Updated: February 28, 2003, 2:06 PM ET
A look at each of Friday's eight third-round matches
Bobby Jones bracket | ||||
| Matchup | time (ET) |
Comment | ||
Stephen Leaney (12) |
1:20 p.m. | There's no way you can pick against Woods this week. He's staying conservative on the damp course and hasn't made a bogey in two days. Leaney is coming off a big 6 and 5 win over Justin Leonard. | ||
Toshi Izawa (14) |
1:30 p.m. | They don't have too much in common, but neither is a stranger to Match Play pressure. Hoch has been to the quarterfinals (2000), while Izawa has won at least one match each of the three times he's played the event. | ||
Gary Player bracket | ||||
| Matchup | time (ET) |
Comment | ||
Robert Allenby (4) |
2 p.m. | You can bet the galleries won't be following this group Friday, but each has played solid, steady golf over the first two rounds. | ||
Jim Furyk (3) |
2:10 p.m. | One of Friday's best matchups, if not the best. It pits Clarke -- who's playing with a lot of confidence and deadly accuracy -- against Furyk, who's won each of his two matches very comfortably. Clarke won his second-round match against Davis Love III 7 and 6, the biggest rout of the week. | ||
Ben Hogan bracket | ||||
| Matchup | time (ET) |
Comment | ||
Jay Haas (16) |
1:40 p.m. | A clash of fortysomethings. Price is the last player in the bracket seeded lower than 11th, while Haas is the final 16th seed remaining in the field. | ||
Kevin Sutherland (15) |
1:50 p.m. | Matchup of two guys not many people picked to make it this far. Sutherland (8-0 at La Costa) has proven last year's Match Play title was no fluke, while the 22-year-old Aussie Scott improved his Match Play record to 3-1 with Thursday's win. | ||
Sam Snead bracket | ||||
| Matchup | time (ET) |
Comment | ||
Jerry Kelly (5) |
2:20 p.m. | Mickelson has never made it out of the third round, while Kelly is coming off a win over the red-hot Mike Weir. | ||
Alex Cejka (14) |
2:30 p.m. | Toms is the final No. 2 seed left in the field, looking to follow up on his quarterfinal berth at last year's Match Play. | ||
David Lefort is ESPN.com's golf editor, and can be reached at david.m.lefort@espn3.com.
