{"id":683,"date":"2013-02-21T18:59:07","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/?p=683"},"modified":"2023-12-01T00:42:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T00:42:13","slug":"overview-of-the-accenture-match-play-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/overview-of-the-accenture-match-play-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Accenture Match Play Championship with Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Picks to Win Each Bracket:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jones Bracket: <\/strong>Charl Schwartzel – In five events this year, Charl has five top-5 finishes. Don\u2019t be surprised to see him go deep.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Hogan Bracket: <\/strong>Justin Rose \u2013 He\u2019s been hot since the closing weeks of last season and during the Ryder Cup he really showed how much he can thrive in match play.<\/p>\n

Player Bracket: <\/strong>Tiger Woods \u2013 In addition to winning this event three times, he\u2019s the best match play golfer of all time. Enough said.<\/p>\n

Snead Bracket:<\/strong> Ian Poulter \u2013 A guy that really feeds off of this type of competition, Poulter has had some close calls here in the past. Maybe this time he\u2019ll get over the hump.<\/p>\n

Who we\u2019d Like to See Win Each Bracket:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jones Bracket:<\/strong> Rory Mcilroy<\/p>\n

Hogan Bracket:<\/strong> Keegan Bradley<\/p>\n

Player Bracket:<\/strong> Tiger Woods<\/p>\n

Snead Bracket:<\/strong> Adam Scott<\/p>\n

Tiger vs. Rory in the finals. Tiger vs. Adam Scott (and his old caddy Steve Williams). Keegan vs. Rory. If these four make it to the semi-finals there is any number of intriguing matchups to watch.<\/p>\n

Possible Underdogs:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jones Bracket:<\/strong> Ricki Fowler \u2013 Ricki\u2019s a fan favorite and he\u2019s openly stated that he thrives on this type of competition. He\u2019s got a great Walker Cup record and clearly knows how to succeed in this format.<\/p>\n

Hogan Bracket: <\/strong>Matt Kuchar \u2013 When Matt is hot, he\u2019s hot. If he has some success in early matches there\u2019s no telling what kind of run he could go on.<\/p>\n

Player Bracket: <\/strong>Jason Dufner \u2013 Dufner has just the type of personality that you need to outlast your opponents in this type of tournament. He\u2019s cool, calm, collected and never seems to show the slightest sign of anxiety, even when he\u2019s down.<\/p>\n

Snead Bracket:<\/strong> Bo Van Pelt \u2013 A great ball striker and one of the most consistent players on tour, Bo has the type of steady game to play five days of good golf.<\/p>\n

High Seeds Likely to Lose in Early Matches:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Jones Bracket:<\/strong> Rory Mcilroy \u2013 Rory has barely played at all this year. His natural ability is second to none when it comes to golf but don\u2019t be surprised if it takes him a few events to get back into the swing of things.<\/p>\n

Hogan Bracket:<\/strong> Louis Oosthuizen \u2013 When he\u2019s on his game, Louis is among the best in the world but when he\u2019s not, he can be pretty lost. It wouldn\u2019t be too shocking if he gets taken down early on.<\/p>\n

Player Bracket:<\/strong> Lee Westwood \u2013 Westwood has a very average match play track record. There\u2019s no doubt that he is among the best players in the world but five grueling days of golf just doesn\u2019t really fit his mold.<\/p>\n

Snead Bracket:<\/strong> Steve Stricker \u2013 Stricker may still be scarred from last year\u2019s Ryder Cup when he compiled an overall record of 0 \u2013 4. If that\u2019s still lingering around, he\u2019s got no chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picks to Win Each Bracket:\u00a0 Jones Bracket: Charl Schwartzel – In five events this year, Charl has five top-5 finishes. Don\u2019t be surprised to see him go deep. \u00a0Hogan Bracket: Justin Rose \u2013 He\u2019s been hot since the closing weeks of last season and during the Ryder Cup he really showed how much he can…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[486,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-news","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8724,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions\/8724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipsticks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}