Day, Fowler win Match Play semi-final berths
Ernie Els to take on Victor Dubuisson in other last four match.
Jason Day of Australia plays his second shot on the second hole during the quarterfinal of the World Golf Championships - Accenture Match Play Championship at The Golf Club at Dove Mountain on February 22, 2014 in Marana, Arizona. PHOTO: AFP
MARANA:
Rickie Fowler withstood a back-nine charge by Jim Furyk to beat his fellow American one up in a nail-biting final to book a WGC Match play championship semi-final with Jason Day.
Furyk, won four straight to take a one up lead through 16. But Fowler held his nerve to win the last two holes.
Australia’s Day defeated South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen two and one.
In the other semi-final in the Arizona desert, South African veteran Ernie Els will take on France’s Victor Dubuisson for a place in the championship match.
Els overwhelmed Jordan Spieth four and two, Dubuisson edged Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell one up.
Fowler had to battle hard against Furyk and had to roll back off the false front of the green, his first attempt to chip on ended with the ball crawling back.
Fowler placed his first putt to within three feet to set up the win. After surrendering the first hole, Oosthuizen won the next two, but Day won the next two to take a decisive lead.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2014.
Rickie Fowler withstood a back-nine charge by Jim Furyk to beat his fellow American one up in a nail-biting final to book a WGC Match play championship semi-final with Jason Day.
Furyk, won four straight to take a one up lead through 16. But Fowler held his nerve to win the last two holes.
Australia’s Day defeated South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen two and one.
In the other semi-final in the Arizona desert, South African veteran Ernie Els will take on France’s Victor Dubuisson for a place in the championship match.
Els overwhelmed Jordan Spieth four and two, Dubuisson edged Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell one up.
Fowler had to battle hard against Furyk and had to roll back off the false front of the green, his first attempt to chip on ended with the ball crawling back.
Fowler placed his first putt to within three feet to set up the win. After surrendering the first hole, Oosthuizen won the next two, but Day won the next two to take a decisive lead.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2014.