SAN FRANCISCO — World number two and Masters champion Jordan Spieth was knocked out of the WGC-Match Play Championship by England’s Lee Westwood in a dramatic match on Friday.
Westwood prevailed 2 up in an exciting contest, fighting back from an early deficit and ramming home an important 12-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to wrestle a lead he would not relinquish.
After missing an 11-foot birdie putt on the first and then making bogey on the second hole, Westwood was two down out of the blocks.
A Spieth bogey on six and a 13-foot birdie putt for Westwood on the ninth squared the match at the turn.