Horschel makes sure to close out match on Day 2

AUSTIN, Texas – The fickle nature of match play can give players nightmares.

Consider Billy Horschel’s Day 1 bout against Jordan Spieth at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play as the ultimate example of this. After going 3 up through six holes, by the time Horschel arrived at the 16th tee he was still 2 up and cruising. He then bogeyed the 16th hole and Spieth birdied his final two holes for a tie.

Now fast forward to Thursday’s match when Horschel stepped to the same 16th tee with a 2-up lead against Bubba Watson.

“I hit a bad putt on 16 yesterday, it was (as) simple as that,” Horschel said. “I have that [birdie] putt I'm looking at, I'm like, ‘I've got to make it.’ I don't want to give Bubba…