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The HSBC – Leaney vs Clark |
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‘I feel like we wasted time out there this morning’, said Clark after his finishing birdie made this match all square.
Leaney was more impassive about the first 18, ‘I got off to a nice start but Tim birdied the 9th and 10th and it was that type of morning all round.’
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The HSBC – Singh vs Cejka |
| AM - ‘That was an unbelievable start for me. Exactly what I was looking for’, said Singh, lunching 6 up against Cejka, ‘I chipped in at the 1st, holed from 40ft at the 2nd and then Alex gave me the third.
‘The swirling wind made things difficult all day and I tried just to keep the ball in play.’
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The HSBC – Campbell vs Jacobsen |
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AM - Having been well left by Campbell’s fast start (five up after nine), Jacobsen rallied with wins at 12 and 13 only to take bogey at the 14th to go back to four down. By this stage, this match was a clear two holes behind those in front.
Both players had include some glorious approach play to some holes …. and then struggled to two putt from long range at others. And both had missed short putts after the better approaches or from recovery shots.
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The HSBC – Mattiace vs Bjorn |
| AM - Having pulled himself back into this match by making pars, when Mattiace went off the boil a little, Bjorn missed from just outside the American to loose the 17th and made a hash of 18 to lunch three down, and not talking to anyone.
Of all the field for this first round, only Bjorn should have had experience of playing the West Course in a stiff easterly wind - apparently though he does not play here or understand the course as much as he would like –
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The 2003 HSBC World Matchplay |
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A new start for an old tournament - how will things go?
For those who ever met Mark McCormack, the man had a real presence and his achievements are the history of Sport from the mid 60s onwards. The World Matchplay was one of his first babies and if this year is to be a celebration of the continuity McCormack achieved in much of his empire, the 2003 field has to produce a classic. |
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