Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson showed the simple side to the Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin, Tex. For three straight days in warmth, wind or rain, they built early leads and never let anyone get close to them in advancing out of their groups to the knockout stage.
For just about everyone else, it was a matter of surviving.
Friday was an easy day for Johnson and Mickelson.
Johnson, the No. 1 seed going for his third straight PGA Tour victory, again won the opening hole and showed why he might be the most feared player in golf at the moment.