Tiger Woods faces an uphill battle to advance to the knockout phase of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, after losing on day two in Texas on Thursday.
Beaten 2&1 by fellow American Brandt Snedeker, 13th seed Woods will need to defeat Patrick Cantlay on the final day of the round-robin phase at Austin Country Club on Friday and hope Aaron Wise can win against Snedeker in the other match to go through.
Woods, in his first tournament appearance in Austin at least gave his gallery something to remember when he played a stunning 60-foot recovery shot left-handed from under a bush at the 10th hole.
After taking his stance on one knee, he knocked the ball up to four feet and sank the putt for a halve on the hole.
“I don’t know how he got that up-and-down,” Snedeker said.
The winner of Woods’s group is likely to face fourth seed Rory McIlroy in the round of 16 on Saturday.
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