Seven of the eight matches on Friday were won by lower seeds, as two No. 1 seeds (Woods, Singh) and three No. 2 seeds (Toms, Mickelson, DiMarco) were eliminated. The 2001 previous had six lower-seed winners advance to the quarterfinals.

• For the second consecutive year, Retief Goosen is the only No. 1 seed to survive into the quarterfinals. Goosen is 8-1 over the last two years at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship after logging a 3-5 record in his first five starts at the event.

• David Toms streak of eight consecutive match victories at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship ended at eight with his loss to Tom Lehman on Friday.

• Geoff Ogilvy is the lone first-time WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship participant still alive among the original eight. Ogilvy is also the last of the 10 Australians that started the week.

• Geoff Ogilvy is the marathon man of the 2006 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship -- he has gone extra holes in all three matches and has played a total of 61 holes. He ended two matches with birdies and one with an eagle.

• No. 15 seed Zach Johnson, competing in his second WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, is the highest-seeded player still remaining.

• Retief Goosen has yet to trail in his three matches -- he has led in 42 of 49 holes he has played this week.

Countries represented among the final 8:
4 -- United States (Love, Lehman, Johnson, Campbell)
1 -- England (Howell)
Australia (Ogilvy)
Ireland (Harrington)
South Africa (Goosen)

Updated all-time Accenture Match Play Championship Victories:

 No.  Player            W-L     2006
1    Tiger Woods       23-5    2-1
2    David Toms        20-6    2-1
3    Davis Love III    16-7    3-0
4    Darren Clarke     14-6    0-1
5    Adam Scott        12-5    1-1    

Updated all-time Accenture Match Play Championship Records for eight remaining players:

 Player                W-L     Years entered quarterfinals
Davis Love III       16-7        3 (2000, 2004, 2006)
Retief Goosen        11-6        2 (2005, 2006)
Tom Lehman           10-6        2 (2002, 2006)
Padraig Harrington    8-6        2 (2004, 2006)
Chad Campbell         7-2        1 (2006)
David Howell          4-1        1 (2006)
Geoff Ogilvy          3-0        1 (2006)
Zach Johnson          3-1        1 (2006)