Golf: McIlroy and Woods both eliminated at Match Play
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Rory McIlroy (left) and Tiger Woods were both eliminated from the Match Play Championship on Thursday, Feb 22, 2013, the first time in 11 years the top two seeds were knocked out on the first day. -- PHOTO: AP
MARANA, Arizona (AP) - Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods were both eliminated from the Match Play Championship on Thursday - the first time in 11 years the top two seeds were knocked out on the first day.
Shane Lowry made a four-foot par putt on the 18th hole to eliminate world No. 1 McIlroy, making it three years out of four that the top seed went home after day one.
Moments later, Charles Howell III beat the second-seeded Woods on the 17th hole. Howell nearly holed a wedge for birdie on the 16th and made a 25-foot birdie on the 16th to seize control.
Along with McIlroy and Woods, a more welcome departure was the snow which blanketed the course on Wednesday.
