WGC-Match Play Championship: Five Players You May Have Never Heard Of

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Published: February 17, 2010

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Although the PGA Tour season officially began almost two months ago, the Accenture Match Play Championship marks the first time this year that we will see a true gathering of the top players in the world…minus numbers one and two of course.

While Tiger Woods is off doing, well, whatever it is he's doing, and Phil Mickelson is vacationing with his family, here are five young European Tour players you will get to know very well in the coming days, weeks and months.

 

Alvaro Quiros

If you think the likes of J.B. Holmes and Dustin Johnson are big hitters, just wait until you get a glimpse of Alvaro Quiros this week.

Quiros led the European Tour in driving distance in 2009 with an average of 314.5 yards, which would have also topped the PGA Tour in driving distance.

Quiros finished the 2009 season with a 24th place finish at the US PGA Championship and an eighth place finish at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Although oozing with natural talent, Quiros has two notable weaknesses.

First, he is a very emotional player and has a tendency to run hot for quite some time after hitting a bad shot.

Not the best attribute for a game of imperfections.

Second, like most bombers of the golf ball, Quiros struggles from inside of 125 yards. He is also not the best on and around the greens—he ranked 50th in putts per round and 74th in scrambling on the European Tour in 2009.

Quiros will be facing off against Mike Weir this afternoon in what should be a comical affair.

Come on now, how often do you actually see one professional golfer drive the ball 50 yards past another?  

 

Ross Fisher

Fisher is that guy who always seems to pop up on the leaderboards of the biggest golf tournaments in the world.

In 2009, Fisher won the European Open, finished fourth at the WGC-Accenture Match Play, ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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