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AUSTIN, Texas – Down to the final 16 players. Tiger vs. Rory. The survivors face the potential of 72 holes in two days — but it’ll be worth it for the winner of this week’s World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. Here’s a preview going into Saturday morning’s Round of 16, which will be followed by the afternoon Quarterfinals. On Sunday, the Semifinals will be played in the morning, with the Championship and Consolation matches set for the afternoon. MATCH PLAY: Scores | Group Standings | Bracket | Group scenarios | Day 3 match recaps | Watch PGA TOUR LIVE, 8:15 a.m. ET Power Rankings: Round of 16 We’ve ranked the 16 remaining players in terms of current form and match play history, as well as just a gut feel for how they will fare this weekend at Austin Country Club. Please note: Not based on how the would match up in the bracket (this week’s record in parentheses): 1. RORY McILROY (3-0) – Has yet to trail in a match. No worse than T6 in all six starts in 2019. The 2015 champ. Coming off PLAYERS victory. 2. FRANCESCO MOLINARI (3-0) – Has yet to trail in a match. Only European to go 5-0 in a Ryder Cup. Recent winner at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard. 3. HENRIK STENSON (3-0) – Has yet to trail in a match. Blitzed through the so-called “Group of Death” against three major champions. The 2007 champ. 4. TIGER WOODS (2-1) – Three-time champ (2003, 2004, 2008). An 80-time PGA TOUR winner. Oh, and he might have a bit more gallery support than anybody else. 5. BRANDEN GRACE (3-0) – Took out world No. 1 and former champ Dustin Johnson. Was 5-0 in 2015 Presidents Cup. Has trailed for just three holes. 6. MATT KUCHAR (2-1) – Two-time winner already this season. 2013 Match Play champ. Came from behind in all three group matches. 7. PAUL CASEY (2-0-1) – Two-time runner-up of event. Fresh off defending Valspar Championship title. Has lost just seven holes. 8. MARC LEISHMAN (3-0) – Trailed for just four holes this week. Good news: Third time out of group stage. Bad news: Has never advanced past but round of 16. 9. LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN (2-1) – Runner-up in 2016. Eight under in eight-hole stretch on Friday. 10. KEVIN KISNER (2-1) – Needed playoff to advance over Poulter, the man he had earlier lost to. Runner up 2018. Fatigue factor? He’s played more holes than any of the other 15 players. 11. SERGIO GARCIA (2-1) – Limped out of group with a Friday loss. Just eight birdies, the least of the remaining players. 12. TYRRELL HATTON (2-0-1) – Only trailed for three holes. Advanced out of group last year, but lost in round of 16. 13. JUSTIN ROSE (2-0-1) – In 11 previous tries, he’s made final 16 just once and lost. Comes off a T8 at THE PLAYERS. 14. LUCAS BJERREGAARD (2-0-1) – Ousted Justin Thomas. Overcame deficits in all three matches. Only Match Play rookie. 15. HAOTONG LI (2-1) – Needed a playoff to advance and looked shaky on some clutch putts. Was 0-3 in only previous appearance. 16. KEVIN NA (2-1) – Took out defending champion Watson. Only reached final 16 once prior and lost. Trailed for 23 holes, led for just 14 — worst on both accounts. Expert Picks  PGATOUR.COM staff writers Ben Everill and Mike McAllister are on site in Austin and will predict the winner of every match each day. Here are their Round of 16 picks (matches listed in order of playing schedule): Three Observations 1. THE ‘WORLD’ INDEED. Ten countries are represented by the 16 players left, a true reflection of the global competition at the World Golf Championships. The United States (4), England (3) and South Africa (2) have the most players remaining, with Northern Ireland, China, Denmark, Australia, Italy, Sweden and Spain also still represented. 2. EXPERIENCE MATTERS. The average number of Dell Technologies Match Play starts among the 16 players left is 8.4. Only one player (Lucas Bjerregaard) is making his Match Play debut, while another (HaoTong Li) is making his second. Experienced players such as Sergio Garcia (17th start) and Tiger Woods and Paul Casey (14th starts each) could have the edge. 3. TOP-FOUR FINAL? If No. 2 seed Justin Rose and No. 4 seed Rory McIlroy keep winning, they would meet in the Championship match on Sunday afternoon. If that happens, it would be just the second time in Match Play history that two of the top four overall seeds have advanced to the final. The only time it’s happened? The 2004 final when No. 1 Tiger Woods defeated No. 3 Davis Love III. By The Numbers Least Holes Played: McIlroy (46), Stenson (46), Molinari (46) Most Holes Played: Kisner (56), Rose (53), Bjerregaard (52) Most Holes Won: Molinari (21), Woods (18), Bjerregaard (18) Least Holes Won: Garcia (14), Oosthuizen (14), Hatton (14) Least Holes Lost: McIlroy (3), Stenson (5), Casey (7), Garcia (7), Hatton (7) Most Holes Led: Stenson (45), Molinari (42), McIlroy (41) Least Holes Trailed: Stenson (0), McIlroy (0), Molinari (0) Most Birdies: Oosthuizen (17), Casey (16), Kuhar (16) Fewest Bogeys: Garcia (2), Stenson (3)

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Francesco Molinari won The Open on Sunday, outlasting a star-studded field at Carnoustie to clinch his first career major championship.

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PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – The fans at Riviera Country Club offered to put up floodlights. They needn’t have bothered. Tiger Woods was already lighting the place up. Woods injected some serious energy into the delayed start of the third round at the Genesis Open when he opened with a birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie run to send the crowd into frenzy. By the time darkness halted play, the 80-time PGA TOUR winner had negotiated seven holes in five under par and moved from a tie for 52nd to a tie for 14th at six under. He didn’t want it to end. No one else did either. While still a long way adrift of Justin Thomas – who leads at 13 under through two holes of Round 3 – Woods now has the opportunity to make waves on what promises to be a marathon Sunday. Starting on the drivable par-4 10th hole, Woods knocked in a 5-foot birdie after a nice chip. After a brilliant drive down the par-5 11th, the two-time FedExCup champion then hit an exquisite 250-yard 3-wood to inside 10 feet and made eagle. When a 21-foot birdie dropped in on the next hole they could hear the roars reverberating around the Hollywood sign. But Woods wasn’t done yet as he buried another from 14 feet – despite the distortion of crowd containment breaks – to create more buzz in Los Angeles than the Oscars. “It was definitely crazy. Gives you even more respect for what he’s able to do knowing he deals with that every time he tees it up,â€� playing partner Peter Malnati said. Malnati had never played with Woods before and caught himself in awe. Before today he had thought the roars for his two aces on TOUR were good. “They were nothing like the combination of excitement you hear with Tiger,â€� he laughed. “Obviously, the atmosphere was already incredible and then to see that quality of golf was really cool. “It is pretty impressive. It is kind of fun to watch, he’s driving the ball beautifully and he’s as good as he’s ever been with his irons. That’s really cool and amazing to see it up close, so in control, it’s nice.â€� Woods had seemingly ruled himself out of contention with his 70-71 opening. But now, despite still having a big hole to climb out of, he retained some optimism of finally breaking through at Riviera. “I’ve got some work to do,â€� Woods admits. “I’ve got to get up and down at 17. No. 18’s not going to be playing short with these temperatures and then I’ve got to get one, and then two is going to be back into the fan again. I’ve got to do some damage to those holes. “It’s going to be in the 40s and it’s supposed to be blowing close to 20 miles an hour. So it’s going to be a tough day for all of us and one that we’re going to have to fight through.â€� TOUR officials will not re-pair groups between rounds, instead hoping to get the two final rounds finished in one day for a regulation finish. For Woods that means 28 and 1/3 holes as he faces a delicate pitch shot and likely putt to make par on 17, his eighth hole of the round. “It’s going to be a long one. Up early and start working on it and staying loose and staying ready,â€� he added. “It’s just going to be a lot of walking. And last couple days, it’s definitely testing the body.â€�

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