After a Saturday full of turns and twists I can tell you this. Jim Furyk, Danny Willett and Gary Woodland are through to the semi finals of this Cadillac Match Play. The big name, Rory McIlroy is not.... yet..
After 21 holes, he and Paul Casey had to pack it in due to darkness. This was all due to TV. The quarterfinals began late so that it could end in prime time on the East Coast, and in hindsight it was move that backfired, although both players had their chances to end it while there was light.
McIlroy had a very good chance but missed his putt on the last hole, then Casey looked the winner on the 20th but his putt stopped on the lip. The tension continued right until dark when McIlroy had it won but he missed one he makes 9 times out of 10 in practice, from about 5 feet.
They will get up early and play at 9:45 EST today on the 1st, a par 5 to see who plays the red hot Jim Furyk, who reached his first semi final with a 4-and-2 victory over Louis Oosthuizen.
In other quarter- finals, big hitting GaryWoodland beat Aussie John Senden 5-and-3 by starting with five birdies in seven holes to go 5 up and he will face Danny Willett of England, who had a 4-and-3 win over Tommy Fleetwood. In a strange turn of events Willett has knocked off 3 fellow Englishmen to get to the semi finals continuing his fine run of play this year after he beat Andy Sullivan to win his group Friday, and then had little trouble with Lee Westwood (3&2) in the round of 16 on Saturday morning.
Match recaps click here http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/cadillac-match-play/news/2015/05/02/quarterfinal-recaps.html
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