Brits bite the dust in Arizona

The British challenge at the Accenture Match Play Championship petered out when Paul Casey and Justin Rose were eliminated.

The English pair were both soundly beaten in their quarter-final matches at Dove Mountain.

Casey was no match for Australian Geoff Ogilvy, the defending champion, who overcame an early deficit to charge to an impressive five and four victory and Rose was no match for South African Trevor Immelman, who caught fire with eight birdies to post a victory by an identical margin.

Swede Henrik Stenson lived to fight another day, pulling off an astonishing one-up victory over Nick O'Hern with a magnificent par at the 18th hole.

Stenson had to take a penalty after driving into a cactus plant, but he hit his third shot from a dusty lie to two feet for the tap-in par, and claimed victory when O'Hern missed a four-footer.

Meanwhile, Immelman arrived at the course without much confidence, but his warm-up proved very fruitful and he was far too good for Rose.

"On Friday I played awful and just managed to hang in there," Immelman said. "I stumbled on something on the range and had the guts to go with it."