WASHINGTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Following are the results from Wednesday's opening matches of the golf WGC Match-Play Championship at Austin (Texas) Country Club (Group winners advance to knockout stage):

Group 1

1-Dustin Johnson (United States bt 55-Chez Reavie (United States) 4&3

40-Branden Grace (South Africa) bt 24-Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) 4&3

Group 2

2-Justin Rose (England) bt 53-Emiliano Grillo (Argentina) 2&1

22-Gary Woodland (United States) bt 34-Eddie Pepperell (England) 2&1

Group 3

3-Brooks Koepka (United States) and 60-Tom Lewis (England) halved

36-Li Haotong (China) bt 27-Alex Noren (Sweden) 5&4

Group 4

4-Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) bt 64-Luke List (United States) 5&4

47-Justin Harding (South Africa) bt 32-Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) 1-up

Group 5

50-Lucas Bjerregaard (Denmark) bt 5-Justin Thomas (United States) 3&2

33-Matt Wallace (England) bt 31-Keegan Bradley (United States) 1-up

Group 6

6-Bryson DeChambeau (United States) bt 59-Russell Knox (Scotland) 3&1

17-Marc Leishman (United States) bt 39-Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) 2-up

Group 7

7-Francesco Molinari (Italy) bt 63-Satoshi Kodaira (Japan) 5&4

45-Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) bt 21-Webb Simpson (United States) 2&1

Group 8

8-Jon Rahm (Spain) bt 54-Ki Si-woo (South Korea) 7&5

23-Matt Kuchar (United States) bt 43-JB Holmes (United States) 3&1

Group 9

9-Xander Schauffele (United States) bt 62-Lee Westwood (England) 1-up

35-Tyrrell Hatton (England) bt 29-Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain) 4&3

Group 10

10-Paul Casey (England) bt 58-Abraham Ancer (Mexico) 5&3

42-Charles Howell (United States) bt 25-Cameron Smith (Australia) 2&1

Group 11

11-Tommy Fleetwood (England) bt 49-An Byeong-hun (South Korea) 3&2

41-Kyle Stanley (United States) bt 19-Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 3&2

Group 12

52-Jim Furyk (United States) bt 12-Jason Day (Australia) 2-up

37-Henrik Stenson (Sweden) bt 20-Phil Mickelson (United States) 2&1

Group 13

13-Tiger Woods (United States) bt 61-Aaron Wise (United States) 3&1

18-Patrick Cantlay (United States) and 44-Brandt Snedeker (United States) halved

Group 14

14-Tony Finau (United States) bt 56-Keith Mitchell (United States) 2&1

30-Ian Poulter (England) bt 48-Kevin Kisner (United States) 2-up

Group 15

57-Kevin Na (United States) bt 15-Bubba Watson (United States) 1-up

28-Jordan Spieth (United States) and 38-Billy Horschel (United States) halved

Group 16

51-Andrew Putnam (United States) bt 16-Patrick Reed (United States) 3&2

26-Sergio Garcia (Spain) bt 46-Shane Lowry (Ireland) 4&2

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