At Match Play Event, Woods and Stanley Lose in Different Ways, but Still Lose MARANA, Ariz. - Any notion that Thursday's second-round pairing of Brandt Snedeker and Kyle Stanley was going to be a grudge match was quickly dispelled by Snedeker, who turned around on the first tee and extended a hand to Stanley, who gave it a hearty shake. Twenty-five days after Snedeker defeated Stanley in a playoff to cap a surreal finish at the Farmers Insurance Open, he foiled Stanley again with a 2-and-1 victory at the Accenture Match Play Championship at Dove Mountain. Snedeker and Stanley were the second-most-compelling American pairing after Tiger Woods, a three-time champion, and Nick Watney, who has won two PGA Tour events since Woods's last official tour victory in 2009. Watney eliminated Woods, 1-up, in a match that resembled a log-rolling contest. Watney never trailed after the 10th hole and played steadily while Woods fought and fought to keep his balance before stumbling on the 18th. "I respect very much what Tiger has done in this game and for this game so I'm very happy to move on," said Watney, who will face the former world No. 1 player Lee Westwood. "It was a very stand-up match, no gamesmanship or anything like that," Watney said. It was just hard fought. Woods, who has won 33 matches in 12 appearances in this event, led only once, after No. 4, and was two down with three holes to play before making a par to win the 16th hole. He stuck his approach shot at No. 18 but pulled a five-foot birdie putt that would have extended the match. "I was fighting the blocks all day with my putter," said Woods, who was pleased with his full swings down the stretch. "I didn't miss a single shot coming in, which is good," he said. And that was fun to hit the ball that well. Unfortunately, I just didn't make a putt when I needed it. As Woods examined his last putt, all activity on the practice green between the 18th hole and the clubhouse ceased. Steve Stricker, who gave Woods a couple of tips on the greens when they played a practice round Tuesday, gingerly made his way into a patch of cactus so he could get a better look at Woods's putt. Dustin Johnson, who had joined Stricker in the Round of 16, is 6-foot-4 but was not tall enough to see above the crowd ringing the back of the green, so he stood on the seat of a golf cart. Watney, who had the best vantage point, said: "No question I thought he was going to make it. And I think everybody thought he was going to make it. I know he thought he would. Woods said it was frustrating to putt so poorly with the match hanging in the balance. Asked how easy it will be to fix his putting stroke, he said, "I should be able to fix it in about a day." It took Stanley less than a week to recover from his triple-bogey 8 on the 18th hole at the Farmers Insurance Open outside San Diego, which dropped him into a playoff with Snedeker, who started the round seven strokes back. Snedeker won on the second extra hole when Stanley's five-foot par putt caught the right edge. Stanley came from behind the next week to win his first tour title, in Scottsdale, Ariz. In Thursday's rematch, Stanley led after the first hole but found himself playing catchup after Snedeker birdied the par-3 sixth. Stanley's putt to halve the hole missed by less than a foot. The birdie at the sixth was the first of three clutch putts that Snedeker made to turn the momentum in his favor. "If anything, my strength, my putting, has been really mediocre this year," he said. I've not putted very well at all. If I can get my putter going, just average, like it normally is, I should have a really good weekend. Snedeker and Stanley chatted between shots and appeared as comfortable as two fierce competitors can be when paired in the golfing equivalent of a boxing ring. "We've got some great history going on," Snedeker said. He's a great guy. Stanley said it was no big deal to draw Snedeker. "There's no bad blood," he said as he walked purposefully toward the clubhouse. His quick strides and clipped answers conveyed his disappointment that he is going home before the weekend. Woods was slightly more expansive if no less disappointed. "I hit the ball well all day," he said. And unfortunately I just did not make enough putts to extend the match or even win the match. Lee Westwood was among the three remaining No. 1 seeds to advance. The others were Martin Kaymer, who defeated David Toms; and Rory McIlroy, who can supplant Luke Donald, a first-round loser, at No. 1 with a victory. After dispatching Anders Hansen of Denmark 3 and 2, the 22-year-old McIlroy will face the 48-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez in the Round of 16.