chris WOOD
Francesco MOLINARI v Carl PETTERSSON
Shane LOWRY v Thomas AIKEN
Scott JAMIESON v Felipe AGUILAR
Thongchai JAIDEE v Peter HANSON
Gonzalo FERNANDEZ-CASTANO v Nicolas COLSAERTS
Graeme McDOWELL v Bo VAN PELT
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