England's Paul Casey will begin the defence of his HSBC World Match Play Championship title with an opening round match against American Jerry Kelly.
Casey will drive off from the first tee of the West Course at 8.15am on Thursday morning to launch the prestigious and historical tournament, which has a fantastic series of eight first round matches as 16 of the world's best players seek to progress and try to win the largest prize in world golf - £1,000,000.
The Open Champion, Ireland's Padraig Harrington, takes on the BMW PGA Championship winner, Denmark's Anders Hansen, while England's Justin Rose, making his second World Match PLay Championship appearance, meets American Hunter Mahan.
The exciting draw has also pitted former US Open Champion Retief Goosen of South Africa against Argentina's current US Open Champion, Angel Cabrera, while former World Match Play winners, South Africa's Ernie Els and Scotland's Colin Montgomerie, will do battle once more in the final match.
All first round matches are scheduled for 36 holes, and the full draw is as follows:
HSBC WORLD MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - 2007 FIRST ROUND DRAW AND SEEDINGS
Paul Casey (ENG) (1) vs Jerry Kelly (USA) (16) - 8.15am & 12.45pm
Retief Goosen (RSA) (8) vs Angel Cabrera (ARG) (9) - 8.27am & 12.57pm
Justin Rose (ENG) (5) vs Hunter Mahan (USA) (12) - 8.39am & 1.09pm
Rory Sabbatini (RSA) (4) vs Soren Hansen (DEN) (13) - 8.51am & 1.21pm
Padraig Harrington (IRL) (3) vs Anders Hansen (DEN) (14) - 9.03am & 1.33pm
Henrik Stenson (SWE) (6) vs Woody Austin (USA) (11) - 9.15am & 1.45pm
Niclas Fasth (SWE) (7) vs Andres Romero (ARG) (10) - 9.27am & 1.57pm
Ernie Els (RSA) (2) vs Colin Montgomerie (SCO) (15) - 9.39am & 2.09pm
