Washington, D.C.: Billy Horschel defeated fellow American Scottie Scheffler 2&1 on Sunday (Monday in Manila) to win the WGC Match Play Championship and capture his sixth career US PGA title. I should have at least contended more in some of these WGC events and majors.”Local hero Scheffler, seeking his first US PGA title in his WGC Match Play debut, would have been the event’s youngest ever champion at 24. After rolling in a 34-foot birdie putt to win the par-5 second hole with an eagle, Scheffler saw Horschel swipe momentum with the dramatic chip-in then lost holes with bogeys. Scheffler missed a birdie putt from just inside five feet to halve the par-4 14th and stay 2-down. At the par-3 17th, Scheffler needed to sink a birdie putt from just inside 11 feet to win the hole and extend the match, but he missed to end the match, having never managed a birdie against Horschel.

Source: Manila Times March 29, 2021 16:52 UTC