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Woods/Duval favourites
to retain title
Tiger Woods and David Duval will be the last pair out in the opening round
of the EMC World Cup in Japan.
They have been drawn with home favourites Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama
for the opening series of fourballs.
The duo are hot favourites to repeat their success in Argentina 12 months ago
where they held off a spirited challenge from local heroes Angel Cabrera and Eduardo
Romero.
Cabrera and Romero are back to challenge again for the $1million top prize
and are in the fifth match out for Thursday's opening round.
Denmark's Thomas Bjorn and Soren Hansen are the first pair out alongside French
duo Thomas Levet and Raphael Jacquelin.
The English pairing of Ian Poulter and Paul Casey, aiming to repeat Nick Faldo
and David Carter's success in New Zealand in 1998, begin their challenge in the
second match out with the Franco brothers, Carlos and Angel, of Paraguay.
Andrew Coltart and Dean Robertson are in the third match out, immediately followed
by Ireland's Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley.
The 1997 winners at Kiawah Island are one of the favourites to give Woods and
Duval a real run for their money.
Welsh duo Ian Woosnam and Mark Mouland are out at 9:54am, with the strongly
fancied South African pairing of Ernie Els and Retief Goosen following two matches
behind.
The 24 teams will play fourballs on Thursday and Saturday with foursomes on
Friday and Sunday, the lowest aggregate total deciding the winners.
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