Texas lightsmith in austin5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The gallery, strong and loud and thoroughly entertained during the semifinals, thought they were going to get the world’s top two players in the final match of the final Match Play. “There might not have been anybody beating him today the way he played,” Young said. There wasn’t much he could do against Burns. With concessions, he was 41-under par for the week. Young had to settle for his sixth runner-up finish in the last two seasons on the PGA Tour, disappointed but not without perspective. Indeed, the final edition of this wild and wacky tournament ultimately turned into a downer for just about everyone but Burns.īurns went on a tear Sunday afternoon in the championship match, with just enough help from Young at the end for the second-largest margin of victory over 18 holes in match play. But that one guy is Sam Burns playing really well.” There’s only one guy standing between you and winning a tournament. “It’s really easy to think you’re so close. “I was a million under for the week,” Young said. He made a few mistakes in the championship match, but there was no stopping Burns and that silky putting stroke at Austin Country Club. Young went from one of the most satisfying rounds of his career to feeling helpless. Rory McIlroy was 2 up with three holes to play against Young in the semifinals when one swing (into a bunker) and one bad break (into the side collar of a bunker) and one missed putt (on the 19th hole) left him playing a consolation match. And then Burns delivered a masterclass performance with eight birdies over his last 10 holes for a 6-and-5 victory over Cameron Young in the final edition of the Match Play. Some four hours earlier, Burns stood on that same green ready to remove his cap and congratulate defending champion Scottie Scheffler, who had a 4-foot birdie putt to win their semifinal match in overtime.Īnd then it all changed, quickly and dramatically, like so often in match play. ![]() AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Sam Burns won the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play on the 13th green, most appropriate for this unpredictable tournament because that’s where he thought he had lost it. ![]()
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