Spieth falls to Reed 2-and-1 in Match Play

AUSTIN, Texas — One shot into the match, Jordan Spieth already was in a golf cart being driven back to the tee. It took three holes before Patrick Reed had to putt. The most anticipated match turned into a sloppy affair Friday when Spieth hit one shot out-of-bounds, two shots into a hazard and three times gave away a chance to win the hole by three-putting.

And right when it looked as though Spieth might still have a chance, Reed buried him with a 40-foot birdie putt from behind the 17th green for a 2-and-1 victory in the Dell Technologies Match Play that sent Reed into the weekend.

Reed is among 16 players who won their group on Friday at Austin Country Club and advanced to single-elimination weekend.

That group includes Justin Thomas, at No. 2 the top seed remaining, who can go to No. 1 in the world by winning. It doesn’t include Dustin Johnson, the defending champion who played so poorly that none of the three matches he lost made it to the 18th hole. Johnson left the gallery with one parting shot, a 489-yard drive that would be the longest in PGA Tour history except that stats from Match Play are not official. on the

BILOXI, Miss. — Joe Durant had three straight birdies in a back-nine burst and a shot 6-under 66 on Friday to take the firstround lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Rapiscan Systems Classic. Durant birdied the par-4 11th and 12th and par-5 13th in the bogeyfree round at breezy and rain-softened Fallen Oak. Because of the wet conditions, players were allowed to lift, clean and place their golf balls in the fairway.

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Tony Romo bogeyed the first six holes and shot a 10-over 82 on Friday to finish last in his PGA Tour debut. The former Cowboys quarterback had a 15-over 159 total — six shots worse than the next player on the leaderboard and 28 strokes behind leader Brice Garnett.