Needing a win on Friday to have a chance at making the weekend at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Tiger Woods took care of business.
The 18-time WGC champion started off slow but rebounded with a blistering back nine to to defeat Patrick Cantlay 4&2 in his final Group 13 round-robin match. Aaron Wise defeated Brandt Snedeker, which advances Woods to the weekend Round of 16.
Woods and Cantlay went back-and-forth through the first five holes before Cantlay took control down the front nine stretch, ultimately holding a one-up lead at the turn. From then on out, it was Woods’ world and we were all living in it.
Woods won four of the first five holes on the back to claim a commanding three-up lead through 14 holes. The shot of the tournament came on the par-4 13th, where Woods holed-out from the fairway.
Woods won Group 13 with a 2-1 record and will play the winner of Group 4, which includes Rory McIlroy, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Justin Harding and Luke List.
