Here are today's results with a brief description of each match, also a full explanation of the format and Friday's matches...just for you !!
H Francesco MOLINARI Match Halved Ian POULTER
Molinari won the first 3 holes, Molinari was 1up on the 12th. Poulter made a clutch 12' to save par on 17, then birdied the par 5 18th to square the match
G Charl SCHWARTZEL 6&5 Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ
Schwartzel didn't win a hole in the match which ended on the 13th green.
F Paul CASEY 3&1 Alvaro QUIROS
Although Alvaro was 2up after 2 holes this match was close until the Spaniard made birdies to win 14 and 17
E Rory MCILROY 1 Hole Retief GOOSEN
This was a tight match, the biggest lead to the Goose who was 2up after 7, then they traded holes until they were AS on 14, Rory birdied 15 to go 1up and they both parred in
D Graeme MCDOWELL 3&1 Louis OOSTHUIZEN
This match was AS as they walked off the 10th, then GMac eagled the par 5 11th and added 2 birdies while the Open champion could not make a birdie in his last 8 holes
C Martin KAYMER 2&1 Y. E. YANG
AS at the turn, but Y.E made 3 bogey's in 4 holes starting at the 12th and Martin won them all to end the match at 17..
B Luke DONALD 4&3 Ryan MOORE
Luke was 3up after 7, then dusted the American off with birdies at 14 and 15. Never in doubt
A Lee WESTWOOD 6&5 Anders HANSEN
Anders only made 2 bogey's, but Lee made 6 birdies with no reply, a good old arse kicking
In case you wondered how this format works here is the official release, and I have listed all the groups for you in a previous post, just click on Groups and Matches for World Match Play..
The Volvo World Match Play Championship will see the field of 24 players drawn into eight groups of three.
Round robin group matches will be played on Thursday and Friday with players grouped according to their Official World Golf Ranking as of the Monday of the Championship. The three players in each group will play each other once. Players will be awarded two points for a win and no points for a loss. If a match is tied after 18 holes each player shall receive one point.
The top two players in each group will progress to the knock-out stages. Should, after all matches have been played, two or more players are tied on points the following criteria will be used to determine the order:
i) Where two players are tied within a group (in any position within the group) then their specific head to head match result will be used to identify which player is placed higher
ii) If two or more players are still tied then those players will compete in a hole-by-hole play-off.
iii) If all three players win one match in their respective group then all three players shall play-off.
The knock out stage will consist of the last 16 and quarter-finals, played on Saturday, and semi-finals and final, played on Sunday. All matches will be over 18 holes. There will be no third and fourth place play-off on Sunday.
Friday's matches
9 07:45 Gary Player Ian POULTER (ENG) v Paul LAWRIE (SCO)
10 07:55 Assar Gabrielsson Miguel-Angel JIMÉNEZ (ESP) v Johan EDFORS 11 08:05 Greg Norman Alvaro QUIROS (ESP) v Søren KJELDSEN (DEN)
12 08:15 Gustaf Larson Retief GOOSEN (RSA) v Nicolas COLSAERTS (BEL)
13 08:25 Ian Woosnam Louis OOSTHUIZEN (RSA) v Jhonattan VEGAS (VEN)
14 08:35 Arnold Palmer Y.E. YANG (KOR) v Seung-yul NOH (KOR)
15 08:45 Mark McCormack Ryan MOORE (USA) v Ross FISHER (ENG)
16 08:55 Seve Ballesteros Anders HANSEN (DEN) v Aaron BADDELEY (AUS)
17 12:40 Gary Player Francesco MOLINARI (ITA) v Paul LAWRIE (SCO)
18 12:50 Assar Gabrielsson Charl SCHWARTZEL (RSA) v Johan EDFORS (SWE)
19 13:00 Greg Norman Paul CASEY (ENG) v Søren KJELDSEN (DEN)
20 13:10 Gustaf Larson Rory MCILROY (NIR) v Nicolas COLSAERTS (BEL)
21 13:20 Ian Woosnam Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) v Jhonattan VEGAS (VEN)
22 13:30 Arnold Palmer Martin KAYMER (GER) v Seung-yul NOH (KOR)
23 13:40 Mark McCormack Luke DONALD (ENG) v Ross FISHER (ENG)
24 13:50 Seve Ballesteros Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) v Aaron BADDELEY (AUS)
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