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 on Wednesday – 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.