Clarke on collision course for Match Play clash with Woods

Rory McIlroy versus George Coetzee; Graeme McDowell facing YE Yang and Darren Clarke against Nick Watney.

That’s the first round line-up facing the three Irishmen in the WGC Accenture World Match play Championship at Dove Mountain, Arizona, tomorrow.

Should Clarke overcome Watney and Tiger Woods comes through his clash with the Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, the pair would meet in Thursday’s second round, reviving memories of the 2000 final battle waged by the close friends at La Costa, California.