Results from the afternoon matches at the Volvo World Match Play and the matches for the round of 16 tomorrow..
Amongst all the story lines Luke Donald is still on course for the Match Play double and could meet Lee Westwood who is looking for his 3rd straight win, in the final..
Good pals Graeme McDowell and Rory McIroy have played many times for a pint and a few quid, but tomorrow is a little more expensive !! "He beats me every time we play together." said McDowell "But this is the Northern Ireland match play championship and I'm hoping it's going to be different. It's the Volvo World Match Play and the pressure is on."I am sure he will expect to beat me, but it will be a great game and I am excited about it.
"I stopped playing him because he's too good. I'm more of an observer and he just tends to beat me up
Lee Westwood (Notts Forest) and Ian Poulter (Arsenal) are 2 of golf's best players and tweeters !!! Another set of pals and Ryder Cup teammates to savour tomorrow..
Afternoon Results
H Francesco MOLINARI 3&2 Paul LAWRIE
G Charl SCHWARTZEL 5&4 Johan EDFORS
F Paul CASEY 1 Hole Søren KJELDSEN
E Rory MCILROY 3&2 Nicolas COLSAERTS
D Graeme MCDOWELL 1 Hole Jhonattan VEGAS
C Martin KAYMER 2&1 Seung-yul NOH
B Luke DONALD 3&1 Ross FISHER
A Lee WESTWOOD 4&3 Aaron BADDELEY
Final 16 play 18 holes of match play tomorrow morning, then the quarter-finals in the afternoon...
Here is the draw and how they got there..
Top half of the draw
Last 16 1 07:45 Seung-yul NOH v Alvaro QUIROS
Noh hit a tee shot to within three feet of the flag on the 17th and with a birdie two won 2 and 1 and eliminated fellow S Korean Y.E Yang to go through with Alvaro Quiros who spun his approach into the 14th hole for an eagle two that completed a 5 and 4 victory over Denmark's Søren Kjeldsen.
Last 16 1 07:55 Martin KAYMER v Søren KJELDSEN
Kaymer has so far defeated Koreans Y E Yang and Noh Seung-yul. Soren Kjeldsen got through with a huge curling putt on the final hole eliminated Paul Casey from his group..
Last 16 1 08:05 Ross FISHER v Charl SCHWARTZEL
Fisher got through after an astonishing win over Ryan Moore earlier in the day.Moore went four up on the outward half and was still three ahead with four to play, but Fisher won them all.
Schwartzel got through because of the first three-man play-off in the history of the event. That was because Schwartzel, Edfors and Miguel Angel Jiménez all won one game and lost one. Jimenez went out when he bogeyed the first extra hole and Schwartzel topped the group when Edfors bogeyed the next
Last 16 1 08:15 Luke DONALD v Johan EDFORS
Donald,overcame defending champion Ross Fisher 3 and 1 for his 2nd win and Johan Edfors got through in that 3 man playoff when Jimenez was eliminated from his group.
Bottom half of the draw
Last 16 1 08:25 Jhonattan VEGAS v Nicolas COLSAERTS
Nicolas Colsaerts the Belgian the 28 year old,beat Rory McIroy 3&2 and while Vegas lost on the final green today to GMac he got through after beating Louis Oosthuizen
Last 16 1 08:35 Graeme MCDOWELL v Rory MCILROY
McDowell topped his group when he followed up his win over Open Champion Louis Oosthuizen with a last green victory against Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas.
McIlroy would have avoided McDowell, at least for the time being ,if he had defeated Nicolas Colsaerts and topped his section, but he lost 3&2 so meets GMac tomorrow
Last 16 1 08:45 Aaron BADDELEY v Francesco MOLINARI
Francesco put out Scotland's Paul Lawrie 3&2, and although Westwood beat Baddeley 4&3 today, Aaron beat Paul Lawrie yesterday to qualify..
Last 16 1 08:55 Lee WESTWOOD v Ian POULTER
Westwood was in dazzling form for the second day running, seven under par in beating Australian Aaron Baddeley 4 and 3.
Poulter has shown that under the tournament's new format it is also possible to come through the group without winning.
He halved with Scot Paul Lawrie just as he had with Italian Francesco Molinari, but progressed because Molinari then ended the hopes of 1999 Open Champion Lawrie.
Bryan Angus also on twitter@mummmbles
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