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Woods back to winning ways in 1st round of Match Play Championship
Carlsbad, Feb 26: Tiger Woods is among first round winners at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship in Carlsbad, California.
Carlsbad, Feb 26: Tiger Woods is among first round winners at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship in Carlsbad, California.
Defending champion Tiger Woods won the 18th hole Wednesday to defeat John Rollins, 1-up, and advance to the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Woods, who defeated David Toms in last year's final, trailed throughout the entire match but took advantage of mistakes made by his 16th-seeded opponent. Woods found himself 2-down after Rollins cashed in a short birdie putt at the 12th. But Woods rebounded with a win at the 13th and a bogey by Rollins at 17 knotted up the match. At the par-five closing hole at La Costa, Woods drove into the right rough but was able to lay up down the fairway. Rollins found the fairway off the tee and then again with his second but that's when trouble set in for the 2002 winner of the Canadian Open.
Bureau Report
Defending champion Tiger Woods won the 18th hole Wednesday to defeat John Rollins, 1-up, and advance to the second round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Woods, who defeated David Toms in last year's final, trailed throughout the entire match but took advantage of mistakes made by his 16th-seeded opponent. Woods found himself 2-down after Rollins cashed in a short birdie putt at the 12th. But Woods rebounded with a win at the 13th and a bogey by Rollins at 17 knotted up the match. At the par-five closing hole at La Costa, Woods drove into the right rough but was able to lay up down the fairway. Rollins found the fairway off the tee and then again with his second but that's when trouble set in for the 2002 winner of the Canadian Open.
Bureau Report