Séamus Power and Shane Lowry are also in action at Austin Country Club.
RORY MCILROY HAS won his opening group match at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship, clinching a 3&1 victory over American Scott Stallings at Austin Country Club..
The world number three then birdied the 5th and 6th holes, ensuring he went three up. A dropped short by McIlroy on the 8th and a birdie by Stallings on the 9th changed the complexion at the turn, as McIlroy’s advantage was cut to one. But McIlroy won the 11th to go two up again and went on to sink three more birdies between the 13th and 17th holes.
Fitzpatrick is the top seed in group 11 at Austin Country Club, but the world number 13 had no answer to a brilliant burst of scoring from opponent JJ Spaun, who cruised to a 5&3 victory. A par was good enough to win the eighth and reduce the gap further, only for Spaun to then birdie the 11th and 12th before holing out from 107 yards for an eagle on the 13th.
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