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• BELEK, Turkey -- The anticipated matchup between Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods on Wednesday may not count for much after both lost their opening matches at the eight-player World Golf Finals. McIlroy lost to Matt Kuchar by six shots and Woods fell to Charl Schwartzel by one shot on Tuesday in the $5.2 million event at the Sultan course in Antalya. In the other group of the medal match-play format, Lee Westwood beat Webb Simpson by one shot and Justin Rose defeated Hunter Mahan by four strokes. McIlroy and Woods -- ranked No. 1 and No. 2 -- face each other Wednesday in the last of their three group matches, but both could already be eliminated by then. The top two in each group will advance to the semifinals. In Wednesdays morning matches, McIlroy will face Schwartzel and Woods will play Kuchar. Woods and Schwartzel were all-square going to the 18th when the American went into a greenside bunker and finished with a bogey. "It came right down to the wire, but I cant believe how far that second shot flew into the back bunker and that was the match," Woods said. "It means now that I have to play Kooch and try and win that match before facing Rory in the afternoon." McIlroy unraveled against Kuchar with a triple bogey at the 15th hole and double bogeys at 16 and 17. "I hit a drive into the trees on 15 and lost a bit of confidence," McIlroy said. "I need to win both of my matches tomorrow if I am to advance. I just struggled for a bit of motivation out there, so I need to go out and concentrate on both of my matches tomorrow." Kuchar, after taking a bogey at the first, birdied the next two holes and was never behind. "I just thought I had to play mistake-free, and hopefully Rory wouldnt get too hot," the American said. "There we are all-square with four to go, he hits it right and makes triple bogey, and I go three up with three to go and I think both of us lost a little interest at that point." The event allows players to wear shorts, and Westwood, Schwartzel, Mahan and Kuchar chose to do so. All but Mahan won their matches. Westwood wore a red shirt and white shorts in tribute to his favourite soccer club, Nottingham Forest. "Them are footballers legs," Westwood said. "I could still play for Forest with these legs." Kuchar said he was happy to wear shorts again. He spent the week after the Ryder Cup loss to the European with his family in Greece. "Being able to come to an event like this that is a little more relaxed is just great to be able to throw shorts on," he said. The winner of the event, sponsored by Turkish Airways, will receive $1.5 million. Cheap Jerseys . The Brewers dismissed bullpen coach Stan Kyles before the game, then watched their shaky relievers barely preserve this victory. Milwaukee scored four times in the seventh for a 4-3 edge, but the Astros tied it in the eighth against Livan Hernandez. Cheap Jerseys from China . The mood in the clubhouse was much better, though, following a much-needed win. Robinson Cano homered, Phil Hughes beat Kansas City for the second time this month and New York eked out a 3-2 victory over the Royals on Tuesday night. http://cambridgediversity.org/cheapjerseysfromchina.html . -- With James Bueschers truck losing power in the first half of the race, his crew made a quick decision: Theyd have to come into the pits and replace their carburetor, even if cost them a few laps to the leaders. Cheap Miami Heat Jerseys ., in 2016. The announcement was made Tuesday at a news conference at Istanbuls Sinan Erdem Arena on the eve of this years event. Cheap Jerseys China . Woods is a seven-time winner at Torrey Pines as a pro, including the U.S. Open in 2008. RENTON, Wash. -- Facing 80 yards and needing a touchdown with less than five minutes to play, Russell Wilson felt right at home. Wilsons rigorous preparation and attention to detail that helped earn him the starting job for the Seattle Seahawks as a rookie left him completely ready to face the task that lay in front of him. "It wasnt any different. It was as normal as it could be," Wilson said. Wilson led the Seahawks on an 18-play drive that gave Seattle seven plays inside the Arizona 13 in the final minute of the game. Yet Wilson and the Seahawks came up short as a fourth-down pass sailed through the hands of Braylon Edwards and Seattle dropped its season opener 20-16 to the Cardinals. Head coach Pete Carroll said it was just a matter of making one more play to win the game. "It would be a big story in the other direction had we completed one of those passes down there," Carroll said. "I think he handled it very well, he handed it like a pro. He was critical of himself and stuff that he couldve done. He was really disappointed and wished he couldve had another shot at it." Unlike his start in the third preseason game against Kansas City, where Seattle scored on six of the seven drives when he was at the helm, the Seahawks struggled to get anything going offensively. Wilson was 18 of 34 for 153 yards and a touchdown in his first career start. He also carried the ball eight times for 20 yards, mainly scrambling from pressure in the pocket. A pair of big kick returns by Leon Washington led to 10 of Seattles 16 points as the offence was unable to put together a drive of more than 33 yards until the last possession of the game.dddddddddddd "You can talk about the preseason all you want to but when you get to the regular season its completely different, guys are scheming for our offence, looking at our weaknesses, our strengths and looking to see how they could best exploit us," receiver Doug Baldwin said. "And they did a good job of it. Obviously, we had some mistakes offensively and defensively that put him in a bind because he was pushed to do more." The Cardinals did their best to make it difficult on Wilson. Darnell Dockett and Calais Campbell pressured him repeatedly. When he did have time to throw, there were sometimes rookie mistakes that hampered the offences ability to move the ball. "There was a couple times where he didnt take advantage of the preparation, when he had a look that he couldve gone to that was easier than the one he chose. He went to Sidney a couple of times when he couldve gone to Braylon, when Braylon had a better look on the other side. There are a couple of times he took off when we had the protection, and he felt like maybe we didnt. Those will come when he trusts and understands that we do have the right call and we got the guys that are picking things up and hell sit in there a little bit better," Carroll said. Wilson isnt dwelling on what didnt happen against Arizona. The Seahawks host the Dallas Cowboys in their home opener on Sunday and Wilson is ready for the next challenge. "Im past that now. 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