Korea’s Sungjae Im produces runaway win as Asian brigade enjoys stellar day one

Austin: Korean star Sungjae Im romped to a stylish 8 and 6 victory over American Maverick McNealy as the Asian brigade enjoyed a stellar opening day at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play on Wednesday.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler launched his title defence with a hard-fought 1-up win over Davis Riley while second-seed Jon Rahm fell to a 2 and 1 loss to a resurgent Rickie Fowler. Sungjae Im's countrymen Si Woo Kim and debutant Tom Kim secured 4 and 3, and 2 and 1 wins over Chris Kirk of the U.S. and Sweden's Alex Noren respectively while Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama ground out a 1-up victory over former champion Kevin Kisner at Austin Country Club. IANS

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