AUSTIN, Texas — The odds were not in Kevin Kisner‘s favor.
For starters, no one had ever won in the Dell Technologies Match Play when 3 down with four holes to play at Austin Country Club.
The shot he faced on the par-5 16th was not looking much better. He was in a bunker 50 feet away from the hole, having to clear another bunker and go over a ridge protecting the pin in the back right shelf of the green.
“It was pretty much make it or go home,” he said.
Kisner never seems to be in a big hurry to leave. Coming off a clutch wedge to 5 feet for birdie on the 15th, he holed the bunker shot for eagle on his way to winning the last four holes to beat Adam Scott. An hour later, he worked his match-play magic in a rout over Will Zalatoris to work his way into the semifinals.
Kisner became the first player to reach Sunday three times since the group format began in 2015, advancing to face Corey…
