World Golf Championship Day 2.

Tiger Woods return to tournament golf was short lived as Tim Clark defeated him by 4&2 in round 2 of the Accenture World Match Play in Arizona yesterday. After Tiger's easy victory on Wednesday, things got a little tougher yesterday, and although he played some good golf he seemed to lack the competitive edge that comes with playing every week.

In saying that, Clark thoroughly deserved his win, playing steady golf all day. As far as Woods is concerned, I would expect normal service to be resumed sooner rather than later.

Elsewhere in the field, there were some big wins for Ross Fisher (6&5) over Pat Perez, Paul Casey (6&4) over Mathew Goggin and Camilo Villegas claimed victory over Miguel Angel Jiminez by 5&4.

There were extra hole wins for Geoff Ogilvy and Luke Donald respectively, over Shingo Katayama and Vijay Singh. And Stewart Cink had to go to the 23rd hole to see off Lee Westwood.

Some good ties in prospect today, with the pick being Phil Mickelson against Stewart Cink and Rory McIlroy versus Tim Clark.

World Golf Championships Day 2.

Well, as expected Tiger Woods made it through safely to Round 2 after a rather tepid match yesterday, winning 3&2 against Brendan Jones. It was a comfortable win for the World number 1 as the Aussie didn't offer much resistance at all. Woods is up against Tim Clark in the second round later today.

There were a couple of big name exits yesterday with Padraig Harrington and Sergio Garcia tasting defeat. The matchplay format certainly throws up some shocks, when you have to perform over one round or go home.

Phil Mickelson only scraped through after apparently cruising against Angel Cabrera. The Argentinian won 3 of their last 4 holes to take the match in to overtime. Mickelson then produced a birdie at the 1st extra hole to claim victory.

World Golf Champioships.

Just about to settle down and watch the TV coverage of the Accenture Match Play WGC from Arizona.

All eyes will be on Tiger Woods as he makes his return to the course after having surgery to repair his damaged knee. Tiger plays Brendan Jones in the first round, and is expected to progress comfortably. And, depending on how his knee holds up, no doubt he will. You wouldn't expect him to be back on the golf course if he wasn't fully fit.

Early results already in for Anthony Kim ( 7&5 ) over Wen-Tang Lin, Lee Westwood (2&1 ) against Prayad Marksaeng and Camilo Villegas beat Australia's Rod Pampling ( 7&6 ).

Should be a great week of golf ahead. Another report tomorrow.