WGC – Dell 2022 R2
March 23-27
Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas
$12,000,000
Round 1, Round 3, Knockout Rounds, Finals
The world No. 1 brought his “A” game to ACC. pic.twitter.com/ifrJWdtWYT
— WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play (@DellMatchPlay) March 24, 2022
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World number 1 Jon Rahm won his second match of the WGC – Dell Technologies Match Play, beating Cameron Young 5&4.
WGC – Dell 2022 R2
“I’m happy, feeling good. Played good in both matches, and today was a tricky day. Cameron started really good, three birdies through the first five, and the wind was pumping. I kept playing solid. I kept playing good golf. I stayed bogey free, and he made a couple mistakes, and I think the momentum shifted and I was able to get the win.”
The Spaniard, who has yet to win a World Golf Championship title, only needs half a point to make it to the knockout stages for the third time in five starts.
WGC – Dell 2022 R2
Four up with four to play agains Erik van Rooyen, Ireland’s Shane Lowry thought he had it in the bag when the South African shot par-eagle-birdie to take it to the last hole.
“Four up with four to play, it’s so hard to win a match at this level against world-class golfers,” said Lowry.
“I thought I had the match sewn up with four to go and it’s amazing this game, this tournament, it’s hard to win games. Especially these last four or five holes, anything can happen. I got dragged down the 18th and thankfully I managed to scrape a win.”
WGC – Dell 2022 R2
Making his first appearance in this event, England’s Richard Bland needs to beat compatriot Lee Westwood to move to the next stage and move into the World top-50.
Spain’s Sergio Garcia was three down again American Collin Morikawa with five left to play but birdied the next three hole and matched pars with Morikawa for a tie.
“If you would offer me a tie, a half on the 14th tee I would have definitely taken it and walk, run to the clubhouse,” said Garcia.
“I got in a great round on 14, 15, 16, 17 and, yeah, you can say what a shame that I just, I hit that putt on 17 just a tiny bit right in the middle of the hole and he made a great par putt, but you got to expect that he’s going to make it.
“But it was a hard-played match and I’m not going to lie. I’m happy with the tie, but a win would have been better.”
There’s no quit in @TheSergioGarcia.
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) March 24, 2022
Garcia wins 3 of the last 5 holes to earn a tie in his match against Collin Morikawa. pic.twitter.com/Dxn1iOBYIP
WGC – Dell 2022 R2
| Group 10 | Louis Oosthuizen (10) 0 – 2 – 0 | 2 & 1 | < | Corey Conners (36) 2 – 0 – 0 | |
| Group 10 | Paul Casey (19) 0 – 2 – 0 | Conceded | < | Alex Noren (50) 2 – 0 – 0 | |
| Group 7 | Xander Schauffele (7) 1 – 1 – 0 | 1 Up | < | Lucas Herbert (39) 2 – 0 – 0 | |
| Group 7 | Tony Finau (18) 0 – 2 – 0 | 1 Up | < | Takumi Kanaya (56) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 15 | Abraham Ancer (15) 1 – 0 – 1 | Tied | Brian Harman (44) 0 – 1 – 1 | ||
| Group 15 | Webb Simpson (31) 1 – 1 – 0 | 1 Up | < | Bubba Watson (57) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 2 | Collin Morikawa (2) 1 – 0 – 1 | Tied | Sergio Garcia (43) 1 – 0 – 1 | ||
| Group 2 | Jason Kokrak (22) 1 – 1 – 0 | > | 3 & 2 | Robert MacIntyre (61) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 12 | Billy Horschel (12) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 3 & 2 | Tom Hoge (33) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 12 | Thomas Pieters (26) 1 – 1 – 0 | 1 Up | < | Min Woo Lee (49) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 5 | Scottie Scheffler (5) 1 – 1 – 0 | 2 & 1 | < | Tommy Fleetwood (41) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 5 | Matt Fitzpatrick (20) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 4 & 2 | Ian Poulter (59) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 13 | Tyrrell Hatton (13) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 1 Up | Si Woo Kim (48) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 13 | Daniel Berger (17) 1 – 1 – 0 | > | 2 & 1 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout (52) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 4 | Patrick Cantlay (4) 0 – 1 – 1 | 5 & 4 | < | Seamus Power (42) 2 – 0 – 0 | |
| Group 4 | Sungjae Im (21) 1 – 1 – 0 | > | 5 & 3 | Keith Mitchell (62) 0 – 1 – 1 | |
| Group 9 | Bryson DeChambeau (9) 0 – 1 – 1 | 1 Up | < | Lee Westwood (47) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 9 | Talor Gooch (27) 1 – 1 – 0 | 1 Up | < | Richard Bland (54) 1 – 0 – 1 | |
| Group 8 | Dustin Johnson (8) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 4 & 2 | Matthew Wolff (38) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 8 | Max Homa (30) 1 – 1 – 0 | 2 Up | < | Mackenzie Hughes (51) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 16 | Brooks Koepka (16) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 2 & 1 | Harold Varner III (35) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 16 | Shane Lowry (28) 1 – 1 – 0 | > | 2 Up | Erik van Rooyen (55) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 1 | Jon Rahm (1) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 5 & 4 | Cameron Young (40) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 1 | Patrick Reed (23) 0 – 1 – 1 | Tied | Sebastián Muñoz (58) 0 – 1 – 1 | ||
| Group 11 | Jordan Spieth (11) 1 – 1 – 0 | 3 & 2 | < | Justin Rose (46) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 11 | Adam Scott (32) 1 – 0 – 1 | Tied | Keegan Bradley (60) 0 – 1 – 1 | ||
| Group 6 | Justin Thomas (6) 1 – 1 – 0 | > | 5 & 4 | Marc Leishman (37) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 6 | Kevin Kisner (29) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 1 Up | Luke List (53) 1 – 1 – 0 | |
| Group 14 | Joaquin Niemann (14) 1 – 1 – 0 | > | 2 & 1 | Russell Henley (34) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 14 | Kevin Na (25) 1 – 0 – 1 | Tied | Maverick McNealy (64) 1 – 0 – 1 | ||
| Group 3 | Viktor Hovland (3) 2 – 0 – 0 | > | 2 & 1 | Cameron Tringale (45) 0 – 2 – 0 | |
| Group 3 | Will Zalatoris (24) 1 – 1 – 0 | 4 & 2 | < | Sepp Straka (63) 1 – 1 – 0 |
