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Match Play soaking, but West Coast swing shines bright

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 25, 2003

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Thanks to a day-long rainstorm that turned La Costa into a stopped-up sink, the Accenture Match Play Championship, which tees off Wednesday, will play longer than a Russian novel. Longer, even, than the odds that No. 1 seed Tiger Woods and No. 2 seed Ernie Els will meet in the 36-hole final Sunday. After receiving more than two inches of rain, three fairways -- the first, ninth and 18th -- looked Tuesday afternoon as if they had been planted by Uncle Ben. Water sat in bun ...

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