But he gives the edge to Woods in one-round of match play. Still, everything else being equal, you have to like what Tiger has done in match play. Woods had a record 18 consecutive match-play victories while winning three times in the U.S. Amateur Championship. He was the runner-up in the 1998 Cisco World Match Play and lost in the quarterfinals of the 1999 Andersen Consulting Match Play. In Duval's most recent match-play event, the 1999 Andersen Consulting Match Play, he lost in the second round.
Match play is different than medal play.
You can take a stab at the hero shot, and it doesn't matter if it blows up on you because it's only one hole and each hole you start over again. As for the brewing rivalry between the players, they insist there isn't one. Curtis Strange, an announcer for ABC's broadcast, would like to see a rivalry, but doesn't see one, either. As an unofficial PGA event, the results will have no impact on the players' rankings. So, while it's difficult to create a rivalry, it's not hard to imagine one.