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Match Play and Mexico-Way

Match Play and Mexico-Way
Luke Donald looks to defend his WGC-Match Play title and the PGA Tour heads to Mexico, writes Rotoworld's Mike Glasscott.
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Paul Lawrie - G - Golfer

Paul Lawrie downed Justin Rose 1 up in the Snead Bracket in the opening round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.

This is Lawrie's first appearance in the tournament since 2003. That was the same year Rose made his first of seven appearances. They sat all square through six holes today before the Scot won the seventh and eighth holes with pars. Rose won three holes thereafter but never evened it up as Lawrie claimed two. The duo halved the final three before Rose ran out of golf course. Lawrie advances to face Ryo Ishikawa in Thursday's second round.
Feb 22 - 2:06 PM
Ryo Ishikawa - G - Golfer

Ryo Ishikawa ousted Bill Haas 1 up in the Snead Bracket in the opening round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.

This was a stunner. Haas owned a 3-up lead with five to play. And he closed with four pars and a bogey, but that's match play for you. Ishikawa buried birdies on the 14th, 15th and 17th holes to even the match. A pedestrian par at the par-4 18th secured the victory. He'll play the winner of Justin Rose v. Paul Lawrie on Thursday.
Feb 22 - 1:58 PM
Y.E. Yang - G - Golfer

Y.E. Yang defeated Graeme McDowell 2 and 1 in the Hogan Bracket in the opening round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.

This was a rematch of last year's third-round battle that Yang also won in the same bracket. Both golfers had a lead over the first five holes today before Yang regained it with birdies at the par-3 sixth and par-4 seventh holes, going 1-up. He padded it with a par to McDowell's double bogey at the par-4 ninth. G-Mac won the par-3 12th but the duo halved the rest of the inward nine until Yang pured his approached at the par-4 17th and rolled in the four-footer for birdie and the victory. He advances to face the winner of Hunter Mahan v. Zach Johnson.
Feb 22 - 1:15 PM
Thomas Bjorn - G - Golfer

Thomas Bjorn is "questionable" for the opening round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship due to a sore back sustained in his flight from London, according to Golf Channel's Kelly Tilghman on Twitter.

The Dane isn't a stranger to injuries but it would be a surprise if he didn't at least attempt to play. Expect him to make his decision in the morning. He's scheduled to go off in the sixth match at 8:15 a.m. local time. Should Bjorn withdraw, first alternate Ryan Moore would replace him in his bout against Francesco Molinari.
Source: Kelly Tilghman on Twitter
Feb 21 - 6:25 PM
Robert Gamez - G - Golfer

Robert Gamez has been added to the published field of this week's Mayakoba Golf Classic.

Gamez started the week as the 10th alternate. He moved up to ninth when Mark Calcavecchia withdrew as an alternate, and then gained entry when Brett Quigley withdrew today. Gamez missed the cut on the Nationwide Tour last week. The 43-year-old has cashed just four times in his last 28 starts on the PGA TOUR.
Source: PGATOUR.com
Feb 21 - 1:28 PM
Brett Quigley - G - Golfer

Brett Quigley has been removed from the published field of this week's Mayakoba Golf Classic.

He was added on Monday morning as the third alternate. The 42-year-old doesn't have any fantasy value anyway.
Source: PGATOUR.com
Feb 21 - 1:25 PM
Edoardo Molinari - G - Golfer

In a series of tweets, Edoardo Molinari alerted his followers on Twitter that he'll be scheduling wrist surgery later this year.

The Italian wrote: "Finally found out what's wrong with my wrist. A small piece of bone that shouldn't be there gets stuck in the joint and needs to be removed. ... I will have to undergo surgery at some point in the future and stay away from tournaments for 3 months...but then I'll finally be pain-free! ... I'll play most of the season and then I'll decide a good timing for the surgery later in the year depending on how the season will progress!" Molinari was a member of Europe's Ryder Cup team in 2010. He's since faded from the scene -- now 83rd in the world ranking due to just two top 10s worldwide in 2011. However, this is valuable information should you own him in European Tour games.
Source: Edoardo Molinari on Twitter
Feb 21 - 11:36 AM
Skip Kendall - G - Golfer

Skip Kendall has been added to the published field of this week's Mayakoba Golf Classic.

Kendall started the week as the ninth alterate. He moved up to eighth when Mark Calcavecchia withdrew as an alternate and gained entry when James Driscoll withdrew from the field. Kendall won the Nationwide Tour's season opening in Colombia last week. It was his fourth victory on the developmental circuit and first since 2007. He'll be gunning to join Paul Stankowski as the only golfers to win in consecutive weeks on both tours. Stankowski was the Louisiana Open in 1996, then chased it with a playoff victory at the BellSouth Classic the following week.
Source: PGATOUR.com
Feb 21 - 11:29 AM
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