Tiger Woods will play Thomas Bjørn of Denmark on Wednesday in the opening round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Marana, Arizona.
Woods is seeded No. 1 in the Sam Snead Bracket.
Although Bjørn is seeded 16th, he recently won the Qatar Masters by four strokes making it his 11th victory on the European Tour.
The winner of the Woods-Bjørn match will face either No. 8 Geoff Ogilvy of Australia or No. 9 Padraig Harrington of Ireland in the second round Thursday.
Woods -- the only three-time winner of the tournament -- has posted 32 match-play wins -- which ranks first in the field -- and has a winning percentage of .821 -- which ranks second.
The format has been altered this year so instead of a 36-hole final Sunday, two 18-hole semifinal matches will be played Sunday morning followed by an 18-hole final Sunday afternoon.
