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The Top-64 players from the Official World Golf Ranking are to play in the first World Golf Championships event of the year at the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship.

This tournament is a bracket style of tourney where players face off against each other in elimination, similar to tennis. There are four different brackets, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Gary Player and Sam Snead. One top ranked player will be placed into each bracket. Players in each of the four brackets are seeded No. 1 through No. 16, with the top-ranked golfer playing the No. 16 seed, No. 2 pairing off against No. 15, No. 3 vs. No. 14, and so forth in the first round.

Tiger Woods says “I’ve always said match play is like a boat race – it’s basically a sprint and anything can happen in 18 holes.”  Get your free PGA Pick in now!

The top four players in the World Rankings are:

1. Tiger Woods

2. Phil Mickelson

3.  Steve Stricker

4. Ernie Els

BodogLife.com currently has Tiger Woods as a 5/2 favorite to win. He’s 100% in 3 events this year and has won 11 WGC titles since the series was launched with the Match Play in 1999.

Other notables:

Phil Mickelson - 14/1

Adam Scott - 16/1

Ernie Els - 20/1

Padraig Harrington - 20/1

Last year’s tournament had none of the top ranked players make it to the final day. The final pairing for the Championship was between Henrik Stenson and Geoff Ogilvy, in which Henrik Stenson won. Tiger finished tied for 9th while Phil was knocked out early.

WGC Accenture Match Play Championship

Tee off: Wed, Feb 20, 2008 10:00  

Line: Bodog

Pick: Tiger Woods at 5/2

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