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Scenarios: What to watch for Friday at WGC-Match Play

AUSTIN, Texas — No player – not even those who have started 2-0 – is guaranteed to be around for the weekend at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

For groups left without an outright winner at the completion of pool play Friday afternoon, sudden-death playoffs – not head-to-head tiebreakers – will determine who moves on to the Round of 16.

Twenty players have already been eliminated. The remaining 44 will attempt to advance to Saturday and Sunday’s knockout rounds.

There will be just one match between 2-0 players Friday – Jim Furyk vs. Henrik Stenson.

There will two matches between players who can’t move on – Phil Mickelson vs.