Ben Martin and Matt Kuchar were all square in their Day 1 match at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship heading to the par-3 17th. The hole is a behemoth 243 yards, making par a great score and one that could have meant a decisive win before heading to the final hole. Martin did two better. […]
Rory McIlroy, Jamie Dornan square off in futuristic soccer match
April 15, 2015 by
Rory McIlroy may be a golfer, but he’s a big fan of other sports, too, including rugby and soccer, er, football. It’s not a surprise, then, that the Ulsterman would be willing to try a new variation on the sport. McIlroy faced off against fellow Northern Irishman and “50 Shades of Grey” actor Jamie Dornan […]
Henrik Stenson wins at Volvo Match Play with walk-off eagle
October 18, 2014 by
In match play, you’re always supposed to assume your opponent will make the putt, or the chip or the sand shot. But from the fairway? No. It’s reasonable, then, if Thongchai Jaidee was rather shocked when he lost his Friday match at the Volvo World Match Play Championship. He lost to Henrik Stenson on a […]
Four matches to watch on Friday at the Accenture Match Play
February 23, 2014 by
We are two days into the Accenture Match Play, and while plenty of big names have been bounced, we have some really solid matches on Friday at Dove Mountain. Here are the four we think you should really keep your eye on throughout the third round. Sergio Garcia versus Rickie Fowler — If there is […]
Jason Dufner holed a chip shot to win his second round match at the Accenture
February 22, 2014 by
There are plenty of ways to win matches at the Accenture Match Play event. Jason Dufner’s birdie on the 17th hole on Thursday at Dove Mountain might have been the best walk-off shot of the 2014 matches. Leading Matteo Manassero 1-up with two holes to play, Dufner missed the green on the 17th and had […]
The Bacon Mailbag: Match play, Bubba Watson and Spieth’s chances at Augusta
February 19, 2014 by
Each Tuesday for the remainder of the golf season we will be rolling out a mailbag, with any and all questions invited from readers and fans around the world. Have a good question you want answered? Hit me up on Twitter at @shanebacon and we will try to get to it in the coming weeks. […]
Tiger Woods joins a growing list of big stars skipping the Accenture Match Play
February 8, 2014 by
One of the big fears of a match play event, especially a huge professional one with million dollar sponsors, is that the finals will produce two duds. Every golfer dreams of a Tiger Woods versus Phil Mickelson final, but we’ve seen our share of watered down finals over the years of the Accenture Match Play […]
Here are highlights from the Tiger Woods versus Rory McIlroy exhibition match in China
December 7, 2013 by
If you live in the United States, you probably didn’t get to watch any of the exhibition match between Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy that took place on Monday, but luckily we have some of the highlights from the made-for-TV spectacle. For the second straight year, McIlroy was able to take down Woods in this […]
Four third round Accenture match play winners we like
February 25, 2013 by
The golf world rarely gets a chance to pick round match-ups and actually see the guys go head-to-head with one winner walking away. Match play does that, and this week at the Accenture we get to see the best in the world take over the desert in Marana in hopes of escaping match after match […]
Video: Watch all the chip-ins during the Rory McIlroy-Shane Lowry match at the Accenture
February 23, 2013 by
First round matches don’t get much more entertaining than what happened between Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. Two friends from across the pond, McIlroy and Lowry both had to hole a few shots from off the green to either keep themselves in a hole or win it. McIlroy did it early, but it was what […]
