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Scheffler and McIlroy go to the ‘semis’ of the World Cup and Rahm gives up second place in the ranking

Scottie Schefflerworld number one and defending champion, advanced this Saturday to the semifinals of the WGC Dell Technologies Austin (Texas), in which he will face Sam Burnswhile Northern Irish Rory McIlroy will be measured with Cameron Young, in a tournament in which Jon Rahm fell on Friday in the group stage. Precisely Rory’s pass to ‘semis’ will already put the Spaniard ahead in the world rankings. The number 1 is safe for Scheffler.

Scheffler has ten consecutive victories in Match Play and surpassed this Saturday JT Poston for a hole above and to the Australian Jason Daya two-time Match Play winner, by two holes up and one to play.

The reigning champion of the Augusta Masters and The Players was against the ropes in the round of 16, when meeting two holes down with four to go. However, he won the fifteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth to get the round pass, in which he faced a Day who beat Matt Kuchar by a hole above.

Scheffler started again with difficulties, who he was down three after the first six holesbut it went from less to more. He won eight and nine and chained three consecutive between twelve and fourteen. He sealed the victory on the sixteenth hole, when he made a great birdie and prevented Day, also with a birdie, from prolonging the duel.

Now awaiting him in the semifinal is Sam Burns, who won by two holes up and one by playing Canadian Mackenzie Hughes.

The other semifinal will be played McIlroy, who beat Australian Lucas Herbert in the round of 16 (two up and one to play) and Xander Schauffele in a quarterfinal tie marked by balance and decided on the eighteenth hole in favor of the Northern Irishman. In fact, only at that time was the winner of four majors on top.

He returns to a semifinal in Match Play for the first time since 2016 and will face Cameron Young, who beat Kurt Kitayama by one hole. Previously, Young had beaten Billy Horschel by five holes up and four to play.

The semifinals and the final will be played this Sunday, as well as the final for third and fourth place.

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