Accenture Match Play: Grading the Pickers
Tiger Woods is back in action at the Accenture Match Play. Let’s take a look at picks from Ron Sirak of Golf World, Sal Johnson of Golf Observer and Alan Shipnuck of Sports Illustrated and see how they performed.
| Match | Ron Sirak | Sal Johnson | Alan Shipnuck | Actual Result |
| Woods v Henry | Woods | Woods | Woods | Woods |
| Clark v Allenby | Allenby | Allenby | Allenby | Clark |
| O’Hern v Glover | Glover | Glover | Glover | O’Hern |
| D Howell v Sabbatini | D Howell | D Howell | Sabbatini | Sabbatini |
| Donald v Jimenez | Donald | Jimenez | Donald | Donald |
| Katayama v Baddeley | Baddeley | Baddeley | Baddeley | Baddeley |
| Stenson v Johnson | Stenson | Johnson | Stenson | Stenson |
| Choi v Pettersson | Choi | Choi | Choi | Choi |
| Mickelson v Green | Mickelson | Mickelson | Mickelson | Mickelson |
| M Campbell v Rose | Rose | Rose | Rose | Rose |
| Garcia v Clarke | Garcia | Garcia | Garcia | Garcia |
| Appleby v C Howell | Appleby | C Howell | C Howell | C Howell |
| Els v Dredge | Els | Els | Els | Dredge |
| Poulter v Bryant | Poulter | Bryant | Poulter | Poulter |
| Immelman v Bjorn | Immelman | Immelman | Immelman | Immelman |
| DiMarco v Wetterich | Wetterich | DiMarco | DiMarco | DiMarco |
| Furyk v Quigley | Furyk | Furyk | Furyk | Furyk |
| Cabrera v C Campbell | C Campbell | C Campbell | Cabrera | C Campbell |
| Love v Crane | Love | Love | Love | Crane |
| Toms v Oberholser | Toms | Toms | Toms | Toms |
| V Singh v Rollins | V Singh | V Singh | V Singh | V Singh |
| Karlsson v Ames | Karlsson | Karlsson | Ames | Ames |
| Harrington v Westwood | Harrington | Harrington | Harrington | Harrington |
| Cink v J Singh | Cink | Cink | J Singh | Cink |
| Scott v Micheel | Scott | Micheel | Scott | Micheel |
| Yang v Pampling | Pampling | Yang | Yang | Pampling |
| Casey v Weir | Casey | Casey | Casey | Casey |
| Montgomerie v Edfors | Montgomerie | Montgomerie | Edfors | Montgomerie |
| Goosen v Verplank | Goosen | Goosen | Verplank | Goosen |
| Durant v Fasth | Fasth | Fasth | Durant | Fasth |
| Ogilvy v Stricker | ? | Stricker | Ogilvy | Ogilvy |
| Olazabal v Goydos | Olazabal | Olazabal | Olazabal | Olazabal |
| Correct Picks | 22 of 32 | 21 of 32 | 21 of 32 |
Ron Sirak edges out Sal Johnson and Alan Shipnuck, despite not picking the Ogilvy v Stricker match (website said Stenson! — if Golf World corrects the pick, I’ll fix it here). The big surprises were Els getting knocked out by Bradley Dredge, Davis Love III losing to Ben Crane and Tim Clark defeating Robert Allenby.