14th February 2006
The draw for the Accenture Match Play Championships to be held at La Costa Resort north of San Diego on February 22 has been made with World Number 1 Tiger Woods drawn to meet Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.
World Number 2 Vijay Singh has drawn another Briton in Paul Broadhurst while the defending champion David Toms is scheduled to meet Lucas Glover.
The PGA Tour will confirm the make up of the final field on February 20.
Provisional draw for Accenture Match Play Championship:
(Seeded positions in brackets)
(1) Tiger Woods v (64) Graeme McDowell
(32) Rory Sabbatini v (33) Robert Allenby
(16) Henrik Stenson v (49) Tim Herron
(17) Chad Campbell v (48) Rod Pampling
(8) David Toms v (57) Lucas Glover
(25) Jose Maria Olazabal v (40) Arron Oberholser
(9) Adam Scott v (56) Carl Pettersson
(24) Stuart Appleby v (41) Brandt Jobe
(4) Ernie Els v (61) Charles Howell
(29) Bart Bryant v (36) Ben Crane
(13) Michael Campbell v (52) Richard Green
(20) Nick O'Hern v (45) Lee Westwood
(5) Phil Mickelson v (60) Zach Johnson
(28) Fred Couples v (37) Mike Weir
(12) David Howell v (53) Geoff Ogilvy
(21) Scott Verplank v (44) Shingo Katayama
(2) Vijay Singh v (63) Paul Broadhurst
(31) Justin Leonard v (34) KJ Choi
(15) Angel Cabrera v (50) Paul Casey
(18) Padraig Harrington v (47) Shigeki Maruyama
(7) Chris DiMarco v (58) Ian Poulter
(26) Tim Clark v (39) Sean O'Hair
(10) Kenny Perry v (55) Niclas Fasth
(23) Davis Love v (42) Tom Lehman
(3) Retief Goosen v (62) Bernhard Langer
(30) Stewart Cink v (35) Miguel Angel Jimenez
(14) Luke Donald v (51) Peter Lonard
(19) Darren Clarke v (46) Fred Funk
(6) Jim Furyk v (59) Mark Calcavecchia
(27) Thomas Bjorn v (38) John Daly
(11) Colin Montgomerie v (54) Steve Elkington
(22) Paul McGinley v (43) Mark Hensby
| Game | Odds |
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| Date | Tournament | 2004 Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27-30 | Chrysler Championship | Vijay Singh |
| Nov 3-6 | The Tour Championship presented by Coca-Cola | Retief Goosen |
| Nov 10-13 | Franklin Templeton Shootout | Hank Kuehne/Jeff Sluman |
| Nov 17-20 | WGC World Cup | England |
| Nov 26-27 | Merrill Lynch Skins Game | Fred Couples |
| Rank | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | USA |
| 2 | Vijay Singh | FIJ |
| 3 | Phil Mickelson | USA |
| 4 | Retief Goosen | SAf |
| 5 | Ernie Els | SAF |
| 6 | Sergio Garcia | ESP |
| 7 | Jim Furyk | USA |
| 8 | Adam Scott | AUS |
| 9 | Chris DiMarco | USA |
| 10 | David Toms | USA |
Adam Scott is regarded as the most exciting young Australian golfer since Greg Norman. At the age of 23 years, eight months and 12 days, he became the youngest winner of The Players Championship on the US PGA Tour, an event considered by many to be the game's fifth Major.
Scott is a four-time winner on the US PGA Tour. His initial breakthrough came at the 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship after a second round 62 set up a four stroke win and saw Adam break into the top 20 in the World Rankings for the first time.