Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarter-finals of the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.
McDowell beat Bo Van Pelt 2-and-1 on the Thracian Cliffs course on Saturday and will meet Colsaerts in a repeat of last year’s final. The defending champion won 2-up against Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano after being ahead by five shots with five holes to play.
“It was totally my fault as I should have ended our game an hour or an hour-and-a-half earlier as I had a putt on 13 to win,” Colsaerts said.
Francesco Molinari defeated Carl Pettersson 6-and-4.
Also advancing were Branden Grace, Chris Wood, Thomas Aiken, Scott Jamieson and Thongchai Jaidee, who needed three playoff holes to down Peter Hanson.