This Week: Nelson and Match Play

This Week: Nelson and Match Play: This week in golf features the HP Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour, p...

This week in golf features the HP Byron Nelson Championship on the PGA Tour, plus match play tournaments on both the European and LPGA tours. On the LPGA Tour, it's the Sybase Match Play Championship , where the defending champion is Suzann Pettersen. On the Euro Tour, it's the Volvo World Match Play Championship , a tournament that started as a showcase for golfers represented by a single agent. Luckily for fans, that agent represented the likes of Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer. The defending champ is Ian Poulter, and others in the 24-man field include Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Graeme McDowell, Justin Rose and Charl Schwartzel. The format groups those players into threes, and each group plays round-robin. The top two in each group advance to the round of 16, where 18-hole knockout matches continue until a winner is crowned. And on the PGA Tour, it's a quick turnarou...

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