Spieth, Thomas In Same Group at Dell Match Play
Published on March 23 2016 6:25 am
Last Updated on March 23 2016 6:25 am
Defending champion Rory McIlroy will face a player he knows very little about in the Dell Match Play.
Jordan Spieth knows one of his opponents all too well.
Spieth, the former Texas Longhorn and crowd favorite at Austin Country Club, wound up in the same group as longtime friend Justin Thomas.
Both are 22 and they have been friends since 2007, when they were selected to represent the United States in the Evian Junior Masters. Spieth beat him in a high-profile match in the NCAA Championship at Riviera in 2012, which the Longhorns won, and has gone on to two majors and reach the No. 1 world ranking.
The 64 players were broken into four groups based on this week's ranking, and one player was chosen by lottery to fill out the 16 four-man groups. The draw was held at the Paramount Theater, and Ben Crenshaw picked the names out of the bowl for Spieth's group.
"Jordan probably won't talk to me the rest of the week," Crenshaw said. "They've played a lot of golf together. Obviously, they know each other very well. They're admirers of each other."
