AUSTIN, Texas — As is often the case at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play — an event that can produce similar chaos to its NCAA basketball counterparts that run in the same month — the second round of action busted quite a few brackets and put some others on notice.
Bryson DeChambeau, making his return from an injury, was quickly eliminated after two erratic and uneven performances. Local favorites Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler were thumped by Englishmen Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood, respectively, and will likely need to win on Friday to advance.
And the hottest player and current Cinderella is a relative unknown, 42-seeded Irishman Seamus Power, who followed up Wednesday’s thrashing of Sungjae Im by unloading on World No. 4 Patrick Cantlay, taking a second consecutive match 5 and 4.
