The first day of the 2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play came to a close on Wednesday, with top seeds Henrik Stenson (No. 3), Justin Rose (No. 6), Adam Scott (No. 9) and Matt Kuchar (No. 14) failing to win.

Under a new format, however, all four still have the opportunity to advance to the knockout rounds. Below is a recap of the first day’s events (via PGA Tour).

What They're Saying

Jason Day: “Obviously, I need to go out there and win the next two. Whatever happens, happens. If I sneak through, I sneak through. If not, then it's my own fault for losing.”

Webb Simpson: “You couldn’t have written it better. I chunked the first one, but we erased the video, so the one that we have was good. But it was amazing being back.”

Marc Leishman: “I think sometimes you get into a mindset where you take [golf] too seriously, like it's a life and death situation . And I've just been through a real one of those, so I know that golf isn't life and death anymore. If I don't pull a shot off, it doesn't matter.”

Rory McIlroy: “Mindset going into [Thursday], have to win, you have to win every match. No point in thinking you can't win matches and progress here.”

Round 1 Results

Group 1	Rory McIlroy (1) 1 - 0	5 & 4	0 - 1 Jason Dufner (56)
Group 1	Billy Horschel (19) 1 - 0	5 & 4	0 - 1 Brandt Snedeker (36)
Group 16	Hideki Matsuyama (16) 1 - 0	5 & 4	0 - 1 Alexander Levy (54)
Group 16	Kevin Na (21) 0 - 1	19 HOLES	1 - 0 Joost Luiten (44)
Group 8	Dustin Johnson (8) 1 - 0	3 & 1	0 - 1 Matt Jones (63)
Group 8	Victor Dubuisson (22) 0 - 1	5 & 4	1 - 0 Charl Schwartzel (38)
Group 9	Adam Scott (9) 0 - 1	5 & 4	1 - 0 Francesco Molinari (70)
Group 9	Chris Kirk (26) 0 - 1	22 HOLES	1 - 0 Paul Casey (37)
Group 2	Jordan Spieth (2) 1 - 0	4 & 2	0 - 1 Mikko Ilonen (68)
Group 2	Lee Westwood (27) 1 - 0	1 UP	0 - 1 Matt Every (41)
Group 15	Patrick Reed (15) 1 - 0	2 & 1	0 - 1 Andy Sullivan (61)
Group 15	Ryan Moore (29) 0 - 1	3 & 2	1 - 0 Danny Willett (49)
Group 7	Jason Day (7) 0 - 1	4 & 3	1 - 0 Charley Hoffman (50)
Group 7	Zach Johnson (25) 1 - 0	2 UP	0 - 1 Branden Grace (39)
Group 10	Sergio Garcia (10) 1 - 0	2 UP	0 - 1 Tommy Fleetwood (57)
Group 10	Jamie Donaldson (31) 1 - 0	1 UP	0 - 1 Bernd Wiesberger (40)
Group 3	Henrik Stenson (3) 0 - 1	19 HOLES	1 - 0 John Senden (65)
Group 3	Bill Haas (24) 1 - 0	3 & 2	0 - 1 Brendon Todd (43)
Group 14	Matt Kuchar (14) 0 - 1	1 UP	1 - 0 Ben Martin (67)
Group 14	Hunter Mahan (32) 1 - 0	7 & 6	0 - 1 Stephen Gallacher (42)
Group 6	Justin Rose (6) 0 - 1	3 & 2	1 - 0 Marc Leishman (60)
Group 6	Ryan Palmer (23) 0 - 1	4 & 2	1 - 0 Anirban Lahiri (35)
Group 11	Jimmy Walker (11) 0 - 1	19 HOLES	1 - 0 Gary Woodland (52)
Group 11	Ian Poulter (28) 0 - 1	3 & 2	1 - 0 Webb Simpson (47)
Group 4	Bubba Watson (4) 1 - 0	5 & 4	0 - 1 Miguel Angel Jimenez (69)
Group 4	Louis Oosthuizen (30) 1 - 0	6 & 5	0 - 1 Keegan Bradley (34)
Group 13	Rickie Fowler (13) 1 - 0	1 UP	0 - 1 Harris English (58)
Group 13	Graeme McDowell (33) 0 - 1	1 UP	1 - 0 Shane Lowry (48)
Group 5	Jim Furyk (5) 1 - 0	3 & 2	0 - 1 George Coetzee (64)
Group 5	Martin Kaymer (17) 1 - 0	3 & 1	0 - 1 Thongchai Jaidee (45)
Group 12	J.B. Holmes (12) 0 - 1	2 & 1	1 - 0 Marc Warren (53)
Group 12	Brooks Koepka (20) 1 - 0	1 UP	0 - 1 Russell Henley (46)

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