By Lee Nolan for MailOnline
Published: 00:24 GMT, 31 March 2019 | Updated: 00:24 GMT, 31 March 2019
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Tiger Woods finally met his match, and it wasn't Rory McIlroy. Lucas Bjerregaard delivered the performance so often seen from Woods on Saturday and then won the 18th hole when Tiger missed a four-foot putt for par, sending the Dane into the semi-finals of the WGC Match Play Championship in Texas.
More surprising than how Woods won in the morning was how he lost in the afternoon. McIlroy was poised to tie the match on the 16th hole when he had a short iron for his second into a par five and made seven. But against the Dane in his Match Play debut, Woods found a bunker and missed a short putt to lose.
Bjerregaard always dreamed of simply playing against Woods, his golfing hero. The dream didn't include beating him.
Tiger Woods missed a four-foot putt for par on the 18th and lost against Lucas Bjerregaard
In Sunday's semi-finals world No 52 Bjerregaard faces Matt Kuchar, who beat Sergio Garcia after some controversy. The Spaniard had been penalised for playing a second putt before it could be conceded by Kuchar on the seventh.
Open champion Francesco Molinari eased to a 6&5 win over Kevin Na, who had defeated world No2 Justin Rose. The Italian will play Kevin Kisner, who won three holes in a row to beat Louis Oosthuizen 2&1.
And so McIlroy's first
