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Day 2 of Group Stage gets underway today at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action on Thursday. Day 2 matches/tee times Day 2 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). PGA TOUR LIVE: Wednesday-Friday, 10:15 a.m.-8 p.m. ET (Featured Matches). Saturday, 9:45 a.m.-2 p.m. (Featured Matches). International subscribers (via GOLF.TV): Wednesday-Friday, 14:15 to 00:00 GMT. Saturday, 13:45 to 18:00. 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 Bryson DeChambeau vs. Kiradech Aphibarnrat, 3:06 p.m. ET Ian Poulter vs. Keith Mitchell, 3:39 p.m. ET Phil Mickelson vs. Jim Furyk, 11:59 a.m. ET Tiger Woods vs. Brandt Snedeker, 12:32 p.m. ET MUST READS Day 1 match recaps: WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play: Day 2 match previews, picks Woods gets over Wise in scrappy Match Play return Poulter hopes Mitchell advice doesn’t come back to bite him What the pros are playing with at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Tiger’s history at WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Texas ties: How Kite and Crenshaw met CALL OF THE DAY

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – There’s not much additional inspiration necessary this week for Spain’s Jon Rahm, who can become the world’s top-ranked golfer for the first time with a win at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. But just in case the current world No. 3 needs a little boost, he can draw upon his memorable pro-am pairing Wednesday at TPC Scottsdale. Rahm played alongside another of the world’s best, as 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps joined him in the pro-am. The former competitive swimmer got an up-close look at the red-hot Rahm, who enters the week fresh off a solo second at the Farmers Insurance Open. “The guy is unbelievable to watch,â€� Phelps said. “He has got a ton of power, and he putted the ball great today. It’s always fun when you get to watch someone getting the putter hot. It’s a special treat. It was great to watch him roll a couple in and get ready for this week. “He is a possible No. 1. There are so many talented players out there. It just depends on who is going to want it bad enough.â€� Related: Amy paying it forward one year later | Insider: Woodland putting in work to reach new heights   Phelps, of course, is best known for his record 23 gold medals, including an incredible 13 in individual events. Rahm, meanwhile, is still waiting on his first. He will get the chance to change that this summer at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. “I never grew up with that being a goal of mine because golf wasn’t in the Olympics,â€� Rahm said. “ … To be an athlete and have a gold medal, I don’t think there’s anything better than that. There are not many things that you can say that would be a better feeling than to say you have a good medal from the Olympics. “It’s a very select group of people that can say that in human history. So it’s definitely a goal and I hope it can be there in Tokyo and fight for it.â€� Rahm was not in Rio de Janeiro four years ago when golf returned to the Olympics after a 112-year absence. Both Spanish players who did participate finished in the top 10 – Rafa Cabrera Bello was T5 and Sergio Garcia was T8. As for the Rahm-Phelps pairing on Wednesday … they’re actually quite familiar with one another, as they’re members of the same Scottsdale golf course. That should provide Phelps more than enough time to offer any sage Olympics advice he may have. Rahm will eagerly soak it in. “To be at that level at every single one of those events and to be able to win every single one of the events one year, it’s absolutely mind-blowing,â€� said Rahm, who played collegiately at Arizona State. “I don’t think a lot of times people appreciate some of what these Olympians accomplish because we only hear about it every four years. If he’s not the greatest Olympian of all time, I don’t know who is. I’ve got to say. Really, the discussion of greatest athlete of all-time could not be had without him.â€�

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Two-time defending champion Hideki Matsuyama got treatment on his left wrist prior to his second-round tee time at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, but deemed the injury too serious and withdrew prior to hitting a shot. Matsuyama had not withdrawn in the middle of a tournament since The Honda Classic in 2016, when he was pained by a right hip flexor. The Japanese star, ranked fifth in the world, was trying to match Arnold Palmer, who won three times in a row in Phoenix from 1961-1963. Matsuyama, who was playing in the same threesome as Rickie Fowler and Webb Simpson, whom he had beaten in playoffs at TPC Scottsdale the last two years, respectively, had gotten off to a slow start with a 69 in the first round. Over the last four decades, Tom Watson (Byron Nelson Classic, 1978-1980), Stuart Appleby (Mercedes Championship, 2004-2006) and Steve Stricker (John Deere Classic, 2009-2011) are the only other players besides Tiger Woods who have won the same tournament three straight years. (Woods has done it four times.) With the early departure of Matsuyama, the Waste Management now features four of the top seven in the world and 22 of the top 30 in the FedExCup. In addition to winning the last two years, Matsuyama had finished T4 in 2014 and T2 in ’15. He came into this week on the heels of the best putting week of his career. Matsuyama ranked second in sg: putting at the Farmers Insurance Open (+2.040); tied Charles Howell III for low round Sunday (69); and tied for 12th. Justin Thomas had a chance to three-peat at the CIMB Classic but finished T17 earlier this season. Daniel Berger will go for his third straight FedEx St. Jude Classic title in June.

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