A quieter Masters might be just what Rory McIlroy needs

It all comes down to Sunday with four players battling it out for the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play title. Here’s how to follow the final day in Austin. Day 5 matches/tee times Day 5 scoring HOW TO FOLLOW TELEVISION: Wednesday-Friday, 2-8 p.m. (Golf Channel). Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (GC), 2-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (GC), 3-7 p.m. (NBC). RADIO: Wednesday-Friday, 2-8 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). NOTABLE MATCHES Matt Kuchar vs. Lucas Bjerregaard: 10:20 a.m. ET Francesco Molinari vs. Kevin Kisner: 10:05 a.m. ET MUST READS Match recaps from Day 4 Semifinals preview: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Get to know the Tiger Tamer Garcia slip-up proves very costly McIlroy feels the Tiger effect Why every match matters What the pros are playing with at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas ties: How Kite and Crenshaw met CALL OF THE DAY

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LAS VEGAS - Jason Day was finishing up his warmup just moments before his final round tee time at THE CJ CUP @ SHADOW CREEK feeling like this could be the day to claim his 13th PGA TOUR win. He'd been trying to warm up his troublesome back that had been stiff throughout the opening three rounds knowing he only needed a decent 18 holes to move from sixth place to a chance at a TOUR win. But as he ripped his last few warmups he felt a slight twinge in his neck. Then as he made the 15-yard walk from the range to the putting green something just clicked and the right side of his neck locked up. In pain but without time to get treatment, Day decided to just head to the first tee and hope for the best. But looking more like Frankenstein then the former world No. 1 his first tee ball featured a one hand finish into the rough. His second shot was a dead yank into a penalty area and he walked off with a triple bogey. The 32-year-old tried to soldier on but felt pain on the second tee and his approach shot on the second was a shank to the right as his neck failed to turn through his swing. At that point the Australian decided he should call it quits before doing more damage. It's the 11th time Day has been forced to WD mid-tournament in his TOUR career. He went for treatment and was cautiously hopeful he could still take his place at next week's ZOZO CHAMPIONSHIP at Sherwood Country Club in Los Angeles. "My back had been a little jammed up and hurting most of the week so I think maybe I did something to my neck while trying to compensate for that," Day said as he left for treatment. "Hopefully it won't be too bad and I'll be back next week. I've been swinging it really well just needed a few more putts. It just sucks to have it happen any time but especially when you have a chance to win."

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2021 THE PLAYERS Championship, Round 2 Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Matthew Fitzpatrick (2, -8, 17.1%) 2. Sergio Garcia (T3, -7, 11.1%) 3. Lee Westwood (1, -9, 9.3%) 4. Bryson DeChambeau (T5, -6, 9.2%) 5. Chris Kirk (T3, -7, 8.8%) 6. Sungjae Im (T5, -6, 7.4%) 7. Jon Rahm (T14, -4, 5.1%) 8. Brian Harman (T5, -6, 4.0%) 9. Doug Ghim (T5, -6, 3.4%) 10. Denny McCarthy (T5, -6, 2.8%) Top Strokes-Gained Performers from Round 2: Putting: Lee Westwood +4.4 Around the Green: Robert MacIntyre +3.2 Approach the Green: Patton Kizzire +4.2 Off-the-tee: Chris Kirk +2.0 Total: Chris Kirk +7.0 NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live "Make Cut", "Top 20", "Top 5", and "Win" probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of THE PLAYERS Championship, or to see how each golfer's probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model's home page.

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