David Toms is good

Newsflash: David Toms is good.

He's also my pick for the final in the Accenture Match Play Championship.

Next post or two my small review and a couple of pictures of when I played La Costa.

Toms & Dimarco advance to the finals

0 for 2 last bracket. DO NOT BET WITH ME! My picking stinks on this!

David Toms defeated Ian Poulter 3 and 2. Chris Dimarco unseeded #1 Retief Goosen 2 and 1. So it's Toms & Dimarco in the final tomorrow.

Going to go with Toms this time. This should be an interesting match.

Round 4 pairings & pix

4 for 8 last bracket. I'd be losing a ton in vegas.

Dimarco vs Cink -DIMARCO
Goosen vs Allenby -GOOSE (if he wakes up)
O'Hern vs Poulter -O'HERN
Toms vs Scott -SCOTT

(I couldn't decide on Toms vs Scott, so my boy picked that one)

No Tiger vs Phil this year..VJ gone

David Toms knocked off Phil Mickelson in round 3 of the Accenture 4 & 2.
Tiger Woods fell to Nick O'Hern 3 & 1 and Jay Hass defeated Vijay Singh 3 & 2.

Being a #1 seed in this tournament is no guarantee apparently. The three who are playing the best right now are Stewart Cink, David Toms and Adam Scott.

Retief Goosen defeated Chad Campbell in 19 holes.

Matchplay day 2 round 2 bracked & pix

Man, bad picking last round at 7/17!

Bobby Jones Bracket
Chris DiMarco (4) vs Jay Haas (9) DIMARCO
Davis Love III (3) vs Stewart Cink (2) III

Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) vs Chad Campbell (5) GOOSE
Kirk Triplett (15) vs Robert Allenby (11) TRIP

Gary Player Bracket
Nick O'Hern (8) vs Luke Donald (5) O'HERN
Rory Sabbatini (10) vs Ian Poulter (11) POULTER

Sam Snead Bracket
David Toms (4) vs Phil Mickelson (1) PHIL
Sergio Garcia (2) vs Adam Scott (3) SERGIO

Matchplay day 2 matchups & pix

Bobby Jones Bracket
Vijay Singh (1) vs Jay Haas (9) VEEJ
Chris DiMarco (4) John Daly (12) DIMARCO
Stewart Cink (2) vs Tom Lehman (10) LEHMAN
Davis Love III (3) Lee Westwood (6) III

Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) vs Fred Couples (9) GOOSE if he wakes up
Miguel A. Jimenez (4) vs Chad Campbell (5) CAMPBELL
Kirk Triplett (15) Craig Parry (10) PARRY
Graeme McDowell (14) Robert Allenby (11) ALLENBY

Tiger Woods (1) vs Nick O'Hern (8) TIGER
Kenny Perry (4) vs Luke Donald (5) PERRY
Padraig Harrington (2) Rory Sabbatini (10) PADRAIG
Stuart Appleby (3) vs Ian Poulter (11) APPLEBY

Sam Snead Bracket
Phil Mickelson (1) vs Angel Cabrera (8) PHIL
David Toms (4) vs Mark Hensby (12) TOMS
Sergio Garcia (2) vs Jerry Kelly (10) KELLY
Adam Scott (3) David Howell (11) SCOTT

Accenture Matchplay Round 1 Results

Somehow I went 8/8 on my picks of the Bobby Jones Bracket. Despite that I was 18/32. Some of the "upsets" were surprising. Weir, Clarke, Hamilton, Pampling and Ames were all favorites but lost.

I did feel like a genius picking Daly.

Results:

Bobby Jones Bracket
Vijay Singh (1) def Shingo Katayama (16) 4 and 3
Jay Haas (9) def Jonathan Kaye (8) 4 and 2
John Daly (12) def Justin Leonard (5) 1 up
Chris DiMarco (4) def Tim Herron (13) 1 up
Lee Westwood (6) def Steve Flesch (11) 4 and 3
Davis Love III (3) def Chris Riley (14) 1 up
Tom Lehman (10) def K.J. Choi (7) 4 and 2
Stewart Cink (2) def Fred Funk (15) 2 up

Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) def Stephen Leaney (16) 1 up
Fred Couples (9) def Peter Lonard (8) 1 up
Chad Campbell (5) def Fredrik Jacobson (12) 2 up
Miguel A. Jimenez (4) def Rod Pampling (13) 3 and 2
Robert Allenby (11) def Todd Hamilton (6) 6 and 5
Graeme McDowell (14) def Darren Clarke (3) 1 up
Craig Parry (10) def Tim Clark (7) 1 up
Kirk Triplett (15) def Mike Weir (2) 1 up

Gary Player Bracket
Tiger Woods (1) def Nick Price (16) 4 and 3
Nick O'Hern (8) def Charles Howell III (9) 19 holes
Luke Donald (5) def Zach Johnson (12) 4 and 3
Kenny Perry (4) def Thomas Levet (13) 3 and 2
Ian Poulter (11) def Jim Furyk (6) 3 and 1
Stuart Appleby (3) def Joakim Haeggman (14) 19 holes
Rory Sabbatini (10) def Thomas Bjorn (7) 6 and 5
Padraig Harrington (2) def Jeff Maggert (15) 1 up

Sam Snead Bracket
Phil Mickelson (1) def Loren Roberts (16) 3 and 1
Angel Cabrera (8) def Paul Casey (9) 4 and 2
Mark Hensby (12) def Stephen Ames (5) 7 and 6
David Toms (4) def Richard Green (13) 1 up
David Howell (11) def Shigeki Maruyama (6) 6 and 5
Adam Scott (3) def Trevor Immelman (14) 2 up
Jerry Kelly (10) def Scott Verplank (7) 1 up
Sergio Garcia (2) def Alex Cejka (15) 4 and 2

Best throw of the day

The award for round 1 of the Accenture Match Play Championship goes to Thomas Levet. After he missed a par putt to keep his match with Kenny Perry alive, he hucked his putter into the lake!

Matchplay: brackets, times and my picks

MY PIX IN CAPS

Bobby Jones Bracket
Vijay Singh (1) vs Shingo Katayama (16) 11:01 a VEEJ
Jonathan Kaye (8) vs Jay Haas (9) 11:10 a HAAS
Justin Leonard (5) vs John Daly (12) 9:58 a DALY (soft course)
Chris DiMarco (4) vs Tim Herron (13) 9:49 a DIMARCO
Lee Westwood (6) vs Steve Flesch (11) 7:34 a WESTWOOD
Davis Love III (3) vs Chris Riley (14) 7:25 a DL III
K.J. Choi (7) vs Tom Lehman (10) 8:46 a LEHMAN
Stewart Cink (2) vs Fred Funk (15) 8:37 a CINK CINKS FUNK

Ben Hogan Bracket
Retief Goosen (1) vs Stephen Leaney (16) 11:19 a GOOSE (If he wakes up on time)
Peter Lonard (8) vs Fred Couples (9) 11:28 a LONARD
Chad Campbell (5) vs Fredrik Jacobson (12) 10:16 a JACOBSON
Miguel A. Jimenez (4) vs Rod Pampling (13) 10:07 a JIMENEZ
Todd Hamilton (6) vs Robert Allenby (11) 7:52 a HAMILTON
Darren Clarke (3) vs Graeme McDowell (14) 7:43 a CLARKE
Tim Clark (7) vs Craig Parry (10) 9:04 a CLARK
Mike Weir (2) vs Kirk Triplett (15) 8:55 a WIERSY

Sam Snead Bracket
Phil Mickelson (1) vs Loren Roberts (16) 11:55 a PHIL
Angel Cabrera (8) vs Paul Casey (9) 12:04 a CASEY
Stephen Ames (5) vs Mark Hensby (12) 10:52 a AMES
David Toms (4) vs Richard Green (13) 10:43 a TOMS
Shigeki Maruyama (6) vs David Howell (11) 8:28 a SHIG
Adam Scott (3) vs Trevor Immelman (14) 8:19 a SCOTT
Scott Verplank (7) vs Jerry Kelly (10) 9:40 a VERPLANK
Sergio Garcia (2) vs Alex Cejka (15) 9:31 a SERGIO

Gary Player Bracket
Tiger Woods (1) vs Nick Price (16) 11:37 a TIGER
Nick O'Hern (8) vs Charles Howell III (9) 11:46 a HOWELL
Luke Donald (5) vs Zach Johnson (12) 10:34 a DONALD
Kenny Perry (4) vs Thomas Levet (13) 10:25 a LEVET
Jim Furyk (6) vs Ian Poulter (11) 8:10 a FURYK
Stuart Appleby (3) vs Joakim Haeggman (14) 8:01 a APPLEBY
Thomas Bjorn (7) vs Rory Sabbatini (10) 9:22 a BJORN
Padraig Harrington (2) vs Jeff Maggert (15) 9:13 a PADRAIG

Shots of Lake Las Vegas

I MUST golf here:

Rains postpone Accenture Match Play

The heavy rains are still causing the PGA problems. The 1st round of the Accenture Match play has now been postponed until Thursday.

I've been in Vegas for the last 3 days where the rains from LA had hit there too. Let me tell you I was afraid my car would be swamped several times. Vegas had more rain in 3 those days than they get in an average YEAR. Fortunately I wasn't golfing there.

Adam Scott wins Nissan in playoff

Due to the shortening of this tournament because of the heavy rains, this win does not count as "official" for Adam Scott. The $864,000 he made will surely spend "officially."