Luke Donald with caddie John McLaren
LUKE DONALD (3) def. CHARLEY HOFFMAN (14), 6 and 5
Hoffman, making his Accenture Match Play debut, received a thorough spanking from the Englishman, who maintains his perfect record (now 7-0) in first-round matches in this event. Donald claimed the second hole with a two-foot birdie and the third hole when Hoffman took two strokes to get out of the greenside bunker. It didn't get any better from there. Hoffman continued to self-destruct, carding four bogeys during a six-hole stretch while Donald stayed out of trouble, throwing in a couple of birdies himself for good measure. After Hoffman three-putted the 10th hole from 40 feet, he was 7-down. His only red number of the day, an eagle at the 11th, merely prolonged the agony.
Next opponent for Donald: Edoardo Molinari-Martin Laird winner
