"I haven't thought about last year once this week. "I'm not overthinking things," Scheffler said. Scheffler also still has a chance to join Woods in the record book the 15-time major champion is the only player to have won golf's most fickle tournament two years in a row. He lost the opening two holes to South Korea's Tom Kim but won four of the next five to pull away in a 3-and-2 victory. Scheffler won his eighth consecutive match dating to last year. McIlroy, the 33-year-old from Northern Ireland who was the 2015 Match Play winner, had no trouble Friday against Keegan Bradley in a rematch of their Sunday singles match in the 2012 Ryder Cup. That's the highest number advancing among the top eight seeds since the competition switched to group play in 2015. Reigning tournament champion Scottie Scheffler (1), Rory McIlroy (3), Patrick Cantlay (4), Max Homa (5) and Xander Schauffele (6) all won their groups. The final session of group play was all about getting to the knockout stage on the weekend, and a record number of top seeds survived. But it's a fun one to be able say you've got something you tied Tiger with." There's 300 more records, I'm sure, to go. "I still find it hard to comprehend that I'm saying that: that I tied one of his records," the 44-year-old American said. Kuchar had an easy time on the third day of competition at Austin Country Club, posting a 7-and-6 victory over South Korea's Si Woo Kim to win his 36th match in tournament history, equaling the mark held by Woods. Equally pleasing Friday was securing a spot in the weekend at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. AUSTIN, Texas - Matt Kuchar has a place in the record book with Tiger Woods.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |