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The World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play continues Friday from Austin Country Club. Among those looking to move on are Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Patrick Cantlay, and Scottie Scheffler. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+. Click here for more details. Scores Full tee times Bracket HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Wednesday-Friday, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2 p.m.-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (NBC) Radio: Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m.-8 p.m. ET. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR PGA TOUR LIVE PGA TOUR Live is available exclusively on ESPN+ • Main Feed: primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course • Marquee Group: new “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group • Featured Groups: traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups • Featured Holes: a combination of par-3s and iconic or pivotal holes FEATURED MATCHES Marquee Group Scottie Scheffler, Matt Fitzpatrick Featured Groups Billy Horschel, Thomas Pieters Tyrrell Hatton, Daniel Berger Featured Holes No. 4 (par 3), No. 7 (par 3), No. 11 (par 3), No. 13 (par 4) MUST READS Match recaps from Thursday: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Who will advance? All the scenarios for Friday Bryson DeChambeau rides rules relief in injury return, floats long drive appearance after Masters Five Things to Know: Austin Country Club What do the numbers say about match play?

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SAN ANTONIO — Last year, a change in iron shafts propelled Andrew Landry to his first PGA TOUR win at the Valero Texas Open. Landry switched to Nippon’s Pro Modus3 Tour 105X model late Wednesday in his Ping iBlade irons in search of more height and spin and, as the saying goes, the rest is history. Could history repeat itself? Rickie Fowler sure hopes so. Fowler installed True Temper’s Dynamic Gold S-400 shafts into his set of Cobra irons Thursday and was pleased with the early results. Fowler took advantage of good scoring conditions in the morning at TPC San Antonio AT&T Oaks Course and fired a 4-under 68 in the opening round of the Valero Texas Open. Related: Si Woo Kim opens with 66 | Insider: Bowditch upbeat in back recovery | Landry’s fearless attitude “What I’ve been playing has been working,” he said of True Temper C-Taper S+ shafts, “but just looking for that little bit better.” Fowler said he had been thinking about making the change in hopes of gaining a little more spin on his mid irons. The S-400 shaft is the same model he already uses in his wedges. On Tuesday, Fowler had Cobra’s Ben Schomin build 7-irons with eight different shafts for testing. It’s unusual for players to make equipment switches the week before a major, but Fowler downplayed the timing ahead of the Masters. “There’s no way to get an idea of what it’s going to do unless you put it in play,” he said. “You’ve got to take that risk to find out and I’m happy with how it performed so far.” Fowler, who trailed Si Woo Kim by two strokes, was proudest of a wedge he hit at No. 11, his second hole of the day, which set up a short birdie putt. “It was just a nice little hold-off high-cut wedge into the back right pin there. Really hit it exactly how I wanted to,” he said. “It doesn’t happen that often that you hit a perfect shot, how you draw it up landing in the right spot and finishing where you want it. So to have that happen on the second hole of the day definitely gave me confidence moving forward.” Fowler also highlighted his 9-iron from the rough at the ninth that flew with his preferred trajectory and hit the green and stopped. Fowler is making his first appearance at the Valero Texas Open and said the golf course provided a fair test for his iron play. “There’s some great approach shots in here,” Fowler said. “You’ve got to be pretty spot on with your numbers and how your bringing the ball in, the height, whether you’re skipping it back or trying to stop it pretty quickly. It’s a fun test. I wouldn’t mind seeing a little breeze around here, just add a little more ball-striking on top of that, even though it is already a ball-striking golf course.” 

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Phil Mickelson entered the Rocket Mortgage Classic this week for the first time in the event’s three-year history, but he said on Thursday it will be his last appearance.

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