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All the tension, none of the upsets

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

Wednesday, February 25, 2004

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- John Rollins said all the right things. The 69th-ranked player in the world, winner of one PGA Tour event, didn't cower at the prospect of playing Tiger Woods in the first round of the Accenture Match Play Championship. Rollins won the first hole. He led 2-up through 12. He led 1-up through 16. He stood on the 18th fairway, all square, a sand wedge in his hand, 98 yards from the hole. The specter of 2002, when Woods lost in the first round to Peter O'Malley, hovered over ...

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