WGC-Dell Match Play 2022 Quarterfinals: Former champions Dustin Johnson, Kevin Kisner advance to semi-finals

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WGC-Dell Match Play 2022 Quarterfinals: Former champions Dustin Johnson, Kevin Kisner advance to semi-finals

The two former WGC-Dell Match Play champions advanced to their matches on Saturday in the quarterfinals. Now, they have the chance to set up a final on Sunday afternoon with a repeat single-win result. Dustin Johnson knocked out Brooks Koepka in the biggest game of the day, and Kevin Kisner burned Will Zalatoris at Austin Country Club. Those two will play separate matches early on Sunday before the championship.

There were plenty of thrilling moments throughout the quarter-finals, though after a thrilling round of 16 at dawn on Saturday, it will always be tough for the afternoon to live up to those expectations. Let’s take a look at how things went down Saturday and who will take the title (and who could be No. 1 because of it) Sunday in Austin.

Kevin Kisner 4 and 3 overtaking Will Zalatoris: After both reached the quarterfinals, Kisner, who won the last four holes in morning games, didn’t stop reaching for the third Sunday of the last four at Austin. Country Club. Zalatoris hit the ball poorly and made Kisner three holes with the ball, but Kisner also put his foot down late with a 39-foot bomb that basically sent the game away. Kisner’s record at Austin Country Club is staggering, and he will be a threat to eliminate on Sunday at a place he clearly loves to play (and where he’s not at a distance disadvantage. ).

Austin Country Club’s Kisner said: “I think it’s great to play the game. “I think there’s a lot of risk-reward… I don’t feel like I’m behind the 8-ball on the first tee from a distance. I haven’t played a single man in five successful games. hit it anywhere from near and far at the same distance as me. …In a lot of events, I die underwater I’m behind the 8th ball before teeing off I love that I can hit the ball , use the slope, use the stiffness of the streams and the greens to help me.”

Corey Conners 2 and up past Abraham Ancer: Conners finished it well in afternoon trading and took advantage of a stalled Ancer who failed to make a birdie in his final seven holes. Conners is an interesting proposition in duel because, like Zalatoris, he can attack you until you lose the will to fight. If he does even a few of them, he can roll downhill and there’s nothing more you can do.

Dustin Johnson 2 up more than Brooks Koepka: Both golfers hit the ball fairly well, but neither made a putt leading to a rather light game in which there were only six birdies in total (three from each side). The DJ actually didn’t make a birdie until the 12th hole of the day but he ended up outperforming Koepka by pars as he won his second in five years at the tournament. The 18th hole when the DJ took a one-shot lead on the green on the 369-yard hole and hit two birdies to close the festival (that’s how all DJ games would end). He is unbeaten so far this week.

Scottie Scheffler 3 and 2 overtakes Seamus Power: Scheffler advanced to Sunday games for the second year in a row with an eagle tackle at par-5 16 to win 3 and 2. Scheffler never followed Power and took the quarter-final lead. eight people on the number of strokes hit the green. There’s more to both the $2 million first prize and the third prize of the year for Scheffler. With two wins on Sunday at Austin Country Club, he will become the 25th golfer ever (and only the ninth American) to rise to the number 1 position in the world. Scheffler was asked about it Saturday night and procrastinated thinking about it too much.

“I wouldn’t say I’m really in a hurry to do anything here,” says Scheffler. “I’m really lucky to be playing here on the PGA Tour. I’m just enjoying myself here and trying to do the best I can and to be competitive.”