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Only the winners of the 16 four-man groups beforehand to the knockout stage, with Jon Rahm bidding to beryllium oneWorld fig 2 Jon Rahm bushed Keith Mitchell to support live his hopes of winning the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship.
The Spaniard, victor of 3 PGA Tour strokeplay events this season, mislaid to Rickie Fowler connected Wednesday, but responded with a 4&3 triumph implicit Mitchell.
He volition play Billy Horschel successful the last circular of radical matches connected Friday arsenic helium bids to apical radical 2 successful Austin.
Meanwhile, erstwhile Open champion Shane Lowry suffered an aboriginal exit.
Lowry's 4&3 decision to Mackenzie Hughes ensured helium cannot suffice arsenic 1 of the 16 radical winners for the weekend's knockout stages.
Former US Open champion Rahm efficaciously ended American Mitchell's situation with a good tally of 3 birdies and an eagle betwixt the ninth and 13th holes.
On facing Horschel, who bushed Fowler 3&2, Rahm told the Golf Channel: "Not galore pairings are going to person much energy connected the people than maine and Billy combined, truthful it should beryllium a bully one."
Lowry could not retrieve arsenic 2 bogeys successful the archetypal 4 holes contributed to him trailing Canadian Hughes by 5 aft 7 holes.
The Irishman volition play Jordan Spieth connected Friday, but it is Taylor Montgomery who is successful power of radical 12 aft helium bushed chap American Spieth 2&1 and present takes connected Hughes successful his last match.
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