Matt Kuchar halves hole with double bogey, gets finals rematch with Kevin Kisner

AUSTIN, Texas – It can be an odd format but this was strange even by match-play standards.

Matt Kuchar was clinging to a 1-up lead over Louis Oosthuizen late Thursday at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play when his tee shot at the par-3 11th hole caught a gust of wind and dropped into a water hazard. Oosthuizen’s tee shot suffered a similar fate and neither player hit particularly impressive recovery shots from the drop area.

By the time the duo was finished with the 159-yard hole, they’d both signed for double-bogey 5s.

“We halved the 11th with double bogeys. Both put it in the water, I had to get up-and-down for double bogey. It's a crazy game that way,” Kuchar said. “It has been a very…