Els Out At Accenture Match Play Championship
February 21, 2007 by admin
Anything can and does happen during match play, it’s still surprising to see Ernie Els on the way out of the Accenture Match Play Championship already. Bradley Dredge (Euro Tour) ousted Els 4 and 2 and it wasn’t as close as the score indicates. Give credit to Dredge (who’s an excellent golfer) because he just kept the pressure on and when Els’ putter failed him, it was Dredge’s match to take.
Tiger won his match against J.J. Henry, but it really could have gone either way. Woods sprayed the ball a couple of times but ended up with pretty good lies in the desert and allowed him to hit decent approach shots. I think Henry choked on a couple of putts that would have won holes and possibly put more pressure on Tiger, but J.J. couldn’t find consistency with the flat stick.
And Stephen Ames was on the opposite side of a lopsided match this year. Last year Woods trampled Ames 9 and 8 because of some ill-advised comments he made about Tiger, but this year Ames ran all over Robert Karlsson 8 and 7. It’s good to see Ames play well here because last years thrashing could have left scars.
There’s lots of golf left and it’s still too early to make a prediction.