World 1st Johnson, 44th place McIntyre draw… McIlroy grabs Griffin and wins first
On the second day of the World Golf Championship (WGC) Dell Technologies Match Play Championship ($10.5 million in prize money), Kim Si-Woo (26) lost in the confrontation with Bryson Dishambo (USA) on the second day of the World Golf Championship (WGC).
On the 26th (Korean time), Kim Si-woo lost by two holes in the second round of the group stage at the Austin Country Club (par 71) in Austin, Texas, leaving one hole to DeChambo.
Kim Si-woo, who drew with Tommy Fleetwood (England) the day before, became one draw and one loss in the group stage and ended in the bottom of Group 5.
Even if he won the final match against Antoine Rosner (France), it was difficult to advance to the round of 16, where the group could reach first place.
In this group, Fleetwood defeated Rosner by four holes on the same day and took the lead with one win and one draw, followed by DeChambo and Rosner with one win and one loss.
Kim Si-woo, who was behind by one hole in the first half, balanced with a birdie on the 10th hole (par 4), and went ahead with a birdie on the 11th hole (par 3).
However, DeChambo dropped an 8m birdie putt on the 14th hole (par 4) to balance it, and in the 15th hole (par 4), he overtook Kim Si-woo, who wrote down the view by protecting the par.
Kim Si-woo admitted defeat as he moved away by two holes from DeChambo, who kept the par, as he was only seen in the 17th hole (par 3).
DeChambo, who lost to Rosner, ranked 64 in the world ranking the day before, struggled in the middle of the day, having only sent a driver tee shot 46 yards in the wrong direction on the 10th hole (par 4 393 yards), and drowning the tee shot on the 11th hole He showed his back feeling and reaped his first win.
DeChambo explained to the tee shot on the 10th hole after the game, “I tried to hit the green, but I hit the wrong part of the face and hit a tree branch.”
Lim Seong-jae (23), who ranked 17th in the world rankings and ranked the highest in Group 16, lost to Mark Leishman (Australia) by two holes.
Lim Seong-jae, who reported his first victory in match play, who played for the first time, defeating Russell Henry (USA) the day before, recorded 1 win and 1 loss.
Im Seong-jae maintained balance with Leishman on the 11th to 14th hole, but began to be pushed back to the 15th hole (par 4), and could not narrow it down after widening further on the 16th hole (par 5).
In another match, Henry defeated Victor Peres (France), and in this group all four players won 1-1, leading to a fierce competition in the round of 16 until the last day.
Dustin Johnson (USA), the world’s No. 1 ranking player, drew 1 win and 1 draw against Robert McIntyre (Scotland), the 44th place in the world ranking.
McIntyre, 25, was a player with one win on the European Tour and tied for sixth in the 2019 Open Championship.
Justin Thomas, the second place in the world rankings, lost to defending champion Kevin Keithner by two holes and lost two straight victories following a match against Matt Coocher (above the United States) the day before.
In this group, Kucher also defeated Louis Oosthizen (South Africa) and won two wins with Keithner, and Thomas was discouraged from advancing to the round of 16 regardless of the result of the final match in the group stage.
On the first day, Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), who lost six holes to 66th place in the world rankings (England), took Lanto Griffin (USA) by four holes and made one win.
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