CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods coasted into the quarterfinals of the Accenture Match Play Championship Friday, but Phil Mickelson fell victim to a wayward driver and was eliminated by Jerry Kelly.
Former PGA champion David Toms, meanwhile, overcame a case of food poisoning to rally past Alex Cejka, Darren Clarke ousted Jim Furyk and Adam Scott brought an end to the eight-match winning streak of defending champion Kevin Sutherland.
Woods won the first three holes of his match against Australian Stephen Leaney at the La Costa Resort & Spa course and wound up with a 7 & 6 victory, equaling the most one-sided triumph in the five-year history of the event.
The world's No. 1 player will meet Scott Hoch in Saturday's quarterfinals -- Hoch winning his match against Japan's Toshi Izawa, 4 & 3.
"I don't think Tiger will be changing his departure plans just because he is playing me," said Hoch, 47. "But like the old coach said, I'll show up and play. If Tiger plays well, he can overpower the course. I can't do that. I'll try to keep it in play, get it on the greens and try to make a birdie or two.
"The key for me will be to try to get ahead early. Maybe I'll have to birdie the first five holes to be 1-up. But hopefully I will continue to play well and maybe a little better than that."
Mickelson had scrambled to victories over Robert Karlsson and Brad Faxon, but he was unable to keep up with Kelly in falling, 3 & 2. Mickelson consistently missed the La Costa fairways, leaving him to deal with the thick rough made even more difficult by the heavy rains that fell earlier in the week.
Kelly, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour last year, will play Toms in the quarterfinals. Toms, weakened by his overnight illness, was 1-down going to the 17th tee but Cejka bogeyed both the 17th and 18th holes to hand Toms the match.
Clarke, who defeated Woods in the final of this event three years ago, recorded a 2-up victory over Furyk, who three-putted three holes in a row beginning at the 15th. Clarke will take on Australian Peter Lonard Saturday with Lonard having eliminated countryman Robert Allenby, 1-up.
Allenby missed a six-foot putt at the 18th hole that would have sent the match into sudden death.
Scott, one of golf's rising young stars from Australia, did not lead in his match until the 14th hole, but he finally downed Sutherland, 2 & 1.
Sutherland was the shocking winner of this championship last year and won his first two matches this year against Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose. His good fortune finally ran out, however, allowing Scott to advance for a quarterfinal match against Jay Haas.
Haas and fellow-veteran Nick Price played the day's best match with Haas winning on the second extra hole by hitting his tee shot on the par-3 to within two feet.
Woods swept into the quarterfinals as the overwhelming favorite and with most of his high-profile opposition having been knocked out of the tournament. Other than the top-rated Woods, the only player among the top 10 in the world rankings remaining is Toms.
"It's always nice to win big," said Woods, who has lost only four holes all week and made a lone bogey.
"I got off to a great start and Stephen didn't play well early and got behind. I kept putting a lot of pressure on him. He wasn't swinging the club all that well and it was tough for him to come back."
"I never really had a chance and he showed why he is the best in the world," Leaney said. "He just doesn't make mistakes. I was a little nervous on the first tee. I gave him the first hole and then he goes birdie-eagle.
"You are always going to be in trouble when you are that far behind early on. I was probably 4-over par. I just didn't play as well as I can, which is disappointing."
Both the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be played Saturday with the 36-hole final set for Sunday.
