AUSTIN, Texas — Tiger Woods moved into the quarterfinals Saturday at the Dell Technologies Match Play by beating Rory McIlroy in a match that turned on one bad shot.

Their first match against each other ended on the 17th hole, when Woods holed a 12-foot par putt for a 2-and-1 victory.
It felt as though it ended one hole earlier.

McIlroy, who fell behind on the fifth hole and never caught up, was poised to tie the match with a 395-yard drive with the wind at his back on the par-5 16th, leaving him a short iron to the green. Woods drove into a half-buried lie near the lip of the bunker, and could only advance 60 yards. He was hitting his third before McIlroy hit his second.

But the shot was so shockingly bad that it landed just over a bunker and came out of its pitch mark, but without going into the sand.

From there, McIlroy had nothing. He played the shot with both feet in the sand, and it flew over the green, through the parted gallery and against wooden posts. With no shot, McIlroy’s only option was to return to the previous spot and try to make that for a par. That went into another bunker.

Woods, who looked certain to lose the hole, never had to attempt his 20-footer. Instead of all square, he was 2 up.

McIlroy was so angry that he jogged up the steps toward the 18th tee, got into a cart and drove to the locker room. He turned down repeated media requests and looked straight ahead when asked for comment as he strode to his car.

“It was a difficult day for both of us,” Woods said.

Woods advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2008, the last of his three victories in this World Golf Championship. Next up after a draining match was Lucas Bjerregaard of Denmark, who disposed of past champion Henrik Stenson in 16 holes.