Pettersson relishes prospect of Woods challenge

AN injury to Vijay Singh has given Swede Carl Pettersson the chance to claim the biggest scalp in golf tomorrow — Tiger Woods, of course.

Minutes after finishing the Nissan Open in Los Angeles in 37th place yesterday, Pettersson, originally the third reserve, was told that fourth seed Singh had pulled out of this week's Accenture world match play championship with rib trouble.

Instead of flying to North Carolina to oversee the building of his new home, the 25-year-old headed down the California coast to Carlsbad.