Howell sets up clash with Mickelson

FOUR birdies in five holes gave David Howell his second victory at the Accenture World Match Play Championship in California - and set him up for a clash with Phil Mickelson.

On a day that saw Colin Montgomerie go out to Japan’s Shingo Katayama, 30-year-old Howell beat American Scott Verplank 3 & 2, while Mickelson ended the hopes of John Daly 2 & 1.

On having to face the world number five on his home turf for a place in the quarter-finals, Howell said: “It will make it more of a feather in my cap if I win. I’m just going to have to go out and shoot a good score. If you can get round in five or six-under, anybody is going to struggle to beat you.