Well, what a difference a day makes. After bigging-up the prospects of golf's top young talent yesterday, all but Martin Kaymer progressed through to the last eight of the Accenture World Matchplay out of those mentioned.
Things are looking good for the German to be ranked as the world's best player on Sunday after Graeme McDowell and Geoff Ogilvy also tumbled out of the tournament.
Australian Ogilvy was hammered 6&4 by big-hitting Bubba Watson, who was -9 for 14 holes. In the same bracket, J.B Holmes continued his astonishing week after flying in as a last-minute alternate, with a 1 up win over Jason Day.
In the Ben Hogan bracket, Rickie Fowler could not repeat his form against Phil Mickelson as he fell 2&1 to compatriot Matt Kuchar, while Y. E. Yang nailed four birdies in a row on the back nine to beat McDowell 3&2.
After only playing 11 holes on Thursday, Ben Crane played 12 on Friday in the Gary Player bracket. But this time he was the one on the end of a big loss, losing 7&6 to Miguel Angel Jimenez. Meanwhile, Kaymer left it late to defeat Hunter Mahan 2&1 after trailing for most of the match.
Finally, in the Bobby Jones bracket, England's Luke Donald brought 17-year-old Italian Matteo Manassero's run to an end with a 3&2 victory, while Ryan Moore and Nick Watney required an extra hole to decide their match. Moore secured victory with an 11-foot birdie.
THE LAST EIGHT
Ryan Moore (USA) v Luke Donald (Eng)
Matt Kuchar (USA) v Y. E. Yang (Kor)
Martin Kaymer (Ger) v Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa)
Bubba Watson (USA) v J. B. Holmes (USA)
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