Photos: Match Play Wednesday
The world's top 64 players tee off during the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship at The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain Golf Club.
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods hits out of a bunker onto the 18 green as as he defeated Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 1 up during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Match Play Championship
Tiger Woods blasts out of the desert on the 10th hole firing his ball out from under a creosote bush during his match against Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Match Play Championship
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano rips his ball from the bottom of a near-by wash to get on the 11th green during his match against Tiger Woods.
Match Play Championship
Tiger Woods watches his shot barely fall clear of a flowering plant as he tries to hack his way out of the brush on the 11th hole during his first round match against Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.
Match Play First Round
Ernie Els chips onto the 8th green during his match against last year's winner Luke Donald. Els defeated Donald 5 and 4 during the first round.
Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood tees off from the 16th tee box during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain. Westwood defeated Nicolas Colsaerts 3&1.
Match Play
It was nice weather for fans and golf as this fan catches some rays on the third hole during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain.
Rickie Fowler
Best dressed was Rickie Fowler as the man in blue as he lines up a putt on the third hole during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain. Fowler lost 1up to David Toms.
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy hits out of a bunker on the fourth fairway during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain. McIlroy was playing George Coetzee as was 2 up going into the 17th hole.
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods hits out of a bunker onto the 18 green as as he defeated Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 1 up during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain.
Ernie Els
Ernie Els chips onto the 8th green during his match against last year's winner Luke Donald. Els defeated Donald 5 and 4 during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain.
Jim Furyk
Former UA golfer Jim Furyk walks from the second hole after losing to Dustin Johnson in 20 holes. Furyk lost by one during the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain.
Sergio Garcia, Miguel Angel Jimenez
Spain's Sergio Garcia lines up a shot from the rough on the 10th fairway while facing Miguel Angel Jimenez during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Aaron Baddeley
Australia's Aaron Baddeley reacts after a shot while playing Louis Oosthuizen, of South Africa, during the Match Play Championship golf tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods checks out his lie next to a bush in the rough along the second fairway during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Graeme McDowell
Graeme McDowell follows through on a tee shot off the ninth hole while playing Y.E Yang during a first round match at the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa's Charl Schwartzel acknowledges spectators after chipping from the rough on the second hole while facing Gary Woodland during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Martin Kaymer, Greg Chalmers
Martin Kaymer, left, of Germany, shakes hands with Greg Chalmers, of Australia, after winning their first-round match 4 and 2 during the Match Play Championship golf tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Ernie Els
South Africa's Ernie Els watches his tee shot off the ninth hole while facing Luke Donald, of England, during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Paul Lawrie
Scotland's Paul Lawrie tees off of the third hole during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Ian Poulter
England's Ian Poulter walks by a jumping cholla cactus on his way to the fourth tee during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Graeme McDowell
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell chips onto the 8th green while playing South Korea's Y.E. Yanng during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano tees off on the third hole while playing Tiger Woods during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Match Play Championship
A saguaro pokes up through a hole built for it in the stands surrounding the first hole during the Accenture Match Play Championship.
Charl Schwartzel
South Africa's Charl Schwartzel hits out of the rough along the second fairway while playing Gary Woodland during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Paul Lawrie
Scotland's Paul Lawrie lines up a shot along the second fairway during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Dustin Johnson, Ryo Ishikawa
Dustin Johnson checks out his lie on the edge of a water hazard on the third hole during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz. Johnson conceded the hole to Ryo Ishikawa.
Ian Poulter
England's Ian Poulter hits out of the sand trap to the third green during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods watches his left-handed shot out of the rough on the second hole during a first round match against Gonzalo Fdez-Castano at the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz.
Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson
Jim Furyk watches his tee shot off on the third hole while playing Dustin Johnson during a first round match at the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk tees off on the third hole during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Hunter Mahan
Hunter Mahan hits an approach shot on the second fairway during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Ian Poulter
England's Ian Poulter, right, and South Korea's Sang-Moon Bae, third from right, walk by a water hazard on their way to the third green during the Match Play Championship golf tournament, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, in Marana, Ariz. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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