Matchplay pairings

"Unofficial" pairings for the World Matchplay throw up some interesting matches:

1 Luke Donald vs Ernie Els
2 Rory McIlroy vs George Coetzee
3 Lee Westwood vs Nicolas Colsaerts
4 Martin Kaymer vs Greg Chalmers
5 Steve Stricker vs Kevin Na
6 Webb Simpson vs Matteo Manassero
7 Jason Day vs Rafael Cabrerra-Bello
8 Adam Scott vs Robert Rock
9 Dustin Johnson vs Jim Furyk
10 Charl Schwartzel vs Gary Woodland
11 Bill Haas vs Ryo Ishikawa
12 Graeme McDowell vs Y.E. Yang
13 Matt Kuchar vs Jonathan Byrd
14 Nick Watney vs Darren Clarke
15 Sergio Garcia vs Miguel Jimenez
16 K.J. Choi vs Kyle Stanley
17 Brandt Snedeker vs Retief Goosen
18 Keegan Bradley vs Geoff Ogilvy
19 Tiger Woods vs Gonzalo Fdez-C.
20 Bubba Watson vs Ben Crane
21 Hunter Mahan vs Zach Johnson
22 Justin Rose vs Paul Lawrie
23 Ian Poulter vs Bae Sang-Moon
24 Thomas Bjorn vs Francesco Molinari
25 Bo Van Pelt vs Mark Wilson
26 Simon Dyson vs John Senden
27 Alvaro Quiros vs Martin Laird
28 Louis Oosthuizen vs Aaron Baddeley
29 David Toms vs Rickie Fowler
30 Robert Karlsson vs Fredrik Jacobson
31 Kim Kyung-Tae vs Anders Hansen
32 Jason Dufner vs Peter Hanson

Looking at that list, wonder what odds I'd get for a 'home win' on each game. (First player named in each group)

Some nice pairings there to catch the eye. I particularly like

Luke v Ernie
Westy v Colsaerts
Adam Scott v Robert Rock
GMac v YE
Sergio v MAJ
Tiger v Gonzo
Poults v British Aerospace Engineers
King Louis v Badds

Here's the link to the actual draw in it's four "brackets".

http://i.cdn.turner.com/pgatour/docs/2012_wgc_accenture_match_play.pdf#

Doc, try putting them in as a 32 player accumulator on somewhere like paddypower. I have gone for what I think are 9 certs to win there first round matches as a £10 accumulator, hoping to return £494 if they all come in! Fingers crossed!

Matelot...how did the 9 certs fare amongst the carnage last night?

They got caught in the carnage BCM. He got 5 or 6 right.

That is what I suspected Grumps! How the hell did oldparwin manage to pick 22 winners in the fantasy league?...The man must be a genius!

Making my picks is easy, first drink a half a bottle of OLDPAR, 2nd put on a pair of rose coloured glasses, and then just pick the ones you can see.

Only 3 let me down, two certs I thought couldn't lose this week were 'the ego loud clothes wearing nonce' and Lerkio Garcia. Never mind, trying again this evening! Mug!

oldparwin wrote:Making my picks is easy, first drink a half a bottle of OLDPAR, 2nd put on a pair of rose coloured glasses, and then just pick the ones you can see.

Brilliant!...I must give that a try!

Who will be the actual favorite tomorrow if Laird and Lawrie win their matches today? And who will be the 'peoples' favorite or is that a foregone conclusion? Will it pit clan against clan in Scotland and will it lead to more demands for secession?

www? Looks to be Westwood against Watney or Woods tomorrow.

From this side of the Atlantic, Lawrie over Laird every time

I've never understood the love shown for Laird on the old 606 (or even on v2) - they seemed to treat him as some sort of adopted son when there was no one else from Scotland doing anything worthwhile - but Laird is about as Scottish as ... well, a Scottish person who has lived in USA for God knows how long

Lawrie on the other hand is a fine ambassador for Scotland. I'd love to see him do well

I think its a pity how the draw has worked out with them, think both of them, could have gone a long way