This week: Mayakoba Golf Classic, Thursday through Sunday, El Camaleon Golf Club in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

World ranking: 361st.

2012 earnings: $23,408 (159th on the PGA Tour).

Last tournament: Kelly has missed back-to-back cuts, including in his last appearance at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (2-over 216). The Central Kitsap High product played in the Mayakoba event in 2009 – and withdrew after an opening 82.

Tee time Thursday: 5:50 a.m. PST off the first tee.

This week: WGC-Accenture Match Play Championships, Wednesday through Sunday, Ritz-Carlton Golf Club of Dove Mountain, Marana, Ariz.

Seed: 13th in the Bobby Jones Bracket.

Opponent: Fourth-seeded K.J. Choi.

Skinny: This is Stanley’s first time in the WGC match play tournament, but he is no stranger to the format. He was a member of the 2007 U.S. Walker Cup team that won in Northern Ireland. He went 0-2 in two sessions of singles matches (and was 0-3 for the week).

Tee time Wednesday: 9:45 a.m. PST.

The man that was rumored to be Tiger Woods’ next caddie last fall – Tony Navarro – ended up to a deal with Puyallup’s Ryan Moore to start 2012 on the PGA Tour.

That partnership lasted four tournaments. Moore parted ways the longtime veteran caddie, and now has agreed with Californian J.J. Jakovac to be part of the team.

Jakovac, a former two-time NCAA Division II national champion at Chico State, and Moore have known each other from college golf.

A former mini-tour player, Jakovac had switched to being a caddie in 2009 for Matt Bettencourt – and most recently …

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Seeded 13th, Gig Harbor’s Kyle Stanley probably would not want it any other way in his first WGC-Accenture Match Play Championships.

That is the neighborhood in which his beloved Gonzaga men’s basketball team is annually seeded for the NCAA tournament.

Stanley is in the Bobby Jones bracket, and will play No. 4 K.J. Choi in his first match.

He goes off at 11:45 a.m. PST on Wednesday – just ahead of Tiger Woods, who plays Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano.

The Bobby Jones bracket has a blend of bombers (Stanley, Dustin Johnson, Adam Scott) and 40-something golfers (Choi, Jim Furyk, Thomas Bjorn).

Choi …

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Maybe Olympia’s Andres Gonzales wasn’t old enough to reel in the Pacific Rubiales Colombia Championship on Sunday – the first tournament on the 2012 Nationwide Tour schedule.

Skip Kendall rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win the title over Gonzales and Andrew Svoboda.

Kendall is the third 40-year-old in a row to win this season-opening event, joining Steve Pate and Brendan Pappas.

Gonzales made a run, firing a 3-under-par 68 to finish at 9-under 275.

Kendall stumbled with a bogey at No. 16 to drop into a tie. He and Svoboda came to the 570-yard, …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Stanley’s fourth-round score: 1-over-par 72.

Moore’s fourth-round score: 3-over 74.

Position: Moore (1-under 283) tied for 17th, and Stanley (even-par 288) tied for 24th – all behind winner Bill Haas (277), who defeated Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson in a sudden-death playoff.

Recap: For most of the afternoon, Moore lurked in contention just a couple shots behind the leaders. Then he ran out of steam, finishing with four bogeys in his final five holes – including three-putts at No. 17 (from 30 feet) and …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Moore’s third-round score: 3-under-par 68.

Stanley’s third-round score: 1-under 70.

Position: Moore (4-under 209) is tied for ninth, and Stanley (1-under 212) is tied for 20th – all trailing co-leaders Keegan Bradley and Phil Mickelson (7-under 206).

Recap: Moore would tell you he is at his best when his wedge game is sharp. It was certainly that Saturday on a very difficult layout. He pitched in from 25 yards in front of the green at the par-4 fifth hole for birdie, then converted an even harder …

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This week: Northern Trust Open, Thursday through Sunday, Riviera Country Club, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

Stanley’s second-round score: 3-under-par 68.

Moore’s second-round score: 2-under 69.

Position: Moore (1-under 141) is tied for 21st, and Stanley (even-par 142) is tied for 28th – all trailing leader Phil Mickelson (6-under 136).

Recap: When you hit fairways, and have pitching wedge approach shots into some of these par-4 holes like Stanley did Friday, you can make birdies. He did that, hitting it close from 135 yards on No. 3 (10-foot putt for birdie) and No. 9 (3-footer) to close his round. …

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