The first day at Dove Mountain didn’t settle much in the 2013 WGC-Accenture Match Play, as not a single golfer advanced to the second round thanks to a wild snow storm hitting the Tuscon area. The first match of the day got to the 16th hole, but none of the 64 golfers has been eliminated yet and a third of the first round matches have not even started.
WGC-Accenture Match Play 2013 bracket: Tiger Woods, No. 1 seeds still on shelf in 1st Round
Several golfers are on the edge of moving to the next line in this year’s bracket, but thanks to a snowstorm, all 64 players are still alive in Arizona.
Play was suspended for the day just after 1 p.m. local time, and PGA Tour official Mark Russell told Golf Channel that they will restart the 1st Round Thursday morning. But if temperatures stay in the 30s, that blanket of snow may not be gone by early morning. The weather for the rest of the week is supposed to be clear. But the beginning of a tournament, including this atypical format, is the worst time for a delay with the full field still needing to make their way around the course.
While a majority of the matches have teed off, all four No. 1 seeds at the top of the bracket have yet to start their opening round. Tiger Woods quickly made exited the premises when the snow started blanketing the course, and he’ll have to wait until at least late Thursday morning (playing in the second-to-last match) before his tournament starts. Here’s where the current matches already out on the course stand:
Ben Hogan Bracket
Sergio Garcia 2 up on Thongchai Jaidee thru 15
Matt Kuchar 3 up on Hiroyuki Fujita thru 14
Nicolas Colsaerts 3 up on Bill Haas thru 8
Justin Rose 2 up on K.J. Choi thru 9
Ernie Els 1 up on Fredrik Jacobson thru 3
Keegan Bradley All Square with Marcus Fraser thru 3
Sam Snead Bracket
Bo Van Pelt 5 up on John Senden thru 12
Ian Poulter 3 up on Stephen Gallacher thru 12
Adam Scott 1 up on Tim Clark thru 8
Jamie Donaldson 3 up on Thorbjorn Olesen thru 7
Steve Stricker 2 up on Henrik Stenson thru 2
Nick Watney All Square with David Toms thru 1
Bobby Jones Bracket
Charl Schwartzel All Square with Russell Henley thru 11
Jason Day 6 up on Zach Johnson thru 10
Bubba Watson All Square with Chris Wood thru 6
Jim Furyk All Square with Ryan Moore thru 6
Dustin Johnson All Square with Alexander Noren thru 1
Gary Player Bracket
Richard Sterne 3 up on Jason Dufner thru 10
Hunter Mahan 4 up on Matteo Manassero thru 9
Lee Westwood 2 up on Rafael Cabrera-Bello thru 5
George Coetzee 1 up on Martin Kaymer thru 4
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