He's (Woods) probably not at his best, and you have to look at Ping k15 driver + ping k 15 fairway wood that way. Maybe it's a good chance to play good, and maybe I can beat him. That would be a great feeling.

"He's won this tournament three times and he has a very good match play record, especially in his amateur days, not so much in more recent Ryder Cup matches, though, so now I think he's beatable."

Fernandez-Castano won his fifth European Tour title at last year's Singapore Open, ending a three-year run without a win, six months of it on the sidelines nursing a back injury.

Since launching his 2012 campaign, he has finished no worse than 26th in his first three events on the European Tour and he arrived at Dove Mountain this week in a happy and confident frame of mind Ping k15 driver + ping k 15 fairway wood
"I've had a good start to the season," Fernandez-Castano said.

"I'm quite confident with my game and hopefully we can have a good tournament.

"Of course, to have a good tournament I'll need to first of all play the best Ping k15 driver + ping k 15 fairway wood
of my life on Wednesday," he declared with a broad smile.

Does he think he might be distracted by the big and often one-side galleries that inevitably seem to follow Woods around?

"I've played with big galleries before so I don't think that's going to be a problem.

"I'm sure they will all be rooting for him. I just want to enjoy it. I've never played with Tiger before, not even in a stroke play event. For me it's a big privilege.

"If I win, fantastic. If I lose, well, I've lost to one of the best players in history. I know I need to play my best Ping k15 driver + ping k 15 fairway wood and hopefully he doesn't play his best. That's the way it works. Match play is like that."