Scotty Schaeffler (US), Billy Horshall (US), Matt Coucher (US) and Victor Peres (France) made their way to the semifinals of the World Golf Championship (WGC) Dell Technologies Match Play ($10.5 million in total prize money).
In the fourth quarter-finals of the tournament held at the Austin Country Club (par 71) in Austin, Texas, USA on the 28th (Korean time), Yon Ram (Spain), Tommy Fleetwood (England), Brian Harman (USA), Sergio Garcia (Spain), respectively. ) Respectively.
Schaeffler, the 32nd in the world ranking, won the 3rd place in the world ranking by three holes, leaving one hole.
Schaeffler held the lead from the 2nd hole to the 17th hole, winning the quarterfinals.
World rankings No. 1 Dustin Johnson (USA), 2nd place Justin Thomas (USA), 4th place Colin Morikawa (USA), 5th place Bryson Dishambo (USA) failed to pass the group stage, and Ram was eliminated in the quarterfinals. The top 5 men’s golf all lost their pride in match play.
Furthermore, no one of the top 22 players in the world rankings who participated in this tournament was able to reach the semifinals. Schaeffler has the highest world ranking among the finalists.
Horschel, the 34th in the world ranking, climbed to the semifinals by defeating Fleetwood, the 22nd in the world ranking, in an extended match.
Horshall was pushed by Fleetwood from holes 9 to 16, but tied with a birdie on hole 17. The two players went into overtime, paring side by side on the 18th hole.
Fleetwood made a big mistake in the overtime on hole 12, losing a tee shot and getting a penalty. Horshall calmly blocked the par, winning overtime and winning the quarterfinals.
Peres, 33rd in the world ranking, won Garcia, 42nd in the world ranking, with 3 holes left and 4 holes.
Perez, who beat Lim Seong-jae (23) in the group stage, was the only European player to reach the quarterfinals.
The 57th in the world ranking, Kucher won by two holes, leaving one hole to the 59th in the world ranking Brian Harman (USA). This year, 43-year-old Kucher joined the quarterfinals as the oldest.
In the quarterfinals on the 29th, Perez and Horshall, and Kucher and Schaeffler face off.
In the previous round of 16, Kucher defeated Jordan Spice (USA) after a close match to the 18th hole.
In the round of 16, Harman was pushed by Bubba Watson (USA) by 4 holes to the 5th hole and succeeded in a thrilling reversal by running a birdie march for 8 holes in a row.
Fleetwood succeeded in hole-in-one in the fourth hole (par 4) in the round of 16, defeating Dylan Fritelli (South Africa).
Schaeffler won an overwhelming victory in the round of 16 by five holes without giving a hole to Ian Polter (England).
In addition, Ram beat Eric van Ruyen (South Africa), Horshal Kevin Strillman (USA), Garcia’s Mackenzie Hughes (Canada), and Peres beat Robert McIntyre (Scotland) in the round of 16 and finished in the quarterfinals.