‘Select a slot’ to find birdies on Dell Match Play
AmericaKeegan Bradley birdie with a shot through the trees during an unfortunate match at Dell Match Play – the PGA Tour’s hole-in-the-wall tournament in Texas – on March 24.
The punch through the woods came on the par4 18th hole, when Bradley was 1 ahead of Adam Scott in the second round of the group game.
This hole, Bradley played rough on the right of the fairway. This position is considered “blind” to the second shot, because the tree line is blocking the path to the green. However, Bradley hit the ball low, with a banana-like trajectory to cross the obstacle. The ball crossed the left side of the gridiron, onto the rough grass, but thanks to a tilt it fell back about 1.2 meters from the hole for Bradley to finish.
Bradley hit hard.
This birdie helped Bradley share the points with Scott. Prior to that, Scott had led Bradley through eight holes, sometimes 3 up.
Both are in group 11, alongside Jordan Spieth and Justin Rose. Bradley has just 0.5 points after two games, Scott has 1.5 points, highest in the group while Spieth and Rose have 1 point.
Bradley will meet Rose in match three today, March 25. At the end of the group stage, the person with the highest score will advance to the knockout stage, if a tie, “sudden death” extra-hole stroke for this right.
Bradley has been playing professionally since 2008, so far he has won four PGA Tour titles, including the 2011 main PGA Championship, but on March 12, he was hit by a two stroke penalty in The Players Championship – the PGA Tour spike event – committing don’t know the rules of the game applied for five years.
Dell Match Play brings together the world’s top 64 (OWGR table), evenly divided into groups of 4 for round-robin play in the first three days. This method has been implemented since 2015, with a schedule of five days, two days later for the knockout phase – from the round of 16 to the final. To compete for the championship, a competitor must through a total of seven matches. Last year, Billy Horschel won the championship after six wins, receiving $1.82 million in a $10.5 million prize fund. This year’s prize fund increased to 12 million USD.
In individual hole matches, two players compete for each hole, expected to pass 18 holes. Win 1 hole. The game ends when the number of ups is greater than the number of holes remaining. The result is represented by the number up in front.
Quoc Huy
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