NEW DELHI – Julian Suri fired a second consecutive round of 67 and took a two-shot lead at the Indian Open on Friday. Last year here, Suri went home after carding 76-82. This is only the American’s second event of the season after undergoing surgery on an abdominal hernia. He went out in 30 after five […]
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Tiger Woods looked to be in trouble in his Day 3 match against Patrick Cantlay at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship. Cantlay was 2 up through eight holes, and still 1 up through 10, before Woods won the 11th hole to square the match, won the 12th to take a 1-up advantage, and then […]
Friday is the final day of pool play at Austin Country Club as 16 players advance to single elimination. Click here for scoring and click here for overall pool play records. Here’s how Day 3 played out: Group 1 (24) Hideki Matsuyama def. (1) Dustin Johnson, 4 and 2: Matsuyama eliminated the world No. 1 in […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Phil Mickelson is going to get his Masters prep started early. Following an early exit from the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on Friday, Mickelson said he’ll head directly to Augusta National, where he’ll spend the weekend in advance of his 27th career start. “I think that’s why I’ve enjoyed this Match Play,” […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Jim Furyk’s hopes of securing a last-minute Masters invite likely came to an end Friday morning in a 5-and-4 loss to Henrik Stenson at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. The 2018 Ryder Cup captain had moved himself into position for a potential return to Augusta National with a T-9 at the Honda […]
AUSTIN, Texas — These were the words out of Rory McIlroy’s mouth when he was asked about his impending showdown with Tiger Woods: “I just hope I put up a better fight than I did in Atlanta last year.” McIlroy and Woods both advanced out of pool play Friday at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play […]
AUSTIN, Texas – Following two days of relatively lackluster play, Tiger Woods offered a wildly understated assessment of his Day 3 match at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play: “I just got hot right when I needed it,” he said. In his defense there was a lot of ground to cover: • After falling behind in […]
AUSTIN, Texas — Matt Kuchar birdied the 18th hole Friday to halve his match with Jon Rahm, avoid a three-way playoff and advance to the Round of 16. After J.B. Holmes routed Si Woo Kim, 6 and 4, the fate of Group 8 was left to Kuchar and Rahm, who found themselves all square through […]
AUSTIN, Texas – The fickle nature of match play can give players nightmares. Consider Billy Horschel’s Day 1 bout against Jordan Spieth at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play as the ultimate example of this. After going 3 up through six holes, by the time Horschel arrived at the 16th tee he was still 2 up […]
AUSTIN, Texas – Tiger Woods lost, 2 and 1, to Brandt Snedeker on Thursday and didn’t feel like talking about it. Unfortunately, I still have to: · At no point did Tiger lead in the match, and after he lost the sixth hole to go 1 down, he never again pulled even. Just like on Wednesday, […]