12:23pm Friday 22nd February 2008
Chorley's Nick Dougherty was beaten two and one by Luke Donald in the in the opening round at the Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.
Donald said: "It was always a very close match.
"You never want to send a friend home but you're obviously trying to stay out here as long as possible.
"Nick played very steady and it just came down to a couple of putts at the end."