Projected Accenture Match Play player pairings

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With the world's 3rd-ranked player Phil Mickeson already announcing he's not coming to next week's Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana and #1 Tiger Woods likely to follow suit, the door has been opened for two much lesser known players to enter the tournament's field of 64.

The field is established based upon the latest World Golf Rankings which were released on Monday.

If Tiger decides not to play, then England's Ross McGowan (ranked 66th in the world) would take his spot and become the 64 seed. Mickelson's position has been filled by England's Chris Wood (ranked 65th in the world), who would become the 63 seed. Here are the projected first-round Match Play matchups, excluding Woods and Mickelson:

#1 Steve Stricker vs. #64 Ross McGowan
#2 Lee Westwood vs. #63 Chris Wood
#3 Jim Furyk vs. #62 Scott Verplank
#4 Martin Kaymer vs. #61 Chad Campbell
#5 Rory McIlroy vs. #60 Kevin Na
#6 Paul Casey vs. #59 Stephen Ames
#7 Henrik Stenson vs. #58 Ben Crane
#8 Padraig Harrington vs. #57 Jeev Milkha Singh
#9 Ian Poulter vs. #56 Justin Leonard
#10 Geoff Ogilvy vs. #55 Alexander Noren
#11 Kenny Perry vs. #54 Brain Gay
#12 Robert Allenby vs. #53 Peter Hanson
#13 Sergio Garcia vs. #52 David Toms
#14 Sean O'Hair vs. #51 Simon Dyson
#15 Ernie Els vs. #50 Ryan Moore
#16 Robert Karlsson vs. #49 Rory Sabbatini
#17 Ross Fisher vs. #48 Thongchai Jaidee
#18 Retief Goosen vs. #47 Soren Hansen
#19 Stewart Cink vs. #46 Edoardo Molinari
#20 Lucas Glover vs. #45 Anders Hansen
#21 Luke Donald vs. #44 Graeme McDowell
#22 Zach Johnson vs. #43 Francesco Molinari
#23 Camilo Villegas vs. #42 Dustin Johnson
#24 Angel Cabrera vs. #41 Adam Scott
#25 Anthony Kim vs. #40 Matt Kuchar
#26 Y.E. Yang vs. #39 Soren Kjeldsen
#27 Alvaro Quiros vs. #38 Mike Weir
#28 Miguel A. Jimenez vs. #37 Oliver Wilson
#29 Vijay Singh vs. #36 Tim Clark
#30 Hunter Mahan vs. #35 Charl Schwartzel
#31 Nick Watney vs. #34 Yuta Ikeda
#32 Ryo Ishikawa vs. #33 Michael Sim