2011 WGC Accenture Match Play --- My Bracket

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Any past research shows that I did not have the best outcome at picking the 2010 WGC Accenture Match Play. Although I did have the eventual champion Ian Poulter in my Elite 8, I wouldn’t say that would be enough to save my 37.25% accuracy in the opening round. So what better for me to do than redeem myself in 2011? Once again this new modern ‘British Invasion’ has dominated my bracket with three British Islanders in my Elite 8 (Graeme McDowell, Paul Casey and Martin Laird). I think the US will do a better job of bouncing back as I have four players waving the stars and stripes in this group of 8 (Nick Watney, Phil Mickelson, Hunter Mahan and Ryan Palmer). Rounding this group out is Aussie and one of the most consistent players in this format, two-time WGC Accenture Match Play Champion Geoff Ogilvy.

I am interested in how Tiger will fair in this format after taking some time off since his semi-struggle at Torrey. I think the potential 2nd round matchup against the previously mentioned Ogilvy may be too much for Tiger. When it all comes down to it I like a second straight year of an all Englishman final with reigning US Open Champion Graeme McDowell and fellow World Top Tener Paul Casey. I’ll take the US Open champion on the strength of his mano-a-mano playoff victory against Tiger at the 2010 Chevron. This will leave Casey with his third career bridesmaid finish at this WGC event.

One thing that has been made perfectly clear…is that when it comes to picking this event, most of the time my opinion isn’t worth the popularity of this blog. But with that being said I can always go back to my 2007 bracket where I correctly picked Henrik Stensen to bring home the title. I know I mention this win every year this event rolls around…it’s really all I got!