Friday Night Recap - WGC Dell Match Play

Friday Night Recap - WGC Dell Match Play

We're down to our final sixteen. Twelve of the sixteen went 3-0-0, which is the most ever. Some surprises, while others were expected. Rahm did not make it out of his pool with a record of 1-2 and losing to Billy Horschel 5&4 today. Unfortunately, that also means Rickie didn't make it out of this pool since Billy did. Augusta is not likely for Rickie now. Will Zalatoris conceded his match before it even began due to an illness. Not a great week for Will going 0-3. Hideki Matsuyama also withdrew before his match with Max Homa. Max and his wife finally get a date night after the chill day for him.

There were two playoffs to determine Groups 10 and 12. Kurt Kitayama beat Tony Finau and Adrian Meronk in a sudden death playoff to advance for Group 10. Mackenzie Hughes beat Taylor Moore in the playoff to represent Group 12.

Matt Kuchar and Tiger Woods share a record for the most matches won at the WGC Dell Match Play after Matt beat Si Woo Kim 7&6. Pretty cool for Kuch.

Potential for 36 holes tomorrow and Sunday for the top four. A lot of golf to play!

The full 16, ranking, current odds, and records are below:

• Scottie Scheffler - 1 - +400 - 3-0-0

• Rory McIlroy - 3 - +500 - 3-0-0

• Patrick Cantlay - 4 - +850 - 3-0-0

• Max Homa - 5 - +1000 - 3-0-0

• Xander Schauffele - 6 - +1000 - 3-0-0

• Sam Burns - 13 - +1800 - 3-0-0

• Cameron Young - 15 - +900 - 3-0-0

• Kurt Kitayama - 19 - +2200 - 2-1-0

• Billy Horschel - 22 - +2000 - 2-0-1

• Jason Day - 32 - +1000 - 3-0-0

• J.T. Poston - 43 - +3500 - 3-0-0

• Lucas Herbert - 46 - +3300 - 3-0-0

• Mackenzie Hughes - 50 - +5000 - 2-1-0

• Andrew Putnam - 56 - +2800 - 3-0-0

• Matt Kuchar - 59 - +2800 - 2-0-1

• J.J. Spaun - 61 - +3300 - 3-0-0

Weather

Rain and wind were a factor this morning. Will not be the case tomorrow. Beautiful, sunny day with temperatures ranging between 51-83.

My pre-tournament picks:

• Scottie Scheffler - currently +400 - no one playing better that Scottie right now. Pick is looking good!

• Max Homa - +1000 - had today off so that could be a good or bad thing. Time will tell.

• Tommy Fleetwood - n/a - no weekend golf for Tommy this week.

ESPN+ coverage starts at 8:30am ESTGolf Channel coverage starts at 10:00am ESTNBC coverage starts at 12:00pm EST

Notes and News

• Thomas Pieters speaks on how lonely he was playing on the PGA Tour (twitter)

• Tyler Duncan's driver head flew off during the Corales Puntacana Championship and he STILL HIT THE FAIRWAY to birdie (twitter)

• Jordan Spieth was very Spieth-y this week and today was no exception (twitter)

• Kiz, what are we doing here? (twitter)

• Visors are on a steady decline, but here at One Putts, we are big visor fans. Stay on the lookout to help buck this trend (twitter)

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