PGATOUR.COM picks for every first-round match

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Feb. 24, 2009

The World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship starts Wednesday with 32 first-round matches. PGATOUR.COM's T.J. Auclair, Mike McAllister, Helen Ross and Brian Wacker are on the scene at Marana, Ariz. Here are their predictions for every first-round match:
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First-round picks
Match Tee time (ET) Players (Ranking) AUCLAIR McALLISTER ROSS WACKER
1 9:36 a.m. Lee Westwood (12)
Prayad Marksaeng (53)
Westwood Westwood Westwood Westwood
2 9:45 a.m. Stewart Cink (21)
Richard Sterne (44)
Cink Cink Cink Cink
3 9:55 a.m. Anthony Kim (11)
Wen-Tang Lin (54)
Kim Kim Kim Kim
4 10:04 a.m. K.J. Choi (22)
Oliver Wilson (43)
Wilson Wilson Choi Choi
5 10:14 a.m. Camilo Villegas (9)
Rod Pampling (56)
Villegas Villegas Villegas Villegas
6 10:23 a.m. Miguel A. Jimenez (24)
Rory Sabbatini (41)
Sabbatini Jimenez Sabbatini Sabbatini
7 10:33 a.m. Kenny Perry (10)
Mathew Goggin (55)
Goggin Goggin Perry Perry
8 10:42 a.m. Paul Casey (23)
Aaron Baddeley (42)
Baddeley Casey Baddeley Baddeley
9 10:52 a.m. Phil Mickelson (5)
Angel Cabrera (60)
Cabrera Mickelson Mickelson Mickelson
10 11:01 a.m. Zach Johnson (28)
Graeme McDowell (37)
Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson
11 11:11 a.m. Henrik Stenson (6)
Davis Love III (59)
Stenson Stenson Love Love
12 11:20 a.m. Justin Leonard (27)
Andres Romero (38)
Leonard Romero Romero Leonard
13 11:30 a.m. Geoff Ogilvy (8)
Kevin Sutherland (57)
Ogilvy Ogilvy Ogilvy Ogilvy
14 11:39 a.m. Trevor Immelman (25)
Shingo Katayama (40)
Immelman Immelman Immelman Immelman
15 11:49 a.m. Robert Karlsson (7)
Peter Hanson (58)
Karlsson Karlsson Karlsson Karlsson
16 11:58 a.m. Alvaro Quiros (26)
Stephen Ames (39)
Ames Ames Ames Quiros
17 12:08 p.m. Ernie Els (13)
Soren Hansen (52)
Hansen Els Els Els
18 12:17 p.m. Steve Stricker (20)
Dustin Johnson (45)
Stricker Johnson Stricker Johnson
19 12:27 p.m. Jim Furyk (14)
Anders Hansen (51)
Furyk Furyk Furyk Furyk
20 12:36 p.m. Martin Kaymer (19)
Stuart Appleby (46)
Appleby Kaymer Appleby Appleby
21 12:46 p.m. Rory McIlroy (16)
Louis Oosthuizen (49)
McIlroy McIlroy McIlroy Oosthuizen
22 12:55 p.m. Mike Weir (17)
Hunter Mahan (48)
Mahan Weir Weir Weir
23 1:05 p.m. Justin Rose (15)
Boo Weekley (50)
Weekley Weekley Rose Rose
24 1:14 p.m. Adam Scott (18)
Sean O'Hair (47)
O'Hair Scott O'Hair O'Hair
25 1:24 p.m. Vijay Singh (4)
Soren Kjeldsen (61)
Singh Singh Kjeldsen Kjeldsen
26 1:33 p.m. Ben Curtis (29)
Luke Donald (36)
Donald Donald Donald Donald
27 1:43 p.m. Padraig Harrington (3)
Pat Perez (62)
Perez Harrington Harrington Harrington
28 1:52 p.m. Robert Allenby (30)
Ross Fisher (35)
Allenby Allenby Allenby Allenby
29 2:02 p.m. Tiger Woods (1)
Brendan Jones (64)
Woods Woods Woods Woods
30 2:11 p.m. Tim Clark (32)
Retief Goosen (33)
Goosen Clark Goosen Goosen
31 2:21 p.m. Sergio Garcia (2)
Charl Schwartzel (63)
Garcia Garcia Garcia Garcia
32 2:30 p.m. Ian Poulter (31)
Jeev Milkha Singh (34)
Poulter Poulter Poulter Poulter
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