Mickelson out, Woods heats up, Stricker survives as World Match Play Championship wilts to 16

Phil Mickelson lost in the second round of the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship, squashing all that talk of a marketer's dream 36-hole Sunday finale between him and Tiger Woods. Stuart Appleby did to Mickelson what J.B. Holmes could not do to Tiger the day before: Closed him out. Appleby seized a tight match by birdying three of the last four holes to win 2-and-1.

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Stuart Appleby - World Match Play Championship

Stuart Appleby found himself in the spotlight after knocking off the No. 2 player in the world

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