Sixty-four of the world's best golfers will converge at The Ritz Carlton Golf Club Wednesday, as the Accenture Match Play Championship begins in Marana, AZ. This single-elimination, bracket-style event is unlike any other in golf, as players try to survive the NCAA Tournament-like setup that crowns one champion in the end.
Keegan Bradley, a St. John's University graduate and winner of the 2011 PGA Championship, is a No. 5 seed and will face No. 12 Geoff Ogilvy of Australia. The winner of the match will advance to play either No. 4 Sergio Garcia (Spain) or No. 13 M.A. Jimenez (Spain).
Bradley's bracket features No. 1 seeded Rory McIlroy (Ireland), the winner of the 2011 U.S. Open and No. 2 Jason Day (Australia).
Bradley is coming off an exciting second-place finish at last weekend's Northern Trust Open, which featured Bill Haas edging out Bradley and Phil Mickelson in a sudden-death playoff to earn his fourth-career victory.
England's Luke Donald and Lee Westwood and Germany's Martin Kaymer are all No. 1 seeds in their respective brackets.
Meanwhile, Tiger Woods earned a No. 5 seed and will play against Gonzalo Fdez-Castano of Spain.
Mickelson has elected not to play in this five-day event.
A full printable bracket of the Accenture Match Play Champion can be found here. Tee times are below, via PGATour.com:
| 9:25 a.m. | Graeme McDowell (N. Ireland) | vs. | Y.E. Yang (Korea) | |
| 9:35 a.m. | Hunter Mahan (USA) | vs. | Zach Johnson (USA) | |
| 9:45 a.m. | Bill Haas (USA) | vs. | Ryo Ishikawa (Japan) | |
| 9:55 a.m. | Justin Rose (England) | vs. | Paul Lawrie (Scotland) | |
| 10:05 a.m. | Dustin Johnson (USA) | vs. | Jim Furyk (USA) | |
| 10:15 a.m. | Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) | vs. | Francesco Molinari (Italy) | |
| 10:25 a.m. | Charl Schwartzel (S. Africa) | vs. | Gary Woodland (USA) | |
| 10:35 a.m. | Ian Poulter (England) | vs. | Sang-moon Bae (Korea) | |
| 10:45 a.m. | Steve Stricker (USA) | vs. | Kevin Na (USA) | |
| 10:55 a.m. | Louis Oosthuizen (S. Africa) | vs. | Aaron Baddeley (Australia) | |
| 11:05 a.m. | Webb Simpson (USA) | vs. | Matteo Manassero (Italy) | |
| 11:15 a.m. | Alvaro Quiros (Spain) | vs. | Martin Laird (Scotland) | |
| 11:25 a.m. | Adam Scott (Australia) | vs. | Robert Rock (England) | |
| 11:35 a.m. | Bo Van Pelt (USA) | vs. | Mark Wilson (USA) | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Jason Day (Australia) | vs. | Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spain) | |
| 11:55 a.m. | Simon Dyson (England) | vs. | John Senden (Australia) | |
| 12:05 p.m. | Matt Kuchar (USA) | vs. | Jonathan Byrd (USA) | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Bubba Watson (USA) | vs. | Ben Crane (USA) | |
| 12:25 p.m. | Nick Watney (USA) | vs. | Darren Clarke (N. Ireland) | |
| 12:35 p.m. | Tiger Woods (USA) | vs. | Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spain) | |
| 12:45 p.m. | K.J. Choi (Korea) | vs. | Kyle Stanley (USA) | |
| 12:55 p.m. | Brandt Snedeker (USA) | vs. | Retief Goosen (S. Africa) | |
| 1:05 p.m. | Sergio Garcia (Spain) | vs. | Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Keegan Bradley (USA) | vs. | Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) | |
| 1:25 p.m. | Martin Kaymer (Germany) | vs. | Greg Chalmers (Australia) | |
| 1:35 p.m. | David Toms (USA) | vs. | Rickie Fowler (USA) | |
| 1:45 p.m. | Lee Westwood (England) | vs. | Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) | |
| 1:55 p.m. | Robert Karlsson (Sweden) | vs. | Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) | |
| 2:05 p.m. | Luke Donald (England) | vs. | Ernie Els (S. Africa) | |
| 2:15 p.m. | Jason Dufner (USA) | vs. | Peter Hanson (Sweden) | |
| 2:25 p.m. | Rory McIlroy (N. Ireland) | vs. | George Coetzee (S. Africa) | |
| 2:35 p.m. | Kyung-tae Kim (Korea) | vs. | Anders Hansen (Denmark) |
The TV schedule is as follows:
Wed.: 12-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel
Thurs.: 2-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel
Fri.: 2-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel
Sat.: 12-2 p.m. ET on Golf; 2-6 on NBC
Sun.: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. ET on Golf Channel; 2-6 p.m. on NBC
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