WASHINGTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from Wednesday's opening matches of the golf WGC Match-Play Championship at Austin (Texas) Country Club (Group winners advance to knockout stage):
Group 1
1-Dustin Johnson (United States bt 55-Chez Reavie (United States) 4&3
40-Branden Grace (South Africa) bt 24-Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 4&3
Group 2
2-Justin Rose (England) bt 53-Emiliano Grillo (Argentina) 2&1
22-Gary Woodland (United States) bt 34-Eddie Pepperell (England) 2&1
Group 3
3-Brooks Koepka (United States) and 60-Tom Lewis (England) halved
36-Li Haotong (China) bt 27-Alex Noren (Sweden) 5&4
Group 4
4-Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) bt 64-Luke List (United States) 5&4
47-Justin Harding (South Africa) bt 32-Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) 1-up
Group 5
50-Lucas Bjerregaard (Denmark) bt 5-Justin Thomas (United States) 3&2
33-Matt Wallace (England) bt 31-Keegan Bradley (United States) 1-up
Group 6
6-Bryson DeChambeau (United States) bt 59-Russell Knox (Scotland) 3&1
17-Marc Leishman (United States) bt 39-Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) 2-up
Group 7
7-Francesco Molinari (Italy) bt 63-Satoshi Kodaira (Japan) 5&4
45-Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) bt 21-Webb Simpson (United States) 2&1
Group 8
8-Jon Rahm (Spain) bt 54-Ki Si-woo (South Korea) 7&5
23-Matt Kuchar (United States) bt 43-JB Holmes (United States) 3&1
Group 9
9-Xander Schauffele (United States) bt 62-Lee Westwood (England) 1-up
35-Tyrrell Hatton (England) bt 29-Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain) 4&3
Group 10
10-Paul Casey (England) bt 58-Abraham Ancer (Mexico) 5&3
42-Charles Howell (United States) bt 25-Cameron Smith (Australia) 2&1
Group 11
11-Tommy Fleetwood (England) bt 49-An Byeong-hun (South Korea) 3&2
41-Kyle Stanley (United States) bt 19-Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 3&2
Group 12
52-Jim Furyk (United States) bt 12-Jason Day (Australia) 2-up
37-Henrik Stenson (Sweden) bt 20-Phil Mickelson (United States) 2&1
Group 13
13-Tiger Woods (United States) bt 61-Aaron Wise (United States) 3&1
18-Patrick Cantlay (United States) and 44-Brandt Snedeker (United States) halved
Group 14
14-Tony Finau (United States) bt 56-Keith Mitchell (United States) 2&1
30-Ian Poulter (England) bt 48-Kevin Kisner (United States) 2-up
Group 15
57-Kevin Na (United States) bt 15-Bubba Watson (United States) 1-up
28-Jordan Spieth (United States) and 38-Billy Horschel (United States) halved
Group 16
51-Andrew Putnam (United States) bt 16-Patrick Reed (United States) 3&2
26-Sergio Garcia (Spain) bt 46-Shane Lowry (Ireland) 4&2
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