Baddeley asked rules officials if he could still play, and thought about a nine-hole match against par.
The next opponent could be tougher than par.
Baddeley plays Tiger Woods in the third round, the first time he has been paired with him since the final round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont, where Baddeley made triple bogey on the opening hole and shot 80.
The good news for Baddeley?
Woods is 4-3 against Australians at this event, and 23-3 against the rest of the world.
BOO: Boo Weekley had a reason for not knowing the protocol of conceding short putts in match play. It has been a decade since he has played the format, and he hasn't been paying attention to the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup.
"I don't watch golf," he said. "I'd much rather watch fishing or hunting or NASCAR or something. It's got to be moving, man. Golf ain't moving."
After a 3-and-1 victory over Sergio Garcia, the country boy from the Florida Panhandle expounded on his love for the outdoors.
For one thing, he builds his PGA Tour schedule around it.
"I take two weeks at a time," Weekley said. "By the time I get back home, it'll be turkey season. I just got back from deer hunting. Then I'll play five weeks and go back home, and it'll be fishing season."
One reporter asked him if he hunted for the kill or the thrills.
"It ain't about killing," he said. "We ain't going to kill nothing unless we're going to eat it. I learned that quick. My great-granddaddy ... I shot a blackbird. He said, 'If you're going to shoot this bird, take a life, you need to eat it.' I brought it right in, plucked the feathers off and he stuck it right in the fryer. It ain't very good, I can tell you that."
His golf has been quite solid. Next up for Weekley is Woody Austin in the third round.
RYDER CUP ASPIRATIONS: If he were the Ryder Cup captain, Colin Montgomerie said he would pay close attention to the Accenture Match Play Championship. That's easy for him to say - he's still playing.
"It's the only match play tournament we have before the Ryder Cup," Montgomerie said. "I would obviously pay attention to it because it is a different form of golf to stroke play. It's like playing tennis on grass or on clay."
European captain Nick Faldo and Montgomerie are not the closest of friends, and many believe Monty will have to earn a spot on the team if he wants to play for the eighth straight time. He at least made a good impression, closing with three birdies over the last five holes to beat Charles Howell III, 1 up.
"Charles had just birdied the 11th to go to all square, and my caddie said, 'Right, Mr. Montgomerie, it's Ryder Cup mode.' And I was 4 under from then on. He should say that more often."
