Rory McIlroy beat Scottie Scheffler 2&1 to finish third in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play and declared his game ready for “a little place in Augusta, Georgia."

Sam Burns clinched the fifth win of his PGA Tour career and a cheque for $3.5 million when he beat Cameron Young 6&5 in the final of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.

World golf will get to see Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler go head to head in the WGC-Dell Technologies Championship but it will be for third place after they lost 2-up leads and fell in extra holes in their semi-finals at Austin Country Club.

Rory McIlroy made his 16th birdie of the day at the 18th to beat Xander Schauffele 2-up and reach the semi-finals of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.

Rory McIlroy took another step towards peaking for the Masters when he putted brilliantly and made nine birdies in a 2-up win over Lucas Herbert to clinch a quarter-final clash with Xander Schauffele in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin.

RORY MCILROY remains on a collision course with world number one Scottie Scheffler after he used his drive like a weapon to cruise into the last 16 of the WGC-Dell Technologies Championship in Texas.

Rory McIlroy spectacularly confirmed he's found the right driver for the Masters when he ripped an arrow straight 375-yard driver to three-feet nine-inches at the 18th to close out Denny McCarthy with an eagle two in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Texas.

Shane Lowry crashed out at the round robin stage for the seventh year in a row as Seamus Power kept his hopes alive of making the last 16 in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.

Rory McIlroy gave his new driver and putter the thumbs up for the Masters and backed the proposed ball rollback after making a winning start in the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play.