WGC matchplay draw ensures tough assignments for Lowry and Power via IrishTimesSport
With one point for a win and half a point for halved matches through the round-robins, the winner of each group will advance to the last 16 stage at which point it becomes a knockout in true matchplay.
Lowry, who has finished tied-13th and tied-12th in the past two weeks, will be looking to change a relatively poor record in the WGC-Dell Technologies Matchplay which, in his six previous visits, failed to see him advance beyond the group phase: his best finish is tied-24th in 2019. “My game is in great shape and we’ve got a great stretch of tournaments coming up, so I’m really excited for the next run of events,” said Lowry after completing all four rounds at the Valspar in the 60s but still removed from the fight for the title, eventually won byLowry managed a quick visit home to his family at their Florida residence before again getting on the move to travel westwards to Texas.
“I feel like I have had no days off the last few weeks,” admitted Lowry of a run that saw the weather-hit The Players extend into a fifth day and then saw him move on to the Valspar. “Hopefully I can go out and win my match on Wednesday and see where it goes from there,” said Lowry of bringing momentum with him for the head-to-head battles, which will be followed by a week off next week (skipping the
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