Woods jumped to a five-hole lead after six holes and won 5- and-4, meaning he had an insurmountable five-hole lead with four holes remaining at the Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain near Tucson, Ariz.

"I'm pleased with the way that it turned out," Woods said in a post-match interview televised on the Golf Channel.

The world's No. 1 golfer is 25-5 all-time in this event and won Match Play titles in 2003 and 2004 before losing in the third round last year.

He'll next face Australia's Nick O'Hern, who defeated Rory Sabbatini 2-and-1. O'Hern beat Woods in the second round of the Match Play in 2005.

Phil Mickelson, one of four No. 1 seeds in the field that is divided into four brackets of 16 golfers, lost his second- round match to England's Justin Rose, 3-and-1.

Rose sank a 35-foot putt on the 15th hole before Mickelson bogeyed the par-3 16th.

"I just didn't get it done today," Mickelson told the Golf Channel. "I don't feel that I played poorly, I just made too many bogeys."

Unlike a typical stroke-play tournament, in which the winner is determined by the fewest total strokes over four rounds, match play is a head-to-head competition over 18 holes. The match goes to the player who wins more holes.

Woods is one of two No. 1 seeds remaining. No. 1 seed Adam Scott was eliminated by Shaun Micheel on the opening day.

In other second-round matches, defending-champion Geoff Ogilvy defeated Jose Maria Olazabal 2-and-1; Ian Poulter topped Bradley Dredge 3-and-1; Henrik Stenson beat K.J. Choi 2-up and Charles Howell III, a No. 12 seed, upset No. 4 seed Sergio Garcia 4-and-3.

In a pair of upsets involving No. 2 seeds, Niclas Fasth beat Retief Goosen on the final hole, while Aaron Baddeley defeated England's Luke Donald 3-and-1.