After defeating Rory McIlroy earlier Saturday, Woods dropped two of the last three holes and lost his quarterfinal match to Lucas Bjerregaard.
CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREAUSTIN, Texas – Lucas Bjerregaard kept making big putts and is staying in the Lone Star State.Bjerregaard, who hails from Denmark and is ranked No. 52 in the world, upset his boyhood hero, Woods, in the quarterfinals Saturday in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club. Woods made bogey on the 18th hole – he missed a par putt from just inside 5 feet – to lose the match, 1 down.
— PGA TOUR March 30, 2019Woods, who moved into the quarterfinals with a 2-and-1 victory over Rory McIlroy in the morning, birdied three consecutive holes on the front nine to get 2 up and kept playing well. Trouble for him, though, is that Bjerregaard started making putts. A 15-footer for birdie on the 12th to tie the hole; a 6-footer for birdie on the 13th to tie the hole; a 29-footer for eagle on the 16th to win the hole and tie the match; a 13-footer for birdie on the 17th to tie the hole.
“Had a lot of difficult pins out there,” said Woods, who will head to Augusta National for one day next week, fly back home and then return a few days later for the Masters in two weeks, “It is match play and they’re going to put the pins on the difficult side, and they did. And we just have to hit good shots.”
“It’s not always easy, but I kept pushing and kept making putts, and I think that’s the way you need to do at this level because matches can turn very easily on you,” Molinari said. “It’s been a pretty incredible day. It’s been emotional, that’s for sure,” Bjerregaard said. “It was an incredible experience for me to play with him and see what he plays in front of every day.
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