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Battling a severe cold, Tiger Woods beat Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano 1 up in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Dove Mountain. The 36-year-old three-time Match Play champion didn't have his best stuff Wednesday, but it was good enough to hold off the 31-year-old Spaniard.
"Neither one of us had our best stuff today," said Woods, who will face Nick Watney in the next round. "So consequentially the match went back and forth. We both made our share of mistakes, but somehow I was able to move on."
Woods fell 2 down after the first two holes, but he drew the match all square with a 52-foot birdie putt at the seventh hole. He took the lead for the first time with a birdie at the eighth hole, but errant drives at the 10th and 11th holes put him 1 down in the match through 11 holes.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/...llies-win-match-play-championship-first-round
"Neither one of us had our best stuff today," said Woods, who will face Nick Watney in the next round. "So consequentially the match went back and forth. We both made our share of mistakes, but somehow I was able to move on."
Woods fell 2 down after the first two holes, but he drew the match all square with a 52-foot birdie putt at the seventh hole. He took the lead for the first time with a birdie at the eighth hole, but errant drives at the 10th and 11th holes put him 1 down in the match through 11 holes.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/...llies-win-match-play-championship-first-round
