Austin, Texas, 23-03-2016
Lahiri loses opening match at WGC Match Play
Anirban Lahiri, the reigning Asian Tour Order of Merit champion, lost his opening match at the WGC – Dell Match Play to American Matt Kuchar by a 6 & 5 margin.
Lahiri, who arrived at Austin from Delhi after finishing runner-up at the Indian Open on Sunday, lost to Kuchar who seemed to be in sublime form. Kuchar chipped in for eagle on the par-5 12th hole then holed a 27-foot birdie putt on the 13th to close out the match.
Anirban’s four-player group also comprises of world no. 8 Justin Rose of England and Argentinian Fabian Gomez.
The 64-player Dell Match Play field has been divided into 16 four-player groups. Each group will play round-robin matches within their group on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (March 23, 24 and 25). The player with the best record in each of the four player groups advances to the Round of 16 for single-elimination match play (in the event of settling tiebreakers, a two-way and three-way tie will require a sudden-death stroke play hole by hole playoff).
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