( CNN ) -- Another day , another big name crashes out of the World Golf Championship event at Dove Mountain . The world 's top two players , Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods departed after the first round of the Accenture Match Play in Arizona , former No . 1 Luke Donald exited on Friday along with Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose , and now Bubba Watson and Martin Kaymer are out of the running as well . Masters champion Watson was beaten by Australian Jason Day in Saturday 's early tee-offs , with the tournament schedule crammed due to snow at the desert course which wiped out the first day in midweek . The American went down 4 and 3 as Day cruised into the afternoon quarterfinals , where he was to face former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell . `` Jason Day just played better , '' Watson , who went to four extra holes before beating Jim Furyk on Friday , wrote on Twitter . `` But my ball striking is better and excited about the rest of the year ! '' McDowell ended the dream run of Shane Lowry , who had beaten his fellow Northern Irishman McIlroy . Lowry , who is from the Republic of Ireland , was the lowest-ranked player in the 64-man field but edged past McIlroy 1-up before defeating Sweden 's world No . 35 Carl Petterson . McDowell , ranked 19th , triumphed 3 and 2 on Saturday as he followed up his wins against Ireland 's three-time major champion Padraig Harrington and world No . 51 Alexander Noren of Sweden . Day , ranked 43rd , beat 2007 Masters winner Zach Johnson in his opening match and then disposed of American PGA Tour rookie Russell Henley -- who won the Sony Open in Hawaii last month . `` It was just really steady golf , '' Day said . `` Bubba gave me a couple early on and I just tried to hold that lead , and I tried to extend it . `` I think I was four under through 14 holes , so overall very , very happy with how I played . '' Former world No . 1 Kaymer was thrashed 5 and 4 by 25th-ranked defending champion Hunter Mahan , who earned a quarterfinal against U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson . Mahan has now been ahead in every match he has played at the tournament since the sixth hole of last year 's opening match -- a run of 133 holes . `` If you hit fairways and greens , you know you 're going to put pressure on your guy , '' the American said after his win over the 2011 runner-up , which avenged that year 's third-round defeat to the German . `` It 's definitely nice to get a lead and that 's the goal for everybody , but to do it , it 's a good feeling for sure . '' Simpson , ranked 17th , won 2-up against Spain 's No . 33 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano . England 's Ian Poulter , the 2010 Match Play winner , set up a clash with 2001 champion Steve Stricker . Poulter thrashed South Africa 's Tim Clark 5 and 3 while veteran American Stricker beat Donald 's conqueror Scott Piercy . `` Quick bite for lunch and then another match this afternoon , '' Poulter , playing in his first tournament for six weeks , wrote on Twitter . `` Keep plugging away and stay out of trouble . '' The other quarterfinal was between Americans Matt Kuchar , who last year reached fifth in the world rankings before dropping to 23rd now , and big-hitting Arizona-based No . 38 Robert Garrigus .
Masters champion Bubba Watson beaten in third round of Accenture World Match Play . He joins a series of top names to exit since snow delayed start of desert tournament . Former world No . 1 Martin Kaymer also misses out on quarterfinals in Arizona . Saturday 's schedule features 36 holes due to delay earlier in the week .