Results from Wednesday first day of group matches at the WGC Match Play Championship at Austin Country Club (x denotes seed): Group 2 Matt Kuchar (USA x52) bt Justin Thomas (USA x2) 3&2 Kevin Kisner (USA x34) bt Louis Oosthuizen (RSA x22) 2&1 Group 3 Jon Rahm (ESP x3) bt Sebastian Munoz (COL x56) 1 up Ryan Palmer (USA x24) bt Shane Lowry (IRL x38) 4&2 Group 6 Xander Schauffele (USA x6) and Andy Sullivan (ENG x57) halved Scottie Scheffler (USA x30) bt Jason Day (AUS x44) 2 up Group 7 Patrick Reed (USA x7) and Bubba Watson (USA x55) halved Joaquin Niemann (CHI x26) and Christiaan Bezuidenhout (RSA x33) halved Group 10 Patrick Cantlay (USA x10) bt Brian Harman (USA x54) 1 up Carlos Ortiz (MEX x42) bt Hideki Matsuyama (JPN x23) 4&3 Group 11 Ian Poulter (ENG x60) bt Rory McIlroy (NIR x11) 6&5 Cameron Smith (AUS x25) bt Lanto Griffin (USA x46) 1 up Group 12 Dylan Frittelli (RSA x64) bt Tony Finau (USA x12) 6&5 Group 14 Daniel Berger (USA x14) bt Erik van Rooyen (RSA x62) 6&4 Harris English (USA x19) bt Brendon Todd (USA x47) 1 up Group 15 Jordan Spieth (USA x49) bt Matt Fitzpatrick (ENG x15) 3&1 Matthew Wolff (USA 20) bt Corey Conners (CAN x37) 3&1 afp