Bezuidenhout goes down in opening game in match play event

Mar 23, 2023 | Featured, South Africans abroad

Christiaan Bezuidenhout’s poor run of form at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play continued on Wednesday when he slipped to a 2 and 1 defeat to Tony Finau at Austin Country Club in Texas.

Here’s the match recap from the PGA Tour website:

Tony Finau (10) def. Christiaan Bezuidenhout (60), 2 and 1

A match between two men who have not fared as well in this championship as one might think. Finau has never advanced out of the group stage in four previous attempts and Bezuidenhout hasn’t won a match the last two years, going 0-5-1. Unfortunately for Bezuidenhout, he still remains without a victory, as Finau made five birdies in a six-hole stretch to take a 3-up lead after seven holes. Bezuidenhout whittled it down to 1 after 13, but Finau then won the next two holes, via consecutive Bezuidenhout bogeys, and the lead was insurmountable.

Player records: Finau (1-0-0); Bezuidenhout (0-1-0)

 

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