WGC-Cadillac Match Play 2015: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from Friday

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Published: May 2, 2015

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Play time is officially over at the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play—it's bracket time.

The WGC-Cadillac Match Play underwent a format face-lift from years past for the 2015 edition. Rather than a March Madness-style 64-man bracket, there were 16 groups featuring four players each and round-robin matches for the first three days. Friday was the final day of round-robin competition, which means the single-elimination showdowns of the round of 16 are on deck. 

Before looking ahead to the most exciting part of the tournament, here is a look at Friday's results and the resultant round-of-16 matchups.



 

Friday Results



Given the stakes and the star power involved, Friday's most dramatic match was the one between Jordan Spieth and Lee Westwood.

Many envisioned a Spieth and Rory McIlroy showdown in the final at the Match Play Championship, but Westwood missed the memo and knocked the Masters champion out of the tournament with a 2-up victory. Both Spieth and Westwood won their first two matches, and it set up a loser-go-home scenario for the holder of the green jacket.

Westwood came through when it mattered most and birdied three of the final four holes, but his par on No. 16 was the important moment. Westwood hit his drive into the sand and missed the green on the next two chips, but the third time was a charm when he chipped in for a critical par.

The PGA Tour passed along the highlight:



Spieth put it simply after the match, per Steve Kroner of the San Francisco Chronicle: "I just had a tough opponent." The Masters champion also took to Twitter following the loss:



Kelly Tilghman of the Golf Channel described the surprising result:



Spieth's loss and a number of other upsets put the pressure on McIlroy against Billy Horschel from a star-power per...
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