{"id":8162,"date":"2012-02-21T02:18:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/update-1-golf-donald-meets-els-in-mouthwatering-wgc-first-round-clash\/"},"modified":"2012-02-21T02:18:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:18:29","slug":"update-1-golf-donald-meets-els-in-mouthwatering-wgc-first-round-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-golf-donald-meets-els-in-mouthwatering-wgc-first-round-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Golf-Donald meets Els in mouthwatering WGC first round clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds quotes, detail)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocatio\/spann\">Feb 20 (Reuters) &#8211; World number one Luke Donald was<br \/>\ndrawn on Monday to play triple major winner Ernie Els in the<br \/>\nfirst round of this week&#8217;s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship<br \/>\nin Marana, Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Briton Donald is the defending champion, having won last<br \/>\nyear&#8217;s trophy in imperious style without reaching the 18th hole<br \/>\nin any of his six matches.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spain&#8217;s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano will also meet Tiger Woods<br \/>\nin Wednesday&#8217;s opening round at Dove Mountain while world number<br \/>\ntwo Rory McIlroy launches his campaign against South African<br \/>\nGeorge Coetzee.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lee Westwood, ranked third, faces Belgian Nicolas Colsaerts<br \/>\nand Sergio Garcia takes on fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>American Bill Haas, winner of Sunday&#8217;s Northern Trust Open,<br \/>\nkicks off with a match against young Japanese Ryo Ishikawa while<br \/>\nDustin Johnson meets U.S. Ryder Cup team mate Jim Furyk.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Donald will be looking to rediscover his form after slumping<br \/>\nto a eight-bogey 78 in the final round of the Northern Trust<br \/>\nOpen to share 56th place at seven over.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I certainly have good feelings going back to Dove<br \/>\nMountain,&#8221; the Englishman told Reuters in an interview on<br \/>\nSunday. &#8220;I have a pretty good match play record but you just<br \/>\nnever know with that format.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just try to be pretty good at not giving too many shots<br \/>\naway, too many holes away, keeping the pressure on my opponents<br \/>\nand taking it one match by one.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Tony Jimenez in London, editing by Mark Meadows; To<br \/>\ncomment on this story: sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds quotes, detail) Feb 20 (Reuters) &#8211; World number one Luke Donald was drawn on Monday to play triple major winner Ernie Els in the first round of this week&#8217;s WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona. 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