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Bittersweet 16 at Match Play

By Jason Sobel
ESPN.com

Friday, February 24, 2006

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- A funny thing happened on the way to this year's edition of the Accenture Match Play Championship. It was a trend that began in earnest three years ago. Following fluky winners Jeff Maggert, Steve Stricker and Kevin Sutherland (plus bonafide champ Darren Clarke in 2001), came a pair of victories by top-ranked Tiger Woods and one by David Toms, a popular American player with a major title under his belt. The pattern continued. Journeys to the center of the bracket by such ...

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