Dustin Johnson continues fast start to WGC as Rory McIlroy knocked out

But the tournament’s 2015 champion was eliminated after Dane Soren Kjeldsen, who was due to face Woodland on Friday, made it two wins from two with a 4&3 victory over Emiliano Grillo.

Rory McIlroy has been eliminated from the WGC Dell Technologies Match Play Championship after his opponent withdrew from their match.

Alex Noren is the other player already qualified for the last 16 following his 3&2 triumph over Bernd Wiesberger and Francesco Molinari’s withdrawal from Group Eight, with Bubba Watson and Phil Mickelson also amongst the 14 players still boasting 100% records.

World No.1 Dustin Johnson backed up his 5 and 3 win over Webb Simpson with a 3 and 2 victory against Martin Kaymer.

Garcia beat American Kevin Chappell 4 and 3 after halving with Ireland’s Shane Lowry to open, so he must win to advance over Rahm, 2-0 after beating Lowry 2 and 1. He had a one-shot lead over D.A. Points. Holes were won with bogeys.

But Day has long expressed a desire to win a green jacket at Augusta, and for his mother to see him do it, and Martin said his client still “hoped” to play the tournament starting April 6. “If I just play solid golf, it should be enough”.

Rory McIlroy won’t make it to the weekend at Austin Country Club.

It came a day after defending champion Jason Day pulled out of the event in Austin, Texas, to spend time with his mother as she undergoes treatment for lung cancer.

“Pat was either going to beat Lee and I was flying home tomorrow morning, or I was going to get to play golf and try to advance”, Leishman said.

No matter what happens Friday in the Dell Technologies Match Play, McIlroy won’t be around for the weekend. All that’s left is for McIlroy to decide whether to play the Houston Open next week.

“I feel like I’ve been playing pretty well since the beginning of previous year”, Johnson said in his usual soft voice.

“I just need some time away with her to make sure that everything goes well, because this has been very, very tough for me”, Day said. Snedeker gave him the putt to halve the hole.

Fitzpatrick was never behind in the match against Wood and last year’s Ryder Cup colleague by sealing an emphatic 4 & 2 victory in bright but extremely windy conditions on the Austin Country Club course in Texas capital.

KEY STATISTIC: Brooks Koepka has yet to go beyond the 13th hole in both his matches.

But the 46-year-old has the advantage of having conserved plenty of energy ahead of a possible four more matches, with the last 16 and quarter-finals scheduled for Saturday and the semi-finals and final on Sunday. “Massive performance, I think, on my part today to get that done”. He added a birdie on the par-5 12th and closed out the match with birdie on the par-4 15th.