Tiger Woods scored a 2 and 1 victory over Rory McIlroy on Saturday in the most anticipated match of the 2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin Country Club in Texas.
Woods, the tournament's No. 13 seed, grabbed a 2-up advantage on fourth-seeded McIlroy with a clean scorecard on the front nine. He closed out the round-of-16 match with a clutch 13-foot par putt on the 17th after back-nine charge by McIlroy.
The 14-time major champion has won this event a record three times, but his last triumph came in 2008.
A clash between Woods and McIlroy jumped to the forefront of every golf fan's mind after the groups and projected bracket were announced Monday.