PGATOUR.COM - Our experts choose the most intriguing first-round matches

Read here, as our PGATOUR.com experts weigh-in on what they believe will be the most intriguing first-round match of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship:

T.J. Auclair

PGATOUR.com Interactive Producer

Sergio Garcia vs. Darren Clarke

There may not be two more dominating players in the universe when it comes to team-match play, specifically at the Ryder Cup. Garcias overall record is an amazing 14-4-2 while Clarke's is a none-to-shabby 10-7-3. While Garcia is undoubtedly the best modern-day match player in team events -- he pours in putts from all over at will -- when it comes to going one-on-one, his putter can get colder than a meat locker. Case in point, Garcia has never made it past the third round in five appearances at the Accenture Match Play Championship. And, if you watched his season debut at the Nissan Open last week, you saw that he agonized over 3- to 5-foot putts as if all of them were 20-footers to win a major. Over-thinking the little ones wont do a player any good, especially in match play. Clarke and Garcia are great friends, but if its a close match, youve got to wonder if Clarke will be conceding short putts to his amigo. Clarke will be playing in his eighth Accenture Match Play Championships. In four of the previous seven, he hasnt made it out of the first round. But when hes on his game -- like he was when he beat David Duval and Tiger Woods in consecutive matches to win in 2000 -- Clarke is tough to beat.

Brett Avery

The Fantasy Insider

Stuart Appleby vs. Charles Howell III

Two guys who have played consistently this season yet have lackluster records in this event. Appleby had three top-15 finishes around the world prior to his tie for 69th in last weeks Nissan Open. But hes made it past the second round only in 2001, when he lost in the third round at The Metropolitan Golf Club back home in Australia. Howell, fresh off that Nissan Open playoff triumph, has finished second or better three times this PGA TOUR season (Sony Open in Hawaii, Buick Invitational). But he got bumped in the second round in his 2002 debut and then lost in the first round four straight years at the 18th or 19th hole. This'll either be exceptionally well played or a scrape-it-out affair. Either way it should be intriguing.

Lauren Deason

PGA TOUR.com Editorial Coordinator

Vijay Singh vs. John Rollins

Before Charles Howell III and Phil Mickelson overtook them in the standings, Vijay Singh and John Rollins were Nos. 1 and 2 in FedExCup points. It's an intriguing match and an upset alert -- the way Rollins has been playing, he could beat Singh. Singh has a win and three top-20 finishes in 2007 but lost in the third round last year to Padraig Harrington and has gone out in the second round five times in the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Rollins lost in 2004 in the first round in his only appearance, but has been consistent in 2007, finishing in the top 25 five times.

Melanie Hauser

PGATOUR.com Correspondent

Geoff Ogilvy vs. Steve Stricker

Two got-everything players, two former World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship winners and the reigning U.S. Open champ in Ogilvy. One of those "no fair" first-rounders -- hey, it's a draw, I'm not complaining -- that knock out a potential finalist/semifinalist way too early.

Dave Lagarde

PGATOUR.com Contributor

Sergio Garcia vs. Darren Clarke

That would be the Sergio Garcia-Darren Clarke battle of European Ryder Cup stars. Garcia seems more suited to team play than individual stroke- or match-play and Clarke is a freewheeling former champion. It should be emotional and fun with each able to raise their game during match play.

John Maginnes

PGA TOUR Network on XM Radio analyst

Vijay Singh vs. John Rollins

I am keeping an eye on the Vijay Singh-John Rollins match. This is without question the match that pits the two hottest golfers. John has finished second twice this year. He lost in a playoff at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic and two weeks later came up a shot short at the FBR Open. At Phoenix, he had the unluckiest break of the year on the final hole when his approach shot struck the flag stick and bounded back off the front of the green. The unlucky break cost him a chance to win the tournament and he lost by a single stroke. In John's only other Accenture Match Play Championship start he was pitted against Tiger Woods on the opening day and took the maestro to the 18th hole. Rest assured that John has booked his return trip from Tucson on Sunday night not Wednesday.

Helen Ross

PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents

Vijay Singh vs. John Rollins

Both men are playing extremely well this year. Singh won the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship and has two other finishes among the top 11. Rollins has two runner-up finishes and three more among the top 25. The Virginian is a much more confident player than the one who took Tiger Woods to the 18th hole at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship in 2004 before bowing out. Will he be the giant-killer this year?

Dave Shedloski

PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent

Stuart Appleby vs. Charles Howell III

Two potential Presidents Cup opponents meet to try and improve their match-play fortunes. Appleby has never missed a World Golf Championships event, and only once has he ventured past the first round in the match play tournament. Five times he's been knocked out in the first round. Howell, meanwhile, has lost four times in the first round and once in the second round in his five appearances.